I would like to know if anyone remembers The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club. if you do. Could you tell me what it was all about?
Thanks,
Az2010 from Easthampton, MA
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I did a search on the internet and this is what came up......
www.octanecreative.com/
when you get to the site scroll down to where it says..
Norelco, Ready Kilowatt and Nanny
Or go to www.google.com and search for The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club
Thanks. I found that too, but anyone who remembers the name of the club...doesn't remember what it was all about.....That is what I want to know.
It was a Saturday morning kids show on WWLP in Springfield, MA. Late 50s early 60s. Hosted by Phil Sheperdson while at UMass at Amherst. They had a few kids, cartoons and Wicky And Wacky who were 2 gremlins , invisible, and things would go wrong and be blamed on the two.
Phil Sheperdson would draw but he always started with a letter and then turned it into an animal,person,or object. Wicky and wacky were clouds
What was the show all about? Well, that's the $64,000 question, isn't it? There are probably hundreds of other baby boomers out there, with vague or fragmentary memories of the show, who would like to have a definitive answer.
Since this appears to be the only place on the internet where this subject is being discussed, I would suggest that some WWCC fan who reads this, should either make an entry in WikiPedia (or would that be WikiWakiPedia in this case), or better yet, start up a WWCC web page or website that has a forum or guest book.
The idea is to have a central place where boomers can contribute what they remember about the show. You might be able to get some info from the station, or from Phil S. himself, if he's still in the area. Also, look at old newspaper tv schedules or tv guides on microfilm.
(Unresearched) info from memory: The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club was on the air in the late '50s and early '60s, maybe 1958-1962. WWLP broadcasted it live, on Saturday mornings, from their old studios on Provin Mountain.
It was, I think, a half-hour show, with a setting in the clouds. It starred Wicky and Wacky, two characters who lived there in the clouds. They were either invisible, or didn't appear on screen. But, you would hear them talk to each other, and to Phil.
You got to know Phil as an artist, on this show. I remember him using a black marker on a large sheet of drawing paper that was clipped to an easel, or other vertical surface. He kept glancing at something off screen while drawing it. I think that two of his favorite subjects were Wicky and Wacky, but I can't recall how they looked.
Unlike Phil's second show (As Schools Match Wits) with it's Leroy Anderson theme song, the Wicky Wacky Cloud Club theme song was original. Well, I've never heard it anywhere else, so I'm assuming that someone created it for the show. It was an instrumental song that started off with a xylophone theme in a major key. Next, you heard a winds/brass theme in a lower minor key. Then, it returned to the xylophone theme.
So, I've mentioned here, a few things I remember about the show. But, what was the show all about? I really couldn't tell you!
The Wicky Wacky CLub Club was like the Bozo the clown, Howdy Doody and stuff like that, a kids show with I believe a live audience. It was on WWLP and the original host was Phil Sheperdson who if some remember did As Schools Match Wits, and subbed for Jon Quill on the WWLP Weather forecasts, and occasionally the news and other spots.
I was born in '55, and my brother in '53. He was a card carrying member of the "Wicky Wacky Cwoud Cwub". He kept the card in his wallet (probably an old wallet that had been our father's). I remember asking him to open the wallet often, so I could see the card. He would correct my pronounciation before he showed me the card. It seemed so official at the time. I think that the card was white with puffy blue clouds. It had his name on it.
I was a member. It was sponsored by Channel 40 in Springfield. It was just for little kids.
The Wicky Wacky Cloud club was hosted by Phil Shepardson in the early 60s. Maybe earlier. Phil was a professor at Westfield State and hosted "As Schools Match wits" on WWLP channel 22. He wore a straw hat and a strip coat. I always imagined that the coat was red and white.
The Wicky Whacky Cloud Cub was around during themid to late 50's. If I am not mistaken it was a western Mass., possibly northern Ct. thing. I believe it was on television Channel 40 then known as WHYN. It may have also been associated with the "Admiral and Swabby Show", which was targeting a kids audience. I hope this is accurate and helpfull.
Az, The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club was simply entertainment for kids on Saturday morning. There was no plot and it wasn't "about" anything. Also, it was channel 22 (WWLP) not 40 (WHYN).
During that show I think there was someone who would draw some characters on a large sketch pad and that led to a cartoon related to that drawing. This was a club that you received a free membership by mail through WWLP channel 22 in Springfield. I'm from Holyoke and I was on the Admiral and Swabby Show around 1959 which was on rival WHYN Ch 40 in Springfield. Hey what about the Ranger Andy show on Channel 3 playing his banjo.. We had only 3 channels but they all had something going for us kids. If there were any videos available on these shows, the kids of today would shake their heads in disbelief. We were at the beginnings of Television and everythng was local, no satellite, no 24 hour programs. 1:00am was sign off and at 6:00am was the flag and star spangled banner when the station started it's broadcast day..
I remember the Wicky Wacky cloud club. It was on channel 22, WWLP on Sat. mornings. I loved it. It starred Phil Shepardson and 2 invisible fairies named Wicky and Wacky. Phil later went on to host As Schools Match Wits for many years and teach at westfield State. A friend worked at Ch. 22 and he told me that Phil would get really mad if anyone mentioned the show. Hope that helps.
