  Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 851 Registered: 10-2003 |
***SHAMELESS PLUG*** Go to www.detroitkidshow.com and enter the big Friendly Giant book giveaway. The Friendly Giant was seen daily on CKLW-TV9 from 1955 to 1985. In the early 1960s Friendly also aired on Detroit's Channel 56, back when they were part of the National Educational Television network. Anybody have any Friendly Giant memories? | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 916 Registered: 01-2007 |
Woot Ed! You Rock, baby! | ||
Tammypio Member Username: Tammypio Post Number: 161 Registered: 04-2005 |
OMG...I'm so excited!! My entry is going to be in Rusty's sack!••• How cool is this? I have so many fond memories of The Friendly Giant and would love to have a copy of this book. As a teacher of young children, I am so disappointed to know that there are very few simple, quality shows out there for them to watch. I watched a LOT of television as a child and don't feel that it took away from learning at all. However, the shows and video games that children are exposed to today.....for the most part that is....are rather useless and leave little room for imaginations to be used at all. We need more shows like The Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup and Mister Rogers Neighborhood! | ||
Jenniferl Member Username: Jenniferl Post Number: 407 Registered: 03-2004 |
Oh yes, I remember the Friendly Giant! "Look up! Look waaaaay up..." And I agree with Tammy-- we need more kid shows like the Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup, and Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Only Mister Rogers is still on TV. My nieces (ages 9 and 5) were lucky enough to watch Mr. Dressup before CBC stopped showing it. But neither one got to see the Friendly Giant, although my older niece in particular would have loved it because when she was little her favorite animals were giraffes. | ||
Jazzstage Member Username: Jazzstage Post Number: 158 Registered: 08-2007 |
Tammypio, The Friendly Giant used to creep me out as a kid. I think if you sat down and watched Casey, Finnegan, Rusty and even (dare I suggest it?) Mr. Rogers you would find it wasn't really all that educational. The programming on Noggin, Leap Frog videos and the like use the brain research and learning research of the last 3o years. | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 148 Registered: 09-2006 |
I love it, I come to DetYes to find all the best books, This one is on the way now too! A few months back someone mentioned Eight Steamboats and I just had to get it. It was great. Now if only Oopsie had done a book, I always think of him this time of year because of his coverage of the Thanksgiving Parade Floats being built. Thanks Ed! | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 149 Registered: 09-2006 |
I recall all the shows mentioned above, But one that is still in my mind and yet I can't remember any details about it except that I pronounced it as "Shay Elaine", everything else about it has escaped me, Anyone else remember this one? | ||
Kimistree Member Username: Kimistree Post Number: 102 Registered: 01-2004 |
We were given an upright grand piano and in the piano bench was a recorder. My kids were asking me about it and the only person I could think of who played one was The Friendly Giant. I looked for it on Youtube..here is what I found: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lNE 3Gz_Fw5U http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y6- reZbzJKg | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 852 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ragtoplover59, Bob "Oopsy" McNea was working on a book before he passed away. His daughter is going to have it published. I'll keep you posted. (Message edited by ed golick on November 04, 2007) | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 853 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ragtoplover59, I don't normally link to Wikipedia, but there's not a lot out there on Chez Helene. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C hez_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 151 Registered: 09-2006 |
Fantastic Ed, Thanks | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 152 Registered: 09-2006 |
No wonder I had this in my mind, Thanks to your correct spelling and Google, I found another page that said (The middle of three weekday morning shows for children in the 1960s and 1970s, Chez Hélène was broadcast between Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup.) Thanks Ed, Now I have more to go on! Finding a clip of this would be unbelievable but in today's world possible. so much for a 40 year old recessed memory. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 854 Registered: 10-2003 |
I've got one complete episode of Chez Helene. I'll see if I can dig it up and maybe post a clip or two. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1879 Registered: 12-2005 |
................here's a little seat for two (Message edited by 56packman on November 05, 2007) | ||
Gingellgirl Member Username: Gingellgirl Post Number: 75 Registered: 04-2007 |
Thanks, Ed. You turned on the Wayback Machine and I'm four years old again. Friendly, Rusty, Jerome, Mr. Dressup, and I had almost forgotten about Chez Helene. It's so strange to see the Friendly Giant in color. I only remember black and white. I'm so sorry my girls never had a chance to see my favorite, Captain Kangaroo. I've collected a bunch of children's books for them that the Captain used to read to us: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Seven Chinese Brothers, Make Way for Ducklings, The Story of Ping, and much, much more. I had the thrill of meeting Bob Keeshan on a book tour back in 1989. Oh Captain! My Captain! | ||
