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Bob McAllister (coach)
Robert C. "Bob" McAllister (June 2, 1935 – July 21, 1998) was an American television personality, magician, and children's entertainer and a host of '' Wonderama''. Early career Born in Philadelphia, Bob first made his name as a ventriloquist on NBC on the '' Today Show'' in the 1950s, while still in his teens. He appeared in 1953 on CBS on Ted Mack's '' Original Amateur Hour'' and was able to get his first regular television job hosting his own program on WTAR in Norfolk, Virginia. The "Bob and Chauncey Show" paired McAllister with a wise-cracking dummy ("Chauncey"). When that show ended, Bob became WTAR-TV's Bozo the Clown. This led to his being hired on at WJZ-TV Channel 13 in Baltimore, Maryland in 1963 on ''The Bob McAllister Show'', a half-hour program of comedy character and puppet sketches, magic acts, pantomime, cartoons, and sight gags intended to revive the absurd visual surrealism of Ernie Kovacs' television work. ''The Bob McAllister Show'' was a big s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderama
''Wonderama'' is a children's television program that originally appeared on the Metromedia-owned stations from 1955 to 1977. The show was revived from 1980 to 1987, and again in 2016. Hosts *Al Hodge (as Captain Video 1955–1956) *Jon Gnagy (mid–late 1950s) *Sandy Becker (1955–56) *Chuck McCann (1955–56) *Pat Meikle (co-hosting 1955–1956) *Herb Sheldon (1956–1958) *Bill Britten (co-host in 1958; later known as New York's Bozo the Clown) *Doris Faye (co-host in 1958) *Sonny Fox (1959–1967) *Bob McAllister (1967–1977) *various teenagers (1980–1987) *David Osmond (2017–present) Original series ''Wonderama'' aired on its originating station, WNEW-TV in New York City, as well as in five other markets in which Metromedia owned television stations: WTTG in Washington D.C., KMBC-TV in Kansas City, KTTV in Los Angeles, WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, and WTCN-TV in Minneapolis – Saint Paul. The show was three hours long for most of its run on Sunday mornings. The show was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |