re: RIP Buckskin Bill

I grew up with him.

In my wonder years, Baton Rouge was a very different place then.

RIP Bill.

Damn. Huge part of my childhood. Cub Scout troop on the show, all that stuff. Popeye cartoons and little rascals were my favorites and senor puppet. IIRC he and his wife lived over near Sherwood Middle in my youth. Near my hood. Baton Rouge back then as a kid everywhere you could get on a bike was "your" hood.

He was a good man. Rest in Peace Buckskin Bill

My childhood would not have been complete without my daily dose of the Buckskin Bill show and of course, a smile.



Senor Puppet and Huggle Juggle

I use to march around house doing the Monday Morning March and I was on the show for a birthday party with my friend.

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I already took karate...it left a bad taste in my mouth.

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I loved that god damn monday morning march.

RIP Buckskin Bill! A big part of my early childhood memories were the Monday Morning March, Senior Puppet, etc. I even did the Penny March with the Cub Scouts to drop pennies off to buy Penny the elephant for the zoo. I actually ran into him at DFW Airport between flights and bought him a beer about 20 years ago. Had a great conversation with him and he was just a genuine person who loved Baton Rouge. Anyone who watched his show as a kid was definitely blessed to have been a kid at that time. RIP sir!

I met him one year in Lafayette at Christmas Comes Alive. I had to wear a sweaty E.T. costume all night.

But meeting Buckskin Bill made it all worth it.

Great memories from the 70s growing up !

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We already established we worked there around the same time. The few times I waited on him it was usually a lunch shift.

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I know. I remember exactly who you are. I was just saying that I don’t remember him coming in, but again, I don’t think I would have recognized him. I don’t guess I was as big a Buckskin Bill fan as a lot of kids my age.