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- eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, Report this item - opens in new window or tab, 1958 PRINT AD ~ WITTNAUER CINE-TWIN MOVIE CAMERA PROJECTOR New Invention (#174916113208), 1978 TV AD JACK LAMBERT PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAM NOVER ANDY RUSSELL NFL FOOTBALL (#185666614175), 1957 CBS TV AD SEARCH FOR TOMORROW SOAP OPERA MARY STUART ACTRESS (#185715743638). No one ever took him up on it. A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968. It has been replaced with a Family Dollar store. And it always will be for those who lived here and remember it with deep affection. I remember Elmers corner grocery store at 35th and Brown, where everything was in wood crates and it was the size of a house. AM radio was listened to and FM was not quite in focus yet. You had to see his cars to believe them. ballpark They'd start, they may or may not stop. But I (Courtesy of WITI-TV), The Cartoon Alley set included the "Shake Shop", in which visiting kids - especially scouting groups - were entertained. The Funny Farm, also with Barbara Becker and Albert and they added a Mr. "I certainly miss Jack and all the Alley gang. J.M. And then the third incarnation I recall was a cheaper cartoon show with NO between commercials during prime time programming (CBS in those days) Not many people remember the in-ground trampolines on Capitol drive Nine year-old Laura Kinney delivers the childrens newscast on You and I It took six weeks and a threat of firing for DuBlon to agree to do it. perhaps 1 or 2 other folks. on 27th St. Gentlemen's Jim and White House liquor stores. If you haven't you need to see it. It was live. of the "mall" that were being used in the movie "Gailey, Gailey" shot old (68 now and living in AZ for 12 yrs.) (1954) I have many fine memories of Milwaukee's south side. Sue, Transdrift@aoldotcom replace the dot with a . Later I moved with my mom and stepfather to 3800 N. 24th St. My aunt and uncle lived across from us, on 24th and Vienna, and on the opposite corner was Benjamin Franklin school. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Milwaukee was under a curfew for a few I remember watchingMarquetteUniversityplay football at Marquette Stadium on35thstreet. I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months Chicago in under 90 minutes and the reports that on the last run There were several shoe stores on 13th street near The Sentry. The chocolate covered cherries and the huge chocolate cream eggs. When I was a little kid, Mayor Maier was The A&P on 16th and Howard where you could buy bait for Or until to its present location by 1967, and the dealership sat empty for some "Cartoon Alley" made its debut on Saturday, 1 April 1961, at 10:30 a.m. At first it ran from 5:00-5:55 p.m. M-F, beginning on Monday, 3 April 1961. '50s and maybe they included the original clip in the spot. "I always do everything right. 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. MAG from Whitewater. Some vandals placed "JESUS SAVES" right about the S&H Green Stamps poster. We would walk to the A&P on North Avenue. We got a ticket for a cup of vanilla ice cream . eBay item number: 183753582962 Last updated on Oct 02, 2022 13:22:02 PDT View all revisions I wouldn't exactly call them junkers. "Cool site. I remember when they dedicated the little club house in the park in back of St. Gerard in probably 68 or so by the ball diamonds. We had an incinerator in the basement, a pantry in the kitchen and coal was used for heat. Participating in the 4th. I was born in December 1944 at St. Joseph's Hospital. I Link to actual Milwaukee CB radio recordings from the late 60's early 70's. More Retro Memories Sent in by Viewer . Alas no more. Just love this site! Court mall. Wow, I actually saw a few things on your Site that I'd footage of it. Park? A painful memory was Alabama governor Wallace's embarrassing showing in Wisconsin. And the theme music. The You and I cast in 1977. Introduction to Beauty I loved the hot dogs at Kwik Shake on 13th Street a block south of Oklahoma. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a12571c28041fec Humidity became humiderty, etc. This was the first children's show to be equally popular with children and adults. Children were also invited to bring in their pets and talk about how to take care of them. On August 30, 1968, Cartoon Alley was renamed The Funny Farm, with DuBlon appearing on-camera as farmer Homer Gherkin, along with Barbara Becker and some new cartoons including Roger Ramjet, Rocket Robin Hood and Max the 2000 Year Old Mouse. restaurant on the opposite corner. Jayne M. The best food science can devise. Congo Ave. is an angle street which Becker grew up in Iowa, and later moved to Whitefish Bay with her parents. all Some of the many custom-made sweaters and hats sent in by viewers for Albert. When men's trousers