When he left WKBW he went to WPVI in Philly as weatherman Dave Roberts until he retired in 2009. His son David Boreanaz starred in Bones and now Seal Team!

The above photo shows the post 1967 redesigned Promo the Robot. The original 1962 version was much more boxy looking.

Because of Rocketship 7 and Commander Tom I kind of thought I lived in Buffalo until I started going to kindergarten.

I was also a fan of "Uncle Bill" Lawrence who had a morning kid's show on CHCH when I was growing up and also the Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup, of course. Wasn't a fan of Captain Kangaroo though, or Uncle Bobby. 

One shocking thing I've learned as an adult - Alex Laurier - who was a regular on Uncle Bobby and also ubiquitous on TVO in the 1970s was not only convicted and jailed in 1994 for having sexually abused a child in 1973 - but he had also been charged in 1974 of *four* similar offences against children and given probation - and despite this he was allowed to continue appearing on and hosting kids' TV shows for another decade! (In pre-internet days I used to spend some time going through old newspaper microfilms and found some articles from 1974, short pieces deep in the Toronto Sun - about his trial). Different time I guess but it just amazes me that a kiddy show entertainer being charged with sexually abusing a child wasn't front page news and a career ender then and there. 

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