Here's a list of all known episodes of Kukla, Fran and Ollie, including those that survive as kinescopes. Kinescopes were made by filming a television monitor during a live broadcast, resulting in a 16mm film copy. Viewers around the country would see each "kine" (KINN-ee) weeks after the episode had been broadcast live to the cities linked by the NBC coaxial cable.  That's why the episode entitled "Kine Christmas" was filmed on November 16, 1949 - so each station around the country could air it before Christmas.

  Kukla, Fran and Ollie premiered on Oct. 13, 1947 as Junior Jamboree, each weekday from 6-7 pm CT (no record of this first season survives). Beginning in the Fall of 1948, it aired at 6 pm CT for a half-hour (in November of 1951 it was cut to 15 minutes). Beginning in the fall of 1952, it aired once a week on Sunday at 3 pm. It seems likely that kinescopes (which were produced in NYC) were not made until the coaxial cable linked Chicago and NYC on January 12, 1949. The earliest surviving kinescope is from February 24, 1949. Almost every kinescope from August of 1949 to June of 1954 survives.   

    In 1954, the show moved to the ABC network, but only 11 kines of those shows exist.  Fortunately, by that time many of the show's best episodes had been preserved in these films.  (The images on this page come from someone who actually photographed KFO off their TV set.)

Shows marked (R) have been released on DVD. 
Shows marked (T) have been transferred in DVD or better quality. 

Shows marked (V) have been transferred in VHS quality.
Shows marked (M) are currently missing. (The first season and most of the second season are missing.)
    Program summaries (written while the show aired) of missing shows can be read here: 1948-49  1950-55

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1949-Fall    1950-Fall    1951-Fall    1952-Fall    1953-Fall    1954


1948

November

29 Midwest Network! (M)
30
Barn Dance (M)

December

1
Child Psychology! (M)
2 Kukla Overworked (M)
3 Salute to Chicago (M)
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6 Sixpence (M)
7 Three Billy Goats Gruff (M)
8 "Brigadoon" - Lee Sullivan, guest (M)
9 Shopping Tour (M)
10 Salute to St. Louis (M)
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13 Colonel Crackie, Southern Routine (M)
14 Ollie Applies for Another Job (M)
15 Glockenspiel's Dept. Store (M)
16 Kukla, Home for Christmas (M)
17 Salute to Cleveland (M)
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20 Printing Paper (M)
21 Christmas Tree Stand (M)
22 Christmas Pageant (M)
23 Christmas Decorations (M)
24 Christmas Eve (M)
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27 Presents (M)
28 Kukla Can't Play with Own Toys (M)
29 Winter Carnival (M)
30 Salute to Milwaukee - David Brooks, guest (M)
31 New Year's Party (M)

1949

January

3
Fletcher's at Home (M)
4 Travel (M)
5 "Pinafore" (M)
6 Inventory (M)
7 Salute to Detroit (M)
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10 Magic (M)
11 Prepare for Eastern Network (M)
12 Opening to New York (M)
13 Family Album (M)
14 Salute to Buffalo (M)
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17 "Tom Swift" (M)
18 Overcoat (M)
19 "Bohemian Girl" (M)
20 Inauguration (M)
21 Salute to Toledo (M)
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24 Tin-Pan Alley (M)
25 No Mail, Fletcher - Wash Hair, Mdm. O. (M)
26 Sewing Machine Girl (M)
27 Snowman (M)
28 Salute to Indiana (M)
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31 Hypnosis (M)

February
1 Music Lesson (M)
2 Ground-hog Day (M)
3 First Mention of February Kuklapolitan Courier (M)
4 Geography Lesson (M)
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7 Dreams (M)
8 Lecture on Television (M)
9 "The Mikado" (M)
10 Valentine for Van Horne (M)
11 Mdm. Ooglepuss' Nostalgia (M)
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14 Valentines Day (M)
15 Band Leader (M)
16 Westward Ho! (M)
17 Fletcher's Lecture (M)
18 Early Spring (M)
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21 Take a Walk (M)
22 Washington's Birthday (M)
23 Television Camera Gimmick (M)
24 Babysitter Show (T)
25 Salute to Richmond (M)
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28 Back From Richmond - River Boat (R)

March
1 (M)
2 Hey Diddle-Diddle (M)
3 "Hamlet" (M)
4 Salute to Schenectady (M)
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7 Income Tax  (T)
8 Tele-Transcription Show  (T)
9 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (T)
10 Fran's Going Away (M)
11 Welcome Marcy (M)
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14 Be-Bop Concert - Dave Garroway, guest (M)
15 "Oklahoma" - Marcy Wescott Johnson, guest (M)
16 Ernie Simon Visits (M)
17 Irish Day - Charley Davis of "Finian's Rainbow", guest (M)
18 French Lessons - Marcy Johnson, guest (M)
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21 Welcome Fran Home (M)
22 Fran Brings Presents (M)
23 Martha Graham (M)
24 Play School (M)
25 Miscellaneous (M)
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28 Salute to Spring (M)
29 Ollie's Screen Test (M)
30 "45" Kick-Off (M) (tilt-down opening credits debut)
31 Detectative Show (M)

April
1 April Fool's Day (M)
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4 Plans for Picnic (M)
5
Kukla's Day (M)
6 Kukla's Diary (M)
7 FCC Regulations (M)
8 Chinese Legend (M)
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11 "Life" High-Brow - Low-Brow (T)
12 Stop the Presses (M)
13 Hawaiian Show (M)
14 Easter Basket (M)
15 Buelah Witch's Clothes Problem (M)
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18 Buelah Witch Off to Washington (M)
19
Ollie's Advice to Lovelorn (M)
20 Cecil Bill's Recital (M)
21 Miscellaneous (M)
22 Board Meeting (M)
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25 Daylight Saving Time (M)
26
Vacation Plans (M)
27
Garden Show (M)
28 "Here We Are" (M)
29 "Top Hat" (M)

May
2
May-Pole (M)
3
Kukla Organizes (M)
4
Player Piano Show (M)
5 Ollie Has Cold (M)
6 Glockenspiel Show  (M)
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9
Ollie is Boy-Psychiatrist (M)
10
HO Gauge & Hobby Show (M)
11
Calypso Show (M)
12 Ollie Wants to be Housemother (M)
13 Going Away Show (M)
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16 Welcome  Back (M)
17 Kukla vs Ollie (M)
18
Kukla Sells Perfume (M)
19 "Life" Pix (M)
20 Buelah Witch Operates Switchboard (M)
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23 Ed Roberts - Charade Show (M)
24 Milt Caniff's Visit (M)
25
John Dunham, Guest (M)
26 Tommy Sands and Barbry Ellen (M)
27 Marcy Wescott (M)
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30
Amateur Show - Russ Davis, guest (M)
31 No Guest (Russ Mayberry) (M)

June
1
Marcy Wescott & Puppet Show (M)
2
Baseball Column - Joe Wilson, guest (M)
3
Opera (M)
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6
Welcome Fran Home (M)
7
Toothbrush Gift (M)
8
Mercedes Graduates (M)
9 Packing to Go Away (M)
10 Last Show (M)
- Summer Vacation -
TOP

August
8 Opening Show (R)
9 Luggage Arrival (T)
10 Fletcher's Lecture (T)
11 Return of Buelah Witch (T)
12 Whaling Pageant (T)
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15 Birthday Party (T)
16 Ollie Bleaches Hair (M)
17 Lemonade (R)
18 Introductory Show (M)
19 Summer Theatre (T)
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22 Amusement Park (T)
23 Ollie Leaves But Returns (T)
24 Picnic (T)
25 Fascinato Time (T)
26 Symphony / Summer Music Festival (T)
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29 Kinescope Show (T)
30 Motoring (T)
31 Kukla's Date (T)

September
1 Fletcher Sorts Mail (T)
2 Railroad Fair (T)
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5 Labor Day (T)
6 First Day of School  (T)
7 Ollie's Old Trouble  (T)
8 Film Test (R)
9 County Fair (T)
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12 Jack's Birthday (M)
13 Hospital Show (T)
14 Contributions to Courier (T)
15 Arabian Nights (T)
16 On Wisconsin (T)
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19 Milwaukee Was Fun (T)
20 New Price (T)
21 Sleepy Time (T)
22 Soapy Opera (T)
23 Western (Which Way Did He Go?) (T)
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26 Mme. Ooglepuss Loses Wig (R)
27 Sealtest (T)
28 How To Take A Cue (T)
29 Tooey Talk (R)
30 Fixing Carpet and Hopscotch Polka (T)

October
3 Getting Out New Issue of Courier (T)
4 Library Day (R)
5 Uncle Walter's KFO Gadget (M)
6 Ice Cream (with Dave Garroway) (R)
7 Packing for Washington and Russ' Wedding (T)
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10 First Color Broadcast (in Washington) (V)
11 Second Day in Washington (V)
12 Columbus Day (M)
13 Second Anniversary (V)
14 Last Day in Washington (V)
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17 Back Home Again (T)
18 Ollie's Recipe (T)
19 Fashion Show (T)
20 Buelah Witch on Moon (T)
21 Homecoming (with Gene Rayburn) (R)
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24 United Nations Day (T)
25 Burr Tillstrom in Commercial (T)
26 Swan Lake (T)
27 Ollie's Interview (T)
28 Buelah Witch Prepares for Halloween (T)
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31 Halloween (R)

November
1 Guest - Milton Caniff (R)
2 Boy Director (V)
3 Junior League Show (T)
4 Ollie Gets Ready for A Date  (T)
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7 Garroway-At-Large (M)
8
Old Fashioned At Home (M)
9
(M)
10 Boy Next Door (V)
11 Colonel Crackie's Amateur Hour (V)
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14 Sadler's Wells Ballet (T)
15 House Hunting (T)
16 Kine Christmas (T)
17 Gift Day (T)
18 Old Memories and Old Songs (T)
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21 Fran's Birthday (T)
22 Ice Cream Stand (T)
23 Thanksgiving Day Pageant (T)
24 Thanksgiving Day (T)
25 Glockenspiel's Employee Day (T)
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28 4-H Club (T)
29 Fred Waring Day (T)
30 Kukla Kiddish (R)

