eveneve

I just found this site and was intrigued by the current discussion. My father was Captain Bob on KPRC in the late 50's and 60's. He actually had 3 childrens t.v. shows. The first ws Looney Town and that was a rival show that competed in the same time slot as Kitirik. He also had a show on Saturday Mornings called Today is Saturday which was formatted like the Today show on NBC. He had guests like John Wehrler from the Zoo and cartoons and science films. He had another show on Saturdays which someone earlier was confusing. It was called Looney Auction and you did collect looney bucks from Carnation milk and the rainbo Bread company. We used to ride around in the Isetta. He used that for promotions and parades. The picture that was shown was not of his car. His had a big white admiral cap on top big plastic eyes and a smile painted on the front so it looked like a face. I hadn't thought about this in a long time. I used to get kidded at school about all of this but it had its perks. Rodeos circuses concerts parades celebrities. We got to meet every star that came to town for the rodeo or T.V. stars appearing at channel 2. Quite a crazy time.

Hi Bob, I also just found this site. I've been googling my (our) father for over a year now and finally came across this blog/website. I love that there are people out there that remember our fathers show! I have very fond memories of him as well. One of my favorites was when the Astrodome was just built (the Colt 45 stadium was still in the parking lot) and we all went there to basically 'inaugurate' the new Astrodome. Such fun, such memories. It really was quite trippy being the kid of a celebrity. I'm just sorry we all didn't have the opportunity of growing up together b/c we moved out of Houston. I didn't see an email for you, but I'd love to hear from you Bobby! my email address is: eveneve5600@gmail.com