Well, it looks like there are a lot of you with those same Saturday morning affections for TV as I had. "Plunk Yer Magic Twanger, Froggie!" Yes, it was Andy's Gang, with Froggie the Gremlin. And who could forget that other show seen 'round the country but Romper Room, and I always wondered why, if Miss Jean said those names in the magic mirror, why she never said Larry? Maybe she was only saying the names of the good boys and girls!

And ok, Captain Kangaroo. Did you ever see films of the captain when he was younger and then older? The older Captain, he needed no makeup! Fortunately my TV wasn't good enough to see what a bad job they did on the younger captain. And who could forget Mr. Greenjeans, Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit and Tom Terrific, with his dog Manfred, the mighty wonder dog.

Finally, Howdy Doody. How I wished I could be in the Peanut Gallery, but my fate was sealed after I drew on the TV screen during a Winky Dink program. Princess Summerfallwinterspring, didn't she show up on Mister Rogers? Oh well,

Site of the day is Yesterdayland, where I never would have seen an interview with Kathy Garver of Family Affair. Check it out, especially the video interviews.

Say kids, what time is is? Time to go. I'll just plunk this magic twanger and...

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