George Sanford Becker (February 19, 1922 â€" April 9, 1996), who was
known professionally as Sandy Becker, was an American television
announcer, actor, and comedian who hosted several popular children's
programs in New York City. The best known of these was The Sandy
Becker Show, which ran from 1955 to 1968 on Channel 5 WABD-TV and
WNEW-TV.Sandy Becker was born and raised in New York City. He held
local radio announcing jobs before first reaching public fame in 1947
on radio as the title character of the series Young Doctor Malone, a
role he was invited to take to television in 1958, but declined to
pursue his own television projects. Originally a pre-medical student
at New York University in the 1930s, Becker played the good doctor on
the radio for a decade, after having been the show's announcer.Soon,
he started working for WABD (later WNEW) TV-Channel 5 and began
hosting a program featuring Bugs Bunny cartoons, The Looney Tunes
Show, on weeknights from 1955 to 1958. A second Friday night program
called Bugs Bunny Theater ran from 1956 to 1957. Becker also did
television announcing, such as for Wildroot Cream-Oil ads in the
television series The Adventures of Robin Hood. He did radio spots for
Crisco, as well.In the middle of those activities, Becker found his
true calling, spun in large part off from his knack for entertaining
his own 3 children, with his vocal and comic versatility and mimicry.
This led him to his morning show, beginning in 1955. He soon added a
noontime program, Sandy Becker's Funhouse, briefly in 1955. He also
hosted the first year of the syndicated children's Sunday TV show
Wonderama, from its six-hour premiere in September 1955, until 1956.
known professionally as Sandy Becker, was an American television
announcer, actor, and comedian who hosted several popular children's
programs in New York City. The best known of these was The Sandy
Becker Show, which ran from 1955 to 1968 on Channel 5 WABD-TV and
WNEW-TV.Sandy Becker was born and raised in New York City. He held
local radio announcing jobs before first reaching public fame in 1947
on radio as the title character of the series Young Doctor Malone, a
role he was invited to take to television in 1958, but declined to
pursue his own television projects. Originally a pre-medical student
at New York University in the 1930s, Becker played the good doctor on
the radio for a decade, after having been the show's announcer.Soon,
he started working for WABD (later WNEW) TV-Channel 5 and began
hosting a program featuring Bugs Bunny cartoons, The Looney Tunes
Show, on weeknights from 1955 to 1958. A second Friday night program
called Bugs Bunny Theater ran from 1956 to 1957. Becker also did
television announcing, such as for Wildroot Cream-Oil ads in the
television series The Adventures of Robin Hood. He did radio spots for
Crisco, as well.In the middle of those activities, Becker found his
true calling, spun in large part off from his knack for entertaining
his own 3 children, with his vocal and comic versatility and mimicry.
This led him to his morning show, beginning in 1955. He soon added a
noontime program, Sandy Becker's Funhouse, briefly in 1955. He also
hosted the first year of the syndicated children's Sunday TV show
Wonderama, from its six-hour premiere in September 1955, until 1956.
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