The Friendly Giant debuted on radio in Madison, Wisconsin in 1953. In 1958, the Friendly Giant and his characters moved to Canada and became a staple of CBC programming. The theme music, "Early One Morning", is a folk song dating back to the time of Henry VIII, though generations of Canadian children know it only as the Friendly Giant song. Originally, a second actor was hired to do the puppeteering and voice of Rusty the Rooster, but when that didn't work out, Rod Coneybeare was ...[Read Story ]