December
1 Salute to Utica (R)
2 French Lesson (V)
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5 Salute to Television (R)
6 Burr Tillstrom Sells Ice Cream (T)
7 Martin Kane, Private Eye - Martin Dragon, Private Tooth (T)
8 Balancing Budget (T)
9 Water Glasses (T)
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12 Press Day - Getting Courier Together (T)
13 Cecil Bill's Geiger Counter (T)
14 Hobby Show (T)
15 Everyone Eats Sealtest (T)
16 Cactus Jim - Copper Canyon (T)
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19 Three Billy Goats Gruff (T)
20 Making Christmas Tree Stand (R)
21 Christmas Pageant (V)
22 Christmas Decorations  (T)
23 Christmas Eve  (T)
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26 Christmas Presents (T)
27 Real Gay (T)
28 Hansel and Gretel (R)
29 Ice Cream Snow Man (T)
30 New Year's Eve (T)

TOP
1950

January
2 Salute to Philadelphia (V)
3 Ollie's Milkshake Mixer (V)
4 Announce Trip East (V)
5 Hot Fudge Sundae and Plans for Home (V)
6 Mme. Ooglepuss' Club Date Rehearsal (V)
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9 Ollie's "Yes/No" File (V)
10 Fran's Singing Lesson (V)
11 Collecting Items for Trip (V)
12 First Anniversary of Eastern Network (M)
13 Getting Ready for New York (V)
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16 New York, New York (R)
17 New York Party (V)
18 Last Day in New York (T)
19 Philadelphia (T)
20 Camden (T)
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23 Unpacking (unable to transfer)
24
Ollie as Pinza (M)
25 Newsreels of New York (T)
26 Ollie and Strange Sounds (T)
27 Gypsy Show (V)
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30 Boom Boy (T)
31 Fletcher's Date (T)

February
1 Salute to First Ford Day (T)
2 Ground-Hog (Hawg) Day (T)
3 Yummie Awards (T)
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6 Dentist Office (T)
7 Ollie in Talent Directory (T)
8 Plan to Drive to Cincinnati (T)
9 Planning a Party (T)
10 Going to Cincinnati (T)
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13 Cinderella (T)
14 St. Valentine's Day (T)
15 Fletcher - Ad Man (T)
16 Spike Jones (T)
17 Art Exhibit  (T)
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20 Twenty Questions (T)
21 Dog Day (T)
22 George Washington's Birthday  (T)
23 June Havoc, Guest (M) 
24 Fran's Return (T)
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27 Kukla and Ollie Lose Voices  (T)
28 Ollie - Sound and Glasses (T)

March
1 Schedule Day (T)
2 Easter Baskets (T)
3 Salute to Memphis (T)
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6
Ollie's Western (T)
7 Buelah's New Jet Broom  (T)
8 Salute to Spring (T)
9 Zither Day (T)
10 Miss Coo-Coo Disrupts the Playhouse (T)
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13 Dancing Lesson (T)
14 Let's Bake a Sunshine Cake (unable to transfer)
15
Music Appreciation Hour (M)
16 Suggestion Box (T)
17 New Yorker Article (R)
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20 Milton Caniff (Peter Cottontail) (T)
21 Fran as Secretary and Mme. Ooglepuss' Mink Coat (T)
22 Band Show (T)
23 Stage Scenery (T)
24 Music Maestro (T)
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27 Tree House Plans (T)
28 Fitting Clothes (T)
29 Godfrey, Crosby and Como  (T)
30 Joe Lockwood's Testimonial Dinner (T)
31 April Fool (T)

April
3 Gardening (T)
4 Spring Show (T)
5 Ollie's Thinking Machine (T)
6 Ollie's Spring Hat (T)
7 Pinafore (T)
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10 Opera Show (T)
11 Belated St. Patrick's Day (T)
12 Shakespeare vs. Musical Comedy (R)
13 Milwaukee Civic Progress Week (T)
14 Taking the Census (T)
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17 Boxing (with Dave Garroway) (T)
18 Miss Witch Day (T)
19 Baseball (T)
20 Boy Astronomer (with Dave Garroway) (T)
21 Kukla's Night at Actor's Club (with Dave Garroway) (T)
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24 Museum Show (T)
25 Fletcher's Garden Hints (T)
26 Girl's String Trio (T)
27 Mail Mix-up (T)
28 Going to Benton Harbor (T)

May
1 Kuklapolitan Dance Band (V)
2 Fletcher's Chance to Finish Lecture (T)
3 St. George and the Dragon (T)
4 House Hunting (T)
5 Circus Show (T)
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8 Favorite Operatic Roles (T)
9 Spoon Day (T)
10 Hospital Show (T)
11 Restaurant Business (T)
12 New Orleans Salute (T)
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15 Spring House Cleaning (T)
16 Ollie's Hair-Do (T)
17 Toscanini (T)
18 Fletcher Breaks Pot (T)
19 Going to Detroit and Cleveland (T)
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22 Railroad Show (T)
23 The Legal Show (T)
24 Northwestern Show (T)
25 Uke Lesson (T)
26 Rhythm Band Day (T)
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29 Tally-Ho Day (T)
30 Preparing for Vacation (T)
31 Picnic Day (T)

