Lawrence, Templeton, Massachusetts

As a boy born in the days when you only received Channels 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 27 in Worcester, and only then if you lived on Airport Hill, there were shows that, if [you were] lucky enough to own a TV (ours was a Stromberg Carlson), you watched religiously—Salty's was one of those shows.

I have read some of the writing here and so far no one has mentioned "The Magic Window." This was where Salty would have pictures he had drawn of such characters as Herkimer Kiwi and his submarine. You needed to tune in the next day to follow the story. I was in Ludlow Street School, fourth grade, and used the art skills Salty demonstrated on the show to copy that submarine and ended up being picked to represent the school in the city's art festival in 1959. Salty brought out a talent in me that I still can use to this day, if needed. I passed it on to my children and grandchildren; it lives still in my ten year old, forty-seven years later. Salty is still with us in the memories of Baby Boomers and those we pass his lesson to.

Received via email, February 4, 2006.