Uncle Bob's Lucky 7 Club (partially found Filipino live children's TV series; 1961-1992)

Robert La Rue "Uncle Bob" Stewart

Status: Partially Found

Uncle Bob's Lucky 7 Club, later renamed as The New Uncle Bob's Lucky 7 Club after his departure, is the first live TV show for children in the Philippines. The show became iconic to the children that grew up at the 60s to the 80s.

Info

The show was aired every Saturday mornings on GMA-7. Stewart also has two sidekick puppets: Spanky the Elephant and Pancho the Worm.^[1] Stewart is known for his catchprase "hot-diggity-dog" and vocables like ""bum-bum-barum" or "pum-pa-rum-pum".^[2]

It is known that kids can write letters to Uncle Bob and they will read them on air. It also has a "Show and Tell" segment where kids are asked what are their favorite toys. Stewart also has a "live TV commercial" on the show where he endorses the toys of the sponsors. Known advertisers of the shows are Royal Gelatin, Crazy Foam Gun, Pan Pizza, Marisol Manor, G.I. Joe, Panacraft Handicrafts, Popcar, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Zoids, Connectibles, and Play-Doh.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Availability

Scenes and pictures of the TV show are available online. However, it is believed the full episodes are lost. It is unknown if GMA intends to release them or if they have the archives of the said show.