Tulsa TV Memories GroupBlog 297

Comments : My condolences to the Bartholomew family on the passing of Carl. I have many fond memories of watching him on TV after school. I'm old enough to remember the transition from Mr. Zing to Uncle Zeb and I ust say that Carl did a wonderful job of keeping the fun and 'toons flowing for all of us kids who needed to unwind after a hard day of subtraction and word problems. Comments : You're so right Tamie, another childhood memory has passed us on. Funny. I had met him as well, to brief as those who knew him well, but found him to be funny and very cordial. My siblings had appeared on his show and even though I was older (and also had the honor of being on Mr. Zing and Tuffy) I was still very excited to go down to the studio and watch the show from the peanut gallery. My deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family and wish them Godspeed.

Comments : Carl Bartholomew and I had an interesting relationship. I was very honored when he called me and said I did the definitive interview on his career as Uncle Zeb, which was easy because I have always been a fan of animation and it was impossible to be a fan of animation in Tulsa without being a fan of Uncle Zeb. I remember going to his house, which looks like a cabin out in the middle of Brookside, and you had to go over this little bridge/ramp to get to the front door. I realized this place was set up like the cartoon camp! Nothing was ever more surreal then watching a tape of "8's The Place" spots with him around 3:30 PM one afternoon -suddenly you realize "It's time for the Cartoon Camp and I'm in it!" Around that time when Tulsa television had that last blast of homegrown creativity, when " Beef Baloney " was on Channel 23 and Channel 2 had "The World's Worst Movie" show. I approached Carl about doing a late night cartoon show of adults, it was a satire of the cantankerous side of Uncle Zeb, but I think the concept was a little too bizarre for him, or maybe I was just too harsh on a legend. It was built around the old joke about Uncle Zeb slapping the kids around (and NO, he NEVER slapped a kid, but there was something about Bartholomew that was just intense - I never could put my finger on it - but he could be intimidating without even trying.) He called me into his office and wanted to hear them in person.

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