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Kukla, Fran and Ollie/Season Three
Season Three | |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie | |
Season Premiere | August 8, 1949 |
Season Finale | June 30, 1950 |
Episode Count | 232 (220 surviving episodes) |
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Season Three of Kukla, Fran and Ollie premiered on August 8, 1949. It was the first full season broadcast over the national NBC network, and the first to originate from NBC-owned WNBQ (now WMAQ-TV) in Chicago.
During this season, KFO won a Peabody Award for children's programming. The committee cited the show's "whimsy and gentle satire of the James Barrie-Lewis Carroll sort".
The Kuklapolitan troupe also participated in a test broadcast from Washington, DC of a proposed RCA color broadcasting system.
Episode list
The majority of the 1949-50 season survives as kinescope film in the Burr Tillstrom Collection at the Chicago History Museum, with a small number of the remaining original film elements being donated to the UCLA television archive. A few episodes are missing and presumed lost, while the surviving prints of others are too damaged to transfer. Episodes unavailable for viewing are indicated with italic titles.
Several of these episodes have been released on DVD, and as of 2021 all but a handful have been transferred to digital format and posted to the official KFO YouTube channel.
# | # | Title | Airdate | |||||
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- | 1 | Third Season Opening Show | August 8, 1949 | |||||
- | 2 | Luggage Arrival | August 9, 1949 | |||||
- | 3 | Fletcher’s Lecture | August 10, 1949 | |||||
- | 4 | Return of Buelah Witch | August 11, 1949 | |||||
- | 5 | Whaling Pageant | August 12, 1949 | |||||
- | 6 | Birthday Party | August 15, 1949 | |||||
- | 7 | Ollie Bleaches Hair | August 16, 1949 | |||||
- | 8 | Lemonade | August 17, 1949 | |||||
- | 9 | Introductory Show | August 18, 1949 | |||||
- | 10 | Summer Theatre | August 19, 1949 | |||||
- | 11 | Amusement Park | August 22, 1949 | |||||
- | 12 | Ollie Leaves but Comes Back | August 23, 1949 | |||||
- | 13 | Picnic | August 24, 1949 | |||||
- | 14 | Fascinato Time | August 25, 1949 | |||||
- | 15 | Summer Music Festival | August 26, 1949 | |||||
- | 16 | Kinescope Show | August 29, 1949 | |||||
- | 17 | Motoring | August 30, 1949 | |||||
- | 18 | Kukla’s Date | August 31, 1949 | |||||
- | 19 | Fletcher Sorts Mail | September 1, 1949 | |||||
- | 20 | Railroad Fair | September 2, 1949 | |||||
- | 21 | Labor Day | September 5, 1949 | |||||
- | 22 | First Day of School | September 6, 1949 | |||||
- | 23 | Ollie's Old Trouble | September 7, 1949 | |||||
- | 24 | Screen Test | September 8, 1949 | |||||
- | 25 | County Fair | September 9, 1949 | |||||
- | 26 | Jack's Birthday | September 12, 1949 | |||||
- | 27 | Hospital Show | September 13, 1949 | |||||
- | 28 | Contributions to Courier | September 14, 1949 | |||||
- | 29 | Arabian Nights | September 15, 1949 | |||||
- | 30 | On Wisconsin | September 16, 1949 | |||||
- | 31 | Milwaukee Was Fun | September 19, 1949 | |||||
- | 32 | New Price for the 9JY | September 20, 1949 | |||||
- | 33 | Sleepy Time | September 21, 1949 | |||||
- | 34 | Soapy Opera | September 22, 1949 | |||||
- | 35 | Western (Which Way Did He Go?) | September 23, 1949 | |||||
- | 36 | Madame Ooglepuss Loses Her Wig | September 26, 1949 | |||||
- | 37 | First Sealtest Show | September 27, 1949 | |||||
- | 38 | How to Take a Cue | September 28, 1949 | |||||
- | 39 | Tooie Talk | September 29, 1949 | |||||
