Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 368 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 11:20 pm: | |
Anyone have memories of this TV show? I watched it from 1975 to about 79 or 80. Was he a later day version of Bozo? (whom I also remember watching as a wee youngster) I am pretty sure Oopsey was a product of local Detroit TV, but have a vague recolection of his show. I would like to hear any memories or feedback from people who remember watching him. Thanks in advance, Detroitej72 |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 3912 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 4:02 am: | |
Bob McNea, the guy who played Oopsy just passed away last year. I can't recall where I heard or saw it but was saddened when I had heard it. It was as if a chunk of my childhood had passed. |
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 1079 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 7:04 am: | |
I saw the Oops live. It was at a crusty old theater somewhere in the City, but I have no idea which one looking back. Best part of the show: Oopsy screams "Im losing my eyeballs!" and drops rubber balls from his hat which bounced all over the stage and down into the orchestra pit. That shit freaked me out.
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Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo
Post Number: 337 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 8:49 am: | |
I remember watching before Church on Sundays. Then there would be the old Abbot and Costello movies. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3137 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 8:57 am: | |
For more of the same be sure to check out forum member Ed Golicks's http://www.detroitkidshow.com/ |
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey
Post Number: 104 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 9:47 am: | |
Anyone remember the Rita Bell show? |
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo
Post Number: 341 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 10:05 am: | |
The name rings a bell, yes I believe I do |
Fastcarsfreedom Member Username: Fastcarsfreedom
Post Number: 72 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:21 am: | |
After leaving Detroit TV, Oopsey went on to work at CKCO-TV, the CTV affiliate in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. |
Mrfrench Member Username: Mrfrench
Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 12:13 pm: | |
what a fantastic link lowell. it brings back early childhood trauma of being on the milky the clown show and pissing my pants!! honest. |
Mrfrench Member Username: Mrfrench
Post Number: 38 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 12:14 pm: | |
miss cleo... you win the prize. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1646 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 12:45 pm: | |
Rita Bell...Prize Movie...Channel 7. Was it at 8:30 in the morning? I seem to recall it may have also been shown in the late afternoon at some point. Rita Bell and Bill Kennedy introduced me to the wonderful world of classic films!!! |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 118 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 1:01 pm: | |
My mother watched Rita Bell Prize movie and Bill Kennedy all the time. I read somewhere that Rita Bell did over 6000 movies between 1959 & 1977. What about Sir Graves Ghastley |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 136 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 1:54 pm: | |
I'm bitter on Oopsy and Bell. I sent him a drawing then watched every weekend for it to be shown on TV as the camera panned the submitted artwork. Nothing! Never made it on the air. As for Bell, we knew the secret song once and sent in a bunch of postcards. She picked ours shortly after someone else guessed the tune. Bleah! (The song was "A Shot in the Dark" by Henry Mancini.) Give me another couple decades and I'll get over it. |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 460 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 4:15 pm: | |
Oopsy was a strange bird. I tried to interview him for my web site, but he wanted to be paid. He told me that he doesn't do anything for free. After he saw the hits that my site was receiving he told me that he would grant me an interview if I found a copy of a rare Circus book that he was looking for. After a few months he emailed me about granting a free interview when he had the time, but time ran out for Oopsy. |
Tammypio Member Username: Tammypio
Post Number: 79 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 12:04 am: | |
I seem to remember a little mouse, Miser Mouse, on the Oopsy show. I believe there was also a hen that sat on a shelf too...Henrietta? I also remember watching Oopsy on Sundays before church. Also remember Rita Bell, Bill Kennedy and the 430 movies....all classic Detroit TV!!! O.T.: Anyone else remember a Sunday morning show called The Doubledeckers? It was a show from London with a bunch of kids and a doubledecker bus. Memories are vague, but I do believe that was it! |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 379 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 12:35 am: | |
The name rings a bell, yes I believe I do. I remember watching before Church on Sundays. Then there would be the old Abbot and Costello movies. ______________________________ ___________________ Miss_cleo, thank you for these posts. This is the first time I was happy to read your postings! Keep up with "real" takes, and I may become a fan of yours! BTW, I too enjoyed watching the old Abbot & Costello movies afterward. Detroitej72 |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 137 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 9:37 am: | |
Didn't that little mouse on Oopsy live in a cash register? Wasn't there a glow worm over by the flower pots? |
Tammypio Member Username: Tammypio
Post Number: 80 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 10:09 am: | |
YES!! Squiggley Wiggley Worm!!! It's all coming back to me now!! Miser Mouse did live in a cash register! (ah yes, the mind full of useless trivia!) Thanks for the reminder! |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 461 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 11:09 am: | |
Here's a video clip of Bob McNea as Oopsy! Bob Elnicky created the puppets used on the show. He later went on to create and work the puppets for WXYZ's Hot Fudge show. www.detroitkidshow.com/oops.wm v (Message edited by Ed Golick on October 21, 2006) |
Malcovemagnesia Member Username: Malcovemagnesia
Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 4:16 pm: | |
Ken was asking about Sir Graves Ghastly... there's a site with a F.A.Q. and message board (apparently the guy is still alive!). Check out SirGravesGhastly.com. good times! |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 462 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 9:42 am: | |
Lawson Deming is 93 years old and living with his wife in an assisted living community in northern Ohio. He is wheelchair bound but his mind is still sharp. |
D2dyeah Member Username: D2dyeah
Post Number: 29 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 9:43 pm: | |
Wasn't there a guy on channel 9 called Morgus? I believe he was on friday nights. |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 825 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 9:46 pm: | |
http://www.morgus.com/ I have a feeling that guy tempted more kids to study science than any school ever hoped to achieve. (Message edited by Jimaz on October 23, 2006) |