June
1 Kukla is Silly Day (T)
2 Two Commercials Today (T)
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5 Art Show in Paris (V)
6 4th of July (R)
7 Mikado (T)
8 Post-mortem of the Mikado (T)
9 Let's Have a Carnival (V)
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12 Summer Theatre (V)
13 Mercedes' Growing Pains (R)
14 Vacation Worries and Ford Station Wagon (T)
15 Preparing for Trip (T)
16 Fran Off to New York (T)
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19 Doloras' First Show (T)
20 Mercedes Graduates Again (T)
21 Boy Scouts (Lost)
22 Ollie's Day (T)
23 Life Guard Day (T)
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26 Welcome Home Fran (T)
27 Doloras Meets the Family (T)
28 Puppetry Festival Show (R)
29 Packing for Vacation (V)
30 Going on Vacation (T)

- Summer Vacation, 1950 -

TOP
August
28 Back Home From Vacation (T)
29 Buelah Witch Arrives (T)
30 Mme. Ooglepuss and the Colonel Return (T)
31 Fletcher Rabbit and Cecil Bill Arrive (T)

September
1 Nantucket Whaling Pageant (T)
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4 Labor Day Picnic (T)
5 First Day of School (T)
6 Doloras Comes Back (T)
7 Paying Summer Bills  (T)
8 On the Way to Atlanta (T)
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11 Doloras' Education (T)
12 Oliver Dragon - Television Consultant (R)
13 County Fair (T)
14 Committee Meeting (T)
15 Fran - Girl Photographer (T)
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18 Ballet Day (T)
19 Art Elkins - 20 Years with NBC (T)
20 Night Club Circuit (T)  
21 Fran and Buelah Witch Make Up (T)
22 Buelah Witch and Mme. Ooglepuss Make Up (T)
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25 Salute to Ohio (T)
26 Fixing the Floor (T)
27 Cinderella (T)
28 Fall Fashion Show (T)
29 Oliver Dragon - Disk Jockey (T)

October
2 Who's on the Cable (T)
3
Middle Names - Robert Q. Lewis, guest (M)
4
Western Show (T)
5 Apples Today - Mother Goose (T)
6 Dragon Prep Rally  (T)
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9
Mario Lanza (M)
10 Ollie's Chemical Set (T)
11 Destination Moon (R)
12 Columbus Day (T)
13 Our Third Anniversary  (T)
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16 Concert Day (T)
17 Doloras and Buelah Witch (T)
18 Round Table Discussion (T)
19 Everybody Feels Good Today (T)
20 Fletcher Loses His Pumpkin (T)
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23 Crooning Contest (T)
24 United Nations Day (M)
25 Ollie's Would-be Biography (T)
26 Ollie Swallows Bird Whistle (T)
27 Sweet William Gives His All (R)
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30 Angie (T)
31 Halloween (T)

November
1 What to Do for H. Allen Smith (T)
2 Oliver Dragon- Interior Decorator (T)
3 As You Like It (R)
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6 Happy Mother Goose (with Milton Caniff) (T)
7 Election Day (T)
8 Back from Detroit (T)
9 Special Sound Effect (T)
10 Working at Glockenspiel's Department Store (T)
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13 Dragon Prep Football (T)
14 Quiet Day (T)
15 Bohemian Girl (T)
16 Ollie the Model (T)
17 Getting Ready for Christmas Shopping (T)
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20 Fran's Birthday (T)
21 Ollie's Culture Corner (T)
22 Day Before Thanksgiving (T)
23 Thanksgiving Day (T video only - audio missing)
24 Getting Ready for Minneapolis (T)
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27 Water Glasses - Skater's Waltz (T)
28 Frannie's Speech (T)
29 4-H Day (T)
30 Like the Old Days (T)

December
1 Welcome to California (T)
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4 Re-Salute to Los Angeles (T)
5 Tennessee Waltz (T)
6 Letter Forum Show (M)
7 Fran's Slip Cover (T)
8 Oliver Twist (R)
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11 Back from Milwaukee (M)
12
Kukla Plans Trip Home for Christmas (M)
13 Indian Pageant (T)
14 Bewzie's Little Wonder Cookie Cutter and Cooker (T)
15 Cecil's Serenade (T)
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18 Ollie's Fairy Tale Production (T)
19
Getting the Tree Ready (T)
20 Winter Carnival Day (R)
21 Rehearsing Christmas Pageant (T)
22 Getting Ready for Christmas (T)
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25 Christmas Day (T)
26 Exchanging Christmas Gifts (T)
27 Hansel and Gretel (Boy's version) (T)
28 Cecil Bill Gets New Piano (T)
29 Mme. Ooglepuss and Buelah Witch's Glamorous Night (T)

