Stop

Stop

I am torn on how to stop you this morning to warn you again, we're past the point of no return.

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Eugene Norman Yulish (June 9, 1931 – January 19, 2020), known as Gene London, was an American television personality and fashion designer. He was the host of a long-running, Philadelphia local children's television show, Cartoon Corners (a.k.a. The Gene London Show).[1] He starred on the children's show in the Philadelphia area on WCAU Channel 10 from 1959 to 1977, in which several cartoons, particularly those of Disney, were shown. Early programs began with London opening the door of his General store and flipping the sign to read "Open for Business." As the kids passed by London, he palmed the tops of their heads and sang the opening theme song. Once inside the General Store, London, an accomplished artist and storyteller, told stories and used a large drawing pad to illustrate key scenes and characters from the tales, as children sat around him. With little budget, he and his cast also did clever interpretations of classic novels such as She Who Must Be Obeyed and various Greek myths.Show history[edit]

Originally called variously Gene London's Cartoons & Stuff, The Wonderful World of Gene London, and Cartoon Corners, the format for The Gene London Show changed over the years. At first, London worked for a general store that was located next to a confetti factory. His boss was the stingy Mr. Dibley, a.k.a. "Old Dibble-Puss" (who paid London 3½ cents per week). London's character used his imagination to try to escape his humdrum existence. A golden fleece he discovered provided him with a ready source of magic. London had a crush on his employer's daughter, Debbie Dibley. Alas, Debbie moved to Hollywood, returning him to his lonely, but imaginative situation. Later the program shifted to the haunted Quigley mansion located next door, accessible via a secret tunnel (the mansion's exterior establishing shot was just a model) with stories and plots centering on ghosts, UFOs and aliens. During this period there were a series of public service exchange programs produced by CBS. In these programs, London played a reporter whose beat coverage included stories from children (trying to improve the paper's circulation).

Wikipedia was obviously written for those who didn't watch the show.  I was borned in 1961 and lived in a suburb of Philadelphia.  I watched it every Saturday at one point along with rest of the tv audience.  Gene, during the show, would make his way through the dark tunnel and just as it was getting even more scary he would turn to the camera and tell us to stop. He would warn us we're going past the point of no return.  Sometimes on the scariest days he would warn us after we had already pasted it.  

Eugene, I know.