Commander Tom Show

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The Commander Tom Show was a children's television series that aired weekday afternoons on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, premiering on December 20, 1965.

The host of the show was Tom Jolls, who had joined WKBW as a weatherman earlier in 1965. When the show launched, it consisted of interstitial segments with Jolls shown around episodes of the Adventures of Superman TV series. Later, Superman would be replaced with other children's programming. Dustmop the puppet was introduced in 1967. Near the end of its run, the show was renamed Commander Tom's World and relegated to weekends. In later years, it played such shows as Davey and Goliath, Rainbow Brite, and The Getalong Gang. After its cancellation in 1991, the "Commander Tom" character was merged into a revival of Rocketship 7 in 1992. That, too, was cancelled in 1993, ending the character of "Commander Tom" for good. Tom would often travel from school to school to speak to young chrildren. He was an anual even in the HOlland Central School district's Let's Give America a Chance day (this was like a career day.)