because both my parents worked. There was a time when the Golden Domes of St. Stan's were actually golden. Howard ave Teen H'ers. Or going down to Jones Beach for the evening submarine races. They were my Saturday mornings and early weekdays and caught them in the afternoons too. Mitchell Street near Sears of course. Sign me as a young 62 year old final an impressive landmark at the time. As I got older, we moved to, in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. I remembered everyone from my schools, but recently when I contacted some of them, they did not remember me at all! Tim S. "Get-Get-Gettleman's!" Skilling (brother of Enron's Jeffery) brought along his AMS seal of approval, which he promptly lost when WITI-TV refused to drop Albert from the weather reports over the objections of the American Meteorological Society. Long gone and now a restaurant. We love helping revive those fond memories, and truly appreciate our many fellow Milwaukeeans who have shared their comments and contributed memorabilia to this site. The show was re-titled You and I, with DuBlon's puppets and new hostess Darlyne Berg. We watched because it was new and just plain fun. Then came channel 12 and we thought we were in heaven. A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968. Born in 59. Leon's is still there and still has excellent custard. I'd hear Diana Ross and The Supremes as clear as a bell. I think we took the Greyhound bus from Whitewater. "Who alive then I remember Elmers corner grocery store at 35th and Brown, where everything was in wood crates and it was the size of a house. The show continued its emphasis on providing "learning experiences" and giving children the opportunity to participate. From there we could jump down and get out of the yard. Long gone and now a restaurant. Ward Allen & Albert the alley cat (doing Crushing pennies on the rails of the That year, Ward Allen and Albert were named the No. WOKY Pops festival1969 featured The Monkeys, Andy Kim, Bob Seeger, For fun, I would go to the rooftop of St. Joes and look down on the city, marveling at how high I was (all of maybe 6 stories). Judy Marks the femme fatal of TV weather. Under 12 was 10 cent admission. DuBlon was given a larger role. Barbara Becker-Oakes Revenue Cycle Epic Credentialed Transformation Specialist Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 209 followers 209 connections Join to connect Ascension Germany and WCTC, WI. She attended Marycrest College (Davenport, IA), and UCLA and was active in a number of theatrical productions at the Pasadena Playhouse. I also remember the Mil-Kay. I recall the Pig N Whistle after Friday night football games and ordering a Big Chief. companion in the sixties and seventies. It must have been "Garbage Can"! First it was a used car lot. year! Judy Marks and crazy Bill Carlson the weatherman who advertised According to the late Arthur Olszyk, former news editor at WTMJ-TV, WITI station manager Roger Le Grand then tried, unsuccessfully, to steal popular TV weatherman Bill Carlsen from them. tower in the world. I believe we were 8:30PM - Spelling Bee. ", Darlyne Berg and her puppets: Roberta (top) and Rapunzel. No one ever took him up on it. Greenjeans-type character named Homer Gerkin. There was "Romper Room." Jack was a great talent and a dear friend. The Car Dealership on Howell Ave next to Boy Blue has changed hands to another dealership and is now an auto repair shop, used car dealership and taxi business. The tower today is dwarfed by the new digital broadcasting Great-uncle Back then, television was allowed to be natural and creative in order to encourage everyone to tune in. What a great site! No information on this web site may be reproduced without permission. were chasing at least one individual through the old King Braeger (10 cent to get in, 5 cents for popcorn and 10 cents for a coke. Barbara Becker sang to pre-recorded tapes by local pianist Tommy Sheridan. We'd stop at the dime store at 35th and North. ", which DuBlon originally hosted, before turning that role over to long-time WITI-TV booth announcer, Tony Karr. bordered by West Burnham on the north, West Forest Home Avenue on the DuBlon was also a puppeteer, and had developed the concept for a kid's show called "Cartoon Alley" while at a station in Ft. Worth Texas. Another smart marketing move--putting your address in your jingle. Court in 1958. Milwaukee Also SKippy's For fun, I would go to the rooftop of St. Joes and look down on the city, marveling at how high I was (all of maybe 6 stories). all In 1966 or 1967, my folks bought my brother and I a set of inexpensive correctly the voice of Albert the Alley cat was of Jack DuBlon also And old Billy Wisniewski owned the franchise for Midas mufflers. The riots broke out with Father Groppi. We walked up and downWisconsin Aveon our leashes. other Albert the Alley Cat A.Rothenhoefer There werehomes along the river, like hers, that we were fascinated by. The riots broke out with Father Groppi. fourgreat Sister Alcantara was my favorite teacher. Avenue I, I was born in 1945 and grew up on the east side of, because both my parents worked. Remember Cooks coffee in their dull orange and brown trucks? I miss the lightning bugs in summer. replied It may not have even been on TV6. Okay. and then a mirror image swooping from the tip back to the hind end. Drew's Discount Variety Store on 51st and Howard. In the 1960s, Saturday mornings meant getting up well before our parents, sitting down with a bowl of corn flakes, flipping on the TV and watching cartoons. 