Wonderama
Wonderama is a children's television program that originally appeared on the Metromedia-owned stations from 1955 to 1977. The show was revived from 1980 to 1987, and again in 2016. Hosts Al Hodge (as Captain Video 1955–1956) Jon Gnagy (mid–late 1950s) Sandy Becker (1955–56) Chuck McCann (1955–56) Pat Meikle (co-hosting 1955–1956) Herb Sheldon (1956–1958) Bill Britten (co-host in 1958; later known as New York's Bozo the Clown) Doris Faye (co-host in 1958) Sonny Fox (1959–1967) Bob McAllister (1967–1977) various teenagers (1980–1987) David Osmond (2017–present) Original series Wonderama aired on its originating station, WNEW-TV in New York City, as well as 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 was three hours long for most of its run on Sunday mornings. The show was created as well as originally hosted by actor-comedian Sandy Becker, who became a New York children's program star in his own right. In the 1960s, flingorama aired in a one-hour weekday version in addition to the three-hour Sunday show. The one-hour program lasted until 1970. The show scaled back to two hours