Today is my daughters xxth birthday (she wouldn't want me to say how many candles) and for a kick I sent her the following YouTube video of a children's TV show staple from my early years...
If you grew up in the Los Angeles area back when I did then "Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade" was one of the highlights of your early birthdays.
After watching the video I realized that young kids today don't have the positive role models we did back then. Sheriff John wouldn't be 'politically correct' today...and that's really sad.
Read the following excerpt from his obituary from 2012 and you'll see why.
John Rovick, the beloved host of a children's cartoon show in Los Angeles throughout the 1950s and 60s, has died.
Rovick died Saturday in Boise, Idaho after a brief illness, his former station, KTTV-TV, told The Associated Press. He was 93.
For nearly two decades, Rovick appeared on the daily "Cartoon Time" show that earned him an Emmy award for outstanding children's program. It was so popular with young viewers that KTTV said it added another show to its midday schedule, "Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade," that stayed on the air until 1970. Staples of the show included Rovick reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, singing "The Birthday Cake Polka" and leading viewers on a prayer before having lunch along with them. He opened the show with the song "Laugh and Be Happy."
Rovick created the sheriff persona because of his interest in law enforcement. He served in World War II as a radio gunner for the Army Air Forces.
