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Majestic Theater Tulsa OK 1947 comes back to life in this rare video. It was demolished in 1973 and today is the site of Main Mall Parking Garage
07/01/2026
For a generation of Tulsa children, afternoons often meant one thing: Big Bill and Oom-A-Gog on Channel 2.
Long before hundreds of cable channels and YouTube, local television personalities became trusted friends in our living rooms. Big Bill (Bill Boyd) and his lovable robot sidekick, Oom-A-Gog, entertained young viewers with cartoons, jokes, skits, birthday greetings, and plenty of laughs. For many Oklahoma kids growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, watching the show was simply part of childhood.
These locally produced children's programs were a special era in television. Every city seemed to have its own beloved host, and Tulsa was fortunate to have one of its own. The show created memories that have lasted for decades, with many viewers still recalling racing home from school to catch Big Bill and Oom-A-Gog on Channel 2.
This photograph captures a piece of that golden age of local television—a time when stations produced programs specifically for their own communities and children felt as though the people on the screen actually knew them.
Do you remember Big Bill and Oom-A-Gog? We'd love to hear your memories. Did you ever appear on the show, celebrate a birthday on television, or visit the studio? Share your stories in the comments!
Time travel to 1960 Tulsa OK. Corner of 18th & Boston Ave. Vintage cars pass as we see Fire Station #5 (light brick), House of Rattan, Thompson Movie Supply, Dupont Paint store, Tidewater Oil billboard. Today, Delasandro's restaurant occupies the building on right side.
Throwback to 1940s Tulsa OK. President FDR visits the airport & Douglas bomber plant to inspect A26 aircraft production.
Time travel to 1960s Tulsa OK.
Street repairs at 25th & Harvard Ave angers drivers and merchants.
Reporter Bob Brown does interviews at liquor store, drug store, and Trippett's Shoe Store about construction delays and mad customers.
Film from 1960s assembly Central High School Tulsa, OK to address racial fights on campus. Principal Roy Lewis addresses students. This is when Central High was at 6th and Cincinnati Ave downtown
historic film takes us back 60+ years in Tulsa OK when morning commute looed much different than today. Notice Fred Jones Ford (Edsel), Arthur Murray dance studio, Horace Mann school. Boston Avenue Methodist church hasn't changed much
In Tulsa 46 years ago, the Roughnecks soccer team was drawing large crowds to Skelly Stadium and the team was running TV commercials like this one featuring Alan "The Boomer" Woodward
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