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children apparently remained unruffled, the snake's cameo appearance disturbed some
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Unda said she received a phone call from a woman who said her daughter was highly
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"She'said she had never seen her daughter so scared and that she was never going to
watch the show again," Linda recounted.
The unusual thing was, the woman was calling for her 26-year-old married daughter.
"You'd be amazed," Linda said of viewer comments. "People sit there and picky,
picky, picky. We have to be very careful about what we say and do.
One caller complained about a Romper Room segment where Unda and the children
acted out the fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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The irate caller accused Linda of unfairly portraying the giant, claiming i was jnsuW.
ing to people with thyroid problems. The woman also complained that by showing Jack
sneaking into the giant's castle, children were being encouraged to break and enter.
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"If it's a feminine role, I always stress daddy first," Linda said. She said she is careful
not to stereotype any roles or occupations.
Romper Room exercises are approved by the President's Councd on Physic I FUnc.
All formats for the syndicated show are tested it headquarters in Baltimore, Md. before
being distributed to local stations, Unda said, . , , . . ,
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inject her own persona! touch through special feature segments and public appearances.
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older crowd is not left off their list of special visits, Unda said, noting mat a lor oi nur
ing homes turn in to the 10 a.m. show. .
Between visits, Mr. Do-Bee HJNL junior Becky Sherwood behind the yellow and
black costume) rests in the ladies' room at the studio.
It's a toss-up between Mr. Do-Bee and Doc (a handcU purper
doctor at the Sloan Cancer Institute in New York) for Miss Unda s favorite Komper
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