....and Uncle Pete's son (Actor Pete) was a graduate of St. Frances
DeSales School (and loyal contributor)
also, best man at John Lennon's wedding to Yoko.
-cm
`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>
P.S. Don't forget Pixanne, Chief Halftown, Captain Kangaroo or Gene
London!
On Aug 13, 2007, at 5:37 PM, KAREN ALLEN wrote:
Actually, Wilma, I think "Uncle Pete" Boyle was on Channel 3 (WRCP-
TV). And of course, there was Sally Starr on Channel 6, WFIL, with
Popeye cartoons and the Three Stooges. There was also this weird
cartoon, "Clutch Cargo" where there was little or no animation, but
actual people's mouths would speak the dialogue. Plus, all of those
old 1930's era movie theater cartoons were on all of the kiddie
shows. And not to mention "Bertie the Bunyip" which was some kind
of a sock puppet. (Channel 12 recently had a show about the old
local kiddie shows where it was explained what a "bunyip" was, but
I forget exactly; I think it was a mythical creature.)
I remember the PBS forerunner, NET, which had this deep-voiced
announcer which would intone "National Educational Television". My
older family members would occasionally watch the actual shows,
which seemed particularly dull to me--man, talk about B-O-R-I-N-G!!!
Karen Allen
From: Wilma de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Wilma de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UnivCity listserv <UnivCity@list.purple.com>
Subject: Re: [UC] Malcolm X Park's Seasonal Maintenance Attendant
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:07:29 -0400
Thanks for the message.
Of COURSE when I saw the name "Al Green" AND Malcolm X Park
(formerly "Black
Oak Park"), I immediately thought of you know, AL GREEN the
singer. ("Love
and Happiness, I'm so Tired of being Lonely, Let's Stay Together,)
etc.
However, I am glad to learn of our local Al Green who has given up
his time
to keep the park free of litter, unbidden, unpaid and unheralded
until now.
Neighborhood Fact: Did you know the late actor "Peter Boyle" grew
up near
50th & Osage or Larchwood across from Black Oak Park.
His father, "Uncle Pete Boyle" had a children's show on the
earliest days of
Channel 12, in the late 1950's, where he showed "The Little
Rascals" and
cartoons.
I can barely remember a Channel 12 before PBS, yet I do vaguely.
My sister
late elder sister used to talk about it and somehow I recall
seeing it.
UHF was the really big thing I remember.
On 8/13/07 12:51 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I recently had the opportunity to interview Al Green, the SMA
for the Spring
> and
> Summer months at Malcolm X Park. If you've been through the
park in recent
> years, you'll notice that it's kept remarkably clean for the
amount of use it
> gets. It turns out that he does a great deal more than just
keep the park
> clean, and he doesn't get any recognition for that extra work.
He had some
> interesting reflections on his seven years in the park, on
littering in
> general, and the merits of working outdoors. Take a look:
>
> http://malcolmxpark.org/?p=317
>
> Andrew
> www.malcolmxpark.org
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