KUKLA, FRAN, OLLIE, AND BURR 1950s

FROM:JOHN CHUCKMAN
KUKLA, FRAN, OLLIE AND BURR TILLSTROM. THEY WEREN'T FROM SOUTH SHORE, BUT THEIR WONDERFUL LITTLE SHOW WAS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENT IN THE 1950s.
THE SHOW WAS PRODUCED AND BROADCAST FROM CHICAGO.
BURR, CREATOR OF THE PUPPETS, WAS A NATIVE OF SAUGATUCK, MICHIGAN. THERE IS A CHARMING LITTLE MEMORIAL TO HIM IN A PARK THERE.
I HAD THE CHANCE RECENTLY OF SEEING A "KINESCOPE" OF ONE OF THESE SHOWS. WHAT WAS MOST REMARKABLE WAS THE CALM,EDUCATED TONE OF THEIR SPEECH AND THE NATURAL, NO-JUMPY-CUTS PACE (ALMOST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT CHILDREN NOW SEE ON SESEME STREET).
FOUND ON "THE UNOFFICIAL KUKLAPOLITANS" INTERNET SITE.