Little Billy Magee on "Happy The Clown" - June 1955
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- Little Billy Magee appears on WFIL Channel 6's "Happy The Clown" in June, 1955. Clip courtesy of WHYY12 Philadelphia, from "Philly's Favorite Kid Show Hosts", which first aired in March 2007.
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Memories!!! We senior citizens had the best kids shows!
Disgraceful really is
My sister & I went on the Happy the Clown show. I still remember the song to Mr. Mike & the sticks....the sticks we could take home. Thanks for the memories.
You lucky bastards.
I don't remember being on the show, but I still have one marching stick! I do remember being on the "Bertie The Bunyip"show.
I was on the show with my sister ,and had the marching sticks this is so great!
I used to watch Happy the Clown, PIxanne,, Gene London, and Sally Starr all on TV. Sally is the only one I've ever met
Thank you for the memories for a girl born in 1952!. I did not know Happy sang hymns with us
I was born in 1952 as well!
Loved it!! Thanx for posting this!! But even at the young age of 3, I did wonder why the 'Red Ends' of the Marching sticks went 'Me-Me-Me' and the 'Blue ends' went 'Boop-Boooo' . Caused me much concern as a young boy!!
I know this post is 6 years old but I had to reply. I was 3 at this time also and wanted my parents to buy me these magic sticks, although at a basic level I KNEW they were BS, just painted dowel rods. But I still NEEDED them!
I was the same regarding the red ends and the blue ends
I went on the show when I was about 4 or 5. I played my marching sticks all the way home from the train station 🤣 A very happy memory. But I also had torn my dress on the sliding board, because the boy in back of me wouldn't let go of me.
I was on Happy the Clown with my cousin Gregory in about 1962!
I was on Happy The Clown in 66. Never forgot. he gave me magic drumsticks.
I LOVED Happy the Clown!!!!
That little girl on the sliding board is a cutie~pie!
Jack Steck who is mentioned in the posting had one brilliant programming move.
He invented a format by which WFIL could use a pile of third rate musical performance films, some dating back to the 1940's.
It was called- "Bandstand" which debuted in the fall of 1952.
After some tweaks and a host change 4 years later partly engineered by Steck which ruined a career, Steck's idea for cheap afternoon filler had become the biggest show on WFIL which had an unusually large coverage area which included parts of 4 states.
On Monday,August 5th 1957, the first episode of AMERICAN BANDSTAND aired on the ABC network to 67 affiliates coast to coast. Until the show moved to LA in late 1963, AB aired up to 5 days a week for almost 3 hours per day, most of that time live.
AB was the last network show to originate from Philadelphia until the Mike Douglas Show moved from Cleveland to KYW Channel 3 on Broad Street in Philadelphia.
Steck's "Folly" to use old film clips to fill time in 1952 became one of the longest running shows on TV.
My older brother and sister watched Bandstand every day after school. Naturally, as a toddler, I watched it, too.
On the day I started going to nursery school, now known as “Daycare,” 😂, we passed by a nice looking house that I was surprised by, because the draperies in the large front windows were always closed.
Mom asked me if I knew who lived in the house, and naturally I didn’t know. When she told me Dick Clark lived there I was very impressed! STARS never lived in our area outside of Philly!
A very big day happened to me when Mom and I were grocery shopping. This was in Media, PA, and the old Acme Market was at the very last stop on the Upper Darby to Media trolley line.
As Mom was deciding on which item to pick, a surprisingly small man approached, and stood right next to us, waiting to pick the item he had his eye on. I looked up at him and OH MY!!! It was Dick Clark!!! My six foot tall Mom towered over him!
I was so completely star struck that I couldn’t speak a word due to my utter attack of shyness. Truthfully, looking back later I thought that maybe Dick Clark may have been a little shy, too.
To this day I regret that I couldn’t find the guts even to whisper, “Hi Dick Clark” to him.
RIP to Dick Clark, my all time, absolute favorite pioneer of early Philadelphia television!
I was on the show in 1955 I’m pointing up to Mr Mike that’s me 3 years old
The only place where children's show hosts can sing gospel songs today is TBN.
I remember when Happy The Clown was at a local shopping center in a town in Pennsylvania where I grew up. He was signing autographed pictures and passed out "Marching Sticks".
I was a birthday boy on the show in 1956. That big birthday cake had electric candles and that SOB Happy would keep switching them back on after you blew them out.
I, too was on the show in '66. He pulled a banana from under my dress. It was a thrill just to be on the show. Dont think the banana trick could be done now. Had a ball!! Such sweet, innocent memories!!
you can bet on that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What innocence!
"I, too was on the show in '66. He pulled a banana from under my dress. It was a thrill." ..... There, I fixed it for you. I know, I know.
Ed Yates directed some local Philadelphia kids shows in the 50's and 60's including Sally Starr, Chief Halftown and Happy the Clown!. He was also the voice of "Mister Mike", which you see near the end of this video. Basically a microphone at the end of a boom with a Groucho Marx like set of glasses and mustache.
Notice the kids are all banging sticks - they are told if they really hit them faster and louder - Mister Mike would appear!
my mother was on an episode of happy the clown when she was 5.
I was supposed to appear on the Happy the Clown show (circa 1963) with my younger brother but I got sick the day before and neither of us were able to go. My poor brother missed out because of me! : (
I was on the show ...
I was on 2x's
I am looking for the one from 1962 when I kicked Happy the Clown for NOT giving me the candy for winning Musical Chairs. I won the slide too and didn't get my candy so when Happy said "later kid, you'll get your candy" so I kicked him very hard and was KICKED off the show. Later I was kicked by my mother too. One kick and I got so many in return. Guess I have never changed, you cheat others and I am ready to kick!
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Trump supporter today.
I still have just one marching stick
He pulled a banana out of my jacket,and I sat on his lap at the Atlantic City Marina in 63
Momma momma happy the clown is on. I was 7.
She is!
Red ends up!
Happy was the creepiest of all the Philly kid show hosts.
Never liked Happy- even as a very small child.