Miss Jane, Jane Ann, Jane Ann Fisher, Romper Room, Rainbow House
 
REVIEWS
 
 
ABC Romper Room Has a Neat Trick 
             Neatest TV scheme of the year is the live syndicated basis used for ABC-TV's children's program, Romper Room.  The show is seen in many cities, but it is live in each one. 
              In New York, for example, a lovely girl named Jane Fisher is the teacher.  Like the 36 other teachers, she studied with the show's creator, Bert Claster.  She's a teacher who drifted into television via acting on local shows in Pittsburgh, Reading and Erie, Pennsylvania.
Dick Kleiner in the New York Sun 
February 16, 1956 


T-Viewing and Radio 

               Romper Room, with the new kindergarten teacher, "Miss Jane" Fisher on Channel 7 is one of the TV delights of the week.  "Miss Jane," a wholesome lass who looks like a charter member of the 4-H Club, puts her moppets through their paces with a gentle but firm hand.  As most folks know, keeping 5-year-olds both amused and under control is as easy as a downhill slalom race with no skis.  But "Miss Jane" makes it look easy with her winning ways, which is why Romper Room is the top-rated show from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Nick Kenny in the New York Daily Mirror 
February 25, 1956 


Portrait of a Spellbinder in Action 

              "Miss Jane" Fisher has an attentive audience as she tells a story on Romper Room . . . Good-looking young blonde who took over as new school marm in the WABChildren TV program, Romper Room is Jane Fisher, who moves into town from Philadelphia where she had her own program TVia WPTZ 
     
New York Times 


Looking and Listening 

              She [Jane] liked TV from the beginning, she recalls, but had no particular aptitude for it. 
              "And then, all at once, I just seemed to catch on," she reports. 
              Judging from her New York notices, she has definitely "caught on."  Jane worked at WSEE, Erie, for some time after leaving Pittsburgh and later free-lanced in Philadelphia.  She has been on the ABC New York station for only three months.
Wilbur D. Clark in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 



 
"Miss Jane" Is Island Newcomer 
                   Hostess of Rainbow House and producer of the half-hour program will be Jane Fisher, who conducted a similar show in New York for two years.  She will entertain her young guests as "Miss Jane." 
                Seven children from four to six years old will appear on the show, each such group being on for a two-week period.   
                "There will be three areas in Rainbow House," Miss Jane explains, "a school room, a play room and a story corner." 
                The youngsters will take part in various activities, even to having their own band.  They also will meet a variety of storybook characters that Miss Jane brings with her to the Islands.  
                The Rainbow House producer began her television work in Pennsylvania, where she presented a number of different types of shows. 
                 She later became a well-known figure in New York, particularly noted for her Romper Room program, a children's show which was similar in content to the one she will present here.
The Sunday Advertiser TV Weekly, Honolulu 
September 21-27, 1958 


Rainbow House an Immediate Success on KONA 

                  Rainbow House, featuring Miss Jane, became an immediate success and a welcomed addition to KONA [television] programming.   
                  Jane Fisher, who recently came to the Islands, formerly worked in New York on Channel 7's Romper Room.  Working with pre-school children, Miss Jane has won local audiences with her charm and ability to make the children enjoy attending Rainbow House each afternoon. 
                  Every two weeks new children are used.  They play games, build and draw, have a "milk break," a prayer, and then enjoy story time.  The phone calls came immediately telling of their appreciation for such a show.
Honolulu Tele-Log 
November 1958 


 
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