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  2. Romper Room - Wikipedia

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    Romper Room is an American children's television series that was franchised and syndicated from 1953 to 1994. The program targeted preschoolers (children five years of age or younger), and was created and produced by Bert Claster and his presenter wife, Nancy Claster, of Claster Television .

  3. Pop Goes the Weasel - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the fifth verse is more elusive. [5] Here, "monkey" may refer to the slang use of the word for money worries, as in "monkey on your back". [ citation needed ] To be chased by the monkey could mean having money troubles—one way out was to pawn your coat.

  4. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Faggot: The origin of the slur usage of the word "faggot" (originally referring to a bundle of firewood) may be from the term for women used in a similar way to "baggage", i.e. something heavy to be dealt with. The usage may also have been influenced by the British term "fag", meaning a younger schoolboy who acts as an older schoolboy's servant ...

  5. Claster Television - Wikipedia

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    Claster Television, Inc. was a Baltimore, Maryland–based television distributor founded in 1953 by Bertram H. (Bert) Claster and Nancy Claster (Goldman) as Romper Room Inc. [2] It was originally a producer of the children's show Romper Room, one of the first preschool children's programs.

  6. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 March 31

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    The San Francisco section states that Miss Nancy worked up to 1969, but that doesn't necessarily mean the show stopped when she did. Clarityfiend 07:15, 31 March 2012 (UTC) I actually appeared on the New York Romper Room with Miss Louise. I have a picture somewhere, which I will never upload.--

  8. Sherri Chessen - Wikipedia

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    Sherri Chessen (born 1932), also known as Sherri Finkbine, is an American former children's television host.She is also known as Miss Sherri, her role on the Phoenix version of the franchised children's show Romper Room.

  9. Ding Dong School - Wikipedia

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    It is the earliest known preschool series to be produced in the United States, predating Romper Room by a year. [2] The program was presented from a child's point of view. A 1953 magazine article reported, "Low-angled cameras see everything at Lilliputian eye-level, stories and activities are paced at the slow rate just right for small ears and ...