The Uncle Al Show made its official début on June 12, 1950. When mothers began calling into the station requesting tickets to be on The Uncle Al Show, a Cincinnati institution was born. The same kids would return on subsequent occasions bringing friends, and they all took to calling Lewis "Uncle Al". Neighborhood children began doing just that, and Lewis, having a natural affinity for children, invited them onto the stage during the show. In the summer of 1949, then-General Manager Mort Watters asked Lewis (hired on two months earlier as WCPO's first art director) to host an hour-long filler show called Al's Corner Drugstore, in which Lewis, dressed in a soda jerk's uniform, would take phone-in requests for songs which he would play on his accordion, which would later become one of his many trademarks along with his straw boater hat.Īt that time, the show was not aired in a closed set, so people could walk in from off the street to watch the show in person. The show's origins were completely by happenstance. ( Sesame Street holds the national record, being on the air continuously since 1969.) Uncle Al holds the unofficial record for the longest-running regularly-scheduled series with the same host for the show's entire run. The show enjoyed a remarkable 35-year run (1950–1985) on WCPO-TV, making it one of the longest-running local children's shows in American TV history. The show was hosted by Cleveland native Al Lewis (1924–2009) (not to be confused with the actor who played Grandpa on The Munsters), and later was co-hosted by his wife, Wanda. The Uncle Al Show was a children's television program originating in Cincinnati. "It's a Small World" by Robert & Richard Sherman
American TV series or program The Uncle Al Show
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