Over 3 minutes of 1980 Romper Room Footage Miss Mary Ann

[naturalpro2003]

Miss Mary Ann can teach me 7 days a week, and twice on Sunday, ANYTIME, ANY PLACE! I loved her!!

[naturalpro2003]

@robertquentincobb As I mentioned, respect for your country meant something back then. Children were instructred early in life. Waving the flag, let alone pledging allegiance to it, is seen as some form of mind control. God bless America!

[naturalpro2003]

@kathryn0200 About what?

[kathryn0200]

didn't leonardo decaprio get kicked off this show?

[samuraiwarrior0915]

Dictator television. Oh and lil touch of reptilians.

[naturalpro2003]

@Amoralman69 Showing respect for your country meant back then. You cannot do that this day in age without offending someone.

[kathryn0200]

@naturalpro2003 You offended me.

[Amoralman69]

you're forcing them to pledge. Dictator

[bernie205]

lawsuit



[Catdude5000]

@bernie205 Haha...back in the day, teachers needed to make sure they subjected those little budding Generation X'ers to physically risky stuff to give them that hard-edged, badassed attitude as they came of age...."Who cares if these little devils break a few bones at age 4, even on Romper Room".......

[cavalierfan1995]

who did the music

Emerson lake and Palmer

[cavalierfan1995]

nobody beats miss molly

i know their were others before her but miss marry ann looked stoned

[gmfd76]

@cavalierfan1995 Yeah, really--Miss Mary Ann was the one I watched in 1980 and clearly she's not entirely there...can't say I noticed at the time (I was only 3-4) but Miss Molly did seem to give the show some "OOMPH" when she arrived on the scene in '81 :)

[robertquentincobb]

All I care about is, those Kids where actually taught the Pledge of Allegiance! "One Nation under God!" Dig-it! Yet today's kids don't even know what the flag looks like , let alone the Pledge of Allegiance! This is when the USA was still Great! May God bless the USA.

[14DaveHunter]

@robertquentincobb  Amen to that.

[hauntedshore204]

My sister thinks that is rad. She is 35 and wishes she was on romper room

[TheWill2579]

she wernt on news at noon on channel 9, didnt she?

[sublimemota]

Did you ever learn how to walk on a balance beam?

[JENDALL714]

Awesome, back when they would teach you to love you country and didn't force you to be "green". If they had this show today, the kids would be indoctrinated into Global Warming and be singing about Obama!

[d1malcriao]

I remember Doo-Bee always showed up on Friday! I wish school wuz really like that! I wuz wrong when i wuz in kidergarten thinking will Doo-Bee show up on Friday??

[Zickcermacity]

For some reason audio is left channel only(right for those with their speakers set up bkwards.

[brandissaulnier28]

wow...are these kids trying to pass a DUI test? LOL

[brandissaulnier28]

oh man...i love Doo BEEE!!

[johnissoevil]

I remember finding a clip on another site a few years ago where a kid told Mary he'd use a gun or something like that, and she was shocked

[jzerony]

That Miss Mary Ann was a bit of a control freak, wasn't she?

[pscomics]

where was this taped?



[NathanielChristopher]

Instill them with nationalism right from the get-go!

[Glitch969]

Miss Mary Ann. I'd hit that.

[bryandamadman]

My mom would beat me with a fireplace poker during this part because she said it would infuriate Jehovah if I pledged allegiance to the flag.

[14DaveHunter]

Pledge of Alligance, Romper Room promoted patriotism.

[jmpms]

Miss Mary Ann was never my favorite. She always had her hands all over the kids and not in a very nice way.

[pinkypimpalicous]

@jmpms I wouldnt complain if she put her hands on me back then. I'd have my first boner.

[snootzie78]

I didn't like Miss Mary Ann. She always rushed things on RR. And that smile looked so fake.

[BeatleBangs1964]

I have hated that damn do bee since I was a toddler. I said I didn't want to be one. I hated the idea that a person was considered good only if they were dutiful tin soldiers who voiced agreement and did whatever they were told without asking questions or using their own minds. Damn that do bee and that stupid face it has! I hate that damn bee ever since I was tire high to a Ford Falcon and I still do.

