Ed Allen (b. c. 1929[1]) was a television host noted for his syndicated exercise programs. Circa (often abbreviated c, ca, ca or cca and sometimes Italicized to show it is Latin) means "about"
195 episodes of The Ed Allen Show were produced by the Canadian production team of Al Guest and Jean Mathieson. Al Guest is a Canadian animation producer He was born in Winnipeg Manitoba, and started his career there when he dropped out of the University of Manitoba Jean Mathieson (born in Toronto) is listed in Colombo's Canadian References as Canada ’s first independent commercial non National Film Board They aired from October 12, 1964 to June 25, 1973 on KVTV-TV. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. KVTV is the CBS Television affiliate of Laredo Texas, USA Its transmitter is located in Laredo.
Ed Allen had a following of millions of viewers and fans, from all over the world. His exercise Show was still being distributed in the early 90’s. The format was usually set somewhere on a beach in the Bahamas. Barbie, Ed’s second wife was a regular providing various routines. Vinyl LP’s and videos were available. Ed wore a distinctive one-piece polyester jumpsuit while he did his calesthenics. In the late 1960s, he earned an estimated annual income of at least USD$100 000. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been [1]
The Ed Allen Exercise Show was filmed in Dragon Bay Jamaica. He used to say Montego Bay on his show.