''Let's See'' was a Canadian television series broadcast on

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of

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), which presented each evening's schedule as well as the weather forecast. Percy Saltzman was

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and

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was a regular. The show was

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by Norman Campbell,

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, Norman Jewison, and Don Brown. Joan Hughes was the script assistant.

External links

Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series
via archive.org)
''Let's See'' at Canadian Communications Foundation
* 1950s Canadian variety television series CBC Television original programming 1952 Canadian television series debuts 1953 Canadian television series endings 1950s Canadian children's television series Black-and-white Canadian television shows Canadian television shows featuring puppetry {{Canada-kids-tv-prog-stub