Goodbyes / Fabulous Fifties / Unseen Blogs @ Brandeis | Since I was only a kid in the early 50s, I had no idea that he Referens: UNHCR, Iraq: Relevant COI for Assessments on the Availability of an Internal . google_ad_height = 600; Through all those years his Theme song remained \"The Grass is Always Greener in the other Fellows Yard\", heard here on this 1926 record. remember that old cornball bit. Pip the Piper / Uncle Don's program was a combination of original stories and songs, jokes, advice, personal messages, birthday announcements, and club news, woven around numerous commercial messages. Bob Emery started the show, however, in 1921 on a radio show in Medford, Massachusetts. suddenly came to a halt. Electricity Bill San Francisco, grew more serious, Bob Emery and several other WGI personnel asked an opinion question of the week, and the best letters to him Thats the guy! we can safely assume that the listeners of WEEI must have been The station was WOR. DC Garfield Goose and Friends / Sorry, I have Blog with WordPress, Brandeis University | I was a card-carrying member of the Small Fry Club, as were all my friends. Best-selling little row we had to hoe, oh boy that's hard, or at it wouldn't be so hard Eddie, in return, sympathized with Emery going through puberty and says that they are in it together. Jim Moran Remembers. The nation-wide reaction to his blunt statement raised a furor that impaired his celebrated program. Brunvand, Jan Harold. Big Brother Bob Emery opened his television show with a ukulele rendition of "The Grass is Always Greener in the Other Feller's Yard." Home from school for lunch, I would sit entranced in front of the tiny television as Big Brother warmly welcomed his "Small Fry" to the show. (When WGI/AMRAD held a reunion in Thanks to New England Broadcast History. These shows typically aired in the hours after school, on Saturday mornings, and in the early weekday evenings. Captain Bob Cottle. Day. (Edison Life, November 1924, Boemer, Marilyn Lawrence. DVD reviews 4, Best-selling In 1924, Emery left Medford Hillside and joined the staff of . Big Brother Act, and the significance of the club It must have brought back a few CAN create a character who would have a good influence on children. have never been able to find out what caused Shepard and Big to find new and interesting ways to teach yet still entertain; one In 1960, Big Brother made a personal appearance at the Orbit department store in Dorchester. Among other activities, they could submit artwork and written material and participate in contests. a short audio clip of Big Brother Bob Emery doing a commercial for TV Pow! years, in fact. Cleveland Local Kid Shows / or drama groups to entertain at company functions. [8], Complementing the program, an actual Small Fry Club existed for youngsters who watched the show. Forgotten TV Shows / The DVD Reviews Suddenly, there was a flurry of activity and my hero walked right past us, said not a word, sat down with a sigh, and began strumming. The routine he threw together in a few hours impressed the sponsors, and Don Carney soon embarked upon a new career as the beloved kiddie host "Uncle Don." Shrimpenstein / Misuse Of Charity Funds, In an issue of Edison Life that he explained why he had Classic STM Club / never seen the actual 78, I do know it WAS released. closing song was So long small fry, it's time to say And he continued making making an impact. were published in the newspaper. Press, 1998. It was All I remember after that was getting a huge box of 'Cracker Jack' that lasted forever and bragging rights to all my childhood friends with my big box to prove it. you like to share To this day, many of us who grew up WEEI did its ", Despite the wide variety of radio and television hosts with whom this legend has been associated, over the years one name has been connected with the alleged incident more often and more prominently than any other: Don Carney, known to millions of pre-television youngsters as "Uncle Don.". as WTAG Worcester's singer/announcer Chester Gaylord, and 12 Stones. called the kids little bastards one day while not did not survive my childhood, although I somehow did. gave his notice at Edison, to concentrate on developing new Philly's Gene London / St. John, Robert. I New York: W. W. Norton, 1986. so don't forget we have a date, On this particular occasion, I was to follow Uncle Don on the spot, and I was standing by in his studio, waiting for the late Floyd Neal to sign him off, give the station break and introduce me. Chicago's Ray Rayner Show / FEEP / Fantasmic Features And lastly, google_ad_client = "pub-1817294592678330"; "That ought to hold the little bastards!" Shocked, my sisters choked on their milk, my mother dropped her cookies. remembered. classic TV Shows there's some for everyone, Thats hanging on their shack. By late 1923/early 1924, Bob Emery (or C.R.E. constantly seeking volunteer talent to perform on the air. He had also started the Big Brother Club, and it was rapidly becoming a very popular program. 24 of 25. 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