Foreman Scotty's Kids

The Time Machine...

Hi,

We lived in Edmond, back in the late 50s and early 60s.
My brother David and I used to watch Foreman Scotty.
We got such a kick out of all the stories and characters.
Of course, our favorites were Xavier T. Willard and Cannonball McCoy.

During their efforts to travel back in time, I decided to make my own time machine.
I took one of our West-Clock spring wound clocks and took it apart.
As I put it back together, I imagined I was traveling through time as the spring mechanisms tick-tocked.

I had some fun times from age 4 to 9.
At age 9, we moved to Moore.

I don’t recall ever watching the Circle 4 Ranch after that.
But, I do remember meeting Forman Scotty face-to-face at the Oklahoma State Fair.

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Of Freckle Barrels and Eyelash Wishes...

I grew up in Enid, OK., and Foreman Scotty was one of the reasons I ran home from school every day.

I mostly remember one of his expressions when talking with the kids in the corral.  He would say, "You fell into the freckle barrel." 

My other memory is of his taking an eyelash from a child's face, and asking them to make a wish and then guess if the lash would be on the thumb or the finger.  If they guessed correctly, then they would get their wish. 

I really enjoyed his show.  And, if I remember rightly, one time his guest on the show was Clu Gulager...whom I think had a series of his own at the time, but I don't recall the name of his show. I miss those types of children's shows today.  They were FUN!   

Karen Storms

Son of The Count Makes Contact!

Dear Friend,

I am in North Carolina on vacation and was talking with my daughter and son-in-law about my past and my daughter asked me to tell her husband of the opportunity I had to play the part of “Son of Count” on the Foreman Scotty show.

I was a theatre major at OCU  and Danny Williams came to interview me regarding play I was in and then spoke to me about joining the cast of the Foreman Scotty Show.

I played a villain for a few months and it was one of the most enjoyable opportunities I had during my college days. Foreman Scotty was true gentleman and Danny Williams was a wild man.

Today I pastor a church of 13,000 people in Fort Lauderdale where I have been for the past 15 years. My mother still lives in Oklahoma City in the same home I grew up in.

Thank you for your website and for allowing me to recall some great memories about one of the first children’s classics on television.

Blessings!

Dr. Larry L. Thompson

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Cream Colored Jean Jacket & a Six Shooter!

Hey, I ran across your site on a Google whim. 

I was a kid in Oklahoma City in the 1960s, and remember Foreman Scotty well. 
I had my fifth or sixth birthday on his show.  Got to sit on the birthday pony.  I also insisted my Mom get me a cream colored jean jacket and cowboy hat, and of course a six shooter.  Anybody in armor came at me, I was ready! 

Thanks for reviving a forty year old memory.  My daughter is six this year.  It helps to remember what it was like to be her age.

Brent Taggart

Twisted Twig...

I was just a kid when Foreman Scotty came to my school (Crooked Oak) He called it "twisted twig" and we kids yelled "No Crooked Oak"!!

I know that Foreman Scotty went by his real name Steve Powell and at one time attended The First Christian Church at 3700 N Walker in Oklahoma City. I attended there for a number of years and one Sunday morning as I walked from sunday school to the sanctuary and saw Foreman Scotty as he was head and shoulders above most of the men he looked to be about 6 feet 4. I ran over and shook his hand. I remember this was a special time for me.

I know that my uncle and Grandfather on my dad's side of the family knew Danny Williams and I shook hands with him as well. Danny Williams I saw at the Oklahoma State Fair.

MY name is Randy Harrington my late uncle was BIll Harrington and my late grandfather was Max M Harrington. would love to have any DVD's if any have been made of the Foreman Scotty show.

Thank You for keeping these memories.

"Ours Was The House"

Hi.  I just wanted to let you know that the Foreman Scotty show as such a big part of my life growing up that I wrote about it in my book "Ours Was The House"  by Lisbeth L. McCarty.  My siblings, my friends, and I all loved your dad and his show!

Lisbeth L. McCarty

"Cute As a Bug's Ear"

Wow, what a treat to come across your site.