The_ed Member Username: The_ed Post Number: 650 Registered: 10-2007 |
My favorite Capt. Kangaroo story was Stone Soup... | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 294 Registered: 01-2007 |
I remember Stone Soup. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 51 Registered: 08-2007 |
MIKE MULLIGAN, that is my fave kids book, i read it to a group of 2nd graders they were bored, if i could only move furniture like that friendly giant i,d be in business. | ||
Dtctygrl Member Username: Dtctygrl Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2007 |
I absolutely loved the Friendly Giant! Traveling to the castle, waiting for the draw bridge to lower, and "taking my place" in the rocker by the fireplace! Magic! Chez Helene, Mister Dress-Up, Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo and the Friendly Giant. Great childhood memories! My kids weren't as fortunate to have great shows that encouraged imagination and wonder. | ||
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn Post Number: 336 Registered: 10-2003 |
The opening scene and closing credits of the Friendly Giant were the best. As a kid it was exciting to see drawbridge open, the camera move in, and then to be placed in a room with a fireplace and chairs. Then we would have the TV on in background and wait for the closing scene with the smiling moon and the cow jumping over it. Thanks for the YouTube links--good stuff. | ||
The_ed Member Username: The_ed Post Number: 691 Registered: 10-2007 |
 Remember Homer Price? | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 298 Registered: 01-2007 |
The book looks familiar but I can't recall the story. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 299 Registered: 01-2007 |
More Friendly Giant from CBC.ca http://tinyurl.com/2dfl9t | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3716 Registered: 12-2005 |
Homer Price and his donut-making machine! | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 627 Registered: 07-2007 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5KV6Q88PXs0&NR=1 don't forget mr dressup OR BOZO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =L2Q6qbYsDiQ&NR=1 | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 23 Registered: 08-2007 |
Oh this is so cool - I remember all of the characters! Thanks Ed | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 161 Registered: 05-2007 |
Growing up in the 80's I couldn't get enough of Mr Dressup, Mr Rogers, the Friendly Giant, Sesame Street (pbs and cbc), and some show called The Polka Dot Door. | ||
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik Post Number: 346 Registered: 01-2007 |
Mr. Rogers along with the Glancy Trains Collection at the Detroit Historical Museum were a direct influence on me being interested in toy trains as a kid. The book Henry (Huggins) and the Clubhouse by Beverly Cleary inspired me to build an actual clubhouse in the backyard of the home I grew up in. The clubhouse was built with with the assistance of my parents and grandparents and stood for many years after I had outgrown it. I still have my childhood copies of Make Way For Ducklings and Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel. Ookpik | ||
The_ed Member Username: The_ed Post Number: 730 Registered: 10-2007 |
Remember Sky King (and his niece Penny) ? Circus Boy with Wallace Beery and Micky Dolenz (from the Monkees) ? Supercar ? Eigth Man ? Kimba the White Lion ? | ||
Catman_dude Member Username: Catman_dude Post Number: 257 Registered: 03-2006 |
Astro Boy Speed Racer One thing about Friendly Giant, when I was taking care of my mother in her last months on earth, on occasion I would hum the Friendly Giant theme song while wheeling her to her bed. She remembered too and would hum it with me. I miss her very much. | ||
The_ed Member Username: The_ed Post Number: 735 Registered: 10-2007 |
 "Once upon a time, not long ago and not far away...". | ||
Oliverdouglas Member Username: Oliverdouglas Post Number: 157 Registered: 02-2006 |
I always thought that Kimba was a lamb. Couldn't understand what the white lion was all about. | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 118 Registered: 11-2006 |
Sky King, Roy Rogers, Rin Tin Tin, Fireball XL5, Clutch Cargo and Felix the Cat. Take me back, way back, to a land not long ago. | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 153 Registered: 09-2006 |
The_ed, I have one on your list lol   I wonder, Did the Friendly Giant ever have a lunch box? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 856 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ragtoplover59, The only Friendly Giant paraphenalia that I'm aware of is a series of children's books and a couple of record albums. The Supercar lunchbox is pretty cool. Here's a pic of my coolest collectible; the original White Fang puppet used on Lunch With Soupy Sales.  | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 304 Registered: 01-2007 |
Clutch Cargo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =pFnLirXjjto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =11F3RRcPbFg Found later on another mess-board... CLUTCH CARGO was produced by Cambria... the same company that did THE NEW 3 STOOGES (1965). The voice (and "lips") of Clutch Cargo's girlfriend was Margaret Kerry, then-wife of Cambria president Dick Brown. Ms. Kerry was the actress in the NEW 3 STOOGES live-action segments (e.g., Sunbathers, Decorators, Electricians, Barbers, Waiters), and she did the voiceovers for the female, juvenile and other misc characters in the animated segments... she's in approx. 2/3 of the 156 Stooges cartoons. Another BTW... Margaret's son and daughter appeared in the live-actions too. In "Sunbathers," that's her real-life daughter. Her son is the blonde-headed boy in "Salesmen," and both kids appeared in the children-crowd scenes of "Melodrama," "Sharpshooter" and "Magicians." (Along with Moe's grandchildren Jeff and Michael.) CLUTCH CARGO's supporting voice cast included Hal Smith, aka ANDY GRIFFITH's "Otis Campbell." In addition to playing King Thesus in THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES, Smith did voices for approx. 3/4 of THE NEW THREE STOOGES' 156 toons (Tim Bear, Get-Out-of-Town-by-Sundown Brown, etc.) (Message edited by jrvass on November 07, 2007) | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 858 Registered: 10-2003 |
