Forgotten Child Stars

January 9, 2019January 8, 2019Not That Mike The Other Mike

Television’s golden era of the mid-twentieth century produced many young characters remembered to this day: Dennis the Menace. Spin and Marty. Walter Cronkite, Boy Reporter. But one name is lost to history: a charming ingenue and her roly-poly sidekick who delighted viewers with their madcap antics: Buckaroo Betty and Wally the Wonder Wombat.

"Think we can jump those 16 buses at the end of that ramp, Wally?" — “Think we can jump those 16 buses at the end of that ramp, Wally?” (Flickr)

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allein ? January 9, 2019 / 9:40 am

They have the same smile. It’s a little disconcerting.
- fkaWaldenPond January 9, 2019 / 11:03 am
  
  😀
- Debg January 9, 2019 / 3:31 pm
  
  Or infectious. I love Wally’s grin.
Ricky's Mom January 9, 2019 / 10:42 am

Walter Cronkite, Boy Reporter: And That’s the Way it Was.
Faye January 9, 2019 / 11:01 am

I see that Wombat Hugging goes back to at least the 1950s. Love her Annie Oakley type outfit and the vintage bicycle. And of course the Wombat is properly tank shaped.
michael January 9, 2019 / 1:16 pm

“Think we can jump those 16 buses at the end of that ramp, Wally?”

“No, you damn fool.”
Tara January 9, 2019 / 8:05 pm

*Heaves huge sigh of contentment*
Wombat Wednesday is really just the best thing on the interwebs.
- debg January 9, 2019 / 9:24 pm
  
  It really is. I look forward to it every week.
- allein ? January 9, 2019 / 9:50 pm
  
  Sure beats WTF Wednesday over on the Ask a Manager site.
^oo^ January 9, 2019 / 8:58 pm

Don’t tell Lassie, but we just dropped Timmy down the well.
- allein ? January 9, 2019 / 9:50 pm
  
  Heehee!