Loved that show, few remember it. He always managed to get the commercial plug in, though, not surprisingly given the show's heritage.
It was totally chaotic and raucous. It was like living in a nightmare, but I enjoyed it.
There was also Grandee the Talking Piano! This show's pedigree goes back to 1902 when the Brown Shoe Company purchased the rights to Buster Brown comic strip in The New York Herald.
I loved this show, even before Andy Devine, but especially after he began hosting. I heard rumors, as an adult, that Uncle Ed, host of Uncle Ed's Gang(?
Just one of those early morning wonderful kid's TV program from the fifties. A mish-mash of old movies series with Andy providing the 'anchor'.
Two of my favorite characters on the show were a frog and a cat! Someone off camera would say the words, "Pluck you magic twanger, Froggie," and Froggie the Gremlin would appear in a cloud of smoke.
Froggy would appear and say, HI-DEE, HI-DE, HI-DEE! billie gilbert would appear as the prof.
