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Monday, 29 May 1961
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday, and 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
July 1961
Axel appears in the Aquatennial Parade.
circa August 1961
Axel adds a large "A" in sequins to his engineer's
cap.
Monday, 4 September 1961
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, & Friday, 4:40 - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday &
Thursday, and 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
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8 September 1961
TV Guide makes a presentation
for Axel's "8th birthday."
10 September 1961
Axel's Birthday at Excelsior
Amusement Park.
1-4 November 1961
Axel, as well as many other radio and TV personalities, performs
onstage in a 1,200-seat tent for the First Anniversary of Ward's
Southtown.
circa Spring? 1962
Don Stolz leaves Axel and His Dog, due to his workload
at the new Old Log.
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Monday, 26 March 1962
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, & Friday (featuring Rocky & His Friends),
and 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Saturday. The weekday show is billed as
Axel & Rocky, although the Saturday show is still
called Axel & His Dog.
Monday, 4 June 1962
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 7:15 - 7:30 a.m.
Monday - Friday (on Siegfried's Flying Saucer), 5:00 -
5:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, & Friday (featuring Rocky &
His Friends), and 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Saturday.
June - August 1962
Clellan writes a column entitled "One Man's Opinion"
for the weekly paper The Minnetonka Record.
July 1962
Axel appears in the Aquatennial Parade.
Monday, 10 September 1962
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 7:15 - 7:30 a.m.
Monday - Friday, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday (featuring
Bomba the Jungle Boy), and 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Saturday.
Sunday 23 September 1962
Axel appears at "Kids Day" at Excelsior Amusement Park.
Monday, 17 December 1962
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 7:15 - 7:30 a.m.
Monday - Friday, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday (featuring
The Bowery Boys), and 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Saturday.
6? March 1963
Clellan's lymphosarcoma is positively diagnosed.
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circa March 1963
Clellan receives x-ray treatment at Swedish Hospital.
Monday, 15 April 1963
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 7:15 - 7:30 a.m.
Monday - Friday,
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Monday & Thursday, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Tuesday
& Wednesday (featuring The Bowery Boys), 4:30 - 6:00
p.m. Friday (featuring Laurel & Hardy), and 7:30 -
8:00 a.m. Saturday.
15 April - 3 May 1963
Clellan receives more x-ray treatment.
circa Spring? 1963
Carmen the Nurse (Mary Davies), who has been a substitute host
and guest on Axel and His Dog, becomes the regular co-host
of the show.
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7-30 June 1963
Axel and Clancy give out tickets for good grades at Excelsior
Amusement Park.
15 June 1963
Axel appears at "Foley Fun Days" in Foley, MN.
July 1963
Axel appears in the Aquatennial Parade?
Monday, 2 September 1963
Axel and His Dog begins broadcasting 7:15 - 7:30 a.m.
Monday - Friday, 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday (featuring
Deputy Dawg), and 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Saturday. The Saturday
21 September 1963 may have been the last show that was ever billed
as Axel and His Dog.
Monday, 23 September 1963
Axel begins broadcasting 7:15 - 7:30 a.m. Monday - Friday,
and 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday (featuring Deputy Dawg
& The Little Rascals).
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November 1963
An Axel Doll is manufactured
and offered for sale by WCCO-TV for $2.95, but sales are sluggish.
November - December 1963
Clellan receives more x-ray treatments.
circa May? 1964
Axel adds more sequins, as well as medals, to his costume.
13-19? June 1964
Axel gives out tickets for good grades at Excelsior Amusement
Park.
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Monday, 31 August 1964
Axel's show is taped at WCCO-TV's Fair studios at the top of
the Grandstand ramp at 9:45 a.m. for broadcast at 4:30 p.m.,
and another is taped at the Children's Barnyard at 3:00 p.m.
for broadcast on 1 September.
Wednesday, 2 September 1964
Axel's show is taped at WCCO-TV's Fair studios at 9:45 a.m. for
broadcast at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, 3 September 1964
Axel's show is taped at WCCO-TV's Fair studios at 2:00 p.m. for
broadcast at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 4 September 1964
Axel's show is taped at WCCO-TV's Fair studios at 2:00 p.m. for
broadcast at 4:30 p.m.