[riceboy1701e]

Mammer: despite the poor comments from some of the peanut gallery here, I thank you for posting! Values such as reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and guiding/teaching children like this are a distant memory. As a public educator, it saddens me to see such values like this-leadership, guidance, and self-worth-are no longer taught in school.

In short, and EXCELLENT post! Thanks for such warm memories. I was 10 at the time of this post, but I lived in Georgia and not NYC. Grear WOR intro!

[ManfredDeJesus]

lol I remember romper room from when I was a kid and I loved it at the time, but looking back as an adult, it was a little bizarre

[txwildcat60]

omg I remember this! Weird we did all this stuff in my 2nd grade class! That was a loong time ago! The orginial showing in about 1968

Heh but no way I could balance on the balance beam now I'd fall on my face among other things!

[Sheri451]

Before you make anymore snide comments ddv1671, I am in Early childhood education and not ALL children have perfect motor skills at about four, which the little girl in blue and the little boy in the red shirt looked like they were.

[tikilover3]

Ah, these kids are cute...Mary Ann is a little stern...

She is only a little bit more exciting than Miss Francis, its funny how so little can so enthrall a small child.

[erracht]

The Pledge of Allegiance is brainwashing.

[MiamiIndianTribe]

no shit-

[Lectronimo]

As though it's not absurd enough to have this enormous bee dancing around the studio, Miss Mary Ann puts it over the top when she wishes him a "good weekend." What the hell does Do-Bee do on the weekend?! My favorite comment from the kids was a very honest "Where's his house?" at 00:22 that actually seems to momentarily throw Mary Ann. I kind of wish she'd replied something specific like "Secaucus" rather than avoid answering.

[txquis]

Sorry, i mean Mary Ann....was she actually nice?

[txquis]

Mary Jane is one of the more cranky RR presenters I've seen...yikes.

[Lectronimo]

Yeah, she seems a little cranky here, doesn't she? She seems to yank the flag out of the little girl's hand and it sounds like she huffs "Phew!" at the same time. And then she's pushing those kids to go faster and faster along that balance beam. I guess even RR hostesses had bad days. Or was she always like this? I vaguely remember the hostess before her, who I liked better.

[MrTabby5000]

Were you a paid regular?

[dd16v71]

Who,s the Fuckup in the red shirt.

[mammer90]

LOL. I found that kinda funny.

[Zickcermacity]

@dd16v71

That will be FINE - I don't think we need those comments on a show that KIDS at the time MIGHT be showing their KIDS here on youtube.  Comprende amigo?

[MartenFerret]

@dd16v71 Respect the shirt. It looks expensive.

[paritutu]

god what a bitch the presenter was...see the way she pushed thlose klids around

[tanquantwal]

God Forbid if they should recite the pledge of allegiance in schools today. That's what wrong with today's generation.

[MrAlQ]

Miss Mary Ann is HOT!

[Mystica245]

how bout those romper stompers CLASSIC

[CrynOut]

A couple of my friends were on this show.

[geowhizkid26]

I thought the English sandal T-strap shoes you wore in this video were soooo friggin adorable. Those shoes rock. You still see mothers dressing up little boys in those kinds of shoes in the South (South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, etc) usually with pretty little longalls, brands like Kelly's Kids and Petit Ami.

Interesting that you were wearing pants

with t-strap shoes. I guess it was more

common for little boys to wear t-strap

Mary Jane/English sandals back then

in the 1980s - Preston

[Marbles471]

How well do you remember doing all this?

[Mediterraneanblue9]

Do little kids nowadays get this kind of education. Seems so archaic.

[Basiloma]

Doo bee is smoking doooo beees.

[lesliekwan80]

I hope you know you lefts 'n rights now. :) hehe

[stjohnsknits]

nice black/brown tights Doo bee

[vozpit]

Go Matt go!!

[zstardust838]

Hey, you were awesome on the balance beam!!

[JasonBassn]

Damn, Doo Bee had some sexy little legs.