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Skipper Chuck Zink
WTVJ Channel 4 in Miami

ABOVE is a photo of Skipper Chuck Zink, Glumbo,
Strawberry the Horse (puppet) and a very fiesty Chimp

A 1957 shot of Skipper Chuck Zink,
"First Mate" Ellen Kimball and "Glumbo" along with some kids
outside of the WTVJ-TV 4 Miami, Florida TV studios.

Skipper Chuck Zink with two new assistants on the show.
This was before "Little Annie Orphanic" and "First Mate Scrubby" joined the show.

Skipper Chuck Zink, "Scrubby" (Richard Elvin Pritchard) and
"Little Annie Orphanic" (Darlene Ernest) on the set of
WTVJ TV 4's 'Skipper Chuck Show / The Popeye Playhouse.'

Here is a rare photo of Skipper Chuck Zink with
"Glumbo, The Sad Face Tramp Clown" (Richard McCarthy) at a Miami, Fla. supermarket.

Photos of Skipper Chuck Zink, his parrot "Sping, Me Hartys"
on the set of 'The Skipper Chuck Show / The Popeye Playhouse.'
A contest was held to name the parrot, the winner was 'Sping,' (pronounced 'spin-j') short for spinach.

A group portrait of Chuck Zink (minus His "Skipper Chuck" hat and t-shirt) with "Scrubby" (Richard Elvin Pritchard) and Musical Director Mr. Tommy Gannon. This was the final cast of Zink's long-running children's program. Zink died January 3, 2006.

Notes on these photos by the late Chuck Zink himself.

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