The Magic Window
A 43-year run of crafts and puppets on Iowa television.
With a run of 43 years, it is the longest-running children's television program in American history. Producer Dick Hartzell and WOI-TV artist Joy (Ringham) Munn developed the show as an educational program featuring handicraft activities, news items, and birthday recognition. For all but the first three years, it was hosted by Betty Lou Varnum, who taught crafts and worked with puppets including Gregory Lion, Dusty the Unicorn, and Catrina Crocodile.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 30 minutes per episode
- Starring
- Betty Lou Varnum
- Country
- United States
- Network
- ABC affiliate WOI-TV
- Ames
- Iowa
- First aired
- 1951
- Last aired
- 1994
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