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If you grew up in Arizona, You Know Wallace and Ladmo! If you didn't, I can't Explain it to you! Wallace and Ladmo where on the air for 36 years the longest running children's show ever! The Central Divison of the Arizona Historical Soceity now has Bill Thompson's Video tape collection from the show! And with the grant they recieved, the VHS tapes should become available sometime soon, for all of us to relive Wallace and Ladmo's special brand of magic! Over 12,000 Pictures in our Yahoo Group photo archives of Wallace, Ladmo & the Gang! |
The Wallace and Ladmo Show was way ahead of it time! Wallace, Ladmo & Pat, combined comedy, cartoons, prizes and a special brand of caring that lasted over 36 years spanning almost four decades. And the Holy Grail of The Wallace and Ladmo Show was the "LADMO BAG". A paper bag filed with candy, soda, free food coupons, ding dongs, twinkies, movie passes. Everyone wanted a Ladmo Bag! Even Parents! That was the Magic of the show! for one hour a day, parents and kids were glued to the TV, watching these three wonderful guys having fun! |
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| What is a Ladmo? Ladimir Kwiatkowski, who as Ladmo brought smiles to four generations of Arizona children.... Ladmo....The Great Man Child! Bringer of the cartoons! Giver of Ladmo Bags! Buddy to children, no matter how old we got! Ladmo was always our friend! How lucky Arizona was when Ladmo decided not to follow a baseball career and instead entertain and befriend us! Sadly.... Ladmo has left us.... It was a sad day when he left us... I beleive that he is up there .... still entertaing and still passing out Ladmo Bags to children........ |
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| AH! Wallace! Bill "Wallace" Thompson... Wallace wrote the show, the gags! He started all this madness! And we love him for it! 35 years of Fun and Laughter! He loves old cars, old movies Civil War re-enactments! And he brought this all to the show. Giving us 35 years of Laughter and Love! He has donated almost all of the stuff from the show to The Central Division of the Arizona Historical Soceity. He Was Always "Wallace", but he was also the great "Mr Grudgmeyer". Wallace and Ladmo were buddies.... so they had to have someone who could play fight with Ladmo! |
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| Pat McMahon.... He was Gerald! Spoiled rich nephew of the station owner we never saw! He wanted to be Wallace's buddy so he was always trying to get Ladmo in trouble to get him out of the way! The private school brat us tract home kids loved to HATE! Pat played a host of other characters on the show.... Amazo the Magician, Aunt Maud, Bobby Joe Trouble, Boffo The Clown, Captain Super, Carney Barker, Hub Kapp, Marshall Good, Nuru The Guru, The Wizard, and a host of other characters from the Time Machine! |
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| Mike Condello was Commodore Condello! Mike joined the show at the age of 15 as the shows musical director.... He wrote tons of songs used on the show for Commodore Condello's Salt River Navy Band, Hub Kapp And The Wheels, Ladmo. He also played a few characters on the show. Mike went onto a career in the music industry with his own albums, as well as working with many other music artists! Sadly Mike left us shortly after Ladmo did.... we will miss you Mike. |
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| Dan Horn was on for several years, with his Manequin American Friends. Orson was everyone's favorite! A Hearing aid wearing old puppet! |
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| Cathy Dresbach was on for several years until the final show. She played Jodi of the Pink Berets, Dottie, Perky the Clown and several other characters |
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| Golddust Charlie started all this fun Madness by hiring Wallace Sneed aka Bill Thompson to help him on his show. |
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| The Bird takes you to more! >>>> |
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| Gerald's Moster Is Really Good. He Will Show You Where To Go..... |
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| KPHO TV Channel 5 was the first TV station in Phoenix, AZ- signing on December 4th, 1949. It was an affiliate for all 4 networks- ABC,CBS, NBC, and Dumont (a short lived network remembered primarily for the Jackie Gleason show.) Bill Thompson created the character of Wallace Snead for an afternoon children's program - "The Golddust Charlie Show" In January 1955, "It's Wallace" premiered, showing '30s & '40s cartoons at 6:30 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays. Ladimir Kwiatkowski was a crew member. A year after it premiered, Ladimir joined Wallace on camera as the child-like Ladmo. A partnership that would last 35 years was born. The show was simple. They showed cartoons, performed corny skits, and gave away an obscene amount of junk food to kids in "Ladmo Bags". The audience was always packed with kids and parents- just about every Cub Scout and Brownie troop in the area got to go at least once. In 1968, the name was changed to Wallace & Company, and it became The Wallace & Ladmo Show in 1970. It was also moved from afternoons to mornings in 1973 (although it was still taped in the afternoons- right after school.) There were also many spin-offs- The Wallace Sunday Show, Teen Beat, Take Five (all three were variety shows), The Ladmo Show, Ladmo's Clubhouse (both showed primarily cartoons), The Comedy Greats (old time movies), and Low Budget Talk Show (an adult talk show spoof- only a pilot was made) None of these shows lasted very long, but they all helped cement Wallace & Ladmo's place in TV history. Wallace & Ladmo didn't just exist on TV- they were everywhere. Every year during the Jerry Lewis telethon, they would stand outside the studio all day and collect money from people at a drive-up "fishbowl". They appeared at the State Fair every year- performing several stage shows a day. (The stage has since been renamed the Wallace & Ladmo Stage.) They were at Legend City (a cheesy amusement park) every weekend it seemed. They held birthday party's for kids at Peter Piper Pizza. They even advertised for other companies. Many people outside of Arizona have heard of Wallace & Ladmo, mainly because it holds the record for longest running daily show-anywhere. It was also the first show broadcast in color in Phoenix (they beat the KOOL-10 news by two hours). And over the years, it won nine Emmy awards. But unless you grew up with it, you could never fully understand. The show ran from 7:00-8:30 during most of this time. KPHO ran a limited "Best Of Wallace & Ladmo" series in the summer of '94. It was only a half hour, and it only ran six weeks- hardly enough time to convey the impact this show had on so many Arizona children. But for a brief time, 10:30 on a Saturday night became 7:00 on a weekday morning. |
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| Last Updated: October 24th, 2003 |
| The Central Divison of the Arizona Historical Soceity Has Opened the Permanent Exhibit Of "Wallace, Ladmo & Co." !!! Check It Out at.... Arizona Historical Soceity Museum at Papago Park 1300 North College Avenue Tempe, Arizona, 85281 (480) 929 - 0292 Closed Monday Tuesday thru Saturday 10am to 4 pm, Sunday 12pm to 4 pm. |
| Wallace, Ladmo & Pat Animations Exclusively For The Wallace & Ladmo Fan Club by Joe Dean |
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| As Seen In The Phoenix New Times Weekly! |
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| Copyright © 2003 By Cristopher S. Williams |
| All Photos Used With Permission or Prior Permission |
| The Official Wallace & Ladmo Fan Club! Our 3rd Year! And The 50th Anniversary Of The Show! |
| As Seen On AZTV! Pat McMahon Presents Wallace & Ladmo! |
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| The “Thanks For Tuning In Fan Convention”! Saturday, September 11th, 2004! 10AM Until 12PM! Arizona Historical Soceity Museum at Papago Park 1300 North College Avenue Tempe, Arizona, 85281 (480) 929 – 0292 Wallace! Pat! And tons more special Guests! Book Signing! The All Important Ladmo Bag Giveaway! Books are $21.95! Page 39 May Be Missing From Some Books, Wallboy didn't like page 39 for some reason.... (LOL) |
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