Sandy Becker was a kindly, hysterically funny and multi-talented performer who hosted "The Sandy Becker Show" from 1953-68. He was a comedian who played a variety of oddball characters from the silent Norton Nork to the crazy Hambone. He also was an incomparable puppeteer who created wonderful characters and voices by himself that are equal to the terrific Muppets. My personal favorite puppet character was the grumpy old man "Geeba-Geeba" who actually starred as "Scrooge" in Sandy's own version of "A Christmas Carol". Sandy's humor was "out there" for the time and he was also just a kind man who loved what he did and really seemed to love children. It really came across. He even had his pet dog, "Schotzy" in the show and Schotzy (there were actually a few of them over the years) didn't do anything special, she was just a sweet happy mutt who laid around and wagged his tail when Sandy spoke to him. Odd, silly, but fun like we were in Sandy's living room. Good memories.
Review of The Sandy Becker Show