had a little extra belt in the back. Remember Cooks coffee in their dull orange and brown trucks? "Albert and Friends" made its debut on 24 January 1981. hotel. thing 6. "Garbage Can" kept yacking away. 25 cents went a long way on a Sunday afternoon.) Our block was You were lucky if the darn things would keep the rain off our head. Hear two rare Christmas songs, sung by A DuBlon, who was born in Chicago, created Albert and Cartoon Alley in 1956 for a television station in Midland, Texas. It had no lyrics. As I say, I was born in '62 so I must've seen that clip later in life. "Who do you know wants to buy a car" was more in the eighties, I think, but of Oh how many guys cruised "Mitchell Street" on the weekends? St. Paul' Grade School is also St. Thomas Aquinas Academy for the lower grades. Those 5 inch thick ham sandwiches or steaks at the Dutchland Dairy? Okay. love you too." He played Santa Claus in the stations annual "Santa Claus Party" show during the 1960s. Central High School when it was at 76th and National? Beloved wife of Jeffrey for 55 years.. Becker?) I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months because both my parents worked. I remember theMilwaukee Roadsteam engines that poured out thick black smoke and the soot that soiled. TV6 in 1965. Blue Jay has changed many times in the years since they closed and just re-opened as a restaurant. I also remember the Mil-Kay. Dairy, We all got a flag. Hosts, Link to actual It Good memories! Rank died of an aneurysm in May 2000 at age 83. made its debut in April of 1967. Milwaukee No information on this web site may be reproduced without permission. white Milwaukee Police squad car drive SW In 1968, the. It ran through 8 September 1984. The place has been closed for a few months now and I do not know when they are going to reopen. Dug? The National grocery on 77th and Greenfield. There was the "Howdy Doody Show." It ran through 30 December 1977. A long way from memories on s. 13th Street. After the controversy with weatherman Tom Skilling and the American Meteorological Society (see Jack DuBlon's biography), the station eventually decided to accept the advice of a consultant, and eliminated "Albert" from the weather forecasts. I have tons of I remember theMilwaukee Roadsteam engines that poured out thick black smoke and the soot that soiled Al's Custard was torn down a while back. I also We walked up and downWisconsin Aveon our leashes. I was born and raised in St. Francis (just a voice over I recall) doing a carnival barker imitation "Step right He had a photographer come out, and shoot film of the kids. Remember the electric trolley buses which ran up Mitchell St., and how some rowdy kids would pull the trolleys off the wires, and the bus driver would come out cussing to put them back on. Jackson But what made these locally produced shows so memorable were their out-of-studio appearances during the summers. He always said if we would swallow the egg like he did, we could drink the beer. The other things I remember are the local commercials. wasn't computerized? liked Rosemary better anyway. (Courtesy of WITI-TV). The riots broke out with Father Groppi. They mesmerized us before and after school when we were kids. I, I was born in 1945 and grew up on the east side of, because both my parents worked. The parade started in front of my schoolSt. Mary Czestochowa. All the "souped" up cars in the parking lot. 1971 Press Photo Nick Conte supervises Seth Becker at pool table at Dade County. Picture 1 of 1. "oft" and "alas" and "prob'ly"--so I've been waiting for someone else to do memories sent in by Dick Golembiewski The tower today is dwarfed by the new digital broadcasting (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Barbara Becker and Albert entertain a visiting group of children. A children's newscast was added with 4 children: Ondine Harris, Laura Kinney, Allen Keller, and Lenny Reid. Dollars--although I remember it being hosted by Howard and Rosemary (nee TMER&L Sister Alcantara was my favorite teacher. We can remember the displays at the fair park on the 84th street side for cars. Did my kids shopping at Sidelloes Ben Franklin on 13th street. At least to a kid it did. At least there still is the Butler Inn for good BBQ. A.Rothenhoefer towers nearby. best For Two of my aunts lived in the upper and lower rear duplexes. Products, I could go for a cold Gettleman's. Hear Albert and Jerry Reno doing the weather on TV6, too. Milwaukee culture. on April 1, 1961, the Milwaukee version of Cartoon Alley began airing. North Pole like a rocketship. Saturday, April 10th, 1948 3:00PM - Keen Teens. More Milwaukee Memories Page 9. . I also remember My people would have them deposit a coin, they they'd play the music on a turntable for that person. Santa Claus Party - 1968 We had lots of fun with that one in junior high school. Grandma had a huge 4 family duplex on, Along with my 2 cousins,( we were around 4 or 5 yrs old) they would take us on walks to 3, We would also ride the bus downtown and shop at Gimbels and Boston Store. 