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| May 2013 |
Added a number of kinescopes
hitherto unknown to your humble webmaster. |
| December 2011 |
Released "Kukla, Fran and Ollie - The First
Episodes, Vol. 2." |
| November | Released "Kukla, Fran and Ollie - The First Episodes: 1949-54," produced by the Kuklapolitan Website in collaboration with The Burr Tillstrom Copyright Trust. Finally! |
| October
2010 |
Dropped "Unofficial" from the site's title, as the
Burr Tillstrom Copyright Trust has approved the site! |
| December | Added
two
holiday clips to the main page. |
| July |
Found some rare KFO fabric, and added it to the Sleepwear page. |
| May | Added
Gimbel's brochure to the Paper Items page. |
| March | Added
four new photos,
including rare color shot
from the 50s, to the Photos
page. Thanks, Gommy! |
| January 2008 |
Added uncropped photo of Burr and Tamara Taumanova
to Magic Gift of Life article. |
| December | Added
Midwest
Magazine article with great color photos to the Story page. |
| October | Added
Honey
Bird to the Kuklapolitan Players
page. |
| September | Added ten new photos to the Photos page, and improved the quality of a few others. |
| August | Added clips of KFO's 1969 appearance on
Christmas
at the Hollywood Palace to the History page. |
| July |
Equalized Stud Terkel clips on the Audio page to remove excessive bass. |
| June | Added shots of KFO
puppets and Kukla and Ollie
game from 1962 Toy-O-Rama catalog. |
| May |
Added rare counterfeit Ollie puppet to the Collectibles page. |
| January
2007 |
. Added seven songs to the Audio page. |
| October | Added
a
nice color shot of the Chicago
School from Collier's to the Photos page. |
| September | Added a link to a page on KFO's ratings to the Story page. |
| August | Moved the entire site and got a domain name: kukla.tv - if I've missed anything, please let me know! |
| July | Added
a
color TV magazine to the TV Guides page and the Photos page. |
| June | Added
link
to a zip
file (18MB) of the entire Christmas album to the Audio page. |
| May |
Added much better copy of my favorite KFO shot to the Photos page. |
| April | Added
trade
ad for KFO game. |
| March | Added a cover of Midwest TV magazine. |
| January
2006 |
Got
some
very rare color photos of the Kuklapolitans
on
vacation from the Nantucket Historical Association
- thanks! |
| December | Found
yet
another KFO robe for the Sleepwear
page. |
| November | Added better version of what is, I think, the best group shot to the Photos page. |
| September | Added short story from The Saturday Evening Post
based on KFO: "The Man Who Hated
People" |
| August | Added
two
color photos from the late 60s to the Photos page. |
| June | Added
two
great new drawings by Jim Engel to the Audio and Video
pages - thanks, Jim! |
| May | Finally
found
the missing Christmas Adventure
- on microfilm! Added it to the Paper Items page. |
| April | Completed
the
collection of Kuklapolitan
Couriers with the first three issues. |
| March | Added
pages
from Burr's high school yearbook to the History page. |
| February | Replaced
more
video clips with larger
versions, including USDA spots. |
| January
2005 |
Added
new
photos to the Kuklapolitan Photos
page. |
| December | Re-posted
"Christmas Adventures of Kukla, Fran
and Ollie" (a series of color comics),
permanently. |
| October | Added rare shots of Kukla and Ollie puppets and
Ollie soap-on-a-rope to the Collectibles
page. |
| August | Began replacing video
clips with larger versions in new TV sets. |
| June | Re-transferred
postcard records with better
sound. |
| May | Added
Frequently Asked Questions, with
great original art! |
| Added
complete
list of all films shown on The CBS Children's Film
Festival. |
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| April | Added
rare
audio transcriptions of two 1954 KFO shows from ABC to
the Audio page. |
| March |
Added The Amazing Burr Tillstrom to the Story of the Kuklapolitans. |
| February 2004 |
Added more cards to the Christmas Gifts page. |
| November | Added page on Saugutuck's tribute to Burr. |
| August | Added great handbill and NY Times review of Ollie's Town Hall debut to the Paper Items page. |
| July | Added articles to the TV guide covers page. |
| Added article by Burr on why KFO left NBC for ABC. | |
| Added photo from the early 50s to the Kuklapolitan Photos page. | |
| Added trade advertisement for the Kukla and Ollie theater playset. | |
| June | Received two new items from Gommy: A Mother Goose preview record and a large cast photo. |
| Added rare "Junior Jamboree" postcard. | |
| Added GE Newsletter with photo spread. | |
| May | Added "Kuklapolitans invade the kitchen" article to the Story page. |
| April | Added 4 photos to the Photos page, including a large spread from Look magazine. |
| March 2003 |
Got more server space, finally able to add new pics to the Photos page. |
| Added Kuklapolitan Sleepwear to the Collectibles page. | |
| December | Server problems have prevented updates, but I was able to add a new recording to the Cardboard Records page. |
| July | Added two color public service spots to the Collectibles page. |
| Added Maurice Seymour protraits of a young Fran to her article. | |
| June | Added a 1956 round-robin love letter from Burr to Fran, Joe, Gommy and Beulah. |
| Added interview with Lewis Gomavitz, KFO's director, and a page of photos from his personal archives. | |
| May | Added new collectibles to the Paper Items page, with a link to an audio clip of the first KFO radio show. |
| April | Added excerpt from the KFO chapter of The Great Television Heroes to the Story page. |
| Added new pictures to the Photos page. | |
| March | Added The Case of the Magic Hands article to the Story of the Kuklapolitans. |
