But I remember Mr. Tolken swinging his baton (is that was those are called?) of the "mall" that were being used in the movie "Gailey, Gailey" shot Milwaukee's WITI-TV6. The Sentinel did a whole special section for a saturday edition. The North Shore Line electric train ran from Milwaukee to Chicago, and sailors from Great Lakes would come to Milwaukee on a weekend pass. We had a cool corner store called Stawskis on 15th and Manitoba. 5:00PM - 5:55PM. Beecher meats? I was born in 1956 at St. Joe's. Along with my 2 cousins,( we were around 4 or 5 yrs old) they would take us on walks to 3rdStreet all the way down to Schusters. Bueller? (Courtesy of WITI-TV), The gang is transported back to the time of King Arthur. an impressive landmark at the time. Automatic That night we watched the fireworks in the park. See the links below for more info. eBay item number: 183753582962 Last updated on Oct 02, 2022 13:22:02 PDT View all revisions The short lived WFOX-TV on channel 31. Jack was a great talent and a dear friend. I remember Elmers corner grocery store at 35th and Brown, where everything was in wood crates and it was the size of a house. The Post office was on the other side of us, and there was a baby furniture store on the corner. (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Barbara Becker and Albert entertain a visiting group of children. Then came channel 12 and we thought we were in heaven. ", Promotional Photo - 1968 While at the schools, he continued to have his visits filmed. old Or Down-load. are as clear as a brown bottle! Rather, it had an upbeat ensemble of string instruments which danced through our minds a whole day long. Wauwautosa as the birthplace of the John Birch Society. In the 1960s, Saturday mornings meant getting up well before our parents, sitting down with a bowl of corn flakes, flipping on the TV and watching cartoons. Sometimes there would be a neighborhood rumble where we'd go home and get our bike chains, show up at, , and somehow, nothing would happen. Barbara Becker, who handled weather at TV 6, joined the Saturday morning shows. & Growing up in the '50's,I recall the electric service Products, This is me with my cousin Felice at the Kiddieland amusement park at Capitol Dairy, Great site! One of the better places to work in Milwaukee, and now is down to bare bones employment. 1950s. when Holding both a copyright and a design patent on the production, DuBlon moved to Milwaukee in anticipation of WITI-TV running the show. Hamilton's theme song that the band played The 6 MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE? The old King Braeger Chevrolet dealership was nearby. Television, that once new mass medium, molded a generation of baby boomers. in I remember the grids of the old trolley cars, the "new" buses had that thing that attached to the wires above. 3. for recall Mr. Gernett's hair beginning to grey over the years on Dialing for Old Frankfillinglittle brown bags with penny candy. Though weve maintained Retro-Milwaukee without support from advertisers, its becoming increasingly difficult to do so. (?) This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. Milwaukee CB The city's local networks were pioneers broadcasting on both the VHF and UHF frequencies. Went to Steuben where there were yearly riots, yet not one report on TV about school violence. get I recall numerous trips toCountyStadiumto watch the Braves. the clean clothes on my moms wash line. He told her to have her teacher call him, and he would make an appointment to come and speak with her class. (just a voice over I recall) doing a carnival barker imitation "Step right of All the "souped" up cars in the parking lot. Lots of basketball being played in the alleys, and We can remember the displays at the fair park on the 84th street side for cars. He moved to Milwaukee as a WITI staff announcer in 1960 and a year later, Cartoon Alley aired. You were lucky if the darn things would keep the rain off our head. I would catch the bus on 13th & Oklahoma with my Grandpa and off we go to the Stadium. 8:00PM - Gay Nineties. (10 cent to get in, 5 cents for popcorn and 10 cents for a coke. The program continued with the addition of Larry Grzegorek as "Jeremy the Jogger" and his alter-ego, "Metric Man." I loved the hot dogs at Kwik Shake on 13th Street a block south of Oklahoma. I think I need a George Webb and a Gettleman's. Our block was Before coming to channel 6, she appeared on NBC-TV's "Club 60", which originated in Chicago. Tanks would roll through our neighborhood to make sure that we were on our porches at the early curfew. You could make deals there on furniture nobody else could touch. It is one block long. . The Javelins and AMX's. featuring Howard Gernett (sp?) (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Over the years, the shows featured such cartoons as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, The Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touche Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of Warner Brothers cartoons. When the telephone company abandoned this business and real juke boxes came to be, my grandparents opened a record shop, then a restaurant called the Charm Dinette. on WTMJ Sundays,sponsored by Bluemound Furniture. 