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Originally Posted by Joebill
As for cheap tv shows. In the early 1960s, there was a Pirate kids show out of Baltimore, Maryland. he showed, of course, Popeye cartoons. There were 'surprise attacks' by the likes of Captain Kidd and Captain Morgan. Stock footage excerted from old pirate/bucaneer movides of the 1950s of battles at sea between pirate and Royal Navy sailing ships..
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I grew up in Philadelphia, and we had a couple.
One was "Popeye Theater", hosted by Sally Starr, who called herself Cowgirl Sal. dressed in cowgirl regalia, and was shown cantering on a Palomino in the opening and closing credits. She showed Popeye cartoons, but also came up with weird Warner Brothers stuff done in the 40's as WWII propaganda. Some of it was surreal.
The story I heard was that she had started as a stripper working the burlesque circuit before becoming a kid's TV show hostess, and there were rumors of a "blue" film featuring her and a then young screen hopeful named Arthur Godfrey.
Another was Satellite Police, hosted by a character who called himself the Flying Saucerer. This came on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and showed things like old Republic serials. It introduced me to Flash Gordon, Rocky Jones - Space Ranger, Buzz Corey in the 30th Century, and Commando Cody (inspiration for The Rocketman). The Flying Saucerer would break into the films to do something silly or make snotty comments before resuming the action. I understood where the MST3K creators got part of their inspiration.
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Dennis