When I saw this show, I grew up in 5 minutes. I realized Captain Tugg was not real. I am so glad I came into reality this ole way!

What’s going on with the vanishing and reappearing dark ribbons attached to their shoes?

Hello, I really like your site, and I am hoping that you are willing to share some more info with me. I have been researching circle 4 ranch. It seems like you know a lot about it. It says that the muppets audio was pre-recorded and that several audio recordings have survived. On the audio clips page of your site, it says that they are stored at apple blossom studios, Winchester, Virginia. But I am not able to find any info on this place. I would like to know where apple blossom studios is, and who I could contact to find out more about those audio recordings. also, I was wondering if you have any footage from circle 4 ranch that you haven’t yet posted on youtube.

Remembering Captain Tugg (SpongeBob Parody) (300 Subscribers Special)

Cap'n Tugg Presents The Mighty Hercules (300 Subscribers Special)

Love it!!

Loved this show! Popeye!

I was on the show in 1961

Funny, that the subject of this episode should be the railroad, as I met Ranger Hal on a train ride in Silver Springs Maryland long, long ago...great days.

I would love to find a video of Pick Temple singing "Up the Lazy River," that he sang frequently on his show.

I was on Pick Temple in 1962 and got a loaf of Heidi bread and other goodies. Yummy.

As a Kid in Pa I always watched this parade, it was wonderful so sad that J L Hudson is gone and that Motor City is in ruins! I still drive Chevy's and proud of it! I remember this very Parade!

lee marvin told a tall tale bout him on tonight show... total bollocks...

Detroit memories. A Cold as Hell Woodward Av.Thanksgiving Day.Packers vs Lions at Tiger Stadium.

i remember commmander salamander, i believe some entrepreneur co-opted that name for a business in the dc metro area...the memories...thanks Kaptain Kidshow..youtube

I would be tickled if someone remembered my wonderful grandmother she worked in the hat department 35 years i'm not exactly sure the dates but in the 1940 Census she was working at J L Hudson's till the early 1970's her name is Emily Kimmell .I believe she was the woman in charge of that department for some year's

Brings back more memories.Ch.5 it was Metro Media back then.

Gerry E. wrote on 3-4-15: "He was in my speech class at NOVA!!! He was such a cool, sweet man!!! Really bummed me out when he died back in 1999!!!"

He was in my speech class at NOVA!!! He was such a cool, sweet man!!! Really bummed me out when he died back in 1999!!!

i actually appeared on the show in 1967 i remember being scared out of my mind!

I had my cowboy outfit my mother made for me and I was had holstered two silver cap guns.I remember that game where they put saving stamps( I think they were S &H stamps )on some kids noses and the kid that wiggled it off first would win a prize.

Detroit will never be this good again :(

The place was magic in those days,now the store is gone and so is woodward Ave. Everything of the American dream washed away never to return. I think of all the jobs that are no longer there and that amazing store! Thanks for posting this wonderful video, and BE WELL!

I watched Pick Temple on TV during the 1961-1962 and 1962-1963 season on WFIL TV which is now WPVI TV. I was a very big fan of that show; his characters such as Goofy the Gopher blew my mind along with the shuttle races. I would have loved to been on his show. I would see Popeye cartoons on the show (my favorite) and the Lone Ranger. The theme song along with the opening credits were very nice as well. God Rest our dear old friend, Lafayette Parker Temple Jr. aka Pick Temple.

@rslitman My mother was also in the Brownies when they went to see Bozo. She always tells the story of how Bozo took her hair and told her "Your hairs so long, you could have a mustache!" and she also tells about how she discovered how Bozo made his nose squeak...he had a little horn in his hand that he would honk anytime somebody squeezed his nose. I'll ask her when she saw him, its very likely she was with you all. :D

Was Captain Kangaroo an actual captain of any kind? Did he serve in WW ll?

I was on the Pick Temple Show

A memorial celebration in honor of Lee Reynolds will be held at Dyer-Gunnell American Legion Post 180 Vienna, 330 Center St. North, Vienna, Va. 22180 on Sat., 8 Feb., from 1 to 4 p.m. An inurnment will be held in the spring at the Columbus Phipps Memorial Cemetery, Clintwood, Va. Clintwood-Colley Funeral Home, Clintwood, Va., is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name may be made to WMKV-FM, www.wmkvfm.org, 11100 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45246, (877)772-9658. Link to 30 Jan 14 Washington Post news obituary www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/man-with-a-million-voices-captained-childrens-television/2014/01/29/a65271a0-890e-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html Link to the 31 Jan 14 Death Notice www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=harry-l-reynolds&pid=169413989&fhid=10523

Sorry to report maties that Lee Reynolds aka Cap'n Tugg passed away January 27th at home in Virginia. He was 87. He will be missed by all the DC boomer kids who ran home to watch every school day. He played most of the chacters. Great show, great man. Bless you.

