Ranger Hal Show - 1965 - Part One

(Courtesy:Tom Buckley "eyeontv") Here are the first few minutes of the Washington, DC "Ranger Hal" broadcast from Tuesday, September 7th, 1965. Harold "Hal" Shaw with Ozzie (nee Oswald) Rabbit open the program. After an educational show-and-tell presentation on "The Great American Railway", Hal returns with puppets Wally and Marvin Monkey to pitch Hostess Bakery treats to the viewers. I'll try to add the remainder of the program in equal sized segments.
Hal's theme music is Mitch Miller's "Whistle Stop", provided by Mark Rockman.
(Visit KaptainKidshow.com for more Ranger Hal of DC facts. Or surf to members.cox.net... for a link to a site celebrating Jacksonville's Ranger Hal, Henry Baranek.)

[@richardcollins6684]

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.

[@marinequeenger]

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!!!

[@Modelt5000]

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!!

[@cinegraphic]

I was doing archival research for the filming of LA Confidential, and one of the producers told me that he was one of the puppeteers for Ranger Hal. He also stated that he still had the puppets, but they were disintegrating quickly. Thanks for sharing this great kinescope!

[@ba82paulus]

Haven't seen this since I was a kid. Fun video. I remember when Ranger Hal & Oswald the Rabbit came to Cumberland, Maryland back in the sixties and I was able to see them.

[@robertb4651]

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

[@ZnenTitan]

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.

[@dantedmc12]

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.

[@burbankgig]

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!

[@designermite]

I loved this show when I was a kid...A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

[@richardcollins6684]

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.

[@kaptainkidshow]

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!!!"

[@tapemaster]

What memories this brings back.Cant wait to see the rest.Anyone remember Ranger Hal appearing on Capt Kangaroo?Would pay a million dollars for that one.

[@cbarsonfire]

Ha Ha. My brother was on ranger Hal and grabbed the wrabbit and pulled his off exposing the guys hand.

[@mikeaustin1]

Didn't the late Max Robinson (newscaster) do some puppeteering on the show, too? This was a terrific show. Who can forget the lineup of Hal following Kapt. K. on WTOP TV? Hal was a great guy with a real heart for kids. R.I.P., Ranger.

[@kaptainkidshow]

Academy Award® winner Barry Levinson (Best Director of 1988 for "Rain Man") is proud of his work on WTOP-TV's Ranger Hal Show in the 1960s, including a stint as puppeteer. Levinson fictionalizes those experiences in his novel "Sixty-Six"... writing about a young man working on "The Ranger Al Show".

[@kaptainkidshow]

I don't currently have any complete shows of Pick Temple. I hope to solve that within a few months. In the meantime, I will post a very short interview conducted with Ranger Hal Shaw and Pick Temple in the early 1980s. Watch for it on KZbin, and also at the KaptainKidshow web site.

[@kaptainkidshow]

Original source: 2-inch quadruplex ("Quad") black & white videotape.

[@matrox]

Wow, that was boring. I was a kid and watched this and I thought it was a lot better then.