TOP
1951

January
1 New Year's Day - Ollie's Fountain of Youth (V)
2 Kukla Sings "The Cuckoo" (M)
3 Trip to Florida (T)
4 Ollie's Model Agency (T)
5 Kuklapolitan's TV Gym (T)
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8 Getting Ready for New York (T)
9 Who's Going to New York? (T)
10 Ford Production Line (T)
11 The Great Decision (T)
12 Packing for New York (M)
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15 New York (T)
16 Second Day in New York (T)
17 Who's Going to Sit with Doloras? (T)
18 Ollie's Memoirs (In New York) (T)
19 Ollie Decides to Come Home From New York (T)
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22 Buelah Witch Comes Back (T)
23 Mme. Ooglepuss' Aria (T)
24 Helping Fran While She is Sick (T)
25 Kukla's Surprise Party (T)
26 Ollie's Weather Report (T)
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29 Frozen Pipes at the Kuklapolitan Theatre (T)
30 Mme. Ooglepuss and Col. Crackie Get Engaged  (T)
31 Ollie's Club Date Auditions (T)

February
1 Doloras Gets Her First Tooth (T)
2 Ground Hog Day (T)
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5 Ollie's Old Records (T)
6 More Wedding Plans (T)
7 Buelah Witch Almost Tells Mercedes How Mme. Ooglepuss Did It (T)
8 Life Magazine (T)
9 Old King Cole (T)
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12 Robert Q. Kukla on "The Show Must Go On" (T)
13 Getting Ready for Wedding and Valentine's Day (T)
14 St. Valentine's Day (T)
15 Ollie's George Washington Birthday (T)
16 Fran Leaves for Los Angeles (T)
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19 Robert Q. Lewis - Bobsie Visits (T)
20 Robert Q. Lewis - Bobsie Q. Lewis' Second Day (T)
21 Doloras Gets a Bath (T)
22 Plans for Fran's Room (T)
23 Miss Coo-Coo Drops By  (T)
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26
Garroway Show (M)
27 Getting Ready for Dinner Party (T)
28 Mme. Ooglepuss Faced with Decision (T)

March
1 A Very Merry Gentleman (T)
2 Song Contest (T)
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5 Fran's Welcome Home (T)
6 Ollie and Ollie Virus (T)
7 Moving Day (T)
8 Wedding Presents (T)
9 Kuklapolitans Reprise Song Contest (T)
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12 Girl's Trio Recording (T)
13 Kukla's Bad Day (T)
14 Planning the Shower (T)
15 Expense Account Day (T)
16 Getting Ready for St. Patrick's Day Parade (T)
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19 Committee Investigation (T)
20 Goodbye to Sealtest (T)
21 Spring Pageant (T)
22 Making a Kite (T)
23 New Clothes (T)
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26 Planning the Shower (T)
27 Tide - First Day (T)
28 Mountain Folk Story (T)
29 Ollie Goes to the Dentist (T)
30 Msr. Josef's Birthday Party (T)

April
2 Growing Pains (T)
3 Ollie's Contracting for Repairs (T)
4 Fran Allison - Girl Conductor (T)
5 Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T)
6 Little Small Town Girl (T)
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9 Kukla's Busy Day (T)
10 Romeo and Subject (T)
11 Award Dinner (T)
12 Col. Crackie Shaves his Moustache (T)
13 Singing Lessons (T)
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16 Ollie Wins the Song Contest (T)
17 Baseball (T)
18 Orchids Today (T)
19 Am I Getting Through to You? (T)
20 Old Movies (T)
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23 Miss Coo-Coo Comes Back? (T)
24 The Great Mail Mystery (T)
25 Fran at the Circus (T)
26
MacArthur Day Parade (M)
27 Ballet School (T)
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30 Kuklapolitan Courier (T)

May
1 Setting the Date (T)
2 Trip to the Caribbean (T)
3 Ollie Misses Dragon Retreat (T)
4 Quiz Kids (T)
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7 Ollie Has Joined the Ballet (M)
8 Ollie Comes Back (T)
9 Lullabye of Broadway (T)
10 Fran Allison - Girl Life Photographer (T)
11 Die Fledermaus (T)
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14 RCA Service Contract Contest (T)
15 Engagement Off and On (T)
16 Traveling Band (T)
17 Fletcher Tries to Plan a "Life" Garden (T)
18 Clark Dennis (T)
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21 "Mikado" (T)
22 Getting Ready for Uncle Frank (T)
23 Going on a Picnic (T)
24 Beulah Has an Attack (T)
25 Getting Fran Ready for New York (T)
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28 Dragon Goulash (T)
29 Ollie's Air Conditioner (T)
30 Kukla and Ollie Singing (T)
31 Ollie and His Facets (T)