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. up folks" "Bargain Town! electrictrolleys, and replacing therunners on the wires using a Remember the hideous yellow banana suits and guys hopping all over your car to check the oil and battery and was your windshield and gas was 24.9 a gallon? I also remember going swimming almost everyday to the Gordon park swimming pool and taking the shortcut by walking the trains tracks . We never met him, but he sure made an impression on us. Albert the Alleycat and Barbara Becker. I remember theMilwaukee Roadsteam engines that poured out thick black smoke and the soot that soiled. on Forest Home Avenue with its We boomers were fascinated with the simplest things, like marionette. The parade started in front of my schoolSt. Mary Czestochowa. too. I remember it well. St. Veronica School is now called St. Thomas Aquinas Academy from Grade 4 to 8. "Kids Klub" was another kid favorite in Milwaukee. It was used In this series of episodes, the gang is using the "time machine" (at right). mixed up with the dragon on Kukla, Fran and Ollie? me At least to a kid it did. Sometimes there would be a neighborhood rumble where we'd go home and get our bike chains, show up at Sherman School, and somehow, nothing would happen. thing Rank died of an aneurysm in May 2000 at age 83. The weather segment became exceptionally popular, and helped boost the stations ratings. years. Avenue bottom with over two thousand, 25 watt light bulbs and proclaimed On 5 January 1975, the show was switched to a weekly format, and ran Sunday mornings at 7:00. Or Funtown in the out lot of Capitol court. He had the same mild-mannered temperament of the Jolly One, wearing an oversized coat with squared front pockets. We would also ride the bus downtown and shop at Gimbels and Boston Store. It was a treasure box filled with harmless laughter and our weekend pals. remember a voice over saying something like "Welcome Kids, to Cartoon I'm not sure. it The Moon Shop was the place to go to buy gag gifts. The chocolate covered cherries and the huge chocolate cream eggs. (WITI-TV photo by Dave Witman courtesy of Darlyne Haertlein), During one summer, the "You and I" Show attracted more viewers for its time period than any other program on Milwaukee television. other Letters. West Rogers St. I could go on and on, but my favorite memories of Milwaukee include-- going to the Eagles with my Friends to dance on Saturday nights. Well, my brain's cached. I have tons of Nightmare Theater, visit Dick Nitelinger's webpage devoted to Milwaukee's TV Horror Hosts. At first he was shifted to the sports with Earl Gillespie (giving the sports quiz), but by the end of the year Albert was removed from the newscasts all together. This was filmed--I recall--in the news studio at WISN and interspersed with My friends dad was a banker and had season tickets. Bill Carlson (weatherman WTMJ) The films were run by "Mr. Dinkfuzz" (A short, bald, funny looking man.). Muskego Beach (what beach?) (Courtesy of WITI-TV). My 2 children north then west and through Wauwatosa eventually finishing at the Grandma had a huge 4 family duplex onFratney Street. may be wrong about this one. 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. I also recall riding theWells Streetstreetcar across the viaduct( that was as scary as anything you could imagine). The Hickory way downtown for great BBQ. ..and moved to Milwaukee when I was married in December of 1967. for almost 20 years. Send us your towers nearby. I loved Albert the Alley Cat on Channel 6 (ABC). ------------------ Now it is something completely different. Thiele Behling liked the concept and script. We also wore them in the yard with a leash rope about 15 ft long tied to the washpoles. Then there was that store on Wisconsin Avenue where one could buy army clothing, dog tags, etc., and it was in for girls to buy that stuff even though it was made for men. Nine year-old Laura Kinney delivers the childrens newscast on You and I My mom would shop at the Grand and Gimbels right there on Mitchell Street. wasn't computerized? I was born on an Army base in KY but lived in Milwaukee Milwaukee The weekday version of the show shifted from (Busateri is now the music director for Festa Italiana.) It was such fun working with him.If you love what you doyou never have to work another day in your life. In October of 1964, he began hosting horror films as "Dr. Cadaverino", on "Nightmare Theatre". DuBlon, an expert antique buyer, dealer and auctioneer in his off time, died at age 58 in San Angelo of pancreatic cancer in 1988 and, per his wishes, was buried in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. It was fun to jump in friends' cars and go down to, to "cruise the ave" and drop a ten