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Gadabout may refer to: Persons * Gadabout Gaddis, ''Roscoe Vernon Gaddis'', 20th-century American fisherman and television pioneer Vehicles * Gadabout (1913-15 automobile), American automobile manufactured in Newark, New Jersey * Gadabout (1946 automobile), American automobile manufactured in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan * Phillips Gadabout, historical British motorcycle See also * Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadabout Gaddis
__NOTOC__ Roscoe Vernon Gaddis (January 28, 1896 – October 21, 1986), known professionally as Gadabout Gaddis, was a 20th-century American fisherman and television pioneer. Gaddis was born in Mattoon, Illinois and was nicknamed Gadabout by a boss who said he could never find him.Hobson, Dick. (1966, April 2-8). ''One day, Gadabout Gaddis posted a sign GONE FISHING and that was 56 years ago''. TV Guide, pp 24-26. Gaddis, an avid fisherman since his youth in Illinois, was also a pilot and adventurer. He began his career in the early days of television by showing his home movies of his fishing expeditions. In 1939 he briefly hosted a program about fishing on General Electric's experimental TV station W2XAD in Schenectady, New York. When W2XAD became WRGB in the mid-1940s, Gaddis returned to the station to host ''Outdoors with Liberty Mutual'', which was only the second sponsored television show (Lowell Thomas's being the first). The show was eventually carried on 73 stations. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |