![]() ![]() It was just what some people called him for short. Long-Name-No-Can-Say was not REALLY his name. Long-Name-No-Can-Say was a little Chinese boy who lived in China a long long time ago. Hello everybody ! This is Paul Wing, and I’ve come to tell you the story of “Long-Name-No-Can-Say”. (Intro music, upbeat Chinese instruments) (Transcibed from the LP, performed by Paul Wing)Īlthough they have little to do with the story… you can click on the pictures to hear snippets of the LP ! IT is, absolutely THE BEST version… so say I ! ! ! But it’s NIKKI Nikki Tembo that has my heart. Most insist that THEIR version is the BEST version… and ALL will gladly CHANT you the main character’s full name… the one THEY remember, anyway. There are at LEAST 3 or 4 different versions of this story… and I’m only counting the ENGLISH versions that I am aware of! Some people remember TIKKI Tikki Tembo while others fondly recall RIKKI Tikki Tembo. It didn’t turn ME into a raving racist, so I would HOPE that it is safe for YOUR eyes. I first heard this on an old LP, back in the 70’s. ![]() It IS politically incorrect, if you care about that sort of thing… but it is a fun and funny story. This is a story of a little Chinese boy with a VERY long name. I listen to her program ever chance I had which was almost ever time it was on, I found the story NIKKI NIKKI TEMBO I wonder if anyone else remembers listening to Aunt Olly? Olly Penner had a legion of fans in a time when media programming aimed specifically at children was a rarity. Olly retired in 1987 and when I interviewed her in 1989 she was already a grandmother and enjoying traveling with her husband and spending more time with her family. She even had a fan letter from a priest who said he’d ‘fallen in love with her voice’. But she also had fan mail from adults grandparents who enjoyed her show, farmers who listened to her while driving their tractors, recent immigrants who said they were learning English by listening to her and parents who said they got their children to behave by threatening to take away the privilege of listening to Children’s Party. Many had sent her photographs and drawings. The day I interviewed her she showed me the thousands of fan letters she had received from children. She also found time to write a regular newspaper column, publish a cookbook, and be an active participant in several community organizations, all while raising two sons. She said the support of her husband Vic who was a newspaper editor but was often referred to by the public as ‘Aunt Olly’s husband’, made it possible for her to keep up with all her radio station commitments which included many public appearances. She co-hosted the radio station’s morning show with anchor Jim McSweeny for 13 years.Īll this in a time when most women did not work outside the home, something she was criticized for by some radio listeners. I found out that not only had she done a children’s program for CFAM she had also hosted a variety of other shows like Ladies First, Hints for Homemakers, The Garden Show and Social Calendar. I n 1989 I was given the assignment to write a feature story about Olly Penner for a magazine and so I had the chance to interview my childhood idol. If your mother sent in a request, Aunt Olly would also wish you a Happy Birthday over the air and even tell you where your Mom had hidden your present. Like many families in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s we didn’t have a television and along with thousands of other children from all over western Canada and the central northern United States I sat near the radio every afternoon while Aunt Olly read stories like Tall Fireman Paul, Big Red and Nikki Nikki Timbo No So Rimbo and played funny songs like I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. Olly Penner hosted a program on the radio station CFAM for kids called Children’s Party and I was a devoted fan in my childhood. Rogers or Big Bird or Sponge Bob or Fred Penner when I was growing up. ![]()
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