.decorative-caption { margin: 0 0 0 20px; margin: 8px; [1][3], Last edited on 18 December 2022, at 10:11, "Gone But Not Forgotten: Charley & Humphrey", "Pat McCormick's Charley & Humphrey to be a Comic Book in 2022", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_McCormick_(television_personality)&oldid=1128096348, This page was last edited on 18 December 2022, at 10:11. position: absolute; McCormick and his wife, Flora Harmon, a KTVU technician who retired this month, have built a home in Oregon and plan to move there after his final "10 O'Clock News" broadcast on May 26. .view-homepage-promo-cards.view-id-homepage_promo_cards .view-content, .view-homepage-promo-cards.view-id-homepage_promo_cards .view-header { Disney had created it for a movie pilot, but ultimately decided the horse didnt fit in with their other characters. width: 70%; padding: 10px 16px; Some great old memories here! #views-exposed-form-blogs-page-2 { I spoke with Mr. McCormick for 20 minutes on the phone and he gave his permission to use his characters. .flex-align-center { It was a crazy but very unique show and I loved his commentary. . } padding-bottom:0; width: 70%; margin: 30px; margin-top: 0 !important; } } padding-left: 10px; .view-college-promise-comparison tbody th { @media screen and (min-width: 1200px) { At one time Pat voiced a series of one-minute public service announcements There used to be a show called Whatchamacallit on in the afternoons in 1973-74. } 11). padding: 0 5%; McCormick also hosted a show in the 1970s called Dialing for Dollars where random Bay Area people were called and asked to guess the "Count and the Amount". @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { I hope you find the archives you are looking for and I hope you and Gus are well! position: absolute; .view-homepage-promo-cards.view-id-homepage_promo_cards { padding: 0 10%; padding-left: 30px; clear: both; padding-right: 5%; .form-item.js-form-item.form-type-radio.js-form-type-radio.form-item-worksroom-setup.js-form-item-worksroom-setup.radio { .grey-padding { transition: box-shadow 300ms ease-in-out; width: 100% !important; #block-exposedformcalifornia-room-indexpage-2-2 { justify-content: center; "Thank you for your concern. The San Francisco Bay Area Fox-owned station talked to McCormick in Oregon, where he lives, and said "he apologized for the misunderstanding." "This is a personal situation and my family wants privacy at this time," said McCormick. background: #F5F5F5; } flex: 1 0 20px; } Pat gave some visual notes on my version of Humphrey. } Find Patricia Mccormick's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. background: rgb(245, 245, 245); } The first ten issues of the series have already been story-boarded, with the first one hitting shelves at the end of December. .path-rooms-faqs .views-element-container, .view-songbooks, section#block-views-block-blogs-block-22 .view-content, section#block-sjpl-views-block-menu-cards-block-1 .view-content, section#block-views-block-blogs-block-18 .view-content { } } .expand_caret { Many of my fellow "Late" Baby Boomers will recognize some of the shows I grew up with like Romper Room with Miss Nancy Besst (KTVU ch.2 in Oakland), Marshal J with Jay Alexander (KPIX ch. .views-field.views-field-field-people-phone, .views-field-field-commission-term-expires { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; float: none; } border-bottom-width: 2px; .path-comment .region-content, The earliest commercial I can recall ended with the image of a cup of coffee (in black and white of course) being stretched along with the jingle, "Strrrrrretch your coffee break, top it off with Juicy Fruit gum!". margin: 0 5px 10px; } Our key demographic is, well, everyone, Hageman laughs. He had pretty good sets and sound effects right in the studio this was sometime in the early 60's. } padding: 0; Didnt know him really well, he was an acquaintance, but I do remember the show. width:100%; } } margin-left: 0 !important; And though they've been off the air for decades, Charley and Humphrey have not been forgotten. Carl was a native of Denmark, and had been the first Santa at Santas Village in Scotts Valley. padding-bottom: 30px; padding-right: 0; } to {opacity: 1;} } SFGates Peter Hartlaub did an interview with McCormick in 2008. float: left; .faqs .header-q { width: 50%; background: #0b425b; margin: 10px 0 40px; padding-right: 30px; } TBD. a.toolbar-icon.acquia-active-subscription.toolbar-item {display: none;} /* Remove when done */ } I have a monitor set down on the floor in front of me, so Im always able to watch how theyre projecting on the home sets., Word spread about the the show, and on Aug. 1, 1960, Charley and Humphrey came to San Francisco to join KGO-TV. } from New School University in 1999. Don't remember the host? float:left; His self-deprecating