Romper Room

Romper Room was a children's television series which ran in the United States from 1953 to 1994. The program was targeted at pre-schoolers (children five years of age or younger).

An average episode

Each program would consist of the hostess and her group of children embarking on an hour of games, songs and moral lessons. The Romper Room tried to teach its young charges to be polite. For instance, the hostess was always addressed as "Miss". Many of the hostesses had prior experience in dealing with small children; in fact, a good deal of them were former kindergarten teachers.

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A recurring character was Mr. Do Bee, an oversized bumblebee who came to teach the children how to be well-behaved; he was noted for always starting his sentence with "Do Bee," as in the imperative "Do be"; for example, "Do Bee good boys and girls for your parents!"

Related Topics:
Mr. Do Bee - Bumblebee

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At the end of each broadcast, the hostess would look through a "magic mirror" (in reality, just a small transparent mirror with a handle) and name the children she saw in "televisionland."

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She would begin with the rhyme: "Romper, stomper, bomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic mirror, tell me today. Have all my friends been good at play?" She would then lead into "I can see Scotty and Kimberly and Julie and Jimmy and Marcie and all of you boys and girls out there!" To give the children the impression that they might be the next one called, the names were changed every day.

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