Hickory Hideout was a television program

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 for children which aired in Cleveland, Ohio

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 on WKYC-TV

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 from 1981 to 1991.

It had human hosts

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, Cassie Wolfe and Wayne Turney, puppet

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 squirrel

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 characters ("Nutso" played by Nancy Sander and "Shirley" played by Linda A. Wells), and a handful of other characters, such as Buzz Buzzsaw and Cecelia C. Seesaw. It addressed psychological issues that children face and was a change from the usual lineup of Saturday morning animation based cartoons.

Kathryn Hahn

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, a Cleveland native who later appeared in the NBC

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 series Crossing Jordan

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, had her first TV appearance on the show. The show also featured a young Matthew James Murphy, who went on to perform in the Broadway musical Rent

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At the time of the program's production, WKYC-TV was an NBC owned-and-operated station

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. From 1986 until the program's conclusion in 1991 Hickory Hideout was also broadcast on other NBC-owned stations, including WNBC-TV in New York City

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; WRC-TV

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 in Washington, D.C.

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; WMAQ-TV

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 in Chicago

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; KCNC-TV

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 in Denver

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; and KNBC

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 in Los Angeles

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