My TV DJ duty at age 15 on Rucker's Rumpus Room; The show was on-the-air each Saturday night 1953 -1957
Stairway to the Stars: The main entrance to WKBN-TV studios in 1953.
Me and the Baby Sitters: Janice, Jackie, Carole, Marilyn
Now, a profile please. Smile!
My Johnny Ray impression, just before I drop to my knees sobbing! -
Our final show on WKBN-TV was our New Year's Show, which was also my 16th Birthday. We left WKBN TV to join WFMJ TV (NBC) who offered us money - $50 a show!
Our new show on WFMJ has a sponsor: Century Food Stores.
Al Rucker & the Baby Sitters (Our first WFMJ-TV professional publicity photo)
Pre-show production meeting: Director John Yoder gives notes, my lifelong friend Raysa Bonow looks on.
Yes, it was a Variety Show - a hit parade every Saturday night.
Then God created "man" - I added four young men, "The Collegians" to perform the songs of the Hilltoppers, the Crew Cuts and the Four Lads-Aces-Freshmen-Coins, etc
Prom Time
Men working.
Giving "the boys" a pep-talk.
Frank Pavlick, Richard Miller, Bob Summers, and Dick Johnson with me as Jerry Lewis!
Ladies leaping
A personal appearance at our sponsor's store, Lustig's Shoe Store for ladies.
... and the lucky winner is!
Maybe the 'Hokey-Pokey' is what it's all about!
Sequence of songs in a Railroad Terminal
Space Cadets
Captain Video & the Video Rangers (taking notes from our director.)
This was pretty sexy stuff in 1955
By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea... bathing beaties 1920s style.
Gotta be our circus show. Guess who's the ringmaster?
Al and his harem: Our Arabian Nights show
Wine for my men, we ride tonight!
Janice and me, photo taken off a TV set.
1958 "Al Rucker and the Seven Teens" telecast live from WJAR-TV, Providence, RI each Saturday night at 7:00pm
WJAR-TV, Providence RI, The Seven Teens: Elliott James, Lynn Raymond, Bob DuCharme, Allison Van Dyke, Tony Michaels, Carey Porter-Moss and Steve Bolster (a recent Harvard graduate with a secret wedding band that he removed for the "live" show.)
A Fishers Island Clambake, Summer 1958, hosted by Tom Pyle. (left) Bob, Al (one year before I became 'Clay Cole'), Allison, (front) Lynn, Tony, Ken and an unknown local urchin he abducted WJAR-TV. Providence, RI WJAR-TV
