I'm not sure exactly how we got on the topic of disappointment, my friend the Whirling Dervish and I, but I mentioned to her that this particular disappointment was akin to the way I felt when Miss Jane never gave me a shout-out while looking thru her Magic Mirror at the end of every Romper Room episode I watched as a wee lass.
I mean, after memorizing all the words to the exercises songs, "bend and stretch, reach for the stars..." and playing along with the Punch-A-Ball, and clomping around the living room in my Romper Stompers with the TV class, the very LEAST Miss Jane could do was see me in that daggone mirror every now and then, for cryin' out loud!
Smugly, the Whirling Dervish pointed out that her Romper Room teacher, Miss Connie out of Washington DC, always saw her in the Magic Mirror, and perhaps my teacher's Mirror was... a bit off.
Fine.
Now let's go outside and settle this, once and for all, with a game of pointy steel nosed lawn darts. HA! I liked Captain Kangaroo better, anyway!
"I see Big Chris, and Colo, and Misty, and Tommy, and Rita, and Pranky, and Taylor, and WP, and Secret, and Zappa, and Bella, and Heide, and June, and Ron, and Puppy, and Ice, and Daisy, and Whit, and Randy, and Wayf, and Mary, and Big Al, and Busman, and Graffiti, and Ken, and Scratchy, and Lucy, and Pilar, and Polar B, and Topaz, and Captain Morgan, and and Chey, and Belle, and Miss Lou, and Mr. O, and Chanda, and Bookworm, and Lorna, and Heather, and PR, and Ruby, and cher, and POH, and Junebug, and Sherry, and Francis The Howler Monkey, and Truth Seeker, and.....
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I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
I can not &^%$#@! beleive it!!!!
I've been waiting 44 and 11 months for my name to be mentioned in the magic mirror!!!! (well technically I've only been waiting since 1966!) BUT U GET THE IDEA!!!!!!!
She saw me, she saw me! I exist!!!
I watched that damn show everyday from like '65 or '66 until '68 and I never heard my name mentioned!
I even bought her damned ROMPER STOMPERS but nada...
Now I'm a month away from 45 and FINALLY she SEES ME!!!
*pr swoons and hits floor hard....thankfully there's carpeting!*
Hint: do be!
Romper Room, not just a show, a way of living!!! LOL
LOVED IT!!!
-pr-
PS) Wasn't Capt. Morgan ...the real Capt. Kangaroo?????
I want to think so!
Ok....I'm going to pretend Capt. was my Kangaroo man!
Don't tell me differently!
-pr-
I never seemed to hear my name on romper room either!
The best one I ever heard was a fellow teacher where I worked for 20+ years who as a young girl living in Washington D.C. decided to invite Elvis Presley to her Sr. Prom. She sent him an invitation. Dressed in her new prom dress, and sat in her living room for two hours before she realized he was not going to show up.
Now that was a very vulnerable young lady.... She went on to become a mother of three fine boys, is a breast cancer survivor and one of the best first grade teachers I have ever known.....And she waited for Elvis to pick her up? Wow!!!!
Loved your post. Thanks and my kids, and little Bro loved ol Capt. Kangaroo too...
ah Six, you are too much!
I LOVED Romper Room...........well, I did always wonder just how she could see me.........that didn't seem quite right. I liked Mr. Green Jeans better anyway, and he was on Cap'n Kangaroo.
I used to watch Jack LaLanne. Isn't that funny? He had such big muscles. At least to a little girl like me. I always wanted to exercise like he did, but I never wanted those big muscles!
I'm not to sure if I feel comfortable with the way Miss Jane was looking at me through that mirror. She had a sort a' creepy look on her face, if you ask me.
I never heard my name on that show either, 'course there's not too many little boys named "wayfarer"...
peace, wayf
Well, it came as quite a surprise to me to learn that there were several Romper Room teachers nationwide, and not just one that we all shared. Do you remember the punching bag clowns? I always wanted one of those...
I don't know if Miss June ever had a thang with Captain Kangaroo... but there was a hot lil Romper Room teacher from St. Louis, Miss Anne, with her big blonde bouffant hair and mini skirts who might know something about that.... Good thing the boys were nowhere near puberty on the show!
That "Do Bee" was kind of catchy My daughter sings it to Hunter to have him pick things up.
I love this post!
How's THAT for timing!
Six....you've always been a hoot to read! It's been fun sharing the Stream with you as well!
Take Care and God Bless!
And BE A GOOD DO BEE!!!!!
Namaste,
Michele
aka "FiveFootTwoBrunette" take that lady!
What is funny is that to this day, if I am at a party, I can hold up a ring to my face and say, "I see....", and it always gets a laugh because everyone remembers Romper Room.
(I was an impish little 6 year old boy at the time!)
It made me day.
My mom said,..."Well, that's because you decided to behave today...see... she only sees the GOOD girls and boys."
The next day I was back to being a snotty little 6 year old boy again!
*lol*
I heard she got busted for drugs, is there a connection?
My brother Mike had a huge crush on her and even got sent a big tootsie roll bank filled with Candy...what about that connection?