Sheriff John was kids a TV hero!

Remember Sheriff John and the lunch brigade?


Sheriff John hosted a kid's TV show on KTTV Channel 11 in LA during the 50's and 60's. The show was broadcast at noon every week day.
Other kid's shows of LA were Engineer Bill [Engineer Bill Stulla](remember,.... Red Light .... Green Light), Chucko the Clown, Bozo (no-no) and National shows like Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Captain Kangaroo; Hobo Kelly [Sally Baker] and Soupy Sales.
The Sheriff John show ran from about 1953 to 1969. It was called the Lunch Brigade, but originally was called the Fun Brigade. Only a couple copies of the show exsist. They are at the UCLA film archives (If anybody has access to them please let me know). In 1985 a special was produced called "Weekday Heros of the 50's and 60's". The show featured interviews with Chucko the Clown, Engineer Bill and Sheriff John. The show also had clips from the shows. Sheriff John and Engineer Bill are still alive and well because they appeared in a parade in Durate in Sept. 1997 (see link below).

Sheriff John's Picture

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Click here to hear Sheriff John's Birthday Cake Polka in .WAV Audio format, NOTE This is a large file about 1.3 meg in size... Be paitent during download. It's worth it! If you have trouble downloading these files.... try again later or e-mail me and I will send them to you by e-mail. (Geocities has been known to have trouble downloading large files. It may stop part way through the download).

If you have trouble downloading the wave file right or shift click here to download the real audio version.

Click here to view the lyrics to the Birthday Cake Polka (AKA Sheriff John's birthday song)!

The song was written by Lee Penny and produced by the Commodore Music Corp. on the Imperial Record label in both 78 and 45 formats. (It is Record number X8270 IF -644). The flip side is Little TV Cowboy.

Click here to see a video clip of Sheriff John singing part of his Laugh and Be Happy song at the 1998 Emmy awards. This file about 420k in size... about 2 minutes to download at 33.6. Thanks to The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The National Broadcasting Company for the use of this Clip. This clip is Copyright© 1998 The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The National Broadcasting Company and is for for noncommercial, educational purposes only. The Song was written by Lee Penny.
Right click or shift click here to download the video.

Click here to see a video clip of Sheriff John singing part of his birthday song on his show taped during an interview on ABC tv channel 7 in Los Angeles. Thanks to The KABC for the use of this Clip. This clip is Copyright© 1998 KABC and is for for noncommercial, educational purposes only. The Song was written by Lee Penny. This file about 45k in size... less than a minute to download at 33.6.
Right click or shift click here to download the video.

Click here go to www.realplayer.com if you do not have realplayer needed to view or listen to the above realaudio/video files. You can download the FREE G2 Version. Look for the small print or small icon to get the FREE version.

Click here to see a AVI video clip of Sheriff John singing part of his birthday song. This file about 1.3meg in size... about 7 minutes to download at 33.6. It is the same as the realvidio clip above (but better looking)

Click here to hear Sheriff John's Laugh and be Happy song in WAV Audio format,
3/14/98, This is now the the original version. Note this file about 600k in size...3 minutes to download at 33.6.


If you have trouble downloading the wave file right or shift click here to download a shortened real audio version.

This is a version of the song sung in a 1985 "Weekday Heros" reunion special (sung by many TV show hosts i.e. Sheriff John, Chucko, Engineer Bill, Billy Barty, and more).

Click here to view the lyrics to Laugh and be Happy. Share these with your children!

Click here listen to Sheriff John singing "Mom knows Best".

If you have any pictures, videos, other tunes, or other info about Sheriff John (Rovick) or other LA TV kid;s TV stars, or would like me to e-mail you any of these files, please e-mail me.


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engineer bill Visit a page about Engineer Bill!
Billy's TV party web siteA great site with other LA TV shows and video clips
LA TV HOSTSVisit a page about LA Kids TV Hosts!
Fifties TV Kid's Web site Click here to stop by another Kid's TV show Web site called Fiftiesweb.com
Kukla, Fran and Ollie videos for sale here Kukla, Fran and Ollie videos for sale here or there main page here
Sheriff John and Engineer Bill in the Durate Rt 66 parade 9/97(off line) Sheriff John, Engineer Bill, Skipper Frank, and Tom Hadden pictures and info about their apperance in the Rt 66 parade in Sept 1997 (dead link ... to be repaired sometime?)
Lost TV kids Show Web site Click here to stop by another Kid's TV show Web site called Lost TV Kids Show Web Site
Lost and Found Web Site(including TV shows) Click here to stop by another web site called Lost and Found which includes lost TV shows)
tvland.comVisit TV Land a great site!
TV and Radio MuseumVisit the TV and Radio Museum
rcramer's siteVisit the Ronnie Cramer's collection of goodies and tapes including TV classics
clicktv.comVisit clicktv
tvdata.comVisit TVdata (ie tv guide type stuff)
tvarchives.comVisit the TVarchives


Sheriff John's Badge

This is a badge that was given to children
that attended his show and joined his club



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Page created by Weird Harold
Page created 5/18/97
Page last updated 2/13/00

Birthday Cake Polka is (C) © "Sheriff" John Rovick, Imperial Records, L. Penny and Commodore Music Corp. The Clips are copyright Sheriff John, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The National Broadcasting Company or KABC.


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