September 1964
Julie Moden and Carol Schaubach make their first trip to WCCO-TV
and meet Axel and Carmen.
late November 1964
Axel's famous version of "The
Night Before Christmas" (c/w A Close Call for Santa
by Clancy the Cop & Willie Ketchem, both tracks produced
by Allan Lotsberg) is offered for sale on a 7" 33 RPM record
by WCCO-TV for only 25 cents.
19-31 December 1964
Axel appears at the Old Log Theater during a series of matinee
performances of The Three Bears.
28 December 1964
Julie Moden and Carol Schaubach meet with WCCO-TV promotions
director Tom Cousins to discuss the formation of the Axel and
Carmen Fan Club.
4 January 1965
Tree House Set #12 is created. Axel begins broadcasting
7:00 - 7:30 a.m. Monday - Friday. WCCO-TV has removed its children's
shows from their afternoon time slots, despite their continued
good ratings, because other kinds of programming are more lucrative
in those time periods.
14 January 1965
Julie Moden and Carol Schaubach prepare the first issue of the
Tree House Tribune,
a monthly newsletter about Axel and Carmen, for Tom Cousins.
The inaugural issue is dated February 1965; the newsletter runs
for at least 17 issues.
1 February 1965
Clellan, Mary Davies, Harry Jones, Tom Cousins, Julie Moden and
Carol Schaubach meet over lunch to discuss the Axel and Carmen
Fan Club.
27 February - 14 March 1965
Clellan hosts a Caribbean cruise. The group sails to Port-au-Prince
(Haiti), Curacao, and Barbados.
1 March 1965
The formation of the Axel and Carmen Fan Club is announced on
Axel by Julie Moden and Carol Schaubach. Axel does not
appear on this show because Clellan is on the Caribbean cruise.
29 March 1965
Clellan is admitted to Abbott Hospital and receives Nitrogen
Mustard therapy.
1 April 1965
Clellan is discharged from Abbott Hospital.
12 April 1965
Julie Moden and Carol Schaubach interview Axel and Carmen for
the Tree House Tribune.
13 April 1965
Axel and Mary Davies (as the Easter Bunny) appear at Dayton's
Bunny Breakfast.
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Saturday, 15 May 1965
An Axel Birthday Party in Dayton's Auditorium at Southdale, with
"refreshments, prizes, movies, and fun!"
Saturday, 29 May 1965
An Axel Birthday Party in Dayton's Auditorium at Southdale, with
"refreshments, prizes, movies, and fun!"
June 1965
Axel runs for President of Magic Island with Carmen as his Vice-Presidential
running mate, against the mysterious Sam Sapolio and Tallulah.
14 June 1965
Axel and Carmen have "campaign" photos taken with Julie
Moden and Carol Schaubach.
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18 June 1965
An Axel Birthday Party in Dayton's Auditorium at Southdale from
2:30 to 3:30 p.m., with "refreshments, prizes, movies, and
fun!"
20 June 1965
Axel gives out prizes for good grades at Excelsior Amusement
Park.
28 June 1965
Axel and Carmen celebrate their birthdays with Julie Moden and
Carol Schaubach.
30 June 1965
An Axel Birthday Party in Dayton's Auditorium at Southdale from
2:30 to 3:30 p.m., with "refreshments, prizes, movies, and
fun!" On Axel, Axel and Carmen are "elected"
President and Vice-President of Magic Island with Julie Moden
and Carol Schaubach tallying the votes.
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late August 1965
Axel appears at the WCCO-TV State Fair booth for the final time.
Wednesday, 15 September 1965
Clellan emcees the Roundy Predicts show on WCCO-TV for
the first time.
13 November 1965
Axel appears at the Wayzata Qik & Ezy.
1 December 1965
Clellan is admitted to Abbott Hospital.
3 December 1965
Clellan is discharged from Abbott Hospital.
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? February 1966
Clellan is admitted to Abbott Hospital.
26 February 1966
Clellan is discharged from Abbott Hospital.
? March 1966
Clellan is admitted to Abbott Hospital.
11 March 1966
Clellan is discharged from Abbott Hospital.
circa mid-March? 1966
Clellan appears on television as Axel Torgeson for the final
time.
March? 1966
Clellan is admitted to Abbott Hospital.
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2 April 1966
Clellan is discharged from Abbott Hospital.
circa 5 April 1966
Clellan is admitted to Abbott Hospital.
Wednesday, 13 April 1966
Clellan Card dies of septicemia (blood poisoning), a complication
of the treatment for his lymphosarcoma, at 10:05 a.m. in Abbott
Hospital.
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