Cleveland TV Tales Volume 1

Foreword by Dan O’Shannon

Preface (The First TV Generation)

After the Test Pattern (When TV Was Brand New)

Doug What’s-His-Name and the Early Days of TV News

From Barn Dance to Upbeat (Music Television Long Before MTV)

“My Dog’s Name Is Barnaby” (Linn Sheldon and the Birth of Children’s Television)

“If you want to talk to me you can come to Cleveland!” (Dorothy Fuldheim, Cleveland’s Grande Dame of Television)

From Fanny Bumps to the Director’s Chair (Women in Television)

The Ultimate Amateur Hour (Gene Carroll)

When You Didn’t Have Another Program . . . (Movie Hosts)

“. . . but you can’t fool Mom.” (Ron Penfound and Captain Penny)

The Man Behind Mr. Magoo (Jim Backus)

Santa’s Man in Cleveland (Mr. Jingeling Brings Christmas to the Small Screen)

“My dad wants to sell you a car now!” (Commercials)

He Was Made for Children’s Television (Woodrow, the Woodsman)

The Battle Behind the Glass (Sports on TV)

A Groundbreaker (George Anthony Moore)

Socko Meets His Match (The Dark World of Alan Douglas)

Hands Off the Untouchables! (The Return of Eliot Ness)

The Cleveland Clan (Local Talent Heads to Hollywood)

“No one believed that I could line up enough guests” (Jim Doney and Adventure Road)

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Bibliography