Ramblin' Rod Anders
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Ramblin' Rod Anders (1933 – 2002) was the host of The Ramblin' Rod Show, a morning cartoon show, from 1964-1997. The Portland, Oregon KPTV host was well known locally for his button covered sweater. The show highlighted Looney Tunes and Popeye cartoons and also hosted a "smile contest," featuring the grade school audience as contestants.
It is sometimes asserted that Simpsons' creator Matt Groening based his Krusty the Klown character partly on Ramblin' Rod. Groening, however, has stated in Simpsons DVD commentaries that Krusty is actually based on another Portland television legend, Rusty Nails, who was originally known as "Rusty the Clown".
Smile contest winners and children celebrating their birthdays were entitled to free Pop Shoppe Pop.
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