Memorial service to be held for Calgary children’s entertainer Buck Shot

It volition beryllium the past amusement for longtime children’s TV prima Ron (Buck Shot) Barge arsenic a memorial is held Friday in Calgary.

For 30 years, Buck Shot and his sidekick Benny the Bear entertained Calgarians with songs, puppets, the day publication and his nifty battered cowboy hat.

Barge died astatine location past period conscionable 10 days abbreviated of his 88th birthday.

The memorial is acceptable for noon astatine the Centre Street Church.

“It’s similar the past show. That’s wherefore we did it astatine noon,” said his lad Ken.

“It’s astatine noon due to the fact that that’s erstwhile ‘The Buck Shot Show’ would commencement … 12 o’clock each day,” added his girl Brenda.

“We’re looking guardant to it. It’s going to beryllium bully to person the memorial due to the fact that dada would emotion it.”

“Buck Shot” was 1 of the longest-running children’s shows successful Canada, surpassing “Mr. Dressup,” which ran for 29 years, and “The Friendly Giant,” which aired for 27.

Barge was asked to make the amusement erstwhile helium was a cameraman and level manager astatine CFCN in Calgary. He had a knack for interviewing kids successful the assemblage and getting existent responses.

The amusement ran from 1967 to 1997, but Barge continued successful his relation making peculiar appearances astatine events.

“It’s conscionable for radical who privation to observe him. We’ve had truthful galore beauteous things said online,” Brenda Barge said.

“It’s been specified a reawakening of who my dada was due to the fact that it’s been a batch of years since helium was Buck Shot.”

A instrumentalist astir of his life, Barge played successful bands from the clip helium was 16. He played soft and sang with the Stardells for much than 20 years in Calgary.

His household said helium loved the amusement and the quality helium created. Since the amusement was done live, it led to a fig of pranks being played by radical moving connected it.

“The day publication was the superior people and the hired hands would enactment either a atrocious gag oregon a atrocious representation oregon thing that was not due for children’s tv and my dada would person to support a consecutive look portion helium was holding that anserine book,” said Ken.