Mr. I. Magination

(1949-1952)

30 minutes

Kid's Show

Topflight children's show with Paul Tripp which made its debut April 24, 1949.

Mr. I. Magination was a warm and gentle train engineer dressed in a brakeman's stripped overalls who interviewed guest inventors and took his young viewers on trips to the world of imagination including such places as Ambitionville, Inventorsville, Seaport City, and "I Wish I Were" Land.

Assisting Paul Tripp were a small stock company of performers that included Ruth Enders (his wife), Ted Tiller, Joe Silver, and then-beginning actors Simon Oakland, Richard Boone, and Walter Matthau who helped with the various puppet characters and props on the show .

This episode is about " Annie Oakley " and aired on March 16, 1952.