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The Magic Window
''The Magic Window'' (also known as ''The House with the Magic Window'') was an American children's television program broadcast on ABC affiliate WOI-TV in Ames, Iowa from 1951 to 1994. With a run of 43 years, it was the longest running children's television program in American history.〔(''Station History,'' myabc5.com ) Retrieved 6/9/2013.〕 (''Bozo's Circus'' technically had a longer run; however, it was made in many different local markets by different producers.) Producer Dick Hartzell and WOI TV artist (Joy (Ringham) Munn ) developed the show as an educational children's program, which featured handicraft activities, news items, and birthday recognition for the children viewing the show. Joy co-hosted the show with Craighton Knau for the first season (1951-1952), which was 30 minutes long and aired 3 times per week. During the second season, she became the sole host of the program. For that season the show was 15 minutes long and aired 5 days per week. Joy left the show in 1953. For all but the first three years of the show, it was hosted by Betty Lou Varnum, another pioneer in central-Iowa broadcasting.
Betty Lou Varnum, who is best known for ''The Magic Window'', but was versatile enough to host such other shows as a teen dance party, election coverage, and a call in 'issues' show, hosted the show, along with a cast of puppets such as ''Gregory Lion'', ''Dusty the Unicorn'', and ''Catrina Crocodile''. The heart of the show was Betty Lou teaching kids a new craft each episode (using kid-safe items such as construction paper, safety scissors, and cellophane tape).〔Zaslow, Jeffrey, (''The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship,'' ) Gotham, 2010.〕 The puppets would help out by opening the curtain to the screen on which various featurettes were shown. These included episodes from Tales of the Riverbank, Felix the Cat, and a series called "Let's Be Friends" which introduced viewers to a child from another city or country, sharing their culture and lifestyle.
== See also ==
* The Floppy Show - another popular central-Iowa children's show of the same time period
* WOI-TV
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