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Subject: Re: Re: Who Remembers Andy???
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Date: Thu, 23-May-85 13:50:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 23 13:50:54 1985
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Recently lhl@lanl.ARPA writes:

>> Who remembers the TV show called "Andy's Gang" ?
>> 
>> One of the regular bits was a frog who appeared out of a grandfather clock
>> in a cloud of smoke and went through a vaudeville routine with Andy --
>> insults, bad jokes, pies-in-the-face, etc.  When Andy had had enough, he
>> would say "Pluck (Plunk ?) your magic twanger, Froggie" and the frog would
>> disappear back into the clock with a cloud of smoke and a twanging sound...
>> ....Boingoingoingoing.
>
>*** eHpl !'I m arpsinorei  n aDP-P11 ! ***
>
>  I can't help thinking you have more than one show here.  The line
>"Plunk your magic twanger, Froggie" was regularly delivered to Froggie
>the Gremlin by the host of "Smilin' Ed McConnell and the Buster Brown
>Gang."  Froggie would appear magically as Ed started a story, and
>interrupt him with humorous endings to his sentences.
>  The only other thing I remember about the show is that they had a
>regular who spoke only in verse (called, I think, Mr. Poet.)
>
>
I've got a gang,
You've got a gang,
Everybody's got to have a gang...
(the next line excapes me at the moment)
... Yes, It's Andy's Gang!!!!!

Yes indeed, I remember Andy's Gang with Andy Devine.
It was a regular Saturday morning ritual at my house
way back when (anybody know what years??). As a
part of the show Andy had his friend Froggie come out
for a while and then would send him back by popping
his magic twanger. Also, as part of the show was a serial,
Rama of the Jungle, which was set in India.

Other shows I seem to recall from that time are
Sargent Preston of the Mounties, and Sky King.
Anybody remember these??