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Bill Thompson played Wallace on %22The Wallace and Ladmo Show.%22; The kids show ran from 1954 to 1989. The humor was cutting and topical%2C closer to %22Saturday Night Live%22 than %22Sesame ...
The iconic children's show, Wallace and Ladmo, aired from 1954 to 1989 on KPHO-TV. But more than three decades later, people are still gathering, reminiscing and talking about the show and their ...
The show, which also starred Ladimir Kwiatkowski as Ladmo and Pat McMahon as Gerald and other characters, had a 35-year run from 1954 to 1989. Thompson, who created and produced the show, died ...
The late Wallace and Ladmo have already achieved iconic status in the Valley. Now, the beloved local television personalities — who’s namesake children's show aired on KPHO Channel 5 for 35 ...
PHOENIX — A memorial for Bill Thompson, aka Wallace of the “Wallace and Ladmo Show,” has been scheduled for Aug. 11 at a metro Phoenix movie theater. The beloved Thompson died Wednesday.
The iconic children's show, Wallace and Ladmo, aired from 1954 to 1989 on KPHO-TV. But more than three decades later, people are still gathering, reminiscing and talking about the show and their ...
One day in 1964, while 5-year-old Neil Logan was home alone watching The Wallace and Ladmo Show, Ladmo held up a drawing Logan had done. “They used to ask kids to send in drawings all the time ...
The Wallace and Ladmo Way sign will be unveiled at a date to be determined. “I will share with you all that we will have Ladmo Bags available at the event,” Councilman Carlos Galindo-Elvira ...
Even though Phoenix resident Bill Thompson has been retired since 1989, he still answers the phone "This is Wallace." For 36 years, Thompson was the co-host on the local show "Wallace and Ladmo," the ...