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The show was produced by Vere Lorrimer. The first series of six episodes [3] featured Dick Vosburgh as Billy Bean and Gaylord Cavallaro as Yoo-Hoo, broadcast twice per month. For series 2 onwards Peter Hawkins took over as Billy, with Ivan Owen as Yoo-Hoo.
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The show involves Billy Bean (who was part of a train company) and a machine he made. Other characters included Yoo-Hoo the Cuckoo, a cuckoo bird who would lay an egg every episode, and Lester, an engine room operator who is always off screen. Billy Bean would also operate what was called the "cartoonerator", where he could draw cartoons which ofte...
After Chuck Luchsinger created the American children's show "Jolly Gene & His Fun Machine", the show was brought over to the UK to air on the BBC, with many of the original elements remaining in the show. The equipment was handled by John Wright, writing was done by Lisa Lincoln, and Jane Tyson and Elizabeth Donaldson were the main puppeters. The f...
Billy Bean and His Funny Machinenever had any VHS or DVD releases, hence, the show has not surfaced to this day. Whether or not the show is truly lost is unknown however only one screenshot and some production materials remains as visual proof of its existence.
The only known image from the show."Key to the Machine" illustration.Billy Bean toy by Sacul #1.Billy Bean toy by Sacul #2.Billy Bean And His Funny Machine. This was a programme on in the late 60s/70s about a puppet and his job looking after a machine. There was a cuckoo involved called Yoo-Hoo (voiced by Ivan Owen, who later provided the voice of the much-loved Basil Brush), which laid eggs from time to time and they came down a sort of shute system of the machine.
This afternoon’s children’s programme from the BBC featured a character called Billy Bean, who operated a large fantastic machine that featured a windmill and a Dorset-Faucet, and could produce anything Billy drew on the ‘Cartoonerator’ through the ‘Mixerator’.
The first series of six episodes [3] featured Dick Vosburgh as Billy Bean and Gaylord Cavallaro as Yoo-Hoo, broadcast twice per month. For series 2 onwards Peter Hawkins took over as Billy, with Ivan Owen as Yoo-Hoo.
Peter Hawkins who went on to make a career in children’s puppet TV was the voice of Billy Bean. Based upon Chuck Luchsinger's American children's show "Jolly Gene & His Fun Machine", like Jolly Gene, Billy Bean also ran a train and was dressed as an American locomotive engineer.
Billy Bean and His Funny Machine was a UK children’s TV series which was broadcast by the BBC in 1954. It featured a puppet called Billy Bean who operated a large fantastic machine that could produce anything he drew on the "cartoonorator". Many mistakes were made with humorous results.