Yes I remember as schools match wits which I hear is back on the air but on channel 57 the PBS affiliate in Springfield. Here's the theme song for the show "as schools match wits" which was composed by Leroy Anderson called "Buglers Holiday"
www.leroy-anderson.com/
WOW, there's a flash from the past. The Admiral was an usher at my church as a kid. I remember calling him and embarrassing my parents and the Admiral, lol. I was even a member, had the card and everything. Still a member in good standing today ;-)
WOW, there's a flash from the past. The Admiral was an usher at my church as a kid. I remember calling him and embarrassing my parents and the Admiral, lol. I was even a member, had the card and everything. Still a member in good standing today ;-)
New to this website, but happened to come upon it when entering 'admiral and swabby'. I vaguely remember being on that show as a child, sitting on the admirals lap and crying - and wanted to look it up. In the process, 'wicky, wacky' came up. I never knew about this phrase, where it came from, etc.. I remember when our neighborhood mailman came down our street, all of us kids would follow him as he delivered the mail and sing 'wicky, wacky mailman'. I never knew where it came from until now. I remember the admiral and swabby, but do not remember 'wicky, wacky'. Thanks!
Heard the WWCC theme yesterday on Comcast's "Light Classical Music," xylophone and all, but did not get to the tv in time to see the name of the song! Drat! Which is why I Bing'd WWCC today and ended up here.
I did get to see Phil Shepherdson twice in his WWLP incarnations. First time in the peanut gallery on WWCC, when a man in stilts came out, terrified the snot out of me, and I had to leave the set.
2nd time was in 1969 1970 and 1971, as one of West Side High's "As Schools Match Wits" team, did mention WWCC to Phil. He didn't get angry but he wasn't exactly pleased either.
I read all the reponses and can add my favorite part was when the Tom Terrific and his mighty dog Manfred cartoon came on!
I was born in 1948 and I was a "member" of the "Wicky Wacky Cloud Club". The show highlighted a cartoonist whose real name was Phil Shepardson. He would teach us the letters of the alphabet. He would draw a letter G for example on a large white sketch pad on an easel I believe and then would make a cartoon character out of the letter. I still can see the G letter being made into a man's face with a hat. I always enjoyed his originality. I had thought the show as on in the evening or late afternoon but several people who posted here say it was Sat. a.m.; I can't say for sure which day of the week it was myself. I was sad when the show ended. It was interesting to see him later as a serious "intellectual" of sorts on "As Schools Match Wits"; I felt a bit betrayed as he never alluded to his former show which I had loved. I thought that was strange. The fact that he was not pleased to be reminded of that former show and his part in it tells me that later as a Professor he wanted to be known as a serious minded man, a "man of letters" (pun intended) perhaps not as a cartoonist which perhaps he had been "put down" about when at Westfield State College as a "professor" or "instructor". It seems he was embarrassed about his having been part of a show that perhaps his peers at the college took the opportunity to tease him about; hmmm, who knows ...maybe that is what prompted him to have a serious show such as "As Schools Match Wits". It would be interesting to talk to his family, if he married and had children. I noted online that he has died which makes sense as he would have been around my dad's age likely who would have been in his early nineties now if still alive. So, in closing, I do not think the show was not about "anything" as one writer posted but it was clearly a very early "educational" show on black and white t.v. in the late 50's designed to help children learn the alphabet in a fun way and also create an interest in drawing and using a person's natural talents to help them learn their ABC's.
Spot on! I sent my request to join the WWCC to WWLP and I remember my mother asking me why I needed a 3-cent stamp and envelope--1959 or so. I remember a head statue view of Lincoln was on the stamp, with cursive writing on top. I remember this distinctly because I stared at the stamp for a long time, wondering how that cloud club man would draw it.
I loved the live cartooning and loved the show. Very disappointed when it went off the air--that I do remember.
Then, later on, the cloud club man (that's what we called him) became Phil Shepardson on "As Schools Match Wits." I remember watching the very first show. By the way, it's still on the air.
It was a kids show on Saturday mornings on WWLP in Springfield. It was hosted by Phil Shepardson who at the time was a Junior at UMASS in Amherst, MA. Wicky and Wacky were 'gremlins', invisible to all but the host! There were kids games and cartoons. I think it ran 30 minutes. This was late 1950s and early 1960s.
Wow, this topic brings me back. I was a "card carrying member" too. One thing I recall is when your birthday was coming up, parents could send in your name, birthday and where they hid a present. On your special day, Phil would read your name and say, "Look behind the sofa" and you'd magically find the present your parents had hidden there.
I also seem to recall that they offered a kit that included a sheet of clear plastic that you could put over the TV screen and trace along as Phil drew his pictures. I didn't see the need for the plastic so I drew right on the TV. Took my mom most of the day to clean it off.
I was a card carry member, but don't remember much else.
I think you could get free cookies at the Koffee Kup, Spfld Plaza.
It was a kids show in the late 50s and sixties hosted by Phil Shepardson and aired on a local Springfield MA TV station. It was like most kids shows of the time with games, guests that would appeal to kids, and at least one cartoon. (Tom Terrific, unless I'm mistaken) I had a Cloud Club membership card when I was a kid.
The theme song for the Wicky Wacky Cloud Club would later become the theme for "As Schools Match Wits". I vaguely remember the show, but always remembered the tune.
The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club was a local Springfield kids show. Phil Shepardson hosted it. (He was 1 of WWLP's meteorologists, as well as this job).
He would showcase Wicky Wacky, who was a cartoon character. There was a clear plastic flexible TV screen cover they sent you; you would stick it to your TV screen. Then they would tell you to use a crayon, draw a bridge to allow W.W. to cross a stream: clever.
It mimic-ed Howdy Doody.
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