Calling all “Wunda Wunda” fans! Come honor her by taking part in a group photo with this “Wunda Wunda” standee at noon this Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.
Ruth Prins, who played “Wunda Wunda” on KING-TV from 1953 to 1972, died Nov. 6 at age 101. Jean Sherrard and I are staging the group photo so that it can appear in an upcoming tribute to Ruth in PacificNW magazine of the Seattle Times.
The photo will be taken in Ruth’s longtime neighborhood, at Magnolia Boulevard Viewpoint, between Howe Street and Montavista Place. (See map below.)
The viewpoint has a large parking lot, and if it fills up, there is plenty of nearby parking space along the scenic boulevard.
We are grateful that no rain is forecast, but it’ll be a chilly 41 degrees, so bundle up. The backdrop will be the Space Needle, part of downtown and, if it’s visible, Mount Rainier. We will aim to take the photo shortly after noon, and we should be done by 12:30 p.m.
If you have any questions, please call or email me. Hope you can come!
Clay Eals
(206) 484-8008
ceals@comcast.net
Oh, I missed the photo. I was thinking about Wanda Wanda just the other day, and singing the song to myself,
“Wanda Wanda is my name, Oh boys and girls, I’m glad you came. We’ll have fun and play our games. Oh, won’t you come to Wandaland.” Or something like that. I hope you print the lyrics. I need a refresher course on my childhood.