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Pantomimics Bert Houle, Donn Tibbetts, Miss Jay Stewart, and artist Jeff Cuddy — backed by cameramen and crew — fill the TV screen with merriment.
What goes on while the record's spinning on a TV show ? If it's a Donn Tibbetts program on WMUR :
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
The records spin and the fun goes around right along with them on The Donn Tibbetts Show ... a discjockey show which is seen as well as heard on Station WMUR-TV, weekdays at 4:05 P.M. and Monday at 7:30 P.M. ... a variety show spiced with hilarity. . . . Donn himself might pantomime, introduce a litter of puppies, fly in an Air Force jet, or spar with a live bear as one of today's hit records is played. Or Jeff Cuddy may step up to the easel to do an oncamera sketch illustrating the tune. Pert Jay Stewart and the Company — sometimes joined by Donn— might pantomime a number with a complete "prop" set. Or a top recording star might turn up to pantomime his own latest hit and dance with Donn's teen-age guests. . . . Young Bert Houle makes a twice-weekly appearance to gales of laughter and applause for his pantomimes and, twice a week also, Donn calls a recess from records to give parents an off-the-campus look at teachers from the Tri-State area of New Hampshire, Vermont and northern Massachusetts. . . . The man behind the merriment, Donn Tibbetts, is a Manchester, New Hampshire, native. He was born November 29, 1930, and began broadcasting ten years later — through a tea-strainer over a make-believe network. He's loved radio ever since. And, though greater metropolitan centers may dangle more glittering radio bait before him, Donn refuses to bite because he also loves the Granite State "where mountains, beautiful scenery, lakes and fresh air
are everyday things and not just vacation memories." . . . Donn met his wife Jane when they were both in high school and he followed her home to find out where she lived. The address today is a Manchester apartment, just a few minutes from the WMUR studios. Jane and Donn share it with their sons Don, 3, and Gary, who will soon blow out his first birthday candle. ... A home movie enthusiast, Donn has taken some 8200 feet of film of his family, doing his own splicing, editing and titling. He
enjoys water-skiing at his folks' camp at Lake Massasecum and, as of last winter, he is also "an amateur snow skier." For the future, Donn hopes "to build a big ranch house on an acre or two of land, with plenty of room for the kids to play and ride horses if they like." The land, of course, will be located in New Hampshire, where WMUR-TV viewers have a new bit of mountain lore: Anything can happen on Donn Tibbetts' shows, but whatever happens, it's sure to be fun for everyone.
Favorite movie stars for shutterbug Donn are Jane, Don and baby Gary.