I grew up in Edmond and went to Ida Freeman Elementary in the early 1960’s. I feel like Foreman Scotty was one of the great influences on us kids at the time.  I remember very clearly the time my mom and dad took my twin sister and I to the Foreman Scotty show on our birthday and yes, we got to ride “Woody.”  I’m pretty sure your dad was one of the only people I ever heard use the phrase, “cute as a bug’s ear.”

It truly was a wonderful time to be a kid and certainly a much simpler time and life.  I always thought the “good ole days” were often exaggerated by older people but in my case, watching Foreman Scotty and 3-D Danny was a part of my good old days for sure.

Thanks for posting the website.

Dale Williams

Memorabilia Please!

Oh, how I remember Foreman Scotty! 

My brownie troop (eight years old at the time) went on the show and I know it was so exciting!  When he walked by, I reached for his gun.  LOL

I wanted the golden horse shoe but the magic lasso didn’t land on me.  Oh, how I would love to have some of the memorabilia from that show.  Thanks for having this site.  Please add my name to your list.

Vickie Jenkins

One of the Greatest Thrills of My Life

Hello

My name is Mark. I just wanted to say the FSS was one of the greatest thrills of my life.
I was in Cub Scouts in the (probably) third grade.  Our den mother arranged to get us there.
I was selected to go into the Chicken Coop to mix up all of the letters.  I never won the
"HORSESHOE" but that did not matter too much.  I was just thrilled to be there!
I sure would like to see it come back into existence.  Not so much for me but for my
grandchildren.

Sincerely

Mark

Foreman Scotty Comic Books Anyone?

I just discovered your website dedicated to your father.  I am a life long resident of OKC, and enjoyed the kids shows of the 1950's and 1960's here on WKY TV.  Here is my one question to you...

About 20-25 years ago on my way down to the studios of KOMA where I was working part time, this one particular Sunday late afternoon your father was on KTOK's talk show I believe hosted by GWEN FALCONER.   Your dad was taking questions from listeners on the phone and my mom called in and asked your dad if he remembered the FOREMAN SCOTTY comic books that were published.  If memory serves me right, the comic book was published by DELL COMICS.  Anyway, your dad said he did not remember them.  I thought that was strange for a comic book to be published about FOREMAN SCOTTY and your dad not knowing about it or to give someone permission to print them. 

Do you know about anything about the publications of the comic books? I remember as a kid seeing at least one.  Whether the comic was printed for just one issue or more, I do not know. 

The kids of today need more FOREMAN SCOTTYS.
 
Yours truly, Larry N. Boyington, AKA Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA

Larry Hi, thanks for your question.
The comics sound vaguely familiar, let's see if anyone else responds with an answer after I post.

Best Wishes,
L. Powell

The World Needs More Foreman Scotty

I grew up watching the show.

When I was a Cub Scout, I went to the Circle 4 ranch.  It was one on the most exciting events in my childhood. 
I was surprised by the hayloft and the ranch being in the basement of Channel 4 studios and the benches were plastic.  Your dad came outside and my mother took 8mm home movies with him.  I still have those movies.
It was in 1963. I was 10 and now I'm pushing 55.
He even came to my hometown of Shawnee.
 
I remembered the dedication on KOMA, by Danny Williams, when he passed away.  A part of me went with him. 

The world needs more Foreman Scotty.   

In Christ,
Rev. George M. Lupton

We Need Role Models Back

Hello

My name is mike, and I was born and raised in Brittion Okla in the 60s.
I used to watch The Foreman Scotty show all the time. The things I remember most about my childhood are some of the shows that came on early TV - Felix the cat, Ho Ho the Clown, Mr Green Jeans, Batman, The Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner and that Coyote (LOL).
Along with going to Wedgwood and Lincoln park...

Its a shame we don't have Foreman Scotty today, maybe kids would be better. What happened to us as a culture ? We have gone from kids playing cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians and knowing not to touch a real gun, to taking real ones to school.
Think back...did anyone back then dream of taking a gun to school? A lot of Jr high kids had pocket knives, but not for fighting - they were for cutting string or whittling!

When I was going to school at Harrison elementary on britton Rd., Mrs Knight my kindergarten and third grade teacher (also my brothers and sisters teacher) would have us recite the pledge and sing the anthem. Before lunch we would line up at the door after washing our hands and bow our heads and she would say grace.

