First KFO…Two Points Of Interest

On July 12, 2013 - TV History

Two Points Of Interest…

Before it was renamed ‘Kukla, Fran And Ollie’ in October of 1948 when it moved to WNBQ and NBC, the show was called ‘Junior Jamboree’ and debuted on Chicago’s WBKB in November of ’47. Although WBKB was able to buy the new RCA TK30 IO cameras, it could not afford new pedestals and put the cameras on their two home made dollies that used a barber’s chair for the base. The dollies were built during WWII and had formerly supported Dumont Iconoscope cameras.

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8 Comments

  1. Janice Fitz-Gerald King July 14, 2013

    Remember sitting in front of the T.V. waiting for ‘Kukla, Fran And Ollie’ show.

  2. Patricia Murray Thompson July 13, 2013

    I remember it well. Also enjoyed the strand of comments.

  3. Cathie Daly Draheim July 13, 2013

    Fran… My bad…

  4. Cathie Daly Draheim July 13, 2013

    France Allison is the lady on the right & Burr is between the ladies.

  5. Jane Roberts Shaw Anderson July 13, 2013

    Fran was the college roommate of my aunt.

  6. Mark Heller July 12, 2013

    20 N. Wacker Drive, 45th Floor I’ve been in that room over 100 times. It’s the way to get to the stairs to get to the equipment floor and roof! (Civic Opera House, former Kemper Insurance Building)

  7. Rick Morse July 12, 2013

    I believe the woman on the left is the Beulah after whom Burr named Beulah Witch. The real Beulah died a few years later in a plane crash.

  8. Mark Darius July 12, 2013

    Kukla, Fran and Ollie! I’m sad to say that I actually know who that was! I’m becoming more of a Geezer every day.