Tuesday, March 3, 2009

"Uncle Al" Lewis-1924-2009


Newspaper Ad for the Uncle Al Show on WCPO-9 Cincinnati..This ad and the one below courtesy larrysmithpuppets.com


Uncle Al with Wife Wanda and the Larry Smith Puppets-ABC TV ad for The Uncle Al Show Saturday Mornings in 1959-60

Cincinnati Kids TV Institution "Uncle Al" Lewis passed away Saturday Morning at the age of 84. He hosted the Uncle Al Show aat Scripps-Howard's WCPO Channel 9 in Cincinnati from 1950-1985,,Most of the time with his wife, Wanda. Both Al and Wanda were/are Cleveland natives. Mr. Lewis began his career at WEWS-5 Cleveland as an announcer and artist before he and Wanda moved to Cincinnati to help start up WCPO-TV in 1950..ABC-TV carried Uncle Al nationally at 11AM Saturday Mornings in 1959-60. For a time in the early 1970's, Uncle Al was carried on WEWS-TV 5. The Uncle Al Show was the longest running Local Kids TV Show in History..

More on Uncle Al Here:

WCPO-TV:

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Tri-States-Beloved-Uncle-Al-Passes-Away/mbqT7X002EG7deu_FvxVww.cspx

Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090302/NEWS01/903020353/1055/NEWS


Tri-State Media Watch

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/breaking-tonight-beloved-local-icon.html

Includes links to WLWT-5 and WKRC-12 Reports..

While this is'nt directly Cleveland Related, I felt we should mention it because of his Cleveland Connections and the fact that he is an Icon in Southwestern Ohio..Best Wishes and prayers go out to his family..

3 comments:

  1. Nice tribute! Thanks from this southwest Ohio TV viewer -- it's been amazing to observe what can only be described as a flood of love for "Uncle Al" after his death was announced.

    What a shame that children today have nothing comparable to these classic programs found in almost every city during the early years of broadcasting!

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  2. thanks, cleveland. this really is a community loss down here.

    uncle al was the greatest.

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