Oh not today ...WHY? Also Foreman Scotty would have to have orange tips on his guns and would probably not be thought of as a 'good roll model" WHY?? Where did we go wrong? Did you know a little boy was kick out of school the other day for drawing a picture of a gun!! What is going on in this country? We need to find out fast and fix it.

My generation grew up watching foreman scotty and respecting their elders. My kids era "NOT MY KIDS" watching bevis and butthead and shooting there elders. I grew up going for a drive with my mom and dad to the country to shoot first B.B. guns that had been for Christmas then later a .22 rifle. One of my granddaughters favorite shows is "The Rifleman", another show I grew up watching like Scotty,  that tall cowboy doing the right thing.

We need them back. WHERE IS THAT MASK MAN?

Funniest Face

Hi,

What found memories this brings me. My bluebird troop was on your dad's show. I can even remember who won the golden horseshoe for the funniest face. It was Sandra Addison. She moved away not long after that and I have often wondered if she still has the horseshoe.

Many times I wish there was something like your dad's show for our kids to enjoy these days.

Thanks for the memories.

Okiebug

There You Have it Kids...

Not that the things for children on television today are so wrong, but I grew up when you only watched cartoons on Saturday morning, so you had to get out of bed to see them, and if you got home from school early enough you could watch the Foreman Scotty show.   

I remember how often he ended the show bent down on one knee, looking at the camera, and would say something like:  "There you have it kids, I don't know how we are going to get out of this one."  Its much like watching the 24 series today watching Jack figure out how he is going to save the world, in the next episode.

I lived in Ada Ok from 1954 till 1974, grad from college and moved to Tulsa.  Now I live in Maryland.  Was looking at some old things on the internet and wondered what I would get if i did a search for old Foreman Scotty.

Jody Wyche

The "Head Bone" Hair Cut

Growing up in Oklahoma City your dad's show was the best and we never missed it.
I have since move away and only come home a few times a year.

This past Xmas I was in the mall shopping for Xmas gifts, I stopped to look at something and overheard a lady tell someone they had a "Head Bone" hair cut, so I asked her if she grew up watching Forman Scotty and she said that Foreman Scotty was her dad.

We talked for a long time, It was then that I realized just how much that show touched me. The memories of the joy it gave me and my brothers and sister still live with me today. The kid shows now are pretty good but I would put your dad's show above any of them.

Elizabeth Douglas

Gunfight at The Wynnewood Corral

I grew up in the '50s and 60's in Wynnewood, OK.  It is about 60 mi. south of OKC.
In those days, you had to have an antenna about 50 to 75 feet in the air to pull in reception from Okla. City.
I did indeed grow up watching Foreman Scotty and 3D Danny.

When I was in the 3rd grade (1960) Foreman Scotty came to town with an entourage.
I have no idea what the occasion was, but the school let out and we were all ushered downtown by our teachers to watch a mock gun fight, featuring Foreman Scotty, Cannonball, and I have no idea who else.

When the performance was over, we each received an autographed promo picture of Foreman Scotty.
As we were leaving, a few of us boys noticed that there were spent bullet shells on the ground from Foreman Scotty's gun.  I managed to get to the bottom of the dog pile and kept that spent casing for years!

I would get up on Saturday mornings before dawn and watch the test pattern until Forman Scotty's rehash of the week's episodes came on around 7:00.  It was a simpler time.  I wish my kids could have experienced what I did growing up.  Thanks for sharing your Dad with us all.

Bob Hadden 

The "Alien Dude"

I could not wait to get home from school so I could watch Foreman Scotty.
I loved it when he had the Alien dude on there. I was 12 then.

Shirley Harwood

Being A Child Back Then Was Great!

Hi, My name is Marilyn (Johnson) Sudol and I'm a Foreman Scotty Kid!

I was 6 or 7 and in the Brownies when our group went to the Foreman Scotty Show, I won the horseshoe that day...I was so excited and my Mom told me when I got home that my brothers were screaming, yelling and jumping up and down when I won and they could hardly wait till I got home to see it!!  They were so attached to that horseshoe that I gave it to them to put above the door in their bedroom, after all it was a "boys" room and went with their decor better than mine!!

