Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

Uncle Briggs and Cartoon Eyes

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at 12:00 AM

Uncle Briggs puts on his Cartoon Eyes during an appearance at Homestead in East Cape Girardeau, Ill. on May 6, 1978.

Uncle Briggs autographs a picture for Scott Myers of Wolf Lake, Ill. at Homestead in East Cape Girardeau, Ill. on Saturday, May 6, 1978. (Fred Lynch photos)

Briggs Gordon, a.k.a. Uncle Briggs, took over for Cactus Pete on the Funny Company broadcast on WSIL-TV channel 3 at Harrisburg, Ill. in the 1970s. Characters such as Bananaman and Safety Sally were featured every evening on the children's television show. The Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny and Deputy Dawg were popular with viewers.

In 1977, Uncle Briggs was the parade marshal for the Jackson Christmas Parade in Jackson, Mo.

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I had heard that Briggs Gordon passed away some time ago.

I remember when he came to one of the first Kelso

summerfests

-- Posted by bagman on Wed, Nov 28, 2012, at 8:37 PM
I loved Uncle Briggs.

-- Posted by JungleJim on Wed, Nov 28, 2012, at 11:09 PM
uncle briggs was the best! i remember getting one of those tshirts when he was at an event over in cape. i want to say it was at the old jcpenney store across from the town plaza but i could be imagining it.

-- Posted by TommyStix on Thu, Nov 29, 2012, at 2:20 PM
An Uncle Briggs tribute slideshow - is that him singing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHR5672WHLU

Classic Funny Company news -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Gd_o0XK_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABxAFJh4d0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQRkt6A1Ao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4FlHVl1p6A

-- Posted by fxpwt on Sat, Dec 1, 2012, at 5:25 PM
Even a fan tribute page - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/84947874810/?fref=ts

-- Posted by fxpwt on Sat, Dec 1, 2012, at 7:34 PM
he also came to at least one of the kelso summerfests.

-- Posted by Steven Puchbauer on Mon, May 29, 2017, at 9:54 PM

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