Posts Tagged ‘Friendly Giant’
WGBH-TV Broadcast Schedules (1955-69)
From Peter Wiggins Tuesday May 10, 1955 5:30 p.m. – Adventures in Art 6:00 – Images 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons) 7:15 – U.N at Work 7:30 – Trilogy 8:00 – Your Child 9:30 – Sign-Off Friday November 4, 1955 5:30 p.m. – Come and See 6:00 – Discovery 6:30 – News (with…
Read More“Friendly Giant” Passes Away at 80
From Variety The following item is from Variety, June 12 (by way of paul Noble): Robert Homme, the man millions of Canadians knew as television’s ‘Friendly Giant,’ died May 2 in Toronto following a four-year bout with cancer. He was 81. ‘The ‘Friendly Giant,’ a 15-minute children’s show that aired on CBC television, 1958-85, is…
Read More