Chiller Theater? Fritz the Night Owl? Jerry Rasor’s Dance Party on Saturday morning?

Speaking of children’s shows: In Baltimore we had Professor Kool and his Fun Skool. He was a local TV weatherman who dressed up as a scholarly clown and had Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops as part of the live classroom each Saturday morning. Funny stuff. Here is an excerpt from snopes that I found funny, even if unconfirmed:

Comment: After reading your Television Legends Section, I was reminded of a story that circulated in Baltimore, MD around the early 1970′s. At that time, there was a local TV kid’s show host, Stu Kerr, who used to play the character “Professor Kool” (Professor Kool and His Fun School – WMAR-TV Baltimore) who would have weekly banter with kids during a live Saturday morning broadcast. Each week, he’d have different children in the studio so that there wasn’t a script for the kids, just for Stu. The kids were supposed to be spontaneous (within reason). Professor Kool would ask for the kids to tell their best jokes and he would give a prize for the one which got the biggest laugh. After a couple of kids had their turn telling the standard knock-knock’s, etc., one brutish-looking lad grabbed the microphone from Stu and proceeded to relate the following joke quickly before cameras and sound could cut away: “Why is a virgin like a frying pan? Because she’s got to be hot before you can apply the meat.” I don’t know if he won the prize, but I understand there was at least 2-3 minutes of backstage pandemonium as the camera panned the room to recover and the boy’s mother ran to the set and whacked his bottom.

I didn’t watch Luci, but I was a faithful fan of her Channel 10 predecessor, Aunt Fran.