![]() ![]() ![]() Juxtaposed with her interview remarks are thoughts on the show in comparison with other educational television of the 1960s, the milieu of the times, and the legacy of the Romper Room on educational television for children in America. At this article’s basic function, eliciting her memories of the show helped to clarify how the show worked and why it was effective. I recall strangers calling to her from their passing vehicles if they spied her on a sidewalk, “Hi, Miss Joyce!” Impressive to my young mind as her celebrity was, it was only much later when I considered the impact the show had on young viewers both in our small town and, from other television areas, on the nation, as well as the impact on my mother’s later teaching. This host – my mother Joyce Kramer – certainly had a magical job with new educational television, and it made her a celebrity in the town of Ottumwa, Iowa, in that time and for years afterward. Apple core.In the interest of adding to the general awareness and understanding of early educational television for children, this article explores a specific television program from the 1960s, Romper Room, chiefly via an interview with one of the show’s local hosts.No Lady Leprechauns?….Maybe that’s a good thing?.Ever miss sitting together on the sofa watching your favorite shows?.Cambridge Massachusetts : A Ticket To The Greatest Show on Earth.Strangers ….They are just friends waiting to happen. ![]() The Widowmaker Came Knocking This Week….I’m feeling gratitude today….and it feels so awesome. From 1953 all the way through 1994, preschool children got to learn and play along with a group of television children in the Romper Room, a TV series that was.Just A Kid From Cambridge…With A Big Heart.If Izzy is a Good Do Bee next year she’ll be getting a magic mirror (with the mirror glass) as her next birthday present.Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. show that used hosts, puppets, games, music, short cartoons, and educational segments to teach a variety of subjects to preschool children. Which is more creepy a woman who can’t really see into someone’s homes and lives but tries to get kids to be good do bee’s or applications where kids sometimes act who act like don’t bee’s are putting creepy stuff on the internet? Her response… who you make me some scrambled eggs please? Romper Room TV Series 19531994 1 h IMDb RATING 7.4 /10 169 YOUR RATING Rate Family A 1953 -1994 childrens T.V. Tik Tok is a social media platform for creating, sharing and discovering short music videos… The app is used mostly by young people who use it to as a singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing platform.Īfter hearing about these popular applications I asked …so would you say that some of the stuff on these has been somewhat creepy? Yes sometimes.she said. I remember watching the show every afternoon at my babysitters house. I also found this: My friend, Salena, and I used to play MG in my back yard when we were little. Instagram is a photo sharing app which allows users to assign filters to photos and share them with followers…ie lots of people… I was just thinking about one of my favorite tv shows when I was a kid, 'The Magic Garden'. Snapchat is a messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they’re been shared with friends. So I said OK, then help me then to understand the purpose behind Snap Chat, Instagram and Tik Tok? I asked her what she was frowning at and she replied “that’s creepy” … pretending to look into other peoples homes and talking to their kids. “Do-Bee a milk drinker,” “Do-Bee a room-straightener,” “Do-Bee a bed-maker” Don’t-Bee a street-crosser” and “Don’t-Bee a nasty tongue.”Īs I explained the show I could see Izzy wasn’t enjoying my trip down memory lane. One feature of the show was the “Do-Bee” and “Don’t-Bee” game…. She pretended to see through her magic vanity mirror without glass and would say, “I see Suzie and Tommy and Jimmy and Kathy and Ricky all had fun today.” I never got a mention neither did anyone with an uncommon name Scout, Tricksy or Missy Lee. She had a “Magic Mirror” that she used to see and speak with the boys and girls in her television audience at home. I explained about a local TV show I watched as a kid called Romper Room hosted by a woman who called herself Miss Jean. My daughter Izzy stared at me and in an effort to gauge my sanity she asked… what did you just say ? While holding a skillet to make an egg omelet this morning, I held it up to my face and said… “Romper bomper stomper boo, tell me, tell me, tell me do, magic mirror tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?” Sometimes the craziest things transport us backward like a time machine.
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