Remembering Froggy the Gremlin from Andy's Gang TV show. Froggy the Gremlin was a character created by Smilin' Ed McConnell and brought to radio in the 1940s and television in 1950s on the Smilin' Ed's Gang show, and later Andy's Gang TV show, hosted by actor Andy Devine after McConnell's death. Froggy was a troublemaker. Disrespectful of adult authority figures, Froggy played practical jokes and disrupted the presentations of other guests. He appeared on screen in a puff of smoke after the host said the catchphrase, "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!"
Remembering American Flyer Model Trains. American Flyer is fondly remembered for their S gauge trains of the 1950s and 1960's made by the A. C. Gilbert Company. As the talking train station said, " All aboard. American Flyer through train to New York, Philadelpia, Chicago and all points west. Board."
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locomotive, model railroad, model trains, railroad, railway
Remembering Remco toys. Remco Industries, Inc. was a toy company founded in the 1940s. It was best known for toys marketed and sold in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the Space Commander Walkie Talkies, Frogman the US Navy Commando, and the Sneaky Pete Broadway Magic Show as well as dozens of others. In the mid-1960s, Remco acquired several licenses for popular culture groups and TV shows and made a variety of toys, The company's slogan was "Every Boy Wants a Remco Toy...And So Do Girls!"
Remembering the Sneaky Pete's Magic Show from the 1950's. This magic set featured: Cut the Lady in Half!, Magic Wedding Ring, Talking Dice and the Mystic Vanishing Box. Made by Remco. Often the first magic set that many a magician got as a kid.
