Last week my granddaughter who lives in Virginia visited Columbus. While here I took her to experience those delightful "crazy animals" from the hand of Robert Williams, the pioneering icon of children's television known far and wide as Uncle Bunky. Bunky, whose nickname came from a 1930s comic strip character, has since the 1950s both entertained and helped thousands of children. In the late 1950s Bunky even turned down a job offer from Walt Disney Studios as he felt his calling was helping chi
Rufus Ward is a Columbus native a local historian. E-mail your questions about local history to Rufus at [email protected].
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