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  1. Artwork - TV Shows

    Charcoal Illustration of Tillstrom, Allison & Puppets

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  2. Award - Awards

    Fran Allison's Induction into the David Walters Hall of Fame

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  3. Don McNeill

    Don McNeill and the gang are at the Morrison Hotel in Chicago for this radio/TV simulcast. This program shows the viewer what occurs on stage during the radio commercial breaks. Video is very washed out and difficult to see.

    Record Type: Television

  4. Don McNeill

    Songs, comedy sketches, and interviews hosted by Don McNeill.

    Record Type: Television

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  5. Don McNeill - 20th Anniversary Show

    Don takes a look back at twenty years of the Breakfast Club.

    Record Type: Television

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  6. Don McNeill - 60th Anniversary Interview

    Don McNeill hosts a special episode of "The Breakfast Club" at a benefit for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association. The opening segment highlights the history of the original radio show.

    Record Type: Television

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  7. Don McNeill - with Don McNeill (Premiere)

    The first telecast of Breakfast Club features comedy, songs and audience participation.

    Record Type: Television

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  8. Kraft Music Hall - Christmas Show

    Perry welcomes guests Puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and Fran Allison with Kukla and Ollie. They gathered together for this special program that aired on NBC December 19, 1962. Featuring Kraft Music Hall regulars Don Adams and Kaye Ballard.

    Record Type: Television

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  9. Kukla and Ollie - Happy Fran

    Fran is happy and sings.

    Record Type: Television

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  10. Kukla and Ollie - Homecoming

    Kukla, Fran, and Ollie practice the Dragon Prep Fight Song because it's time to play Gargoyle Girls School.

    Record Type: Television

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  11. Kukla and Ollie - Jazz

    Col. Crackie introduces two minutes of jazz by the Kuklapolitan Sisters: Buelah, Madame Oglepuss, and Fran.

    Record Type: Television

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  12. Kukla and Ollie - Ollie's Family Album

    Ollie's mom shows Fran the family album.

    Record Type: Television

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  13. Kukla and Ollie - Prank Call

    Kukla and Ollie make a prank phone call to Fran.

    Record Type: Television

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  14. Kukla and Ollie - Rutabaga Surprise

    Olivia Dragon, Ollie's mom, shows Fran how to prepare Ollie's favorite dish.

    Record Type: Television

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  15. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - A Reminiscence (WMAQ-TV Special)

    WMAQ-TV Special: Kukla, Fran,and Ollie: A Reminiscence. (1986) Fran Allison hosts this touching special in tribute to the late Burr Tillstrom and his Kuklapolitan Players.

    Record Type: Television

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  16. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - Dave Garroway

    Early example of the long-running family series featuring the Kuklapolitan Players (Kukla, Ollie, and others). WNBQ TV personality and first host of NBC's Today Show Dave Garroway guests.

    Record Type: Television

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  17. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - Mikado" and "Garroway at Large"

    Silent footage of characters, sets, and costumes for the Kuklapolitan production of "The Mikado," and a "Garroway at Large" appearance.

    Record Type: Television

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  18. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - The Mikado (1954)

    The seventh annual Kuklapolitan Players presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" is complicated by Ollie's suggestion.

    Record Type: Television

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  19. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - Tis the Season to Be Ollie

    The Kuklapolitan Players all have a different idea for their Christmas program.

    Record Type: Television

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  20. Lighter - Local Radio & TV

    Dick Dearborn engraved Zippo lighter

    Record Type: Artifacts

  21. Magazine

    Telecast magazine w/Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison & Puppets on cover [Feb 1950]

    Record Type: Artifacts

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  23. MBC Production Tapes - MBC "You Can Come Home Again" / River City

    Reel 3, Cam 2 Chopped editing

    Record Type: Television

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  24. NBC Chicago Broadcast Pioneers - Luncheon

    Opens with a retrospective of WMAQ Radio and WNBQ/WMAQ-TV produced by WMAQ-TV. Then switches to a luncheon with many of the pioneers that made up Chicago's fourth commercial television station.

    Record Type: Television

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  25. Photograph - Large Framed Images

    Photo - Burr Tillstrom with Kukla, Fran & Ollie

    Record Type: Artifacts

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