> 'Uncle Bob,' and especially the crew members, were
> having a ball

I know what you mean, it was especially funny when they cut back from
a close up of Archie, or whoever trying to catch Bob moving his mouth.

Thanks for this group, I have such fond memories of Bob and the show;
rushing home at noon for Kraft Dinner and Archie and His Friends
followed by Yogi Bear.

Trish








--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, Marty Goldstein
<martybrat1@...> wrote:
>
> From Wikipedia:
>
> "Paper Tiger" in 1965 was her last Top 30 hit. In the late 60s,
she went back to country music and released the album This Is Sue
Thompson Country in 1969.
>
> poorsoul9 <larryrob@...> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> In retrospect, the thing I liked most about the show was that the
> humor worked on two levels. The first level, of course, was directed
> at the young viewer. But if you watched carefully, you could pick up
> on the fact that 'Uncle Bob,' and especially the crew members, were
> having a ball. As kid's shows go, this one was pretty low-budget.
> Robbie the Robot was essentially a few cardboard boxes artfully put
> together, while Marvin Mouse was your classic sock puppet. But that
> didn't stop the crew from trying to 'put one over' on Uncle Bob
> whenever they had a chance. One episode, I remember seeing short
> clips from 'McHale's Navy' interspersed into the show on a sporadic
> basis, forcing Uncle Bob to explain who that strange person was. For
> example, a Japanese officer on the bridge of a sub became
> the 'mailman.' Of course, Bob would try to get back at the crew.
> After one obviously unplanned interruption with McHale's Navy
> footage, Uncle Bob referred to the mysterious person who had just
> been seen onscreen as the 'producer.'
>
> Another classic involved a crew member who would sneak up behind
> Uncle Bob and Archie and place his right hand on Archie's right
> shoulder, giving the impression that that was Uncle Bob's right hand,
> which of course was never on display. Seeing Archie's eyes rotate
> from the mysterious hand on his shoulder to Uncle Bob and back again
> had me rolling with laughter.
>
> My kids wonder why I used to watch this stuff. But when there were
> only 2 or 3 channels available, just about everyone you knew would
> see the same things on tv and be able to relate. Sadly, in today's
> era of '57 channels & nothing on,' this type of shared experience is
> becoming all too rare.
>
> One question. When the characters sang, it was generally lip-
> synching to records, such as Marvin singing 'Winchester Cathedral.'
> Does anyone know who the artist was that sang 'Paper Tiger' for
> Petite? (I could swear that was a 33-rpm record played at 45-rpm).
>
> Thanks!
>
> poorsoul9
>
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