PINKIE LEE VOLUME# 1 Show # 1

[PinchandSqueal]

PINKIE LEE RULES

[lwitmer]

I seem to remember that Pinky Lee barfed on stage during one of his TV shows. I was only 3 yrs old at the time.....maybe this was when the screen went to a test pattern.

[VealParmigiana]

Not bad, but I prefer Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody.

[iraRona]

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[143AC]

"The Pinky Lee Kids TV Show'was broadcast

first from The first El Capitain TV Theater at Hollywood

& Vine and later from Burbank,Cal.

[dariaE]

My mom was visiting last nite and to amuse her I decided to show her clips of her old favorite shows from the 40s/50s on youtube. And thank god above I did. Because I have discovered my new god and savior - this man, this miracle, PINKY LEE.

[bigeman25]

I remember a song, 'Yoo Hoo it's me ,my name is Pinky Lee, with my funny hat and checkered coat and a funny giggle in my throat, put that all together and that means , ooo,ooo,ooo, PINKY.

I think that's the way it went.

It's been a long time!

[143AC]

That's Abbott & Costello TV Show regular Sid

Fields playing one of Pinky's uncles on this show.

[renrengrin]

wow. he advertised tootsie rolls for the first half of of the show..

[Sandguy99]

"Isn't he handsome?" as Pinky strokes the Ringmaster's hair. Gotta love the guy.

[Smolley28]

Just wondering, do you have the show with Pinky's 1955 on-air collapse ?

I love his dancing,so funny.

[NBachers]

I was wondering that, too. I remember watching that show. He just started an intro, "Ha ha ha ha kids, listen to this" then he clutched his chest and said, "Somebody grab me - Grab me quick" and he fell out. I thought it was a gag part of his routine, but then the screen went blank and the test pattern came on. I thought he died or something. It would be interesting to waatch it again after all these years and see if I remember it as it really happened.

[Smolley28]

Youre saying he clutched his chest? He didnt actually have a heart attack on-air,even though thats been repeated for years, he just collapsed,he had the flu and was in bad shape, but went on with his show anyway.I have a feeling the film doesnt exist, but I hope Im wrong...

[NBachers]

Yes, well, like I say, I was a real little kid watching the TV all by myself, and I know my memory may be clouded by my young perceptions and the many (too many)years that have passed. That's why I'd like to compare the film with the way I remember it, and see what the similarities and differences are. If the film doesn't exist, then I'll have to ask for a film review when I get to heaven.

[143AC]

Ira,

Whatever happened to Pinky's Ringmaster/

Announcer:Mr.Rex May?

[fromthesidelines]

Pinky had a daily half-hour show [5-5:30pm(et)] between 1954 and '56 on NBC, just before "HOWDY DOODY". Rex May, the "Ringmaster", was also the announcer for his sponsor, Tootsie Roll. This is the first half of a "typical" offering from about 1955, where Pinky finds himself trying to lose weight with "help" from his uncles, "Weiner" and "Schnitzel" {"Weber & Fields" impersonators}. Unlike Howdy, Pinky's audience had kids AND their parents in attendance....

[ehemple]

I was around 3 or 4. I would sit in front of iyr B&W TV and my mother would make me a P&J sandwich. That was 56 years ago. I still love this show.