Captain Sandy WSAV 1964

Handed down copy from original 2 inch Black and white video tape of Captain Sandy the weather man on WSAV-TV Savannah Georgia from 1964. This may possibly be the only copy of an original Captain Sandy broadcast from the B7W era of television. Has Clamity Clam, Aurther-mometer, Wilbur the weather bird and a great performace from the Captain. This unknown weather man I beleive is the 2nd Captain Sandy to be on WSAV-TV News. Joe Cox was the most remembered and longest lasting Captain Sandy. Any more information would be helpful.

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[tybeebum]

An Augusta Chronicle article from 1999 identifies this original Cap'n Sandy as the late Norm Strand. My dad says he took me to the TV studio in '61 when I was 3 to see the show live because apparently I was always singing the theme song around the house. I remember Joe Cox as Cap'n Sandy, though.

[W4SGA]

Thank you for identifying the mystery Captain Sandy for me as Norm Strand. You are just a few years younger than me. I don't remember this fella. Joe Cox was also the Captain I knew.

[LoolieLime]

I do remember a different Cap'n Sandy too. He was a "little saltier" looking, like a real captain!!..If this is all we have in existence then, well that's fine.

[LoolieLime]

Thank you for posting this<3

[joebradio]

why does that thermometer remind me of the range game on the Price is Right?

[K4GNO]

I worked with this Cap'n Sandy, his name is Tom Even not Norm Strand. Norm was the original Cap'n Sandy and left WSAV to work in Denver. I worked at WSAV from 1960 to 1965 and directed many of the Cap'n Sandy shows as part of the local news block (at that time only 15 minutes total). I broke in Joe Cox who became the best known Cap'n Sandy before leaving WSAV. I worked in New York for 33 years and am now retired living in Florida. Bill Futrell

[righthorse]

My father, Joe Petty, doing the voice-over intro as well as the commercial for Savannah Bank. Awesome. I was 7 years old . Loved Capt Sandy weather. This is really bringing back memories!

[righthorse]

The man doing the voice-over introduction to Capt Sandy as well as the savannah Bank commercial was my father, Joe Petty. We mover to Savannah in 1963. I was 6 years old and we moved from Wocester, Massachusetts. My dad came from a radio/Newspaper background and this was his first job in television. What a GREAT treat for me as well as my mother and siblings to see this freat blast ffrom the past. The hair on the back of my neck is still standing on end. My dad passed away 11 years ago.

[toonie61]

That ain't captain sandy

[newstarcadefan]

Wow...I maybe be a young person at 27...but this is really a time capsule for those of us who missed out on the golden age of television.

[teven70]

@teven70 It was great while it lasted I moved on in 1966 to WLW in Dayton then to WAGA Atlanta Became Executive Director of SAG & AFTRA in Atlanta and after 16 yrs of that I went into the movie business Played in about 30 motion pictures, One U may recognize is Fried Green Tomatos. I played the Judge. Had some great parts and met a lot of the stars.

[teven70]

This is not Norm Strand. This is Thomas Even i went on to atlanta and several other stations in my career. i have done many movies with all the stars. today i am in NM running an RV park and apartment complex