- | 40 | Fixing the Carpet | September 30, 1949 | |||||
- | 41 | Getting Out the New Issue of the Kuklapolitan Courier | October 3, 1949 | |||||
- | 42 | Library Day | October 4, 1949 | |||||
- | 43 | Uncle Walter's KFO Gadget | October 5, 1949 | |||||
- | 44 | Ice Cream | October 6, 1949 | |||||
- | 45 | Packing for Washington and Russ' Wedding | October 7, 1949 | |||||
- | 46 | First Color Broadcast | October 10, 1949 | |||||
- | 47 | Second Day in Washington | October 11, 1949 | |||||
- | 48 | Columbus Day | October 12, 1949 | |||||
- | 49 | Second Anniversary | October 13, 1949 | |||||
- | 50 | Last Day in Washington | October 14, 1949 | |||||
- | 51 | Back Home Again | October 17, 1949 | |||||
- | 52 | Ollie's Recipe | October 18, 1949 | |||||
- | 53 | Fashion Show | October 19, 1949 | |||||
- | 54 | Buelah Witch on the Moon | October 20, 1949 | |||||
- | 55 | Homecoming with Gene Rayburn | October 21, 1949 | |||||
- | 56 | United Nations Day | October 24, 1949 | |||||
- | 57 | Burr Tillstrom In A Commercial | October 25, 1949 | |||||
- | 58 | Swan Lake | October 26, 1949 | |||||
- | 59 | Ollie's Interview | October 27, 1949 | |||||
- | 60 | Buelah Witch Prepares for Halloween | October 28, 1949 | |||||
- | 61 | Halloween | October 31, 1949 | |||||
- | 62 | Milton Caniff | November 1, 1949 | |||||
- | 63 | Lewis Gomavitz, Boy Director | November 2, 1949 | |||||
- | 64 | Junior League Show | November 3, 1949 | |||||
- | 65 | Ollie Gets Ready For A Date | November 4, 1949 | |||||
- | 66 | Garroway-At-Large | November 7, 1949 | |||||
- | 67 | Old Fashioned At Home | November 8, 1949 | |||||
- | 68 | Unknown Title (1949) | November 9, 1949 | |||||
- | 69 | The Boy Next Door | November 10, 1949 | |||||
- | 70 | Colonel Crackie's Amateur Hour | November 11, 1949 | |||||
- | 71 | Sadler Wells Ballet | November 14, 1949 | |||||
- | 72 | House Hunting | November 15, 1949 | |||||
- | 73 | Kine Christmas | November 16, 1949 | |||||
- | 74 | Gift Day | November 17, 1949 | |||||
- | 75 | Old Memories and Old Songs | November 18, 1949 | |||||
- | 76 | Ice Cream Stand | November 22, 1949 | |||||
- | 78 | Thanksgiving Day Pageant | November 23, 1949 | |||||
- | 79 | Thanksgiving Day | November 24, 1949 | |||||
- | 80 | Glockenspiel Employee Day | November 25, 1949 | |||||
- | 81 | 4H Club | November 28, 1949 | |||||
- | 82 | Fred Waring Day | November 29, 1949 | |||||
- | 83 | Kukla Kiddish | November 30, 1949 | |||||
- | 84 | Salute to Utica | December 1, 1949 | |||||
- | 85 | French Lesson | December 2, 1949 | |||||
- | 86 | Salute to Television | December 5, 1949 | |||||
- | 87 | Burr Tillstrom Sells Ice Cream | December 6, 1949 | |||||
- | 88 | Martin Kane, Private Eye | December 7, 1949 | |||||
- | 89 | Balancing the Budget | December 8, 1949 | |||||
- | 90 | Water Glasses | December 9, 1949 | |||||
- | 91 | Getting the "Kuklapolitan Courier" Together | December 12, 1949 | |||||
- | 92 | Cecil Bill's Geiger Counter | December 13, 1949 | |||||
- | 93 | Hobby Day | December 14, 1949 | |||||
- | 94 | Everyone Eats Sealtest | December 15, 1949 | |||||
- | 95 | Cactus Jim | December 16, 1949 | |||||
- | 96 | Three Billy Goats Gruff | December 19, 1949 | |||||
- | 97 | Making A Christmas Tree Stand | December 20, 1949 | |||||
- | 98 | Christmas Pageant | December 21, 1949 | |||||
- | 99 | Christmas Decorations | December 22, 1949 | |||||
- | 100 | Christmas Eve | December 23, 1949 | |||||
- | 101 | Christmas Presents | December 26, 1949 | |||||
- | 102 | Real Gay | December 27, 1949 | |||||
- | 103 | Hansel and Gretel | December 28, 1949 | |||||
