Detroit Kids TV - Milky's Movie Party Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 3/9/2013
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THIS SERIES WILL FOCUS ON WHAT WE WATCHED AS KIDS DURING DETROIT'S PAST.
THESE SHOWS WILL ALSO BE UNIQUE TO THE DETROIT METRO AREA.

MILKY'S MOVIE PARTY

What's the magic word? If your answer is"Twin Pines" you've probably spent countless Saturday afternoons in front of the family TV enjoying the mystifying Milky the Clown. Milky is one of the legends of Detroit, Clare Cummings is the man behind the legend.

Clarence R. Cummings Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 4, 1912. In 1917 his dad Clarence Sr. moved the family to Birmingham, Michigan. At an early age Clare became fascinated with performing and at age 12 he received a $1.25 magic set for Christmas. Clare soon mastered all of the tricks, performing for friends and classmates.

In 1950, the Twin Pines Dairy wanterd to sponsor a children's show, with cartoons, movies, and a magic clown. The advertising agency handling the account contacted WJBK, who contacted Cummings. Milky the Clown was born. Cummings himself created the distinctive makeup. His wife created the costume, which was patterned after the clown in the opera Pagliacci.

Milky's Movie Party premiered on December 16, 1950. The two-hour show featured cartoons, Westerns, and Milky's magic tricks. In the beginning there was no live audience, only Milky, the Twin Pines Milkman and the weekly winner of the "Sunshine Smile" contest.

In 1952 a marionette show created by Ed Johnson called Willy Dooit became part of the Movie Party.

In 1955 Milky's Movie Party moved to WXYZ. The show stayed the same except for the addition of Little Rascals shorts. The show moved to WWJ in February 1958 with a new format and a new name.

Milky's Party Time featured a live audience , the serial The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Bozo and Felix the cat cartoons. magic, games, prizes and the Stars of the Future contest, hosted by perky Mary Lou. Pierre the Frenchman assisted with the games.

Milky's party Time was so popular that there was a two-year wait for tickets.

Party Time ended for Cummings in 1964, when he needed to devote more time to his full-time paint salesman job at Dupont. Cummings close friend, Karrell Fox, donned the familiar pointed hat and white makeup until the show's demise in 1967.

Cummings died on October 31, 1994 of congestive heart failure, on the anniversary of Houdini's death. He donated most of his magic tricks and one of his costumes to the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan, where they are on permanent display.

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