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Commander Tom Show
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The Commander Tom Show was a children's television series that aired weekday afternoons on Channel 7 WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, premiering on December 20, 1965.
The host of the show was Tom Jolls, who had joined WKBW as a weatherman earlier in 1965. When the show launched, it consisted of interstitial segments with Jolls shown around episodes of the Adventures of Superman, a TV series that ran from 1952 till 1958. Dustmop the puppet (a dog) was introduced in 1967. An alligator puppet, Matty the Mod followed, along with the first female puppet Cecily Fripple, modeled after the American comedian Phyllis Diller. A similar appearing puppet was Cecily's evil sister Cecile. Jolls used his own puppets for the program and continued to hold possession of the puppets until his death.
Exactly what Commander Tom was commanding was never made clear during the course of the show's run. The format was meant to evoke the virtues of superheroes, though Commander Tom never had any identifiable superpowers of his own. The show's set, built by the same set designer that had built Rocketship 7's studio, was comparatively barebones, featuring only a window for Jolls's puppets to converse with the commander. During each shows' respective original run, the two never crossed over, as Jolls and Rocketship 7 host Dave Thomas worked different shifts. Over time, while Rocketship 7 maintained an explicitly educational Space Age theme meant to promote the virtues of local business Bell Aerospace, Commander Tom eventually evolved into a more comforting, homely presence, akin to other puppet shows such as Mr. Dressup and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
In the early 1970s, Superman (whose rights had moved to the networks) would be replaced with other family and children's programming including re-runs of The Three Stooges, The Flintstones, Batman, Little Rascals, The Munsters, and The Addams Family. Many short animated cartoons also were shown: Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes were staples for many years, including some of the earliest Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny shorts from the 1930s.
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