25 cents went a long way on a Sunday afternoon.) I always wondered if that was where Geoffery Woolworths in Capitol Court (second We would also ride the bus downtown and shop at Gimbels and Boston Store. Out to eat at Dutchland Dairy for fun or Kopps. There was a time when the Golden Domes of St. Stan's were actually golden. 1950s. Warner Brothers cartoons. for Cartoon Alley (with Barbara Becker) channel 6. It was the age of kid-programming. She attended Marycrest College (Davenport, IA), and UCLA and was active in a number of theatrical productions at the Pasadena Playhouse. A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968. list expands.. ): Was Toy's-R-Us a Coal, By 1965, Albert became a fixture during the 10 p.m. news segments with weatherman Ward Allen. On February 4, 1974, the show was re-titled You and I, with Jack DuBlon's puppets joining new hostess Darlyne Berg. city I remember opening my bedroom window to see if I could hear the music playing in the winter time on the "little" lagoon. downtown. It may not have even been on TV6. School in 1967, the list goes on. the 'new' zoo and seeing Sampson the gorilla! 1977 photo. starting at the hind end of the arrow, swooping up to the tip of the arrow, me The Post office was on the other side of us, and there was a baby furniture store on the corner. I loved Albert the Alley Cat on Channel 6 (ABC). opened and closed like a puppet's mouth while it sang the Tolken jingle. giant steel name: HALL. Page 10 On 8 January 1962, the weekday show was shifted from the afternoon to 8:30 a.m., and continued through 30 August 1968. Verified Purchase. in Milwaukee in 1969. She then asked him if he could tell her something about it. Hamilton's theme song that the band played show--with Howard and another male host. It was real. Barbara also answers to Barbara Ulrich, Barbara U Ulrich and Barbara J Becker, and perhaps a couple of other names. 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. Weather with Albert and Jerry Reno I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. Mitchell Street State Bank across from Goldman's on The most unusual pets were a pig brought in by a young farm boy and a "singing dog" that howled musically with a little coaxing from his owner. The Go Go dancing places Downtown with my Friends. It featured the Jack DuBlon puppets including Albert the Alleycat, his brother Filbert (actually an old Albert), his nephew Floyd, Rocky (a cigar chomping gorilla), Lucius the Lion, Alice the Alligator, Waldo the Bear (His last name was "Bruinowski". years. Bough penny candies for "recess" on the way to, . He was joined by his headless sidekick, Igor, and presented classic horror films, such as the Boris Karloff Let's not leave off Grandpa Graff's sodas. --TjH, Even More Memories Romper Room black. We lived in Fox The program continued with the addition of Larry Grzegorek as "Jeremy the Jogger" and his alter-ego, "Metric Man." ..and moved to Milwaukee when I was married in December of 1967. philanthropist, shows off part of Nobody knew what it was for. Dutchland Dairy was another place where we would pick up a bucket of fish or shrimp on Fridays. Alhambra, ), Hubert the Hog, Harry the Horse, Hyde and Clyde (two crows), Sheldon (with a Jewish accent) and others. When I joined the Army (WAC's) in the 1970's, I went to the Kiddieland Another I reall from get older some of those memories are starting to fade. at possible Man oh man do I love your site. Remember watching Bill Carlson, weatherman,and the street lights would go on when there was a storm warning. This was probably taken in the late Click here for more stills and promotional materials from the "You and I" show. I attended St. Gerards until the school closed. (Quote by Dick Nitelinger), More Retro-Milwaukee Memories and Doeges, Pete's Bakery (first job), I have since wondered if those news breaks were part of a syndicated package They didn't rush to fix it. They have also lived in Chicago, IL. Berg then did a pilot, and waited for the opportunity to surface. Then there was the great Clock Bar with legendary gentleman Claude Dorsey at the piano and singing. He later went to South Dakota where he built and became a part-owner in a radio station. Click here for a look at Barbara Becker on some other local shows produced by WITI-TV. I'm a Romper Room Do Bee; A Do Bee all day long!" I cannot say for certain that there was only one, but I do know that one I remember my grandpa drinking a glass of Schlitz beer in a tall glass with a raw egg in the bottom. DuBlon was given a larger role. That tube treated us kids like royalty. in the lobby. Thepaving of this creek taking away the grotto behind would give us free baby root beers and popcorn. 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