Mr. Jingeling has his final appearance at the Cleveland Christmas Connection at the I-X Center today (Sunday). Next up: he'll be at the Downtown Cleveland Lighting Ceremony on Public Square from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 26.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland’s Mr. Jingeling made his debut on Christmas Eve in 1956, the backstory being that he was a key maker for castles and kingdoms who Santa turned to for help when lost his keys to the treasure house of toys.
The “keeper of the keys” became a local holiday legend over the ensuing decades, entertaining generations of Northeast Ohio children on television as part of the “Captain Penny” show and at his Christmas headquarters on the seventh floor of the downtown Halle’s department store. The first eight seasons of Mr. Jingeling were played by Cleveland Playhouse actor Max Ellis. When he died of a heart attack, the managing director of Lakewood Little Theatre, Karl Mackey, took over for one season.
In 1965, Earl Keyes, the producer/director of the “Captain Penny Show,” took over, playing the character -- on and off -- for the next 30 years. After Halle’s closed in 1982, Mr. Jingeling moved to Santaland on the tenth floor of Higbee’s Department Store. Keyes later obtained the character’s copyright for himself and made holiday appearances at Tower City through 1995. .The character has a busy schedule this year, making his official debut Nov.
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