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Old 09-26-2000, 11:05 PM   #3
Tom
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Char, I surprised YOU haven't heard of him.lol

Here are excerpts from Sept.21 article in Detroit News:

DETROIT TV CULTURAL ICON "POOPDECK PAUL" DIES

Among baby boomers, few Detroit television personalities in the 60's were bigger than Paul Allan Schultz-better known as "Poopdeck Paul". He hosted POPEYE & PALS on Channel 9(then CKLW-TV, now CBET-TV) between 1956 and 1966, first as a weekend host and eventually as a seven-day-a-week personality...Between cartoons, he hosted limbo contests on the show, when limbo was the rage amoung grade-schoolers. After the Beatles became big in 1964, he hosted a game in which contestants were judged by their ability to lip-sync Beatles records. He hosted miniature golf, football-throwing, bowling and table tennis competitions as well...Along with the late Toby David, who played Captain Jolly, and Jerry Booth, who played Jingles the Clown, he ruled local kid's shows during the 60's. A native of Chesley, Ontario, he started his entertainment career in radio-first in Kitchener, later in Montreal and Ottawa.



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