 

I was so glad to see this web site because I've wondered if anyone else ever wondered about being able to see any footage of the show.  I called the TV station a long time ago and asked if they had any in the archives, I was told to call back and talk to someone else, but never did.

 

I am 51 now, married to a wonderful man and live in Enid, I have 2 grown children and one in college, 4 Grand children and one more in March.  I lived in OKC and went to school at Putnam City Elementary 1st and 2nd grade then Western Oaks school through 5th grade, we moved to Crescent then Covington and finally Hennessey following the oil field when the boom was on in the 60's and 70's.

 

I noticed when looking at the pictures that the kids were all politely sitting with their hands in their laps...where did those days go???  I didn't see any of woody, does anyone have any pictures of him? 

 

I think it would be great to have a reunion of Foreman Scotty Kids!!! I'd be willing to give it a try and help wherever I could.  Let me know...

 

Thank you all for sharing your stories and pictures and especially Lisa for sharing your Dad...I keep reading these over and over...I hope more are on here next time I come back.

 

Wow...what a trip down memory lane!!  Being a child back then was great!!

Sincerely,

 

Marilyn (Johnson) Sudol

Holiday Treat

What a great holiday treat to see my childhood hero Foreman Scotty!

I grew up in OKC in the sixties and attended Ridgeview Elementary in the Village. My Cub Scout pack went to the WKY studios to be on the show. I was in awe of seeing your father at the ranch.
I was to later see your father at the grand opening of the Quail Creek shopping center. He remembered me as the boy who tried to give him the rattle snack eggs in an envelope. The button on a rubber band trick. It did not work on the show. I remember your father carrying on and laughing like it did work.
My brother and I would be up at the crack of dawn on Saturday mornings to see the weeks adventures. My brother and i still talk about the adventures with the "Dogmen."

I currently live in Arkansas and have been a Marriage and Family therapist for over 23 years. I have worked with children in numerous psychiatric settings in Tulsa and here in Fayetteville. I hope I set an example for those children in the way your father set an example for me.

Merry Christmas and thanks for the memories

Kevin Williams
(No relation to Danny, but I did go to Junior High with his daughters at Hoover Jr. High)

Full Circle (from my personal blog)

I don't have time to do justice to this post, but the urge to write while it's fresh in my mind overwhelms me.

I don't write about my dad often on this site, for mainly one reason...I'm a little out there, somewhat controversial, sporadically foul mouthed, and consistently wrong.
I am however, my fathers kid, he raised me to be exactly who I am...my own person.

As Foreman Scotty, dad touched the lives of countless Oklahoma children, during an era when child abuse of course existed, but wasn't nearly as prevalent. Mothers were mainly home with their children not in the workforce, keeping a close eye on the comings and goings of their children. Neighbors new each other, stayed connected through church, civic events, etc. It was perhaps the last generation in which this type of family existed and flourished.

We call them the Boomers, they grew up and made the biggest impact on our society ever, both socially, and technologically. They made the last BIG difference before apathy consumed, the "what about me?" crowd came in, and somehow, somewhere the family fell apart.

Yesterday I had the enormous pleasure of meeting a man who sprung up out of this era, a man who like so many other kids, grew up watching my dad's show, and taking something away from the lessons he tried to teach.

Randy, a fellow writer, found me through a search for Foreman Scotty some time back, and has been following the blog. Through a series of nothing less than divinely lead events, Randy ended up standing in front of me yesterday at my kiosk, with a long list of special order items...and the name tag he wore as a small child on The Foreman Scotty Show, some 40 plus years ago, tucked in his pocket.

As I said, I don't have time to do justice to this post, but let me sum it up with an except from an email I received from Randy this morning:

"I'm just a grown up guy that used to be a one eyed self conscious kid from Elk City Oklahoma that was made to feel normal and accepted by your dad.

Me on the other hand..... I got to meet Foreman Scotty's daughter....now that.... that is cool.

Seriously, it was great to meet you and be able to attach a real person with words on a page. I'll be reading because you write the way you talk... Real.

Thanks for sharing your dad with all of us."
      Randy

I feel the same way Randy, and you are so very welcome.

What I'm suspecting here, is dad not only helped my brother and I to become our own people, but many more. At least one for certain, and his name is Randy Warren.