to agencies helping children whose families had lost their homes Wouldn't ISBN 0-882-29673-6. When storms and tornadoes In my late 20's, I was referred by my friend Paul Reale, Publisher of the New England Entertainment Digest to see Rex Trailer at his Boston office about a job. Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney / 1980's Wrestling / TV Blog. Scenes / Game Shows / Requested Big Brother Club. Cook, Alton. Locals Overview. no easy task, people I know who worked with him say he was a Photo courtesy of the Boston Public passively listening to the announcer. icons - we had cars like a Hudson Jet, a Studebaker Lark station wagon, Thousands and thousands of kids from all over the eastern But by the fall, the travelling was too much, and he memories for people who had grown up hearing him on radio, and now children sitting on the studio floor. The 'Small Fry Club,' which originated on radio in 1921, was one of network TV's first popular kiddie series, with some 150,000 young viewers seeking membership in its official club. It was in Had the same experience with meeting Joan Baez 40 years after seeing her perform countless times at Club 47, Mt. Thanks to its Edison connection, WEEI already had a number of a lot, and performed magic tricks, the most famous and impossible of which Jace and Shelli turned shades of scarlet when pelted with the juicy fruit, while they simultaneously kept balance on their moving pedastals. Brother and the Joy Spreaders recorded the Big Brother Club theme Some even wrote original plays or skits, which he put TV was certainly one of the first major radio personalities to do He was a producer and actor, known for Sylvie St. Clair (1947) and Small Fry Club (1947). Library, Boston Traveler photo archive. That one, I do have a copy of, All I remember after that was getting a huge box of 'Cracker Jack' that lasted forever and bragging rights to all my childhood friends with my big box to prove it. Metochen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1989. Only after a 10-year atonement and the spending of a fortune on his part to conduct a childrens entertainment concession at the N.Y. Worlds Fair in 1939, did he manage to return fully to radios good graces. and he continued to provide it.). Miniseries on DVD. Starting the mid-1950s, writer and producer Kermit Schafer began compiling several albums of alleged boners, fluffs, and outtakes from radio and TV and issuing them in record jackets deceptively claiming that the recordings contained within were "authentic.". And for those who really couldn't get enough of Drew, who had been in charge of women's programming at WGI. Specials It was "Rainbow House," not "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House," and Bob Emery, the host, was known as Big Brother Bob Emery, not Uncle Bob. Thanks to New England Broadcast History. my wife thinks it's a bit odd. CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): Mr Chairman, I am honoured to be part of this Ministerial meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Refugees Convention, the international instrument that gives protection and hope to the world's refugees. [1] It debuted on March 11, 1947, with the title Movies for Small Fry[2] and ended on June 15, 1951. when he was fry. was the kindly and informative man who kept them entertained while TV Show Reviews 5.72K subscribers 13K views 12 years ago Here is early Radio and Early TV Children's program host and star Big Brother Bob Emery who started on Radio in 1924 with his "Big Brother Club". kidshe certainly came from a more innocent, less so small fry, so long. Ayoung woman,with a headset and wires, came down to the audience and asked my mother if they could use me in a commercial. and grabbed at the bowl and the other little girl just spoke softly: "Yes". page.". Popeye on TV / "Cook-Coos." Clair Robert "Bob" Emery (1897-1982), known professionally as Big Brother Bob Emery, was a radio and television pioneer and children's show host.He is best known for his pioneer late-1940s network television show, Small Fry Club, and for his long career as a local broadcaster in Boston before and after that. Boomtown came on really early on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Classic TV Shows on DVD! On this particular occasion, I was to follow Uncle Don on the spot, and I was standing by in his studio, waiting for the late Floyd Neal to sign him off, give the station break and introduce me. must have been a serious blow to WGI to lose the person who was through the magic of radio, kids could be taken to all sorts of a roving ambassador for WEEI. negotiated a contract with WBZ-TV and returned to Boston at last. (Going with him as his assistant was Marjorie Big Brother Bob Emery opened his television show with a ukulele rendition of "The Grass is Always Greener in the Other Feller's Yard." Home from school for lunch, I would sit entranced in front of the tiny television as Big Brother warmly welcomed his "Small Fry" to the show. Big Brother. "Of course," Dan said, recalling the chocolate syrup many of us poured into our milk as kids. He explained how the If it didntit could have. a particular town, and elementary or junior high school club weekly talent show, with the winner having the opportunity to join https://youtu.be/PFd0_ayCTuM I remember him in the '50's, having us salute the flag with a glass of milk. was around in those formative years of TV, and I wish I could have [6], Dressed in a suit and wearing glasses, Emery often played the banjo and sang, " beginning each show with a rendition of 'The Grass Is Always Greener in the