Pick Temple & Ranger Hal Interview - c.1983

[dennisl2008]

Wonderful memories of my childhood when I lived in Alexandria, Virginia and watched both of these shows every day. Loved them both. Thanks Mom.

[hombre1946]

Hi all. Does anyone know where I can find any of the shows from Pick Temple?

[kaptainkidshow]

@hombre1946 To the best of my knowledge, no complete Pick Temple episodes from Washington, DC exist. His DC show aired "live" in real time, so no tapes exist. (Only one episode of Pick's Saturday and Sunday Morning Philadelphia TV show has survived.)

However, I will soon be posting various short filmed clips of his DC show on YouTube, so "don't touch that dial!"

[hombre1946]

@kaptainkidshow Great. You ever thought about putting a collage together on DVD and selling them. I sure take one.

[bubbamell50]

Wow...my cousin was on the Pick Temple show in the 50's. I remember watching her. She was dressed in a cowgirl outfit and had a "fake" gun and shot at a "fake" snake. This is great to see. If you grew up in the 50's it was the best time for kids to grow up I think.

[bubbamell50]

OMG! My cousin was on this show probably in 58 or 59, not sure. It was so cool watching her.

[MrBingTim]

It was a surprise to see myself in this vintage film

[larryk123]

Great to see this. Thanks. I was on both Pick Temple and Ranger Hal.

[Susan8115]

I was on that show!!!

[HappyRattieMom]

When I was 7 years old, Pick showed the serials from Gene Autry, the singing cowboy. Was his sponsor Ovaltine? Remember the pumping air "rifle" that "shot" pingpong balls at the knock-over targets? Oh how I longed to be on the show so I could try it! And lo-my parents got me on the show in my little cowgirl outfit with my red cowboy hat-Yay! But Pick chose me to be the ball-dudette instead of one of the target shooters-Yikes!

[chiennoir54]

I was on Pick Temple, too. In 58 or 59, I don't remember. But I was chosen from the crowd to shoot at the balloons and remember being amazed that they burst. Nothing I shot at at home showed any reaction like that. Amazed they have film from this era....

[Juliaflo]

To learn more about this and other local children's programming, read, 'Hi, There, Boys and Girls'.

You may find it in the library.

[walker107]

I also was on the show. It blew my mind to see Pick and his dog Lady in living color. And the Ranger Hal set - with Oswald perched on a tree stump - was down at the opposite end of the studio in clear view of us kids. Sweet! Thank you!

[nattyboh1]

Thank you I was also on pick Temple show

[Faireweatherfriend]

I remember the trick where they'd pick a girl and a boy from the audience and give them both a huge hammer, like John Henry might use. Pick gave the girl a trick one that was much lighter. The girl could lift hers but the boy could not. Then he would exchange the hammers between the kids by crossing his arms, but also turning around, so that he appeared to be switching hammers, but was not. The girl again lifted hers easily, the poor, puzzled boy could not.

[MewFushisDad]

This is so cool.

I was on the Pick Temple show and yes I was packing two six shooters and wearing my cowboy hat

[Scratch3386]

Wow, Pick Temple! I remember my older brother threw a full-blown tantrum on his show because he didn't get to ride Piccolo.

At the time, from just a sibling rivalry standpoint, that delighted me. Thanks for the memories.

[gitman11]

I was a Pick Temple Ranger and I was on the show and will never forget it and I am 58 now.Thanks for the wonderful memories!!!

[matrox]

Quite a few of the kids in the audience were packing heat, that would never fly today.

[kaptainkidshow]

Pick's Rangers were actually ENCOURAGED to pack heat, (although the rules were strict about leaving all "ammunition" at the door!) Rangers would be told to fire at the screen to start the next cartoon. (VERY different times!)

[prame38]

Were there two Pick Temples?  I was on his show, broadcast from Philadelphia, must have been 1962 or 1963. I had written and sent a letter to the show and my mother almost fainted when the mailman came to the door with a certified letter that I was accepted as an audience member. I didn't sit on his lap, but he sat beside me on the bleachers. Sally Star was another children's show favorite in our area.

[kaptainkidshow]

Pick Temple's son, Dr. L. Parker Temple III, explains: "Dad also tried a show in the Philadelphia area after he went off the air in DC. In 1962-63, he was on WFIL-TV 6 on weekends. The show was popular, but just did not fit in with the declining market for live TV. He found that he had gotten in on the ground floor of live TV, only to outlive the phenomenon when TV converted to serials and cartoons. But it was a wonderful run - and a wonderful life."

[rslitman]

I was on Pick Temple's show 50 years ago today, November 23, 1957! I had a new holster and toy guns for the occasion (no problems with toy guns then). (Also no hated Dallas team to make "cowboy" a bad word in DC then!) My pregnant mother took me to Channel 9's Broadcast House on a streetcar from Friendship Heights. I wasn't ever on Ranger Hal's show, but I did get to meet him once in front of the Grand Union in Langley Park. I was also on Bozo and sat on Willard Scott's lap.

[ivanack]

God bless you for posting this. So many memories ! Thanks so much