Editing Captain Tugg (section)

'''Captain Tugg''' was the host of a local children's cartoon show that was broadcast in the early 1960s by WTTG, Channel 5, a [[Washington, D.C.]] television station.  Captain Tugg was the master of the ''Channel Queen'', a [[tugboat]] that plied the [[Potomac River]], near the capital city.  With his parrot, Fantail (a [[puppet]]), he fought spies Spike Marlin and Axel Grackle and the Sea Hag. Lee Reynolds, the actor who played Tugg, also played Commander Salamander and a number of other characters on the show.  His skits and adlibbed lines were sandwiched between animated cartoons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hollis |first1=Tim |title=Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs |date=2001 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=1-57806-395-7 |page=68 |url=https://archive.org/details/hithereboysgirls0000holl/page/68/mode/2up |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> On Christmas Eve, the captain would use his onboard radar to track Santa's progress as he made his international rounds.