Dan
The show’s ventriloquist and puppeteer—also an extra ‘banana’ rounding out the cast
Orson
A crotchety ‘old guy’ puppet—thinks his rude jokes about Wallace are funny
Cassandra
A basic ‘cheeky girl’ puppet—she’s smitten with Gerald for some inexplicable reason
Polly Esther
A sweet ‘old lady’ puppet—buoys her acting career with a ‘fortune-telling’ side hustle
Augie from Zoggy
An ‘extraterrestrial’ bent on conquering Earth—befriending Ladmo changed his mind
The Characters
The number of favorite regular and occasional characters on the roster, and multitudes of 'one-offs,' is conservatively estimated at... astronomical!
Marshall Good
A former western movie star—now a has-been known for his incessant mooching
Captain Super
An inept ‘superhero’—he suffers from an overinflated sense of self-importance
Aunt Maud
A senior citizen gadabout—known for her feisty nature and disturbing storybook tales
Mr. Grudgemeyer
A grouchy curmudgeon—spends time in the park; inordinately intolerant of ‘Ladmos’
The Wizard
A supercilious sage—he bestows little known and highly dubious trivial information
Muck & Myer
An indefatigable ‘comedy’ duo—riding the Vaudeville wave straight into oblivion
Hub Kapp (& The Wheels)
An ersatz rock-n-roll star—hit the bigtime with his band after outselling the Beatles
The Wheels (& Hub Kapp)
The ersatz rock-n-roll band members—Rip Kord, Ry Krisp, Ty Klasp & Terry Kloth
Commodore Condello
A musical ‘wunderkind’—a show regular in the 60s; wrote its well-loved theme music
Bobby Joe Trouble
A ‘tough-guy’ biker—often gets roughed up by unlikely opponents…like little old ladies
Spunky (AKA Oscar)
Ladmo’s ventriloquist dummy—or more politically correct, his Mannequin-American
Amazo the Magician
An utterly inept ‘illusionist’—his best trick is getting rebooked after his act bombs
Nuru the Guru
A mystic maven—offering pearls of wisdom, diamonds of knowledge, turnips of trivia
Carney Barker
A smooth-talking promoter—keeps everyone informed about all upcoming events
Captain Zoomar
A being from the planet Zork—thinks he’s superior to humans because he’s plant based
Harvey Trundle
A likable ‘bum’—when snoozing in the park his open mouth draws bothersome flies
Inspector Blitz
A strict ‘kids’ show cop’—blows the whistle when rules prohibiting fun are infracted
The Nasty Brothers
Notoriously bad ‘bad guys’—villains in the Wallace & Ladmo Western old-time movies
A Quick Guide to Who's Who on Wallace & Ladmo
(...in no particular order)
Wallace
The show’s host—launched all this silliness resulting in more than 70 years of laughs
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Ladmo
Wallace’s sidekick and everyone’s best friend—the chief Ladmo Bag giver-awayer
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Gerald
A spoiled rich kid—he’s a devious master troublemaker and bona fide rotten egg
Boffo the Clown
A birthday party ‘funster’—his excessive apathy parallels his lack of comicalness
Jodi of the Pink Berets
A spunky ‘go-getter’—member of a unique girls’ club, and best friends with Cassandra
Dottie Flube
A plucky senior—friends with Aunt Maud & Polly Esther, also is Cassandra’s tutor
Penny Dobberfall
A TV Hostess with the Mostess—part saccharin, part delicious…she’s sacch’rilicious
Perky the Clown
An intensely joyful jester—her extreme cheerfulness often incites acts of violence
Dudley Dingle
The show’s milquetoast ‘producer’—and personality bypass survivor
Mr. Mime
An agitated pantomimist—he flagrantly disregards tradition and speaks out loud
Tubbo the Clown
A ‘baggy-pants’ practitioner—clashes with Boffo in acrimonious ongoing ‘Turf Wars’
Gerald's Monster
A fierce hench-beast—in league with Gerald and carries out his misguided bidding
Clifton Flowers
A ‘rube’ Jaycees member—rodeo enthusiast and staunch rodeo rules advocate/stickler
Elmer Blisco
World's last caveman—an inventor who tries to do a lot for the progress of mankind
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