Gigglesnort Hotel
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Desk clerk Bill Jackson and Dirty Dragon at the front desk of the Gigglesnort Hotel.
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Genre | Children's program |
Created by | Bill Jackson |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language(s) | English |
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Original network | WLS-TV |
First shown in | 1975 |
Original release | 1978 |
Gigglesnort Hotel is a syndicated children's television program which aired starting in 1975 and ran for 78 episodes, until about 1978. It was hosted by Bill Jackson, previously best known as the host of the Chicago-based children's program, The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show. The program was set, as the title implies, at an old hotel, where Jackson's role was a desk clerk.[1] The program featured many of the characters from the previous show, including Dirty Dragon, the Old Professor, Weird, Old Mother Plumtree, and several others, such as the hotel's owner, Old Man Gigglesnort, who were created just for the program.[2][3][4][5]
The show was widely praised by critics, and became one of the highest rated children's shows in WLS-TV history.[1][6][7] It was syndicated in 1978, airing in several markets nationwide as well as Canada, Italy, and Saudi Arabia.[8]
Jackson made a final appearance for a presentation for the Museum of Broadcast Communications, "Saturday Morning with B.J. and Dirty Dragon: Bill Jackson, Live in Person—One Last Time", in December 2009, saying this would be his last time appearing as a performer.[9][10] In 1995, he donated all his original puppets to Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications.[4]
References
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Bibliography
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. via Project MUSE (subscription required)
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Gigglesnort Hotel at IMDb
- DirtyDragon.com—episodes for sale on DVD
- Gigglesnort Hotel at TVParty!
- RealLans.com—Blog entries from one of the puppeteers
- BJ & Dirty Dragon Photo Gallery Chicago Tribune
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