June
1 The Girls Get Back (T)
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4 Fran Tells How She Made Records (T)
5 Mme. Ooglepuss'  Shower (T)
6
Getting Ready for the Wedding (M)
7 The Day Before the Wedding  (T)
8 The Wedding Day? (M)
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11 Kukla's Quiet Day (T)
12 Buelah Witch Does Tide Commercial (T)
13 Ollie's Show Boat (T)
14 Mercedes' Candle Problem (T)
15 Col. Crackie and Mme. Ooglepuss Come Back  (T)
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18 Ollie Builds Score Board for Fran (T)
19 Ollie Goes to Eye Doctor (T)
20 Mercedes' Prom (T)
21 Kukla Plans to Go to Europe (T)
22 Mercedes' Graduation (T)
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25 Getting Ready for Europe (T)
26 Checking List for Vacation (T)
27 Tanglelochen (T)
28 Ollie's Seasick Remedy (T)
29 Saying Goodbye for the Summer (T)

- Summer Vacation, 1951 -

TOP
August
27 Back Home (T)
28 Everyone But Buelah Witch Is Back (T)
29 First Day for Nabisco (T)
30 Buelah Witch Returns (T)
31 Home Movies (T)

September
3 Ball Game and Lemonade (T)
4 Opening the Cable to the West (T)
5 School Days (T)
6 Buelah Witch Recounts the Summer (T)
7 Buelah's Day (M)
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10 Ollie's Grey Hair (T)
11 Jack's Birthday (T)
12 Ollie Gets a Safe (T)
13 Hit Parade (T)
14 Fire Drill (T)
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17 Ollie's Memos (T)
18 Buelah Gets Her Glasses (T)
19 Raking Leaves (R)
20 Ollie's Palmer House Routine (T)
21 Into the Congo (T)
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24 New Album Kick-Off (T)
25 Looking for a Replacement for Kukla (T)
26 County Fair (T)
27 Story Telling for Doloras (T)
28 Love Song in Paris (T)

October
1 Carmen (R)
2 Ollie Goes to Orthodontist (T)
3 Let's Have Dinner at Home (T)
4 Baby Sitter Service / Fletcher Sorts Mail (T)
5 Salute to NBC (T)
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8 Ollie's New Tooth (T)
9 Revilo Nogard Concert (T)
10 Buelah Witch Makes Hat for Fran (T)
11 Columbus Day 1951 (T)
12 Happy Birthday (T)
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15 French Dinner (T)
16 Fran's Initiation (T)
17 Fran's "Today Was Just Another Day" (T)
18 Welcoming The Princess (T)
19 Indian Summer Pageant (T)
-
22 Service Contract Contest II (T)
23 Fletcher Rabbit, Straight Man (T)
24 United Nations Day - Ollie's Dragon Language Day (T)
25 Judy Garland - Vaudeville (T)
26 Dragon Prep Homecoming (T)
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29 Tooie Talk (T)
30 Fran Solos (T)
31 Circus

November
1 Gommy's Birthday (T)
2 Milwaukee Trip (T)
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5 Ollie Gets Organized (T)
6 Planning a Christmas Card (T)
7 Kukla Bakes Nabisco Graham Cracker Cup Cakes (T)
8 Ollie Wonders If He Should Go To New York
9 Ollie Plans a Vaudeville Show (T)
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12 Thinking About Christmas (T)
13 Magic Spells (T)
14 Operation Dragon Talk (T)
15 Skip Kukla and Imogene Gundy (T)
16 Mercedes Has a Crisis (T)
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19 Announce 15-Minute Show (T)
20 Fran's Birthday (T)
21 Getting Ready for Parade in Detroit (T)
22 Thanksgiving Day (T)
23 Last Day in Detroit (T)
- (Starting on Nov. 26, KFO was cut back to 15 minutes.)
26 First 15-Minute Show (R)
27 Mrs. Ed Ogg and Stock Show (T)
28 Ollie Wins First Prize at Stock Show (T)
29 Ollie Tries to Find Out What Kukla and Fran Want for Christmas (T)
30 Pontiac Show (T)

December
3 Mme. Ooglepuss and Col. Crackie Come Back (T)
4 Fran Does Christmas Shopping
5 Guppies' Gavotte (R)
6
Kukla Gets A Toupée (T)
7 The Guppies Have Guppies (T)
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10 Mexican Show (T)
11 Doloras Gets Wrapped In Package (R)
12 Fran Practices for Christmas Singing (R)
13 Fran At Glockenspiel's (T)
14 Funds For Fran (T)
-
17 Quiet Evening at Home (T)
18 Twelve Days of Christmas (T)
19 Christmas Cards (V)
20 Making Christmas Tree Stand (T)
21 Christmas Medley  (T)
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24 Christmas Eve (R)
25 Christmas Day (T)
26 Ollie Has Amnesia (R)
27 Ballet Opening (T)
28 Ollie's Snow Plow (T)
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31 New Year's Eve (T)

