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Check out the Free Press on Saturday March 4th. Dave Sanderson will have a article in the Icons column about Uncle Bob and this group. Thanks again to Dave...
wpg_wrkr
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Mar 3, 2006
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Article will run in Detour, Section F - page 3. Hope it stirs up some action! ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
david sanderson
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Mar 3, 2006
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Great article - hadn't heard about this group - but sure has brought back memories......
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Mar 4, 2006
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Hi All, Welcome to the group, big thanks again to Dave Sanderson and the Free Press for today's article and the plug for FLAVA 107.9 FM lol. With so may people...
wpg_wrkr
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Mar 4, 2006
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As a long time viewer of Archie and friends (we didn't have cable for some time), it was a good nostalgic visit down memory lane to read the story of Uncle Bob...
msobocan
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Mar 4, 2006
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Hi! This group is like a dream-come-tammy-true for me!! I've often thought about how important Uncle Bob and Archie was for me growing up in Winnipeg. I've...
sovelled
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Mar 4, 2006
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Just read the article in the Free Press today and WOW did this bring back some great memories. I can remember running home from school at lunch time to watch...
garfodie05
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Mar 4, 2006
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Hey, could someone possibly post this article? I'm living in Toronto and have no access to the WFP Thanks Kristyn ... ...
Kristyn Kelly
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Mar 4, 2006
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I remember working at CKY in the mid-90s... one of the first things I did was search for old Uncle Bob shows. And there were only a couple. When I was in high...
Doug Murray/Border Fi...
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Mar 4, 2006
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Here ya go.... Chummy dummy Uncle Bob and his puppet 'co-star' Archie Wood were like family friends to generations of young viewers Sat Mar 4 2006 By David...
cutter_47
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Mar 4, 2006
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I read the article in the Free Press today and a flood of memories came rushing back.My sisters and I would come home every day at lunch to watch Archie and...
kellyb67mb
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Mar 4, 2006
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Thanks big time to cutter_47 he provided all the pictures that Aron did not have and I never thought to save. Stay tuned for more info on a viewing of the...
wpg_wrkr
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Mar 4, 2006
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I heard aboot that Bro Jake controversy! i heard that Uncle Bob didn't know what was going to happen and that Brother Jake said something akin to, "I'm going ...
Robert Dayton
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Mar 4, 2006
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Weirdly seeing the article in today's free press got me to thinking. And I clearly remember being on that show in about the fourth grade. Our music class sang...
rcourche
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Mar 4, 2006
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The photo of Uncle Bob and Archie doing an appearance at Simpson-Sears brought back a memory of my parents taking me to see the show live at Gambles on Nairn...
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Mar 4, 2006
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I remember entering a contest and they announced my name on the show. 2 tickets to a crappy swim meet at Pan Am Pool. Entering was worth getting the on air...
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Mar 5, 2006
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My Grandpa, the late Dr. Donald Black, was a dentist who used to fix Uncle Bob's teeth. Marvin Mouse used to have a joke that went, "Uncle Bob's teeth are...
sovelled
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Mar 5, 2006
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... Well then, I don't think your Grandpa did a very good job as Uncle Bob's teeth fell out once when he was on the air. Does anybody actully remember that? If...
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Mar 5, 2006
5:28 am
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Hi all!!! After reading today in the free press about Uncle Bob, Archie, Petite & Marvin Mouse..it stirred memories for me from my childhood, as well as from...
soulmate_im
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Mar 5, 2006
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Does anybody know what Uncle Bob did after the show ended? How and when did he pass away?...
kellyb67mb
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Mar 5, 2006
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Yep! I remember him losing his teeth on at least one occasion. I might be wrong but my foggy memory thinks it happened more than once. Didn't he do it on...
shelleyb57
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Mar 5, 2006
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After the show ended Bob retired to his cabin by Winnipeg Beach and sadly passed away from Pneumonia about 3 years later....
wpg_wrkr
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Mar 5, 2006
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... I am sorry to hear that. I am disappointed that there was not more said at the time. Or was there? He gave alot to us. His life should have been...
kellyb67mb
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Mar 5, 2006
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I seem to recall that too! It's so cool how this has triggered up so many memories that I had no idea were still in the recesses of my mind. Archie and his...
kellyb67mb
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Mar 5, 2006
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I remember my sisters and I meeting him at Woolco ... the one that used to be at Grant Park. My parents drove us in from the country so we could see him and...
kellyb67mb
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Mar 5, 2006
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There were quite a few occasions where Bob's teeth came out on the air. The best one I remember, as I was working the show that day, was when he was being...
cutter_47
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Mar 5, 2006
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I first met Bob in the late sixties, when I was working at C-JAY in the summers. (what a great summer job THAT was...) He had taken over the kids' show duties...
cutter_47
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Mar 5, 2006
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The years that you mentioned...'82, 83, '84...I think were the 'Rocket Ship' set years. I'm not sure what theme we were using then...it was 1 of 3. In those...
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Mar 5, 2006
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I remember running all the way from Laura Secord down to Portage and Evanson where we lived, just so I could catch Uncle Bob and Yogi Bear. We had a black and...
THE ROONEYS
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Mar 5, 2006
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Big thank you to sovelled who spent his morning digitizing the funtown album to included in the files section. All the response for the group has been...
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