| Added three new Kuklapolitan Couriers and moved them to the Collectibles page. | |
| Added a search engine and a site update notifier. | |
| February | Added four color pictures to the Kuklapolitan Photos page. |
| Added a site map. | |
| January 2002 |
Took down the Christmas Adventures 'til next November. |
| November | Re-posted "Christmas Adventures of Kukla, Fran and Ollie," a series of color comics from 1950. One more adventure will be added each Sunday until Christmas. |
| September | Added Tillstrom and the Kuklapolitans article from Men magazine, a promotional publication distributed by Goodyear Tire dealers. |
| Added page on Burr's induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, with a video clip of the ceremony. | |
| August | Fran Allison, This Is Your Life! |
| Added a page about KFO's appearances in the first tests of color TV, including a clip from the first color broadcast, St. George and the Dragon. | |
| March | Added a page about an unused song Stephen Sondheim wrote for KFO in 1952. |
| Added more color and black-and-white pictures to the Kuklapolitan Photos page. | |
| February | Added a number of new items to the Collectibles page. Be sure and check out the Paper Items, and play the game added to the Coloring Book. |
| Added clip of Kukla and Ollie hosting The Ford 50th Anniversary Show to the History page. | |
| Took down the Christmas Adventures until next December. | |
| January 2001 |
Added an Audio Page for WebTV users. |
| Added new items to the Kuklapolitan Collectibles page - check out the Halloween Costumes, TV Viewer and Metal Tapping Kit. | |
| Added page explaining how Kukla, Fran and Ollie became so popular with adults. | |
| Added program for Side by Side by Sondheim, starring Kukla, Burr and Ollie. | |
| December | Added "Christmas Adventures of Kukla, Fran and Ollie," a series of color comics from 1950. |
| November | Added eight new photos the the Kuklapolitan Photos page. |
| Replaced most recordings on
the Audio page with clean
versions (clicks and pops removed). Replaced "Television Dragon" clip on the Video page with a cleaner, longer version. |
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| August | Added two rare 78 rpm recordings to the Audio page: "Tooie Talk" and "The Cuckoo." |
| June | Added four more articles to The Story of the Kuklapolitans: Allison in Wonderland, Kukla's Daddy, Our Kuklapolitan Christmas, and Burr's My Neighbor! |
| Added video clip of the Kuklapolitans' appearance on The Carpenters at Christmas. | |
| May | Added page on The CBS Children's Film Festival, with a video clip of the show. |
| April | Added page about the Kuklapolitans on Broadway, featuring an extensive interview with Larry Smith, who worked on the show. |
| Added ten great close-ups of the troupe to the Kuklapolitan Photos page. | |
| Added LIFE article about viewer protests when KFO is cut back to 15 minutes. | |
| Added TV magazine cover of Kukla and Ollie on The Perry Como Show. | |
| March | Added more details about the Kukla and Ollie game. Check out the rollovers! |
| February | Added the Kuklapolitan Links page, with a great new drawing from Jim Engel. |
| Added four audio slideshows from Burr's never-released last project, "The Dragon Who Lived Downstairs," to the Kuklapolitan Audio page. Check out this exclusive presentation! | |
| Added a new Kuklapolitan History graphic, created especially for this site by Jim Engel. | |
| January 2000 |
Added six more video clips to the Kuklapolitan Video page. |
| Added links to the Storybooks from the Kuklapolitan Audio page. | |
| Added the Kuklapolitan Collectibles page. | |
| December | Added video clip of Burr's "Berlin Wall" hand ballet to the History page. |
| November | Added link to the new Kukla, Fran and Ollie CD, and a Christmas gift to Bruce's page. |
| Added photos to the photo gallery, and a glamour shot of Fran to her article | |
| October | Replaced 78 rpm versions of "Am I Getting Through to You?" "Kook-la, Frahn and O-lée," and "Dragon Retreat" with much cleaner 45 rpm recordings. |
| Added picture of Toumanava (who named Kukla) to "The Story of The Kuklapolitans" article from the 1951 Yearbook. | |
| Added color shot of Burr, Kukla and Ollie from 1961 Chicago Tribune "TV Week" to "Magic Gift of Life" article. | |
| September | Added additional celebrity pictures to fan letter page. |
| Added shot of Burr backstage to Kuklapolitan Cameraman interview. | |
| Added additional pictures of Fran to "Kukla and Ollie's Real-life Heroine" article. | |
| August | Added March 1950 copy of the "Kuklapolitan Courier" to the Story page. |
| Restored missing opening section to "Mercedes' Growing Pains" video clip. | |
| July | Added interview with Kuklapolitan Cameraman Bruce Berquist. |
| Replaced Christmas album with cleaner recordings. | |
| Replaced Ted Drake album cover with better version on his page. | |
| June | Added list of 700 kinescopes (films) that exist from the early 50s, along with three snapshots taken in 1950 from a home television screen. |
| Added the History of the Kuklapolitans page. | |
| April | Added a personal letter from Burr, donated by a fan, to the "Story of the Kuklapolitans" page. |
| March | Added interview with Ted Drake, along with a new painting done by request for The Unofficial Kuklapolitan Webpage. |
| February 1999 |
Added magazine articles to The Story of the Kuklapolitans page. |
| November | Added RealVideo clips. |
| September | Added Kuklapolitan Memories guestbook. |
| August | Added RealAudio clips and the page's first article. |
| June 1998 |
The Unofficial Kuklapolitan Webpage goes online, with 12 photos and the promise of more. |