Here's Geraldine (1957)

Here's Geraldine (1957) is a children's show that was a half-hour long. It debated on 22, April 1957. It was broadcast weekdays. Monday through Friday on WBKB-Channel 7. Here puppets were brought to life to entertain children and grownups with songs, stories, and just clean fun. James E. Stewart, known as "Jim" on the show would play a musical instrument and sing songs along with the puppets. The main character was Geraldine the giraffe. Puppeteer Rosemarie Stewart, known as "Bud", provided the voices and operated all the puppets on the show, including Geraldine. Other regular puppet characters were Pearl the Squirrel, Virgil the Vulture, Pierpont Crocodile, and Helen Hippo, who loved to sing opera. John the Duck was an unseen character that always made his presents known with his off screen quacking. Early shows were written by Jim and Bud. This practice was later changed to ad-lib to give the show a unrehearsed feel. Jim was granted permission to rewrite the song "Be Kind To Your Parents" and use it for the Here's Geraldine Theme. The rewritten song became a recorded children's record. Probably the best remembered thing about Here's Geraldine is the theme song. Here's Geraldine sadly left the air in 1965. During its run it managed to win a local Emmy Award for "Best Children show".