On the subject of kiddies shows and classic comedy shorts, starting in 1955, kiddie show host Joe Bolton hosted a show called The Clubhouse Gang. The series aired on the local New York City station, WPIX Channel 11. As well as the host segments, this show also consisted of classic Our Gang (also known as The Little Rascals comedies).
The following is a short 1955 article about this series from Radio TV Mirror. If you have trouble reading it click on the following page and use your touch screen to zoom in. If you don't have a touch screen click here.
Included in the following page (from a New York issue of TV guide dated September 10, 1955) is a little bit about Officer Joe Bolton. The same guidelines apply if you have trouble reading this page.
My fellow Three Stooges fans might also know that Joe Bolton would go on to host another kiddie show called The Three Stooges Funhouse, which would include many of the Stooges' best short comedies. He would also appear in two of The Stooges' feature length movies; Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960) and The Outlaws is Coming (1965).
Here is a tribute to Officer Joe Bolton.
And here is a classic Our Gang short, Bored of Education (1936).
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