spot, us girls get out of the car and the race would be underway. We attended church at St. Agnes, and later I went to junior high at St. Leo's where another aunt was housekeeper for Monsignor Meyer. of Memories, Send us God love old Sam Sloan. Too often my He always took us to the Captain's Treasure House. (Jack DuBlon puppets) "Who alive then I didn't know it at the time, but some guy named Willard Scott was Bozo before he grew up, and out, to be a popular weather guy. Bough penny candies for "recess" on the way to Sherman School. He'd say it three Too many more to write about. Hi Mousketeers! official sounding folks, but kept talking. I remember the kidney shaped pool and 4th of July in the park. Wendy Kendrick I also belonged to one of the only urban 4-H clubs in Milwaukeethe forgotten about, and I usually pride myself on remembering everything! On his own initiative, Allen began going to two or three schools a week. The society gave Skilling 90 days to stop appearing with one, or face losing his seal of approval. Young America On Wheels 1972 occasions'. I recall the Pig N Whistle after Friday night football games and ordering a Big Chief. Long gone and now a restaurant. Romper Room DuBlon continued at the station, with "Albert" serving as the stations "vice president for important things kids should know", and host of the Saturday morning kids show "Albert and Friends". I also recall the huge Lionel train layouts at Christmas time. How about South Star Dairy on s. 9th? the (But a fun one, nevertheless.) for lots of Milwaukee $19.99 + $4.99 shipping. It initially ran Saturday mornings at 10:30AM, and Monday through Friday afternoons from what starting at the hind end of the arrow, swooping up to the tip of the arrow, Hope to see you sometime at the Des Plaines restaurant. Remember Cooks coffee in their dull orange and brown trucks? We would also ride the bus downtown and shop at Gimbels and Boston Store. Stan's Bootery and Badger Paint Hardware strore Harry Stoetzel Layton Ave. I also recall riding theWells Streetstreetcar across the viaduct( that was as scary as anything you could imagine). andRiverside). store originally? in the above photo from a 1966 GMC catalog. 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. How about the old Kooky Kookie House @ Christmas in the Capitol Joined by TV6's "weather-girl", Barbara Becker, Albert the Alley Cat introduced cartoon features such as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, the Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of OZ, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touch Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after Milwaukee's WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of white Milwaukee Police squad car drive SW Many, many times we sneaked through the fence by the old pumping station and walked down that path to Kern Park past the home of one who was referred to as "old lady Kane". Holsum bread? Grandma had a huge 4 family duplex onFratney Street. Barbara is related to Ferdinand R Decker and Marilyn J Decker as well as 1 additional person. into Call Weather at 936-1212 for the latest weather report. Condition: -- Price: US $19.99 Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Free returns Ships from United States Shipping: US $4.99Standard Shipping | See details Located in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States Delivery: I, I was born in 1945 and grew up on the east side of, because both my parents worked. Wouldn't time travel be neat? A long way from memories on s. 13th Street. runs an online business with his wife, Garters.Com. View Barbara Becker results in Wisconsin (WI) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. of July Parades with my children, representing St. Veronica's. Born in 59. at From Mack the Mailman to Uncle Hugo, from Barbara Becker to Judy Marks, and from Bill Carlsen to Charlie LaForce, it's all here. Because he was so close, we got him VERY clearly. Anyone? Wednesday was anything could happen day. I can't remember his name, but I I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. There was also a "big" lagoon where they'd rent boats for 50 cents. Grandma was friends with the milkman who would deliver milk to our milk shoot. We stopped going Behind it is Kubiaks drug store. the ), Hubert the Hog, Harry the Horse, Hyde and Clyde (two crows), Sheldon (with a Jewish accent) and others. He then joined the staff of WDUZ radio in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Alas, I am not an author--as you can prob'ly tell by my use of such words as Main St. of our world. (Puppets courtesy of Bob Chernow). Places my Husband and I went to were Dino's on Howell. The show became the prototype for the stations high school quiz program, "Who Knows? If I recall, it was a 1959 Pontiac Catalina and the hood $16.99 + $4.99 shipping. On our porches at the schools, he began hosting Horror films as `` Dr. Cadaverino '' on. 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