- | 104 | Ice Cream Snow Man | December 29, 1949 | |||||
- | 105 | New Years Eve | December 30, 1949 | |||||
- | 106 | Salute to Philadelphia | January 2, 1950 | |||||
- | 107 | Ollie's Milkshake Mixer | January 3, 1950 | |||||
- | 108 | Announce Trip East | January 4, 1950 | |||||
- | 109 | Hot Fudge Sundae and Plans for Home | January 5, 1950 | |||||
- | 110 | Madame Ooglepuss' Club Date Rehearsal | January 6, 1950 | |||||
- | 111 | Ollie's "Yes/No" File | January 9, 1950 | |||||
- | 112 | Fran's Singing Lesson | January 10, 1950 | |||||
- | 113 | Collecting Items for NY Trip | January 11, 1950 | |||||
- | 114 | First Anniversary of Eastern Network | January 12, 1950 | |||||
- | 115 | Getting Ready for New York | January 13, 1950 | |||||
- | 116 | New York, New York | January 16, 1950 | |||||
- | 117 | New York Party | January 17, 1950 | |||||
- | 118 | Last Day In New York | January 18, 1950 | |||||
- | 119 | Philadelphia | January 19, 1950 | |||||
- | 120 | Camden | January 20, 1950 | |||||
- | 121 | Unpacking | January 23, 1950 | |||||
- | 122 | Ollie as Pinza | January 24, 1950 | |||||
- | 123 | Newsreels of New York | January 25, 1950 | |||||
- | 124 | Ollie and Strange Sounds | January 26, 1950 | |||||
- | 125 | Gypsy Show | January 27, 1950 | |||||
- | 126 | Boom Boy | January 30, 1950 | |||||
- | 127 | Fletcher's Date | January 31, 1950 | |||||
- | 128 | First Ford Day | February 1, 1950 | |||||
- | 129 | Groundhog Day | February 2, 1950 | |||||
- | 130 | Awards Show | February 3, 1950 | |||||
- | 131 | Dentist's Office | February 6, 1950 | |||||
- | 132 | Ollie in the Talent Directory | February 7, 1950 | |||||
- | 133 | Plan to Drive to Cincinnati | February 8, 1950 | |||||
- | 134 | Planning a Party | February 9, 1950 | |||||
- | 135 | Going to Cincinnati | February 10, 1950 | |||||
- | 136 | Cinderella | February 13, 1950 | |||||
- | 137 | St. Valentine's Day | February 14, 1950 | |||||
- | 138 | Fletcher Rabbit, Ad Man | February 15, 1950 | |||||
- | 139 | Spike Jones | February 16, 1950 | |||||
- | 140 | Art Exhibit | February 17, 1950 | |||||
- | 141 | Twenty Questions | February 20, 1950 | |||||
- | 142 | Dog Day | February 21, 1950 | |||||
- | 143 | George Washington's Birthday | February 22, 1950 | |||||
- | 144 | June Havoc, Guest | February 23, 1950 | |||||
- | 145 | Fran's Return | February 24, 1950 | |||||
- | 146 | Kukla and Ollie Lose Voices | February 27, 1950 | |||||
- | 147 | Ollie: Sound and Glasses | February 28, 1950 | |||||
- | 148 | Schedule Day | March 1, 1950 | |||||
- | 149 | Easter Baskets | March 2, 1950 | |||||
- | 150 | Salute to Memphis | March 3, 1950 | |||||
- | 151 | Ollie's Western | March 6, 1950 | |||||
- | 152 | Buelah's New Jet Broom | March 7, 1950 | |||||
- | 153 | Salute to Spring | March 8, 1950 | |||||
- | 154 | Zither Day | March 9, 1950 | |||||
- | 155 | Miss Coo Coo Disrupts the Playhouse | March 10, 1950 | |||||
- | 156 | Dancing Lessons | March 13, 1950 | |||||
- | 157 | Let's Bake A Sunshine Cake | March 14, 1950 | |||||
- | 158 | Music Appreciaton Hour | March 15, 1950 | |||||
- | 159 | Suggestion Box | March 16, 1950 | |||||
- | 160 | "The New Yorker" Article | March 17, 1950 | |||||
- | 161 | Milton Caniff - Peter Cottontail | March 20, 1950 | |||||
- | 162 | Fran as Secretary and Mme. Ooglepuss' Mink Coat | March 21, 1950 | |||||
- | 163 | Band Show | March 22, 1950 | |||||
- | 164 | Stage Scenery | March 23, 1950 | |||||
- | 165 | Music Maestro | March 24, 1950 | |||||
- | 166 | Tree House Plans | March 27, 1950 | |||||
- | 167 | Fitting Clothes | March 28, 1950 | |||||
