Throughout the 1950s Shirley Abicair appeared regularly on children’s television, often with her puppet aborigine children Teacup and Clothespeg, and became something of an unofficial ambassador and ...

If you watched Skipper Chuck as a kid, you might still be humming that catchy tune. Chuck Zink hosted his children’s show every morning from the ‘50s through the ‘70s on WTVJ, then Channel 4 in Miami.

Children’s TV formed the backbone of many a childhood, with much programming aimed at younger viewers intending to be informative, inspirational, or otherwise innocent in its storytelling. Most TV ...