The kid shows were piped in like utilities: you turned on the set just about any time a kid would want to watch TV, and there these guys were. For many of us, the great Sandy Becker WAS New York TV. Fred Scott read the news following his kids show; once he forgot who he was talking to and said, "This is the Channel 5 News, Uncle Fred Scott reporting."
From the heyday of Channel 5 in New York City, it's the one, the only, Chuck McCann, in the first of seven segments. Stay Tuned!
Also: listen to a recent interview with Chuck at:
http://tinyurl.co m/2pmf6a
First, a scene shot in a coach in the Train Barn. Then, Ward and Betty Kimball in Ward's Toy Room. Ward talks about his popular band, The Firehouse Five Plus Two, flips a stack of drawings of Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio and talks about Walt Disney. Fifth of seven parts.
Interview with Disney animator Ward Kimball and his wife, Betty, in Ward's Toy Room. Ward talks about his continuing role at the Disney studio and his work on Pinocchio, Cinderella, and Mickey Mouse. Sixth of seven parts.