1960s Popeye Club - Cartoon Countdown

Featuring Atlanta's own "Officer" Don Kennedy!

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• Popeye
• Club
• Cartoon
• Countdown
• 1960s

[jevalles]

Don Kennedy now runs a syndicated jazz show on radio called Big Band Jump. Ever get shot with salt by another jazz aficionado, George Buck, over at 3008 Wadsworth Mill Place? He built his house along a creek and had the grounds beautifully sculpted. Once I stopped to ask his permission to walk his property, and when he opened the door, I could see floor-to-ceiling custom shelves filled with 78's. He owned and ran WCOB radio out of Avondale Estates, and started a jazz label in Texas.

[UBud1955]

This really brings back alot of memories of Atlanta when I was a boy in Decatur/Candler McAfee area. Officer Don was part of the old Atlanta scene that has drifted away with supposed progress. God Bless Officer Don, Guy Sharpe and Johnny Beckman who all made this show possible.

[mosescotton]

I loved The Officer Don Show. I was on it ca couple of times and won the Balls in a can game. I thought it was the greatest.

[rrtallon]

thx for the reply. I did not see it til now. i remember all the stuff you mentioned. Like the slot car track. We used to get cardboard boxes from Castleberrys and slide down the hill behind Chamblee Plaza when they first built it. Now that slope is covered with tall trees. Chamblee was a great place to grow up!

[MrTennesseeVols]

I remember Officer Don on Channel 36 in the late 70s

[GTbooster]

I remember Officer Don's coming to Athens to do a show. I was (am) a huge fan of Popeye cartoons, and I gave him a drawing which he showed on The Popeye Club. Prior to this show, O.D. hosted The Clubhouse Gang, and a show called Big Adventure. My favorite game was Balls-and-cans during which kids tried to get three small balls under a can which hung from a string.

[dadsboy54]

@ModGirl1967 Thanks ModGirl. I checked out your page and found some really cool retro stuff there. Love it!

[billyboylb]

I used to watch this from Macon, Georgia.

[ModGirl1967]

@dadsboy54 1962...okay! And I would LOVE to see an entire episode too! So glad to see a few seconds even.

[ModGirl1967]

@db33sr Oh! I had forgotten about that one! Too funny!

[ModGirl1967]

@dadsboy54 Cool! Lucky you! I had this pegged around 1960 or so. Thanks for the info and the memory!

[dadsboy54]

Correction. Yes, that is me on the far right on the bottom row, but it was not in 1960. This episode is from 1962, I believe. Uncle Cathode, do you happen to have the entire episode tucked away somewhere? Regardless, thank you for posting this.