At 3:14 the black child is me.. I ended up on his show and one of the games he had was to see how many clothes pins you could drop into milk bottles in 10 seconds. On the show of course you had to wear a cowboy outfit and back then damn near every child had a western outfit with six shooters.. Different world

Great show along with Captain Tug. Ranger Hal would set up to sign autographs along with picture he provided. He wouldn't leave until he was completely done. He never let the kids down.

Ranger Hal was a great children's show. He came to Suitland, Maryland in the sixties. Ranger Hal brought large black & white photo's of himself and signed the photo in person. There were a few miles of people/kids waiting to see him. He saw everyone before leaving.

Great show!

This was a childhood favorite of mine too! The tugboat which traveled on the Potomac River. I was waiting for his tugboat to return, but the show was cancelled.

I used to love this show as a kid growing up in D.C.! I, too, at age six, thought the "Channel Queen" was a real tug. Indeed; it does appear that Cap't Tugg's speaking tube has a toilet plunger for a mouth/earpiece (a tub faucet shower adapter made do for Mr. Flanagan's end of the apparatus, apparently!) What fun to see this again!!

I too was picked for the show, I was in the 4th grade Miss Robinson's class.i it was my birthday and Giant Food would give you a cake .i never got my cake.i had a cowboy suit and an army 45 instead of colt 45.

A follow-up: This was my first Thanksgiving.

I also would love to see a few complete episodes. I was on the show in the 1965 or 1966 and won a prize. Thanks so much for posting this!

Got to sit on his knee on the Bozo show, then in the 70's hang out at the radio station where he did his show in Silver Spring and watch through the control booth window.

I was on Pick Temple in the 50's, all dressed up in my cowgirl outfit. I was chosen to ride the pony and lead the motto: Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. It was great fun.

I went with my uncle to that legendary 1962 Thanksgiving game where the Lions pulverized the Packers, 26-14. Who knew that it would still be the greatest Lions' game I ever saw?

When I was a little I loved Ranger Hal woke up every morning just to watch him. I always wanted to be on his show but, it was the 60's & in the south we were not allowed. But he would come to the supermarkets in our neighborhood & all the kids would talk with him & shake his hand. Once my parents took me to see him at the supermarket, I was excited, but afraid also, I did'nt understand why he did not look the same as he looked on tv!! (black n' white) lol!!! He was nice to us!!

With the strength of 10 ordinary men, is the mighty Hercules!

This excerpt was culled from the half-hour (less commercial breaks) special program that aired in 1985, just before Metromedia was sold to create the fledgling Fox Network. The program (originally recorded to VHS tape from an over-the-air broadcast) can be purchased on DVD from Bruce Simon's Kinevideo online store. The same DVD contains a historical retrospective of WBAL-TV, and similar DVDs are available for retrospectives by dozens of TV stations around the US.

Thanks for this. I'd love to see the whole show. Are there any similar retrospectives from other DC channels?

ranger Hal signed photos of himself in 1966 in suitland maryland. the line was over 3 miles long and he ran out of pictures but saw everybody. a real good guy.

I was on Pick Temple! I remember the hot lights and straw, lol.

Although unconfirmed, a retired Giant Food exec believes this is store #35 on Route 7. The Giant was built at one end of the shopping center and a Safeway at the other. Izzy Cohen wanted to open the week BEFORE Safeway, so everyone worked around the clock, electricians and all, (triple time paychecks). They took the last load of trash out of the store at noon. Pick Temple arrived at 1PM for the opening. The construction company owner gave Izzy a new car after the project was complete.

In 2009, I interviewed Bill Gormly on Fairfax Cable's "Out of the Past" program and I'm pleased to say he hasn't lost his fine sense of humor. You can see Bill's two part interview via the Vimeo.com site. Go to that site and type-in "Bill Gormly" in the Search box. (Or look for the direct links to that same interview in the description for this KZbin video.)

I was on Pick Temple & we appreciated the bag of groceries we received from Giant Food on the Show. I was picked from the crowd to shoot at the snake. I nailed it but Pick said I missed. Never trusted him again. I was watching Ranger Hal in Cincinnati when he made the famous statement (when he thought the cameras were off), "There, that ought to hold the little bastards".That was the end of that. I thought the show came out of Cincinnati.