The Wee Willie Webber Colorful Cartoon Club was an after-school local children's television program which aired on WPHL-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 10 years from 1965 to 1975.
[1] The show ran for 3–4 hours in the late afternoon (typically 3:00 PM–6:00 PM) and was one of the first successful programs on UHF.
[8] Other shows included Ultraman,[9] Spider-Man,[10] The Patty Duke Show,[11] The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,[12] The Friendly Giant,[13] Casper the Friendly Ghost,[14] Milton the Monster,[15] Rocket Robin Hood,[16] George of the Jungle,[17] The High Chaparral,[18] The King Kong Show,[19] Buck Rogers, The Three Stooges, The Lone Ranger and Daniel Boone.
This "Peanut Gallery" played games on-air, including Musical Chairs, and won prizes for telling jokes or attempting to whistle after stuffing their mouths with Ritz Crackers.
[21] Regular characters on the show included a bear puppet named Ralph,[22] Charlie ChinChopper (eyes drawn on Webber's chin, then the image inverted via a set of mirrors),[23] and the Bluebird of Happiness.