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, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Claire J. Schweiker, 81, a former hostess of the children’s television show “Romper Room” in Philadelphia and the wife of former secretary of health and human services Richard S. Schweiker, died April ...