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Gale Storm
When we moved to Kansas City in 1956, our first home there was an upstairs, two-room apartment. Directly below us lived Uncle Clifford, Aunt Mabel and my cousin, Alice. They had a television set.
Once we got settled in, Alice starting inviting me to come down and watch TV after school. I believe Howdy-Doody was on about the time we got home.
One of the first major purchases my parents made after our move was a television. Mother said that was the only way she'd be able to keep me home in the afternoons. However, I remember arriving home from school on several occasions to find her crying, watching "Queen For A Day". So perhaps she only used me for an excuse.
Another show that I seem to remember being on shortly after I got home was "My Little Margie". Oh, I loved that show, which starred Gale Storm. Since the show ran from 1952 to 1955, I had to have been watching reruns in 1956.
Later on Gale had some hit songs: "Dark Moon" and "I Hear You Knockin'" were my favorites. And in the late fifties, she had another TV show, "Oh, Suzanna".
The other day I got to reminiscing about this lady, and listened to those two songs I loved when I was thirteen or so. That led to my wondering whether she's still alive, so of course I Googled her, and found she is indeed among the living, and even has a web site. Somewhere in my investigation, I found she had written a book telling about her life and her struggles with alcoholism so, out of curiousity, I checked for it on half.com. There it was, for 75 cents!
I ordered it, and it came in the mail yesterday. It was published in 1982, so the pages are a bit yellowed. But it's autographed! Ofcourse, hardly anyone these days ever heard of Gale Storm, sothe autograph doesn't really mean much. But I consider it a bonus, because "My Little Margie" was such a wonderful part of my childhood.
Cliff asked, "Why would someone get rid of that?"
"The owner of the book probably died," I answered.
I can't think of one person who'd care about an autographed copy of this book these days... except for me.
Just one of life's little surprises, and all because I took a brief stroll down memory lane.
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I remember those shows too...glad I'm not the only one.
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I remember both those shows from the 50's. Must have seen them at a cousin's house since we didn't own a tv. I always liked Gale Storm. I think it's great you wound up getting her book, autographed! Thanks for the memory jog. Boo
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I too remember the My Little Margie show....and Gale Storm....and glad you are happy with your book and autograph...and thanks for the trip down memory lane.....enjoyed the ride alot....Hugs...Ora
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I remember both those programs, but, like you, I watched them in rerun. I think we got our first TV set in the mid to late 50's, so I don't really remember being without one for very long.
How awesome that you got that book AND an autograph too!!
Jackie
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6/14/06 2:50 AM