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1952

January
1 (Day off?)
2 Look Award (T)
3 Buelah Witch Gives Herself a Permanent (T)
4 Mme. Ooglepuss Gets a Permanent (T)
-
7 First Day in Brooklyn (T)
8 Kukla's Family (T)
9 International Theater (T)
10 Everybody Staying in New York (T)
11 Last Day in New York (T)
-
14 Ollie Helps Kukla While Fran is Away (T)
15 Page From Cousin Amanda's Diary (T)
16 Lullabye for Doloras (T)
17 Ollie Is Lonesome for Fran (T)
18 Flashback-Flashback-Flashback (T)
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21 Ollie Throws His Hat In the Ring (T)
22 Dorothy Collins (T)
23 Col. Crackie Makes Up to Mme. Ooglepuss (T)
24 Apprentice Stage Hand (T)
25 Ollie Still Running For President (T)
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28 Fran is Back (T)
29 TV Forecast Awards (T)
30 Fran Tells About Fishing in Florida (T)
31 Spanish Ballet (T)

 

February
1 Operation Groundhog (T)
-
4 Kukla Thinks of Going Away (T)
5
The Colonel and Ophelia (T)
6 (M)
7 Doloras Gets Singing Lesson (T)
8 The Mikado  (T)
-
11 Mr. Jenkins of Snuff Corners (T)
12 Jose Greco (R)
13 Ollie Has a Bad Dream (T)
14 Valentine Kukla and Doloras (T)
15 Milton Caniff (T)
-
18 Mr. Hammerstein and Mr. Logan Visit Us (M)
19 Cecil Bill Gets a Birthday (T)
20 Up in Old Lincoln Park (T)
21 Bessie Bunnie for Dinner (T)
22 George Washington's Birthday
-
25 Ollie - Daddy to All the Kuklapolitans (T)
26 Wheelbarrow Offer No. 1 (T)
27 Bell, Book and Candle (T)
28 I'll Be There With Bells On (M)
29 Leap Year Party (M)

March
3 Ollie Wants a Ferry Boat (T)
4 A.A.A. (T)
5 Go Back Out West, You All (T)
6 Guppies Gavotte (T)
7 Bell, Book and Candle (T)
-
10 Biography of Buelah Witch (M)
11 Get on the Dragon Wagon (M)
12 Science Fiction Ollie (T)
13 Doloras' Loose Tooth (T)
14 Getting Ready for Washington (T)
-
17 First Day in Washington (T)
18 Second Day in Washington (T)
19 Party in Washington (T)
20 Fourth Day in Washington (T)
21 Last Day in Washington (T)
-
24 One Thousandth Show (T)
25 Bird Whistles (T)
26 Wishing (T)
27 Fashion Show (T)
28 Making Birthday Cake (T)
-
31 Kukla has Spring Fever (M)

April
1 April Fool's Day (R)
2 Mme. Ooglepuss Goes to the Opera (T)
3
Doloras Loses Her Tooth (M)
4
Know Your Orchestra (M)
-
7 Fletcher Plans to Do Bohemian Girl (T)
8 Primary Day (T)
9
Buelah Witch, Girl Photographer
10 Ollie Forgives Fran (T)
11 Jack Not At Piano - Ollie Subs (R)
-
14 What Shall We Record (T)
15 Be Candid With Your Candidate (T)
16 Ollie Loses His Hair (R)
17 Ollie Wears a Snood (T)
18 Show in Columbus (T)
-
21 First Day in New York (T)
22 June Lockhart (R)
23 Modern Dance versus Classical Dance (R)
25 Everybody Has An Agent (T)
-
28 Fran Returns (T)
29 Word Gets Around About Buelah Witch (T)
30 Buelah Witch Returns (T)

May
1 Ollie Has Big Show Ideas (T)
2 Last Night in New York (R)
-
5 Back Home Again (T)
6 Kukla As Delivery Boy (T)
7 Mme. Ooglepuss and Her New Wig (T)
8 Camera Practice for the Team (T)
9 Ollie's Mother Arrives for a Visit (T)
-
12 Mrs. Dragon Organizes the K.P. (R)
13 Azalea Queen (T)
14 Bells Arrive (T)
15 Ollie Goes Shopping with Mrs. Dragon (T)
16 Buelah Witch is Miss Sweet Gherkin (T)
-
19 America The Beautiful (T)
20 Mrs. Dragon Sings Harmony (T)
21 Mrs. Dragon Does Bird Whistles (T)
22 Frontier Days (T)
23 Goodbye to Maggie MacNamara (T)
-
26 Ollie Goes Fishing for 442 Fish (T)
27 Bell Ringing Again (T)
28 The Electronic Violin (T)
29 Putting Doloras to Bed (T)
30 Memorial Day (T)

June
2 Planning a Lawn Party (T)
3 Kukla and Cecil Bill Build a Teeter Totter (T)
4 (Pre-empted for Eisenhower speech)
5 Mme. O Shakes the Building Singing (T)
6 Fran Goes to Cedar Rapids (T)
-
9 Buelah Witch Gets the Girls to Exercise (M)
10 Much Confusion (T)
11 Ollie Sings a Duet with Fran (M)
12 The Good Old Days (T)
13 Fletcher Rabbit Plans to Go Away (T)
-
16 Mrs. Dragon Goes Home (T)
17 Buelah Witch, Sound Man (T)
18 Ollie Gets Organized (T)
19 (M)
20 Buelah Witch Goes to the Aragon (R)
-
23 Ollie Gets His Cyclotron (T)
24 B.W. Practices on Street Car (T)
25 Paul Pooken Schalgl Visits (R)
26 B.W. Has Trouble with Paul (T)
27 Last Show Before Summer Vacation (T)

- Summer Vacation, 1952 -

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(Beginning in the Fall of 1952, "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" aired on Sundays from 3 to 3:30 pm CST.)