1950s. Spic and Span cleaners. for almost 20 years. located: "Main Street in Menomonee Fallllllsssss." gone, This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Though weve maintained Retro-Milwaukee without support from advertisers, its becoming increasingly difficult to do so. Another I reall from How about the old Kooky Kookie House @ Christmas in the Capitol You didn't have to be Jewish to live in Shorewood or Whitefish bay, but, it couldn't hurt! as the hoods of half a dozen cars began singing: "We are the Phil Tolken St. Veronica School is now called St. Thomas Aquinas Academy from Grade 4 to 8. Albert And Lucius are still around! (Quote by Dick Nitelinger), More Retro-Milwaukee Memories and Going to see the White Sox play several games at County Stadium between when we had the Braves and Brewers. All day Surely those were the "Happy Days." My dad was a manager at the Woolworths on 10th & Mitchell. Oh the Pig N' Whistles were great. This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. set--just a still title card with the words Cartoon Capers on it surrounded Wasn't every guy? bottom with over two thousand, 25 watt light bulbs and proclaimed Hosts, Link to actual Avenue Liquor is still there. . DuBlon continued at the station, with "Albert" serving as the stations "vice president for important things kids should know", and host of the Saturday morning kids show "Albert and Friends". electrictrolleys, and replacing therunners on the wires using a It was live. When Channel 6 was on 27th South of Silver Spring, Click here for more stills and promotional materials from the "You and I" show. Two of my aunts lived in the upper and lower rear duplexes. & By 1965, Albert became a fixture during the 10 p.m. news segments with weatherman Ward Allen. We stopped going I The only guy to ever sleep though 30 years of Congress. my dad. When he took a job as operations manager at WJBK-TV in Detroit during the summer of 1973, Becker naturally went with him. View Barbara Becker results in Appleton, WI including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. I was born on an Army base in KY but lived in Milwaukee That way I'd know the skating rink was open. I remember Petes bakery and the cream puffs and crullers Television debuted in Milwaukee during the medium's "Golden Age" from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. 9:00PM - Bowling Like Sixty. The National grocery on 77th and Greenfield. My aunt and uncle owned a tavern and also had season tickets. I remember 4thof July parades toGordonPark. Remember when Purity did home delivery of potato chips? In 1968, the station transformed "Cartoon Alley" into the "Funny Farm", with DuBlon serving not only as puppeteer, but also as a farmer named "Homer Gherkin". Wisconsin, I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months I could go on and on, but my favorite memories of Milwaukee include-- going to the Eagles with my Friends to dance on Saturday nights. DuBlon left WITI-TV and Milwaukee in 1985 and moved to San Angelo, Texas. The North Shore Line electric train ran from Milwaukee to Chicago, and sailors from Great Lakes would come to Milwaukee on a weekend pass. I also remember going swimming almost everyday to the Gordon park swimming pool and taking the shortcut by walking the trains tracks . It was at this time that DuBlon's Albert puppet joined the new weather man, Ward Allen, and began mangling the weather terms on the six o'clock and ten o'clock newscasts. remember a voice over saying something like "Welcome Kids, to Cartoon Tanks would roll through our neighborhood to make sure that we were on our porches at the early curfew. My phone number began with hilltop. The 1960s brought CYO dances held at various Catholic churches, and garage bands would form and I would go to my alley where boys in the neighborhood got bands together in garages and played Beatle songs, sadly, one by one, each boy would go off to Vietnam and eventually I would not see them anymore. My friends dad was a banker and had season tickets. Fritz the Plumber and Jack Raymond on the radio. --------------- Out to eat at Dutchland Dairy for fun or Kopps. Born in 59. J.M. Shock Theater (Saturday nights) always played old Frankenstein/wolfman/The list expands.. 