paveleck@ihldt.UUCP (08/25/83)
Ray Rayner, seemingly a fixture on WGN-TV in the mornings, left the show to go into retirement. His idea of "retirement" was to go out to Arizona and do news on a local TV station (I can't remember if the station is in Phoenix or somewhere else, but I know it's in Arizona). I heard him call Roy Leonard (WGN radio personality) one Saturday morning, so that's how I got the info. He's still the same old Ray you know and love, only I can't picture him doing anything serious (i.e., being on TV and NOT wearing coveralls or talking to a duck!) Bob Paveleck ihldt!paveleck
paveleck@ihldt.UUCP (08/25/83)
Ray Rayner's occasional duck-companion was called Chelveston. The stuffed orange dog who read kids' jokes with Ray was called Cuddly Dudley (the dog's voice was supplied by Roy Brown, more famous as "Cookie" the clown on "Bozo's Circus"). Ray Rayner was on "Bozo's Circus" for several years as Oliver O. Oliver. Speaking of "Bozo's Circus", Ned Locke, the former ringmaster "Mr. Ned", is supposedly into real estate and heads the local police department in some small town in the South (I forgot where, but I saw this in the Chicago Tribune's "INC" column a few weeks back). Seems kind of funny to imagine a jolly, fat guy who used to wear a red jacket and top hat every day stopping you for speeding! Bob Paveleck ihldt!paveleck
brooks@ihuxl.UUCP (08/25/83)
Ray Rayner's duck's name was Chalveston, and the big orange dog he used to read the mail with was Cuddly-Duddly. ihuxl!brooks