Buckskin Bill - Baton Rouge-based kiddie show host who appeared on STORYLAND/THE BUCKSKIN BILL SHOW on Channel 9 WAFB from 1955-1990. Dressed in a light buckskin fringe jacket and pioneer hat Buckskin Bill Black, the Pied Piper of Baton Rouge, played the flute and was famous for the Monday Morning March! when he encouraged youngsters to stomp around their living as he played fanciful melodies to his faithful viewers. Buckskin Bill lived in a cabin and entertained the visitors to his frontier world with songs, stories and several recurring characters who occasionally popped in like a mischievous Mexican marionette named Senor Puppet (voice of Sid Crocker). Respectful of all the kiddies who watched his show, the Buckskin Bill show was one of the first kids' shows in the country to offer signing interpreters for the hearing impaired. Buckskin Bill also loved animals and successfully pushed to get a zoo built in the city of Baton Rouge. He began a campaign to collect funds to finance the zoo and collected $6500 in pennies sent in by the kids in town. He opened the Baton Rouge Zoo in 1970 and purchased two elephants with the money donated by the kiddies. Buckskin Bill began each program with his trademark greeting ""Hi, this is Buckskin Bill Black, good morning and welcome to Storyland." A believer in values like "strength, honesty, purity and truth," Buckskin Bill also offered down home wisdom like "And remember kids, you're never completely dressed until you put on a smile."