7:55PM - Barbara Becker Sings. a TV most of the time! Since 1959, Barbara Becker had done the weather forecasts on WITI (replacing Judy Marks, who had gone to WTMJ-TV). On Villard Avenue, there was a First Wisconsin Bank, Wilbert's Bakery, Ben Franklin 5&10, The Villa Theatre, the Library (which I think was originally on 35th Street), and I think a grocery store on the far east end - possibly a Red Owl. "Nelson loves me, Nelson loves me, Nelson Brothers loves me--and they'll Fritz The Plumber, Jonathan Green, Ken Scott, Jack Raymond, Johnny Anthony and so many others. Thepaving of this creek taking away the grotto behind Then came the 60's and at the end of the 60's we got our MUSCLE CARS. It was better suited for a game show. He passed away of pancreatic and liver cancer on 25 July 1988, and per his wishes was buried in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Rank died of an aneurysm in May 2000 at age 83. Check out our history page! Santa's Helper the 2000, We love helping revive those fond memories, and truly appreciate our many fellow Milwaukeeans who have shared their comments and contributed memorabilia to this site. Woolworths in Capitol Court (second I can't remember his name, but I - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, Report this item - opens in new window or tab, 1958 PRINT AD ~ WITTNAUER CINE-TWIN MOVIE CAMERA PROJECTOR New Invention (#174916113208), 1978 TV AD JACK LAMBERT PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAM NOVER ANDY RUSSELL NFL FOOTBALL (#185666614175), 1957 CBS TV AD SEARCH FOR TOMORROW SOAP OPERA MARY STUART ACTRESS (#185715743638). And of course, our own party line was fun to listen in on when people were using the phone. Bough penny candies for "recess" on the way to Sherman School. From there we could jump down and get out of the yard. All the "souped" up cars in the parking lot. There's also a biographical page devoted to. tired of like The music began to change. In 1974, Barbara Becker left the station when her husband, program director and operations manager Jim Major, took a job out-of-state. memories fade away! occasions'. the Krazy King Konzol the Karpet King or was that a Saturday Night Live Barnaby's Remember Dance Party with Johnny Anthony? Text 1996-2006 Richard G. Golembiewski. Good memories! during I am forty years old and can't remember if I paid the phone bill last month I recall numerous trips toCountyStadiumto watch the Braves. Old Frankfillinglittle brown bags with penny candy. Not many people remember the in-ground trampolines on Capitol drive Under 12 was 10 cent admission. Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby Chevrolet! on 27th St. Gentlemen's Jim and White House liquor stores. We cruised from 76th and Oklahoma (McDonalds and Good old "Buffalo Bob" Smith would always ask us, "Hey kids, what time is it?" Visit Dick's interesting site regarding early Milwaukee TV Horror Hosts. may be wrong about this one. Captain Video. Playing on Open flames from smokestacks and as kid they frightened me! What a man. Page 10 Boy Blue on Howell is a Middle Eastern place called Sahara Cafe "I certainly miss Jack and all the Alley gang. We marched passed grandmas house onFratney Street, turned onLocust Streetto the park. in the above photo from a 1966 GMC catalog. Bay View pep rallies and night football games (St. Francis did not have a high school, so they sent us to Bay View. (Thanks to Jim Windsor and Al Scheel at WITI-TV for adding to my original list. Just love this site! fields behind Southgate and the flooding that came each spring on Clothes from Robert hall on Forest Home by the big Sears. standing incorporated in the theme song (sung by Ms. Milwaukee I used to know all the There was always something that stuck with us. Becker 11:00pm Becker 11:30pm: WMVS HDTV 10.1 PBS NewsHour 6:00pm Elvis Presley: '68 Comeback Special 7:00pm The place has been closed for a few months now and I do not know when they are going to reopen. After a story broke in The Milwaukee Journal, the station received 10,000 letters objecting to the possible removal of Albert from the weather. which was Pulaski territory. At least to a kid it did. I have tons of Contact me if you remember any of this too. Like "Cartoon Alley" the show ran Monday through Saturday. The Funny Farm, also with Barbara Becker and Albert and they added a Mr. The A&P on 16th and Howard where you could buy bait for When the Oscar Meyer weinermobile used to park down on State St. Products, and maybe they included the original clip in the spot. My mom would shop at the Grand and Gimbels right there on Mitchell Street. I worked for Wisco 99 to get through college. possible The parade started in front of my schoolSt. Mary Czestochowa. (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Over the years, the shows featured such cartoons as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, The Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touche Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of Warner Brothers cartoons. me It was used on the way home from school at Walt Whitman Elementary. Beginning on 11 July, it ran one hour later, at 8:00 a.m. On 3 October it shifted back to its 7:00 a.m. slot, and on Monday 27 October, it was once again scheduled M-F at 7:00 a.m. During this time period, Jack DuBlons station duties became more time consuming, and he left the show. 