CHICAGO — Of the many classic children's shows on WGN-TV from back in the day, few were as long-running as "Romper Room" — preschoolers' daily offering that ran from 1954 to 1960 (at WGN-TV's Michigan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When "Miss Barbara" picked up the Magic Mirror, her little friends at home so desperately wanted to hear their names. "Romper, ...

But 50 years ago, Lois Whitmeyer notes, that flickering, black-and-white TV show was cutting edge. And in a time when a Do-Bee meant something altogether different than today, Whitmeyer was one of a ...

There was Miss Lois on the floor, having just performed a Sleeping Beauty-like faint during Tell a Story Time on "Romper Room." Innocent enough. But her skirt hiked up in the fall, exposing a patch of ...

“Miss Mary Ann” King never stopped reminding people how special they are. Long after she left the children’s television show “Romper Room,” King continued to carry her Magic Mirror, a prop she peered ...

Nancy Besst of San Rafael, who appeared as the Bay Area’s original Miss Nancy on the children’s television show “Romper Room,” died Aug. 14 after a long illness. She was 77. “For those of us who were ...