Sonny Fox (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sonny Fox (b. Irwin Fox, 1925, Brooklyn, New York) is an American television host, executive and broadcasting consultant, remembered best as the fourth full-time host of the children's television program, Wonderama. A World War II veteran, Fox's first experience in children's programming came in 1954, with a St. Louis program, The Finder on KETC-TV, a children's news and travelogue program. It was considered the first show of its kind. His first national exposure came when CBS brought him aboard in 1955 to co-host the children's travelogue, Let's Take a Trip---"Taking two children (1955-57 Ginger McManus and Pud Flanagin; 1957-58 Joan Terrace and Jim [Jimmy] Walsh)on sort of an electronic field trip every week--live, remote location, no audience, no sponsors," Fox himself described that show, during interviews for PBS's The American Experience.