John Conrad with ELMER THE ELEPHANT

Bill joins the coveted Silver Circle in 2005!

Bill Jackson in Clown Alley and Here Comes Freckles

Mary Hartline led the  SUPER CIRCUS band as well as pitch the sponsor's product.  Her ample personality made her popular among dads too.

Kindly Dr. Frances Horwich, known to Chicago youngsters as "Miss Frances" rang the bell each day to call her young charges to class on DING DONG SCHOOL.  Originally produced in Chicago at WNBQ, Dr. Horwich accepted an offer to head children's programming for NBC and moved to New York where the show continued to be produced at WRCA (and later WNBC) studios while being fed to NBC.  In its last few years, the show was distributed in first run syndication.  At that point, it was picked up locally by WGN-TV.

THE JOBBLEWOCKY PLACE was the creation of ventriloquist TERRY BENNETT, also known as Marvin on WBKB's SHOCK THEATRE

Jack Mulqueen created a pre-teen dance show and called it MULQUEEN'S KIDDIE A-GO-GO (a nod to the then popular L.A. nightspot Whiskey A-Go-Go).  Jack's lovely wife Elaine hosted the show as the bouncy and bubbly Pandora.  Also seen on the show were many of Jack's puppet characters and live appearances of popular bands such as the New Colony Six.  The show was nominated for an Emmy.

Here's Don Clayton, starring in one of educational station WTTW's popular offerings called TOTEM CLUB.  From the beginning it was evident that the station's focus would be on quality programming for children.

Many will remember him for his popular travelogue series Passage to Adventure, but Jim Stewart (along with his wife and puppeteer "Bud") put in time entertaining Chicago's children on HERE'S GERALDINE and THE GLOVABLES