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The floppy show / Jeff Stein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stein, Jeff, author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puppets on television.
- Television broadcasting--Iowa--Des Moines--History--Pictorial works.
- Television broadcasting.
- Television personalities--Iowa--Biography.
- Television personalities.
- Des Moines (Iowa)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Des Moines (Iowa).
- Des Moines (Iowa)--History--Pictorial works.
- Iowa.
- Iowa--Des Moines.
- Floppy show (Television program).
- WHO-TV (Television station : Des Moines, Iowa)--History--Pictorial works.
- WHO-TV (Television station : Des Moines, Iowa).
- Ellett, Duane, 1923-1987.
- Ellett, Duane.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In 1957, WHO-TV asked staff performer Duane Ellett to come up with an idea to help teach children how to better care for their pets. Ellett created Floppy, a high-voiced beagle dog puppet that became his sidekick for the next 30 years. Together, the iconic duo made 200 personal appearances every year at community festivals and events. The Floppy Show aired weekday afternoons in part of four decades, featuring a live studio audience of children telling Floppy riddles, beeping his nose for luck, and watching cartoons. On weekends, the duo appeared in a variety of programs over time, from the S.S. Popeye in earlier years to The Floppytown Gazette in the 1980s, featuring Floppy and other puppets Ellett created. Thousands of Iowans outside of Des Moines discovered the duo from their performances at the Iowa State Fair. Even now, 30 years after their last television appearance, Duane and Floppy still hold a warm place in the hearts of baby boomers across America."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A solo act
- The early years
- Sharing the stage
- Riddles and nose beeps
- Through the years
- An iconic duo
- A lasting legacy.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6388-2
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