Tubby and Lester is a children's television program broadcast on WQXI - Channel 11 (which later became WXIA) in Atlanta GA from 1968 to 1972. It aired six days a week from 7:30 to 10 AM. The show starred Charles Grenier and Richard Bingham as a comedy duo modeled on

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. It was popular among children in Atlanta as a place to have a birthday party and be part of the show. The program introduced a whole new generation of Atlanta children to vaudeville and slapstick comedy. A staple of the show were The Three Stooges shorts as well as

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, which were in syndication. The cartoons and shorts actually aired for the bulk of the 90 minute show, with Tubby and Lester's bits bridging the gaps.

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