# Chicago oldsters - who called the viewers Feather Merchants?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-oldsters-who-called-the-viewers-feather-merchants/737325 "2015-11-11T21:07:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-oldsters-who-called-the-viewers-feather-merchants/737325/1 "2015-11-11T21:07:54Z")

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Years ago in Chicago - a kid’s show. And the host used to call the viewers little feather merchants. Who was that? What was that program? Anyone recall? I don’t think it was Uncle Johnny Coons or Frazier Thomas. Somebody else. Any help? xo,  
C.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-oldsters-who-called-the-viewers-feather-merchants/737325/2 "2015-11-11T21:53:52Z")

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According to this site, it was [Chuck Bill, host of Adventuretime Theater](http://www.tvparty.com/lostkids6.html), aka Adventure Theater, aka the one with Herman the German Moose.

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**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-oldsters-who-called-the-viewers-feather-merchants/737325/3 "2015-11-11T21:57:11Z")

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Yep. The name just came to me. He was also the guy who used to say, “Ding Hoy, boys and girls.” Chuck Bill. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Newtonian67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Newtonian67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtonian67)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-oldsters-who-called-the-viewers-feather-merchants/737325/4 "2023-09-22T18:34:47Z")

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I wonder if that host had been a China Marine or other military because “ding hao” means “very good” and the “hao” spoken fast could be heard as hoy to a soldier unfamiliar with the language. He might have been saying, “Very good, kids”.