OOOps just saw that my long time pal Tom Hatten, former KNX radio entertainment reporter is out over there-- what a loss for them. I was just about to call him and invite him to the LATV Festival next week including DIGITAL DAY, NATPE TV Producer's Bootcamp and some other great breakfasts and screenings. What is somewhat of a coincidence is his relationship to something called a SQUIGGLE>
SQUIGGLE and SQUIGGLE THIS -- LATV Fest Viral Video.....as posted earlier, I've been doing some consulting work with NATPE's upcoming LATV Fest (www.latvfest.net) and I encouraged them to create a viral video to promo the festival. They did that and the result is posted on Youtube, Myspace.com, Yahoo and more. The video is about a SQUIGGLE --- a viral video named SQUIGGLES that sells for $28.5 million to a TV production company and if I must say so myself it's hilarious -- here again is the link to that video on Youtube.com.
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PAGING TOM HATTEN -- former KNX reporter --
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THE coincidence with Tom Hatten and his relationship to Squiggle or Squiggles is what I found on wikipedia...amazing he was one of the pioneers of TV for kids in Los Angeles....small world ain't it? Now I just have to find Tom and comp him into next weeks events!!!
Los Angeles children may remember "Skipper" Tom Hatten, who hosted the Popeye Show on KTLA 5. Tom Hatten, a performer on television and Broadway, would have children on the show and entertained them by showing Popeye cartoons (mostly from Max Fleischer and Associated Artists Productions), reading trivia and mail, and performing cartoon sketches. One of the contests was a squiggle contest. Children would send in a squiggle (a one-line drawing) and Tom would draw a cartoon character from that squiggle. This show recorded from 1956 to 1964 and aired throughout the 1970s. Tom returned to KTLA in 1976 after a twelve year absence, to host "Popeye and Friends", in color; this version of the show lasted until 1988.
Tom was born on November 14, 1927. His acting credits on stage include Annie (he was "President Franklin Delano Roosevelt"). He also portrayed a corrupt military officer in the movie Spies Like Us, and spent many years hosting KTLA's Family Film Festival (from 1978 to 1988), which, for some time, used the Little River Band's hit song Reminiscing as its theme music (without the lyrics, since copyright laws were relatively meager during the 1970s).
He also played Captain Murdock in several episodes of the television show Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and has had a wide and varied career on stage and in film.
He is left-handed.
I too was lucky enough to have my name pulled from the treasure chest. I also was on the Pop Eye Show in 1961 or 1962. I was telling my husband and kids about the happy memory of being on the show and winning the squiggel contest. I remember drawing a bird on a tree. By no means was I an artist or am I today, but I would love to have fottage of the day I was on. If you know of where I can purchase a copy, please let me know.
Thank you,
Lucy May (Spooner)
Posted by: Lucy May | April 19, 2011 at 11:12 AM
To Nancy Mann,
There are some pictures of Tom Hatten and some kids on this link. Not a clip, Nancy, but maybe your friend is one of the kids? Good luck with your search!
-Erin
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://latvlegends.com/TomHatten/th5a.JPG&imgrefurl=http://latvlegends.com/TomHatten/TOMHAT.htm&usg=__Erl5a_8g_1v3hqBYFGN-a1lUwe8=&h=300&w=400&sz=92&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=4g-jJrhTzNQ0rM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtom%2Bhatten%2Bsquiggles%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Posted by: Erin Kant | November 19, 2008 at 12:06 PM
I'm now 55. When I was 8 (1961 or 1962) my friend Debbie Poeppel (tom hatten pronounced her name Pop-el which sent us into stitches for 5 years) Anyway Debbie's name was pulled out of the treasure chest and she went on the popeye shoe with tom hatten to do a squiggel. she was my and my sister's very best friend our entire childhood ( and her parents were my parents best friends) but unfortunately in Oct 1971 Debbie was killed in a car accident. She was a wonderful person and over 100 people came to her funeral. Even the parish priest sobbed. Our family still mourns her. A main topic when we get together is that we talk about trying to get a copy of that clip of her on Popeye-- is there any chance?
In my mind I can still see her looking up at Tom H. in her dress with its petticoat--She was such sweet child, teenager and young adult.
Please reply even if there's nothing you can do--I'd really appreciate it.
Nancy Mann
628 Grove St.
San Luis O bispo, CA 93401
805-541-4458
Posted by: nancy jean mann | July 13, 2008 at 11:16 PM