WATCH OR LISTEN: Chose the full video version of the Rocketship 7 podcast episode (above) or the audio only version (below)
Thanks for all the feedback so far on this week’s “Blast off Back to Rocketship 7” episode of brioux.tv: the podcast. Here are a few examples:
I live in Ontario. I’m now 67 but my family moved to Canada when I was 6. I remember watching Rocketship 7 while having my breakfast before school. I didn’t understand everything they were saying but I loved it anyway. I’m sure it helped me learn how to speak English.”
“This was so great. Growing up in Grimsby, Ontario one of my earliest memories was watching Rocketship 7 every morning before going to school. My era was from Kindergarten in 1969 till really the end of the show. YES! Please do more with Dave! Lots of stories I bet.”
“A childhood treasure – many questions answered..well done…thanks for a great walk down memory lane and best to Dave.
“Dave was thee guy to watch every morning before school. Promo & Biff Beeper “Sports!” reports. Really hoping there are some shows saved from Rocketship 7 somewhere. Some parent must have recorded a kid’s birthday greeting & more!
I’ve heard also from Tim Madigan from Rochester, NY:
“Many thanks for your wonderful interview with David Boreanaz, Sr. (aka Dave Thomas). As a Buffalonian of a certain age I was a regular watcher of “Rocketship 7″ when I was a kid. Promo the Robot was ahead of his time! I’ve shared your podcast with my family and friends, many of whom, unlike me, have scattered from the Western New York area. They, like me, are very grateful for the reminder of this TV show from our youth.”
Get in on the fun by listening or watching my conversation with David Boreanaz, Sr., remembered by many fans as Dave Thomas during his 16 seasons as host of WKBW’s Rocketship 7.
Follow the links above to blast off back to Mr. Beeper, Promo the Robot and the glory that was the space race. Buckle up for a nostaslgic ride back when TV shows flew through the air, on antennas, all the way to Canada from Buffalo’s WKBW. My thanks again to David, a broadcaster and a gentleman who put kids first back when children’s TV was a wild west fueled by cereal ads and imagination.
By all means listen to this podcast episode if you are traveling on foot or by car. For the full experience, however, check out the video experience which is more of a mini-documentary. See Dave the storyteller, ever telegenic even as he approaches his 90th birthday next Valentine’s Day. There is also a short clip of Rocketship 7 towards the end — a sad reminder that this is basically, like many early local children’s TV shows, a lost series.
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