humor was very funny to me as a young boy, and some of his skits between movie segments were quite amusing. #navbar-collapse-category { clear: both; } .page-node-type-blog-lang .col-sm-9 { } .view-homepage-promo-cards.view-id-homepage_promo_cards .attachment.attachment-after .views-element-container:focus, 6 relations. max-width:100%; Join Facebook to connect with Patricia McCormick and others you may know. .faq-category-list .btn { position: relative; #views-exposed-form-frequently-asked-questions-page-2, .no-search { Does anyone remember an afternoon tv show with a guy in a suit who sat in front of view of golden gate-SF that featured different programs each week? @keyframes showItem { .bef-checkboxes .checkbox { clear: both; Pat McCormick during an adopt-a-child feature on KTVU. After Seoul, Kelly insisted they get tattoos of the Olympic rings. Steve McCormick, the entertainers son from a previous marriage, currently lives in Los Angeles. @media screen and (min-width: 992px){ "versatile personality" c Reverso Context: But this versatile personality does not stop at what has been accomplished and often. "versatile personality" c Reverso Context: But this versatile personality does not stop at . .aspires-no-cta { The San Francisco Bay Area Fox-owned station talked to McCormick in Oregon, where he lives,. clear: both; .view-college-promise-comparison thead th { The things we dreamed of as a child. padding: 10px; Listen to music by Pat McCormick on Apple Music. margin-top: 10px; Sonoma State University Theatre Arts and Dance Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave padding-bottom: 56.25%; } padding: 8px; Theyre the best of friends and they live in a San Francisco apartment togethereven though they get on each others nerves sometimes. My parents were christian prudes and made me change the channel just because I was looking at a pretty image of Ms. Doda. font-weight: 400!important; } top: -10px; padding: 0 10px; [1] While working at ABC-TV in Los Angeles, McCormick pitched a children's program to a CBS affiliate in Fresno, California, and went on the air there in Spring 1959 with Charley (inspired by Dennis Weaver's character Chester on Gunsmoke) and his sidekick Humphrey. color: #fff; For a time, he was an assistant film cutter at Disney. .view-blogs.view-id-blogs.view-display-id-page_2 .view-filters.form-group { display:none; } } } Though McCormick has said in interviews he left his characters behind because he was all TV-ed out, he also admitted to SF Gate in 2008 that he missed Charley and Humphrey just as much as the public does. Another found Humphrey searching for treasure in the old Sutro Bath tunnels. } Pat was born on June 30, 1927, in Lakewood, Ohio. width: 100%; /* Footer Update 2020 */ padding: 0; } In 1961, KGO (Channel 7) brought McCormick and the program to San Francisco. Hello, looking to find the name of the show and the instructor of the KQED science program. padding-right: 0; top: -15px; All the other things I did on television were just jobs, he said. justify-content: center; width: 100%; Pat graduated from Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1967. @media screen and (min-width: 1500px) { } McCormick said in a statement released by the station yesterday, "As Charles Kuralt used to say, 'There's a bend in the road ahead -- I wonder what's around the bend? McCormick immediately called KTVU to explain he was alive and well; he and his wife had faked his death as part of an ongoing feud with their son, Steve. transform: scale(1.6); .chat-cards .card { Thank you. float: left; max-width: 90%; clear: both; justify-content: space-evenly; margin: 0 20px 20px 0; } } /* Chat Button & Alert Styles */ KTVU reached McCormick Tuesday at his home in Oregon, where he apologized for the misunderstanding. } content: ''; Pat McCormick (born c. 1933) is a retired local television personality in San Francisco, California's KGO-TV, and Oakland's, KTVU channel 2 in the San Francisco Bay Area, where among many jobs he was the nightly news' weatherman, hosted the midday movie Dialing for Dollars program, and co-hosted the local edition of the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. background: black; } This is a personal situation and my family wants privacy at this time, he said. .form-checkboxes.bef-checkboxes { .view-college-promise-comparison { transform: scale(1.6) rotate(-90deg); clear: both; Charley and Humphrey was the much beloved puppet duo created by Pat McCormick and featured on Oakland's KTVU as a children's program during the 1970s. .no-MP { display:none; } /* used for Oct 5 reopening. Frontier Village was another local attraction where I possibly recall seeing television personalities. .view-blogs.view-id-blogs.view-display-id-page_2 .view-filters.form-group { } Young Adult, Fiction. @media only screen and (min-width: 1200px) { margin: 30px 0; padding-top: 0; background: transparent; .ql-locations-text { .unstyled-list-text { } } min-height: 55px; } padding: 30px 0 0; border-top: 5px solid #fbaf3a; padding: 15px; background: #4d4d4d !important; I sit on a movable Renault automobile seat under a large table and work the animals over my head, he told the Arizona Republic in 1962. #views-exposed-form-volunteer-of-the-year-block-1 .form--inline { In 1960, McCormick told the Petaluma Argus-Courier: Humphrey was designed with the hope of obtaining at least two different expressions. Does anyone remember the 50's/60's Saturday morning kids show with a guy who showed Buck Rogers serial segments? border: 1px solid #ddd; article.blog .author, article.blog-old .author { width: 100%; Charley and Humphrey are one of the most-posted-about topics in Facebooks wide variety of Bay Area history groups. width: 100%; Hagemans first port of call was KTVU, but the station had no contact details on file for their former employee. } min-height: 80px; } position: relative; 4 in San Francisco), Captain Satellite with Bob March (KTVU ch. border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee; .path-locations-table table > thead > tr > th, .path-locations-table table > thead > tr > td, .path-locations-table table > tbody > tr > th, .path-locations-table table > tbody > tr > td, .path-locations-table table > tfoot > tr > th, .path-locations-table table > tfoot > tr > td { } After their show ended in 1976, the pair. display:none; Patricia McCormick is a journalist and writer. } display: -webkit-box; font-weight: normal; After he came up with Charleys personahe was loosely inspired by Chester Goode, the funniest character on the 1950s TV show GunsmokeMcCormick co-designed and created Humphrey with Shaften. table-layout:fixed; background: #105f84; padding-top: 20px; GitHub export from English Wikipedia. float: left; @media screen and (min-width: 1500px) { .view-empty { width: 170px; And no, it wasn't Pat McCormick. padding: 0 30px; .page-node-type-blog-lang .col-sm-9 { margin-bottom: 10px !important; He originated the characters on Los Angeles television in 1957, and then made them a children's television staple when he moved to Fresno in 1959, working for CBS affiliate KFRE-TV. } @media screen and (min-width: 1200px) { } clear:both; @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { #ThrowbackThursday! } margin-top: 0; display: -ms-flexbox; } .btn-1, .btn-2 { Called by The Chronicle and informed that McCormick is alive, he sounded stunned. padding: 0 0 15px 10px; margin: auto !important; Pat's is. .faqs .view-header button { The younger McCormick had set up a memorial page on Facebook, where friends and family including the broadcasters granddaughter shared thoughts and memories. margin: 0; I don't recall Kippy the Cop, and was not able to find any references to him on Google. Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children's shows in a 2002 book called Hi There, Boys and Girls! Bob Eldred hosted an evening version called "The Jackpot Movie." KUSA - Denver, Colorado, also as KBTV, Stormy Rottman hosted the segments. margin: 30px 1.5%; top: 0; float: left; Dressed as a Cowboy of course with his trusty dalmatian dog "Rowdy". padding: 0; .paragraph--type--p-text-area-staff, .paragraph--type--p-cover-gallery { width: 50%; .temp-space { margin-left: 10%; Amusingly, they originally imagined the bulldog with a high-pitched, squeaky voice. Biography. } This guy was sophisticated and knowledgeable about local culture. Once you determine if they have the footage, arranging to view and/or obtain a copy could be additional challenges. background: #fff; padding: 0 10%; padding-top: 5px; bottom:15px; Does anyone remember a TV show, I believe was made at KTVU, called the Lizzie Luau Show? header .region-navigation .quick-links .list-unstyled { Ill take full responsibility for it.. margin: 20px 0; } @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { I remember "Uncle Gary" and when you cranked the lion's tail a cartoon came on. width: 100%; KTVU news director Fred Zehnder said the station might not appoint a new "10 O'Clock News" weathercaster until the fall. padding-left: 10%; } width: 100%; .views-field-field-news-subtitle h3, .news-release-date, .news-release-contact, .news-release-header { .view-college-promise-comparison #edit-actions { We were amazed to find, when the puppet was finished, that Humphrey had virtually become a dog with a million faces.. .faqs .view-header p { /* Chat Button & Alert 2020 */ Do you remember Mr. Bob was replaced by sir sedley? } padding: 30px; 2 in Oakland). padding: 50px 0; section#block-views-block-blogs-block-22 .view-content, section#block-sjpl-views-block-menu-cards-block-1 .view-content, section#block-views-block-blogs-block-18 .view-content {