| Chicken Dance stars Uncle Al, Capt. Windy |
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| Garrison Hilliard (garrison@efn.org) |
2005/08/25 17:17 |
Chicken Dance stars Uncle Al, Capt. Windy
Post staff report
Uncle Al and Captain Windy, stars of the longest-running children's show in
television history - 1950 to 1985 - will lead the World's Largest Chicken Dance
and Hokey Pokey at the 30th annual Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati, North America's
largest authentic Oktoberfest.
Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken honored Al and Wanda Lewis of Hillsboro today by
proclaiming Aug. 25, 2005, as "Uncle Al and Captain Windy Day in Cincinnati" and
presented them with a key to the city.
The proclamation read in part: "Whereas, Uncle Al's bow tie and straw hat, and
Captain Windy's cape, will forever be cherished in Cincinnati as icons of a
golden era of television and of the very best in American family values."
Al and Wanda first met in a drawing class at the Cleveland School of Art in
1945. In 1949 Al joined WCPO-TV, then a fledgling television station in
Cincinnati, and in July of that year Al and Wanda were married. From 1957 to
1958, "The Uncle Al Show" was broadcast nationally on ABC on Saturday mornings
on 130 stations coast to coast.
Uncle Al and Captain Windy recently were inducted into the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences for having the longest running children's show in
the United States. And acclaimed movie star Johnny Depp cited Uncle Al as an
inspiration for his role in the recent children's blockbuster, "Charlie And The
Chocolate Factory."
Uncle Al and Captain Windy will lead the World's Largest Chicken Dance and Hokey
Pokey from the main Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati entertainment stage between Broadway
and Sentinel on Fifth Street - near Procter & Gamble at the eastern edge of the
event.
Fountain Square reconstruction has shifted the entertainment focus of this
year's Oktoberfest to the eastern edge of downtown.
Their appearance is set for 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17.
The 2005 Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati, presented by Miller Lite, will be held Saturday
and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18, stretching from Vine Street to Sentinel along Fifth
Street in downtown "Zinzinnati." The hours: 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday and 11
a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free.
For more information, visit the Web site: www.oktoberfestzinzinnati.com.
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