Susan Heinkel...Susan's Show On CBS TV 1958

[frankallan1106]

I am not sure where Susan Heinkel is today, but I understand she's still alive and well and living her life with her husband. I'm still trying to somehow contact her for an interview. Like most of the people who did TV in those days, tent to go into hiding and stay out of the public eye and live a normal life. I could be wrong, but I doubt seriously she's still in Chicago. In the meantime whatever I fined out I will certainly post it. Thanks for writing again.

Frank Allan

[franciscanschicago]

PS, Is Susan, still in Chicago???

[franciscanschicago]

Each time I see this clip brings back so much old memories..of my youth as I used to watch this show every day M-F Susan went to St. Mary of the Lake school and so did I... Ahter that she went to Immaculata HS as I had two cousins also going to that HS.

I got to meet Susan one time she went to a Shoe Store she did a apperinces in.

Again thank you so much!

[frankallan1106]

Your dad knows best and I'm glad you could see it first hand.

Frank Allan

[gunterdak]

My dad was telling me about this show. It seemed pretty strange, and when he mentioned a talking table named "Mr Pegasus," I was convinced he had just imagined the whole thing! Its awesome to see that it is real and that footage of it still exists!

[redsteddi]

I remember this show.......i was about 8 years old at the time and i remember that dam table mr pegasus lol ....but i dont remember her dog and i do recall her flying on a chair.........keep posting these fantastic tv shows tyyyyy

[thermal54]

As a three year-old living in Old Town, I was simulaneously intrigued and scared shitless of that talking table.

[waynebrasler]

I think after college and marrying, Susan and her husband formed an industrial show company to produce entertainment for business conventions and such. They were very successful. I think Susan was also, and still might be, the voice of Southwestern Bell Telephone on recorded messages to customers. I think the reason Susan is so hard to find is even at the height of her show business career she was living the life of an educated proper Catholic girl from a fine family.

[frankallan1106]

@waynebrasler That is really interesting information. I rarely do interviews, but I would love to do one with her even if I have to do it by telephone. I hope one day she gets to see this video on you tube if she hasn't seen it yet, and get in touch with me. Thank you for the information.

Frank Allan

[livnfree930]

I've been looking for a clip of this show the last few years!!! I used to watch it when very little! Thank you for posting!!

[frankallan1106]

@livnfree930 Thank you so much for writing. I'm glad you enjoy this video.

[amateurphilosopher]

Incredible! I never thought I would see this show again. I used to watch it as a 6 year old in Chicago. I remember being fascinated by the flying chair (and Susan)!

[livnfree930]

@amateurphilosopher Me too! I used to watch it when I was six.. and I was also fascinated with the floating on the chair thing! LOL!!

[talkinbroadway]

I remember seeing Susan play Liesl in the first Muny production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. She played Becky Thatcher in the world premiere of TOM SAWYER at the Muny, And a few years later played Kim MacAfee when the Muny did BYE BYE BIRDIE.

[frankallan1106]

@talkinbroadway

Thank you so much for sharing that information. I love hearing all of these stories about Susan.

Frank Allan

[waynebrasler]

I grew up in St. Louis and so saw "Baby Susan Heinkel" when she couldn't be more than 5 on KSD-TV. She had a terrific childhood career and went on to roles at the Municipal Opera, now the Muny, the 12,000-seat outdoor theater in Forest Park. Then she was brought to Chicago and the big time with her T.V. shows but in the end she came back to St. Louis and completed her education. She was lucky to have sane parents who made sure her life was a normal and balanced and healthy as possible.

[frankallan1106]

@waynebrasler Thank you so much for sharing that story. All of you have been great in sharing your memories of Susan Heinkel. I really appreciate it.

Frank Allan

[JanimalM]

I used to watch that when I was about 8. I remember seeing Rusty lift his leg on camera.

[frankallan1106]

Thank you so much for remembering. It was a CBS network show that started locally in Chicago in 1953.

Frank Allan

[jdwaggoner]

I grew up in northwestern Ohio and was born in October of 1954...my parents had no recollection of this show, but I was sure I saw it when I was very young! Must have been on Channel 11 in Toledo if it was a CBS show. I've only met one other person my age who ever recalled seeing it, and he has lived in Chicagoland his entire life. I'm so glad you posted this! Thanks so very much!

[frankallan1106]

Thank you for that piece of information (Susan Heinkel Bayer) and thank you for watching. I'm glad you had a chance to at least experience Susan's Show second hand.

Frank Allan

[LandondeeL]

Last I heard, she was going by Susan Heinkel Bayer. Thank you for uploading this. All my life I had wanted to see a clip from this show, my curiosity was aroused as a little boy thumbing through an old EB Book of the Year, with a picture captioned "Susan and her puppets". The show was long gone by the time I was born,

[frankallan1106]

That's a marvelous story. Thank you for sharing. I would love to do a documentary on her. I'm not sure where she is today, but I'm hoping she's alive and doing well. I'll keep trying.

Frank Allan

[MrNortheastnevada]

---I danced with Suzy---

I grew up on the near north side of Chicago... I used to watch the 'Susan Show' on WBBM channel 2... I am around the same age as Suzy. I was surprised when she, as a teenager showed up at a DePaul Academy sock hop (an all boys high school I attended - she was attending Immaculate Heart an all girls high school). I asked her to dance to the song "You don't remember me but I remember you ." I was so excited to dance with a TV star. The year 1957/58.

Henry J. Casolari

[rarewavemusic]

Growing up in Chicago in the ‘50s – ‘60s, I remember this show well. I really liked the "flying" kitchen chair and would sit on our own kitchen chair and pretend it would fly. When many years later I asked friends if they remembered this show, it seemed no one had any recollection of a flying chair, a talking table, a girl named Susan, or a dog named Rusty. Did I dream it? I was stumped for several years until a Chicago director friend confirmed that the show did exist. Thanks for posting it.

[frankallan1106]

Thank you for remembering, not many do. At present, I'm trying to get a handle on Susan Heinkel. I'm hoping she's just in hiding and doing well.

Frank Allan

[WytZox1]

@rarewavemusic -- I remember that this show featured classic POPEYE THE SAILOR cartoons!

[ks1205]

@rarewavemusic I know the feeling, lol. I asked people if they remembered the show with Susan and her flying chair that showed Popeye cartoons and nobody else remembered it. For the longest time I thought I must have dreamed it or something. I finally googled a few years ago and found some info about the show and today I mentioned it to a friend who sent me a link to this video.

[livnfree930]

@ks1205 LOL!! This show made an impression on my little six year old mind, too! I watched it from the south suburbs of Chicago!