Monday, September 26, 2011
RED AND WHITE (NO BLUE): A couple of weeks ago, our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour discussed local children's television of their youth. In Dallas, that show was Mr. Peppermint, later retooled into Peppermint Place, hosted by Jerry Haynes, better known as "Mr. Peppermint," who succumbed to Parkinson's today at 84. In addition to hosting the show, Haynes was one of the first eyewitnesses to the JFK assassination to be interviewed on TV and had small roles in a number of films (Robocop, Boys Don't Cry, Places in the Heart). More oddly, Haynes' son, Gibby, is lead singer of a band with a name not appropriate for printing on this blog, best known for their one hit "Pepper," which was purportedly based on Gibby's experiences at my high school.
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