Used to watch Clutch Cargo every morning on WXYZ, along with FunNews and Johnny Ginger. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 306 Registered: 01-2007 |
I was at my Brother's cottage on Burt Lake last summer for a night, and he said check out this TV 9&10 sportscaster..."reminds me of Clutch Cargo". I'm like "What?" "His lips move but his face doesn't." So when I got home I googled Clutch Cargo and found a few youtube links ...sure as shit... he did. My Brother is 53, 8 years older. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3733 Registered: 12-2005 |
Creepy cartoon with human mouths! I can't recall what other cartoons used that lipsynch technique. Any memories? | ||
Dbc Member Username: Dbc Post Number: 86 Registered: 09-2006 |
This thread brings back great memories of watching The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup on Channel 9. Thanks Ed. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 10863 Registered: 12-2003 |
Which was it that Sir Graves Ghastly did with the inverted mouth on one of his pseudo-cartoon characters?! I think it was upside down, I remember my father telling me why I was so disturbed by the freakiness of it! | ||
The_ed Member Username: The_ed Post Number: 761 Registered: 10-2007 |
Sir Graves had a face drawn on his chin and he would lip-synch a silly song. It was kinda freaky. | ||
The_ed Member Username: The_ed Post Number: 762 Registered: 10-2007 |
Ed_golick "collectible; the original White Fang puppet used on Lunch With Soupy Sales. " I remember watching Lunch with Soupy Sales. "Soup and sandwich, soup and sandwich..." That song is scarred on my memory banks. I also remember a contest or something where Soupy Sales had a tricycle inside some Jello...a lot of JELLO. | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 165 Registered: 09-2006 |
Ed_golick, I finished Look Up-Way Up and enjoyed it. I was wondering if the show Tales of the Riverbank that was mentioned on page 138 was aired in Detroit also? I have a faint memory of such a show but am not sure. I remember some kind of show where small animals were interacting with human things, such as getting into a rowboat and then the boat moving while the narrator was telling the story ? I was also wondering how you became aware of this book so as to have your spot on page 144. I know the website ask for such remembrance for future use in books, so I guess I'm asking if this was not the first book? and finally, as if thats not enough already lol I am still looking forward to seeing a clip or two of Chez Helene :~) | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 864 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ragtoplover59, Tales Of the Riverbank aired on CKLW. It was part of the Hercules show, then aired on its own after Herc was cancelled. The Friendly Giant book is in its first printing. I found out about it on the web. Won't be able to look for Chez Helene until Thanksgiving weekend. I haven't forgotten. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 866 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ragtoplover59, Here's a one minute clip from Chez Helene, part of a documentary about the 50th anniversary of the CBC. I've got a complete show in the archives. If you are interested in a DVD of it, send me an email and I'll make you a copy when I locate it. www.detroitkidshow.com/helene. wmv | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 879 Registered: 10-2003 |
Only one week left to enter my big Friendly Giant book giveaway. It's not a trivia quiz; you just have to shoot me an email. Find out about it at www.detroitkidshow.com. | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 166 Registered: 09-2006 |
That's a great clip Ed_golick, Thanks for the wonderful look back into our childhoods! | ||
Erikto Member Username: Erikto Post Number: 629 Registered: 11-2003 |
Apparently, some jokers used the Friendly Giant puppets in some lewd joke video or comedy sketch, and some members of the Friendly Giant's family freaked out and repossessed the puppets. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 881 Registered: 10-2003 |
The puppets were used in a sketch for Canada's 2007 Gemini Awards. Here's the lowdown. http://www.thestar.com/enterta inment/article/280513 | ||
Miketeevee Member Username: Miketeevee Post Number: 28 Registered: 07-2005 |
Here's the link to the You Tube video of the Gemini Awards sketch. It's pretty funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =AL-bLZzihbw | ||
Catman_dude Member Username: Catman_dude Post Number: 261 Registered: 03-2006 |
Well, I didn't win a free Friendly Giant book but I've bought the book anyway....$2 discount. Thanks, Ed! | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 884 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks, _dude! | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 354 Registered: 01-2007 |
Ed, I want to buy 3-4 books. Can you help with the signing/shipping fees? James jr vass @ Comcast (dot) net | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 885 Registered: 10-2003 |
Jrvass, 2 bucks off each book is the best I can do. Here's the link for the discount. http://detroitkidshow.com/frie ndly_giant.htm |
