RE: The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club
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!
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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 ;-)
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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 ;-)
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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"
http://www.leroy-anderson.com/la-mp3/buglers-holiday.mp3
Posted on 09/26/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: The Wicky Wacky Cloud Club
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.
Posted on 09/22/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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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..
Posted on 08/13/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By In Maine but from Chicopee (Guest Post)
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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).
Posted on 06/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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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.
Posted on 06/05/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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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. That was the days of black and white with 3 channels to watch so who know. He was a wonderful caricature artist. He has an artist easel and some markers. The show had cartoons and if memory serves me, so guests. I even had a membership card.
Posted on 04/30/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I was a member. It was sponsored by Channel 40 in Springfield. It was just for little kids.
Posted on 02/03/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By Sue Morin (Guest Post)
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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.
Posted on 10/21/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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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!
Posted on 04/04/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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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.
Posted on 03/15/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I did a search on the internet and this is what came up......
http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/tvradio.html
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
Posted on 03/07/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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