Wunda Wunda
Wunda Wunda is the name of an early children's television series that aired in Seattle, Washington between 1953 and 1972 on Seattle NBC affiliate, KING-TV, channel 5.
The program starred Ruth Prins as Wunda Wunda, who read stories and sang songs with other characters on the show. She wore a princess hat and clown-like make-up, sitting on a magical rug to do most of her show. She had a hand-held "magic mirror" she used to help tell her stories, which was basically a pane of glass she marked with a felt pen. Wunda Wunda's regular guests included "Clancy the Clock" (an animated alarm clock) and a puppet drum with a face who indicated the beginning of music time.
Near the end of each episode, she began a regular part of her show, the reading of the names of viewers.
Wunda Wunda's opening theme song went:
- Wunda Wunda is my name.
- oh boys and girls, I'm glad you came.
- We'll have fun and we'll play games.
- Won't you play with me?
At the closing of each show, the last line of her theme song would change to: "Won't you come again?"
Another version, in the mid '60s went:
- Wunda Wunda is my name.
- Oh boys and girls I'm glad you came.
- We'll have fun as I explain
- How we play our Wunda games.
- Let me take you by the hand
- And we'll go to Wonderland.
- There we'll play with every friend
- The Wunda games of "Let's Pretend".
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