There were also many original teaching songs about morals, caring for the safety of others and racial prejudice which, unfortunately. And through the early special effects available at the time, crude though they may have been by today's standards, they'd magically appear portrayed by real actors. Miekle would skillfully draw in charcoal on an easel a character of her own invention (like the Good Witch Hazel, and the Spanish cavalier Juan Two Three), and then by uttering the same magic words each time - a-roo ba-roo, she'd summon them up. The general concept of the show was so delightfully simple. I'd love to know more about her, but there is little vintage television data on her or, surprisingly, her little gem of a show. The host of the show was a cute and demure lady named, Pat Meikel, who looked somewhat like a schoolteacher. For certain, no family killers or Columbine shooters were ever launched by the fare on this marvelous broadcast. Broadcast on the Dumont Television Network between 1949-1952, and almost forgotten by TV historians, what a wonderful early children's television show this was.
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