[78-L] Kukla, Fran and Ollie

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sun Dec 19 14:48:09 PST 2010


She was also on Don McNeill's Breakfast Club as Aunt Fanny. Also recorded for 
Mercury. Kukla, Fran and Ollie also recorded two sets of children's records 
which were likely on 78s, definitely on yellow vinyl 45s, later Gabrielized on 
a Camden LP.

dl

On 12/19/2010 5:43 PM, Bud Black wrote:
> The "Fran" in Kukla, Fran and Ollie was Fran Allison, who recorded some 78's
> for (IIRC) Victor.
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> Bud
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr.
> Date: 12/19/2010 5:30:16 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kukla, Fran and Ollie
>
> I wish they'd put lots of episodes of the show out on DVD. They don't make
> kids
> Shows like that anymore....
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> ________________________________
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sun, December 19, 2010 4:22:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kukla, Fran and Ollie
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> That was a big deal here for decades. For that matter, Mr. Rogers got his
> start
> On television up in Canada. Friendly Giant used some good local jazz
> musicians.
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> Dl
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> On 12/19/2010 5:16 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. Wrote:
>> I was born in 1959 so I missed this show. But what I do remember watching
> on
>> local (Houston Texas) KUHT Ch 8 in the 1960's was a Canadian show call The
>
>> Friendly Giant. Anybody remember that one? Clips of it are on Youtube.....
>
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>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78L<78-L at 78online.com>
>> Sent: Sun, December 19, 2010 3:29:49 PM
>> Subject: [78-L] Kukla, Fran and Ollie
>>
>> Those of you (us) who got hooked on television in the early 50s will know
> why
>> this is somewhat momentous..although a few years ago I picked up a VHS
> with
> Two
>> programs from around 1950 which were sponsored by RCA Victor, and both
> were 15
>> minute commercials for current Victor releases. Let's hope these at least
> have
>> some program content.
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>> On 12/19/2010 4:21 PM, Jazz Promo Services wrote:
>>> http://www.kukla.tv/
>>>
>>> Kukla, Fran and Ollie kinescopes from 1949-54 finally being available on
> DVD
>>>
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>> dl
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