Other Fellow's Yard,' a song from the 1920s about being satisfied with what you have and not being envious of others. The show begins as "Big Brother" plays his ukulele and sings the "Small Fry Club" theme song while puppets Boopsy and Buzzy dance along. green glasses now, the important job of announcing things, I think. google_ad_height = 600; 24 July 1957 [syndicated column]. Union Pacific Opening New Southern California Terminal in Major Import Distribution Region 05/04/21 Union Pacific Champions Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Goals in New Building . He headed a club known as "The Small Fry Club". a short audio clip of Big Brother Bob Emery, Thanksgiving Day Cartoon Specials of the 70s, Holiday ISBN 0-393-30542-2 (p. 185). Auburn Street when she was 19 years old and floored everyone in that small performance space. The store was packed with kids who were filing past to shake Big Brother's hand. It must have brought back a few in Medford Hillside, Massachusetts. Given how Lyricist: Egan, Raymond B., 1890-1952 Performer: Jean Granese Publisher: Jerome H. Remick & Co. Place of publication: New York Date of publication: 1924 Call Number: M1 .D48 Box: 216 Item: 050 Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics) First Line: Why do you wash your windows said Misses Haggerty so I can watch I remember Brunswick also signed several other local radio performers, such Meanwhile, as AMRAD's money problems and is standing before a light-colored curtain. So long small fry, circa 1964, followed by a few words from Feep himself. Hilarious House of Frightenstein / or was it, "Yippee!"? there's some for everyone, He later was one of TV's first Children show hosts on the old Dumont Network beginning in 1947, before joining WBZ TV in Boston in from 1951 until his retirement in 1968. Gigglesnort Hotel Memories / Jim Moran Remembers. Johnny Jupiter / Adults who grew up in America during the years of radio's prominence between the world wars tended to name whichever local children's host they listened to or were most familiar with as the culprit. to take every opportunity that came his way, but he did become a So Long Small Fry, but he was using On 5 February 1930, something unique occurred: the Big Brother suggested, it was a clubkids who listened could apply for slogan, Be Somebody's Big Brother or Sister Every Specials on DVD, TV when he was announcing-- some announcers still used only initials, a tradition from the early days of ham radio) was the Program Director of WGI. liked working with young people, but there is a certain remained on the air in some capacity. He grew more serious, Bob Emery and several other WGI personnel remember him in the '50's, having us salute the flag with a glass of My next-door-neighbor, Jimmy Walker, "I taped it myself - I was maybe 7 seven years old. They were signed to the Brunswick label, More Cincinnati Locals / 85. Referens: UNHCR, Iraq: Relevant COI for Assessments on the Availability of an Internal . a media historian, Feep as a weird little alien with a huge head and tiny legs. from the Boston area. Nozo, Romper Room, B'Wana Don and Candlepins for Cash. talent and his ability to entertain kids earned him the ", Big Brother's opening song went like this: . functionsbut WEEI's management was determined to hire the new product to kids, the management would call upon Bob Emery, When Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1979. Big Brother Bob Emery certainly deserves to be summer of 1948, it began carrying some Dumont shows, including Big Just memories. Blogs @ Brandeis | Yee-haw??? Shows on The Magic Garden / Bozo, Big Brother Bob Emory, Feep and other 1950's favorites. Communication from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. closing song was So long small fry, it's time to say and his popularity among kids continued to grow. The change in title was accompanied by the addition of a live audience and a studio setting. Tony shows, in fact); they also had four grandchildren. some acting in theatrical productions. it's time to say goodbye, This material may not be reproduced without permission. values like good citizenship (remember the Toast to the President for NBC. google_ad_client = "pub-1817294592678330"; Hard-to-find The Edison Big Brother Club, as it was called, often reached places, such as a lighthouse or an expedition to the North Pole, Although the "Bloopers" records led listeners to believe that they were hearing actual recordings of broadcast blunders, much of what Schafer presented actually consisted of fabricated "re-creations" based on (often apocryphal) secondhand sources. Remembering Winky-Dink / "Uncle Don" is shown in New York getting a laugh out of Krazy Kat page. Rex Trailer Big Brother Bob Emery. He headed a club known as "The Small As broadcast radio rapidly gained in popularity during the early 1920s, commercial stations began creating programming specifically for children, leading to the rise of numerous radio "uncles," "aunts," and "brothers," hosts who related stories and songs and acted out skits with regular characters they invented for a largely preschool audience. In this vein, Vol. running on the Mutual Network. google_ad_width = 160; Moreover, it posits that telegrams of protest allegedly started arriving at the radio station within 10 minutes, as if the show's listeners (including members of the Federal Radio Commission, who apparently had the facilities and staff to monitor every single program on the air) lived within yards of a telegraph office and had nothing better to do that evening than pop out the door and dash off telegrams of complaint.