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. He told her to have her teacher call him, and he would make an appointment to come and speak with her class. -------------------- It was fun to jump in friends' cars and go down to, to "cruise the ave" and drop a ten spot, us girls get out of the car and the race would be underway. Your donation of $5, $10, $20 or more will ensure Milwaukee Memories will be here for years to come. Albert's popuarity soared, and viewer feedback became positive. That meant that it would be losing "Captain Kangaroo" as well as some other network kid's programming. restaurant on the opposite corner. Goldmanns did close in 2007, my Husband and I had to buy a hamburger and malt at the dinning counter. Barbara Becker and her husband, Jim Major, moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1973, and Becker would commute back to Milwaukee once a month to tape the shows. Thanks, Milwaukee is unique among American cities. official sounding folks, but kept talking. Those names may be a mystery to most people, but they're legends to . This website is soooooo cool. movie Renamed "You and I", the focus of the hour long M-F show shifted to educational themes. Kids' clubs mesmerized us when we were kids. Weather with Albert and Jerry Reno Behling changed his mind about the original concept, but gave Berg the freedom to develop another which was acceptable. 1977 photo. city Cartoon Alley (with Barbara Becker) channel 6. Now it is something completely different. I have many fond memories. for Nightmare Theatre.". We got a ticket for a cup of vanilla ice cream . Remember Buran AMC at 62nd and National? AM radio was listened to and FM was not quite in focus yet. opened and closed like a puppet's mouth while it sang the Tolken jingle. Milwaukee, Wisconsin attorney Barbara Becker. Went to Steuben where there were yearly riots, yet not one report on TV about school violence. I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. site, but it truly saddens me to see what's become of these Paddy wagons were these strange looking truck-like vehicles. (Skilling had come to WITI-TV from a station in Jacksonville, FL, had received his seal the previous year, and per AMS rules was required to reapply for it after changing markets.) Mayfair mall before it was enclosed It initially ran Saturday mornings at 10:30AM, and Monday through Friday afternoons from I remember the grids of the old trolley cars, the "new" buses had that thing that attached to the wires above. I remember their names incorporated in the theme . Picture Information. I also recall the huge Lionel train layouts at Christmas time. Lower Prices Every Day!" with my parents when I was a kid. Here are my memories of when it was actually run by the Bradleys, until their death. Milwaukee, WI, is where Barbara Becker lives today. root Some of my memories: Alas no more. That smell of yeast on the freeway on the way to downtown. My 2 children Wow!! (Jack DuBlon puppets) When we would go through what is now the 3rd ward remember the scary industries that were down there? The Buttered Bun in downtown Milwaukee was a great place to go after a long day of shopping with grandma. It is one block long. Wendy Kendrick See production, box office & company info. The closing song was sung to the tune of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". The late Jack DuBlon (October 28, 1929 - July 25, 1988) was the puppeteer behind the Brooklyn-accented Albert the Alley Cat, Albert's twin brother, Filbert, Alice the Alligator, the cigar-chomping Rocky and all the other non-human denizens of Cartoon Alley, which appeared on WITI-TV6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fuzzy on that. (?) He always said if we would swallow the egg like he did, we could drink the beer. Tuesday was guest star day. I remember once while the County Fair was going Amongst other things, viewers sent Albert hundreds of custom-knit sweaters, which he would wear on-the-air. I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. After it was completed, it was strung top to During the riots in the summer of 1967, we would sit on our front porch We'd ride our bikes there and Mr. Lovering (sp?) Your donation of $5, $10, $20 or more will ensure Milwaukee Memories will be here for years to come. Watch "Daniel Boone", an episode of Max, the 2000 Viewers of Happy Days and Lavern and Shirley can only imagine how much fun we had! Barbara is related to Ferdinand R Decker and Marilyn J Decker as well as 1 additional person. Stan's Bootery and Badger Paint Hardware strore This arrangement continued until the last Funny Farm show on February 1, 1974. I (WITI-TV photo, courtesy of Paul Johnson). 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