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''Wonderama'' is a long-running children's television program that appeared on the Metromedia-owned stations from 1955 to 1986, with WNEW-TV in New York City as its originating station. ''Wonderama'' also ran in five other markets in which Metromedia owned television stations: WTTG in Washington D.C., KMBC-TV in Kansas City, KTTV in Los Angeles, WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, and WTCN-TV in Minneapolis – Saint Paul. The show ran three hours, and later two hours, on Sunday mornings. In the 1960s, ''Wonderama'' aired in a one-hour weekday version in addition to the three-hour Sunday show. The one-hour program lasted until 1970. In 1977, the show scaled back to two hours before WNEW canceled it in December of that year. The last produced show was taped December 21 before airing on December 25. Host Bob McAllister was upset when an advertisement for the 1972 Charles Bronson movie ''The Mechanic'' aired during the show. McAllister bought an ad in ''The New York Times'' that told viewers to stop watching ''Wonderama''. In a 1990s interview with the Southern California interview show ''Remember When'', McAllister said that might have led to the cancellation of ''Wonderama''. However, in an interview on WNEW's local talk show ''Midday with Bill Boggs'' on the day of ''Wonderama's'' cancellation, McAllister claimed to have no idea why the show ended. After its cancellation, ''Wonderama'' continued in two-hour Sunday morning reruns from January 1978 to June 1980. McAllister reportedly was unhappy with the edits, which usually eliminated celebrity performances in order to avoid having to pay royalties. ==Hosts== *Al Hodge (as Captain Video 1955–1956) *Jon Gnagy (mid–late 1950s) *Sandy Becker (1955–56) *Pat Meikle (co-hosting from 1955 to 1956) *Herb Sheldon (1956–1958) *Bill Britten (best known as New York's Bozo the Clown, co-host in 1958) *Doris Faye (co-host in 1958) *Sonny Fox (1959–1967) *Bob McAllister (1967–1977) * A documentary series hosted by teens (1980–1985) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wonderama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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