Ted Zeigler was a master of the ad lib and could make parents laugh as hard as their kids. In front of a live camera he was like Robin Williams, but more than a dozen years before Williams made it onto the scene.
The Johnny Jellybean show, made for little kids, was a cult-classic with teens as well and many parents as well. He and Peter Cullen (The Buddies) were a marvelous team in subsequent years and CFCF incarnations. When they and a slew of other Canadian talent made the exodus to LA (a return to the US for Zeigler) with Aussie Chris Beard (CBC's Nightcap) to do Laugh In, Sonny & Cher, etc., they left quite a gap in Canadian TV. Sadly, I think they were all largely underutilized (at least in front of the camera).
"You never know what lonesome is, until you get to herding cows."
The Ol' Wrangler
The Johnny Jellybean show, made for little kids, was a cult-classic with teens as well and many parents as well. He and Peter Cullen (The Buddies) were a marvelous team in subsequent years and CFCF incarnations. When they and a slew of other Canadian talent made the exodus to LA (a return to the US for Zeigler) with Aussie Chris Beard (CBC's Nightcap) to do Laugh In, Sonny & Cher, etc., they left quite a gap in Canadian TV. Sadly, I think they were all largely underutilized (at least in front of the camera).
"You never know what lonesome is, until you get to herding cows."
The Ol' Wrangler