August
24 First Day (R)
31 Second Show (T)

September
7 Back to School (T)
14 Lemonade 2 (T)
21 County Fair (M)
28 Show for Tallulah (T)

October
5 The Sunday Papers (T)
12 Fifth Birthday (R)
19 Ollie's Voting Machine (T)
26 Halloween

November
2 Homecoming Game for Dragon Prep (T)
9 Doloras Almost Leaves Us (T)
16 KFO Visits in Cleveland (T)
23 Thanksgiving (R)
30 Christmas Shopping (M)

December
7 Mikado (V)
14 Christmas Tree Stand (T)
21 Christmas Show (T)
28 Go Go Get Your Man (T)

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1953

January
4 Return of Miss Coo-Coo (R)
11 Ollie Produces "E Grilch Ge Dunk Dunk" (T)
18 Recital Day (T)
25 June Lockhart and New Line (T)

February
1 Getting Ready to Go to California (T)
8 First California Show (T)
15 California and Dennis Day (R)
20 "Dennis Day Show" with KFO (T)
22 Last California Show (T)

March
1 Back From California
8 Ollie Has Picture Taken of His Tooth
15 Colonel Crackie's Day (T)
22 Kaltenborn Interviews Ollie (R)
29 Easter Bunny with Fletcher (T)

April
5 Jose Greco (T)
12 In New York (T)
19 Take Me Out to the Ballgame
26 (M)

May
3 Circus Day
10 Arrival of Mrs. Dragon
17 Ollie's Zither (T)
24 Dressing for Opera
31 Preparing for Boston (T)

June
7 St. George and the Dragon
14 Kinescope Show - Boston
21 Last Show of the Season

- Summer Vacation, 1953 -

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August
30 St. George and the Dragon  (R)

September
6
(M)
13 County Fair (T)
20 Doloras' First Day at School (T)
27 Ollie and the Hornets' Nest (V)

October
4
(M)
11 Columbus Day and Birthday (M)
18 Halloween
25 (M)

November
1 Homecoming - 1953
8 Mrs. Witch Rents Her Gingerbread House and Comes to Visit (R)
15 Magic Lesson Show (M)
22 Before the Town Hall Concert (T)
29 Welcoming Ollie Home From Triumphal Concert in New York (T)

December
6 Making the Christmas Tree Stand
13 Cecil Bill Tries to String the Cranberries (R)
20 Christmas Pageant (M)
27 Kuklapolitan Ball (T)

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 1954

January
3 Fran as Contestant in "Miss VUHF" Contest (R)
10 Ice Carnival Show (T)
17 "The Mikado" Dress Rehearsal (R)
24 Ollie Tries Shakespeare (M)
31 This Is Your Life? (T)

February
7 At The Wild West Picture Show (T)
14 Valentine's Day (T)
21 KFO Music Machine
28 Fletcher Rabbit Sings "Never Any Mail" (R)

March
7 Fran Late for Show
14 St. Patrick's Day Show (T)
21 Fashion Show (T)
28 French Festival (T)

April
4 Dorothy Collins - New York (T)
11 Fletcher Rabbit's Egg Machine (T)
18 Mercedes is Home for Easter (T)
25 Ollie Dreams of a Hospital and Check-up (T)

May
2 Mother's Day - Mrs. Dragon Comes To Visit (T)
9 Hansel and Gretel (T)
16 (M)
23 Mrs. Dragon Helps to Organize the Kuklapolitans (T)
30 Plans for Kukla's Vacation (T)

June
6 Madame Ooglepuss Tries to Reduce for "Bohemian Girl" (T)
13 Last Show of Season (T)

1955

September
12 Start of Kukla's Mystery (R)
13 Fran & Ollie Turn Sleuths (R)
14 Kukla Mystery Continues - Truth Potion (R)
15 Kukla Starts to Resolve (R)
16 Wedding?(R)
26 Fran Leaving for California (R)
27 Fran Forgets (R)
28 Fran Comes Back (R)
29 Keep It Gay (R)
30 Earl Backus (R)

October

13 Scrapbook Memories (M)
20
Folksong Night (M)


Additional appearances:

8/15/50     RCA Battery Special (T)
4/26/52     Your Show of Shows (V)
3/17/53     Your Hit Parade
4/4/53       Your Hit Parade
6/15/53     Ford Anniversary Show (V)
3/21/53    
Your Show of Shows
12/25/54   Many Moons
4/10/55     Bunny To Bunny - KFO Easter Show (R)
2/11/57     The Four Jacks (R)
10/7/56     Steve Allen
(V)
2/16/57     Emmy Award Nomination Show (V)
4/7/57       Zoo Parade (V)
 
 

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