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Artifact of TV History Stolen by a 'Don't Bee'
2003
As the Los Angeles hostess of \"Romper Room\" from 1966 to 1976, King entertained millions of children as \"Miss Mary Ann.\" Among other duties on the show, Miss Mary Ann dispensed advice on how to be a \"Do Bee,\" a well-mannered child who drank milk and did not stay up late, and avoid being a \"Don't Bee,\" an unruly sort who might, for example, refuse to brush his or her teeth. One of the program's trademarks was its ending, when King would hold a hand mirror in front of her face and recite in a mellifluous voice the following incantation: \"Romper, bomper, stomper, boo, tell me, tell me, tell me do...\" After some brief special effects, which consisted mostly of swirling colors, the camera would show King holding the frame of a hand mirror and looking through it to the camera. She would then recite the names of children whom she pretended to see watching (\"I see Mary and Tom and Jeff and all you boys and girls out there.\")
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