Gene London Died. R.I.P., GENE LONDON - PHILA. AREA LOCAL BELOVED CHILDREN's SHOW HOST, 1950s TO 1970s

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Gene London Died. R.I.P., GENE LONDON - PHILA. AREA LOCAL BELOVED CHILDREN's SHOW HOST, 1950s TO 1970s
Thanks, Gene London! User ID: 77704206 Germany 01/25/2020 09:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Gene London Died. R.I.P., GENE LONDON - PHILA. AREA LOCAL BELOVED CHILDREN's SHOW HOST, 1950s TO 1970s He was a wonderful, soft-spoken man who would draw pictures as he would tell stories. He worked from "Cartoon Corners General Store" with a cast of memorable characters. 50% of commentary: Commentary Sadness In Philly For The Grown Children Of Gene London by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, Yesterday If all politics is local, as the old saying goes, then so too was television, once upon a time. And that is why several generations of adults whose childhoods were spent in Philadelphia and its environs from the late 1950s to the 1970s are in mourning this week following the news that Gene London has died at age 88. Sorry to all of those reading this who have no idea who Gene was, but he was the best-loved children's TV personality in the history of local television in the city and suburbs of Philadelphia, then as now the nation's fourth-largest TV DMA (designated market area). His morning kids’ shows on WCAU/Ch. 10, a CBS affiliate owned by CBS from 1958 to 1994, ran from 1959 (or possibly 1958, depending on the source) to 1977. His shows had various titles -- “Cartoon Corners” (which was also the name of the fictional town in which the Gene London character lived on the show), “Gene London's Cartoons and Stuff,” “The Wonderful World of Gene London” and “The Gene London Show.” In a city whose local TV stations were nothing if not prolific in the churning out of local children's programs in the heyday of such shows, Gene London's may have been the best remembered, if his death this week is any indication. Earlier this week, after the news of his death on Sunday began to be reported, many of us learned of it not from the news media, but from old friends from Philadelphia emailing us links to newspaper obits. Gene was a soft-spoken, charismatic young man from Cleveland with a talent for storytelling and drawing. My own memories of Gene London are vivid. If memory serves (and if accurate), the shows I best remember aired on Saturday mornings. I can see him now, addressing his studio audience and young viewers at home in earnest tones as he told stories while simultaneously illustrating them with a black magic marker on a large pad of paper that he propped up on an easel or on his knees. On the shows, Gene played the clerk of a general store in Cartoon Corners owned by a man named Mr. Dibley. Nearby was a haunted house called Quigley Mansion that was somehow connected to the store via a cave-like secret passage. Rest of article here: [link to www.mediapost.com (secure)]

Anonymous Coward User ID: 78192374 United States 02/02/2020 10:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Gene London Died. R.I.P., GENE LONDON - PHILA. AREA LOCAL BELOVED CHILDREN's SHOW HOST, 1950s TO 1970s He was a wonderful, soft-spoken man who would draw pictures as he would tell stories. He worked from "Cartoon Corners General Store" with a cast of memorable characters. 50% of commentary: Commentary Sadness In Philly For The Grown Children Of Gene London by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, Yesterday If all politics is local, as the old saying goes, then so too was television, once upon a time. And that is why several generations of adults whose childhoods were spent in Philadelphia and its environs from the late 1950s to the 1970s are in mourning this week following the news that Gene London has died at age 88. Sorry to all of those reading this who have no idea who Gene was, but he was the best-loved children's TV personality in the history of local television in the city and suburbs of Philadelphia, then as now the nation's fourth-largest TV DMA (designated market area). His morning kids’ shows on WCAU/Ch. 10, a CBS affiliate owned by CBS from 1958 to 1994, ran from 1959 (or possibly 1958, depending on the source) to 1977. His shows had various titles -- “Cartoon Corners” (which was also the name of the fictional town in which the Gene London character lived on the show), “Gene London's Cartoons and Stuff,” “The Wonderful World of Gene London” and “The Gene London Show.” In a city whose local TV stations were nothing if not prolific in the churning out of local children's programs in the heyday of such shows, Gene London's may have been the best remembered, if his death this week is any indication. Earlier this week, after the news of his death on Sunday began to be reported, many of us learned of it not from the news media, but from old friends from Philadelphia emailing us links to newspaper obits. Gene was a soft-spoken, charismatic young man from Cleveland with a talent for storytelling and drawing. My own memories of Gene London are vivid. If memory serves (and if accurate), the shows I best remember aired on Saturday mornings. I can see him now, addressing his studio audience and young viewers at home in earnest tones as he told stories while simultaneously illustrating them with a black magic marker on a large pad of paper that he propped up on an easel or on his knees. On the shows, Gene played the clerk of a general store in Cartoon Corners owned by a man named Mr. Dibley. Nearby was a haunted house called Quigley Mansion that was somehow connected to the store via a cave-like secret passage. Rest of article here: [link to www.mediapost.com (secure)] Quoting: Thanks, Gene London! 77704206 :(
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78253929 Mexico 02/02/2020 11:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Gene London Died. R.I.P., GENE LONDON - PHILA. AREA LOCAL BELOVED CHILDREN's SHOW HOST, 1950s TO 1970s He was a little "light in the loafers" but we all loved him anyway. R.I.P. Gene!
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