- | 168 | Godfrey, Crosby and Como | March 29, 1950 | |||||
- | 169 | Joe Lockwood's Testimonial Dinner | March 30, 1950 | |||||
- | 170 | April Fool's | March 31, 1950 | |||||
- | 171 | Gardening | April 3, 1950 | |||||
- | 172 | Spring Show | April 4, 1950 | |||||
- | 173 | Ollie's Thinking Machine | April 5, 1950 | |||||
- | 174 | Ollie's Spring Hat | April 6, 1950 | |||||
- | 175 | Pinafore | April 7, 1950 | |||||
- | 176 | Opera Show | April 10, 1950 | |||||
- | 177 | Belated St. Patrick's Day | April 11, 1950 | |||||
- | 178 | Shakespeare vs. Musical Comedy | April 12, 1950 | |||||
- | 179 | Milwaukee Civic Progress Week | April 13, 1950 | |||||
- | 180 | Taking the Census | April 14, 1950 | |||||
- | 181 | Boxing (with Dave Garroway) | April 17, 1950 | |||||
- | 182 | Miss Witch Day | April 18, 1950 | |||||
- | 183 | Baseball | April 19, 1950 | |||||
- | 184 | Boy Astronomer (with Dave Garroway) | April 20, 1950 | |||||
- | 185 | Kukla's Night at the Actor's Club (with Dave Garroway) | April 21, 1950 | |||||
- | 186 | Museum Show | April 24, 1950 | |||||
- | 187 | Fletcher's Garden Hints | April 25, 1950 | |||||
- | 188 | Mail Mix Up | April 27, 1950 | |||||
- | 189 | Kuklapolitan Dance Band | May 1, 1950 | |||||
- | 190 | Fletcher's Chance to Finish His Lecture | May 2, 1950 | |||||
- | 191 | St. George and the Dragon | May 3, 1950 | |||||
- | 192 | House Hunting | May 4, 1950 | |||||
- | 193 | Circus Show (Peabody Award) | May 5, 1950 | |||||
- | 194 | Favorite Operatic Roles | May 8, 1950 | |||||
- | 195 | Spoon Day | May 9, 1950 | |||||
- | 196 | Hospital Show (1950) | May 10, 1950 | |||||
- | 197 | Restaurant Business | May 11, 1950 | |||||
- | 198 | New Orleans Salute | May 12, 1950 | |||||
- | 199 | Spring House Cleaning | May 15, 1950 | |||||
- | 200 | Ollie's Hairdo | May 16, 1950 | |||||
- | 201 | Toscanini | May 17, 1950 | |||||
- | 202 | Fletcher Breaks Pot | May 18, 1950 | |||||
- | 203 | Going to Detroit and Cleveland | May 19, 1950 | |||||
- | 204 | The Railroad Show | May 22, 1950 | |||||
- | 205 | The Legal Show | May 23, 1950 | |||||
- | 206 | Northwestern University | May 25, 1950 | |||||
- | 207 | Rhythm Band Day | May 26, 1950 | |||||
- | 208 | Tally-Ho Day | May 27, 1950 | |||||
- | 209 | Preparing For Vacation | May 30, 1950 | |||||
- | 210 | Picnic Day | May 31, 1950 | |||||
- | 211 | Kukla Is Silly | June 1, 1950 | |||||
- | 212 | Two Commercials Today | June 2, 1950 | |||||
- | 213 | Americans In Paris | June 5, 1950 | |||||
- | 214 | 4th of July | June 6, 1950 | |||||
- | 215 | The Mikado | June 7, 1950 | |||||
- | 216 | Post-Mortem Of The Mikado | June 8, 1950 | |||||
- | 217 | Let's Have A Carnival | June 9, 1950 | |||||
- | 218 | Summer Theater | June 12, 1950 | |||||
- | 219 | Mercedes' Growing Pains | June 13, 1950 | |||||
- | 220 | Vacation Worries and Ford Station Wagon | June 14, 1950 | |||||
- | 221 | Preparing for Trip | June 15, 1950 | |||||
- | 222 | Fran Off To New York | June 16, 1950 | |||||
- | 223 | Doloras' First Show | June 19, 1950 | |||||
- | 224 | Mercedes Graduates Again | June 20, 1950 | |||||
- | 225 | Boy Scouts | June 21, 1950 | |||||
- | 226 | Ollie's Day | June 22, 1950 | |||||
- | 227 | Life Guard Day | June 23, 1950 | |||||
- | 228 | Welcome Home, Fran | June 26, 1950 | |||||
- | 229 | Doloras Meets The Family | June 27, 1950 | |||||
- | 230 | Puppetry Festival | June 28, 1950 | |||||
- | 231 | Packing for Vacation | June 29, 1950 | |||||
- | 232 | Going on Summer Vacation | June 30, 1950 |
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