Before the oven broke in a decisive way, my sister was telling me a story about the Knights of Columbus and a bag of bones. It was the night before Thanksgiving. We were tending to a spaghetti dinner for eight on the stovetop. Garlic bread shimmered with butter in the oven’s light. The deer hunt had opened the previous weekend, and the four hunters in the family had downed two doe. No antlers, poorly shot, and who had killed which was contested.
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Ricki Wertz and Copper were the stars of WTAE-TV’s “Ricki and Copper,” which aired from 1959-69.
Jim Judkis
In a 2015 photo, Ricki Wertz shows Jean Connelly a painting of Copper that Wertz painted. The Copper portrait is now part of the Senator John Heinz History Center collection.
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Ricki Wertz and Copper on the set of WTAE-TV’s “Ricki and Copper,” which aired from 1959-69.
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Ricki Wertz and Copper were the stars of WTAE-TV’s “Ricki and Copper,” which aired from 1959-69.
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Ricki Wertz on set at WTAE-TV with The Three Stooges during “Comedy Time,” which aired on WTAE-TV in 1958-59 before the addition of Copper when the show was renamed “Ricki and Copper.”
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Ricki Wertz and Copper on the set of WTAE-TV’s ‘Ricki and Copper,’ which aired from 1959-69.
Jim Judkis
In a 2015 photo, Ricki Wertz shows Jean Connelly a painting of Copper that Wertz painted. The Copper portrait is now part of the Senator John Heinz History Center collection.
Bordenkircher family
Ricki Wertz and Copper were the stars of WTAE-TV’s “Ricki and Copper,” which aired from 1959-69.
Bordenkircher family
Ricki Wertz and Copper were the stars of WTAE-TV’s “Ricki and Copper,” which aired from 1959-69.
Bordenkircher family
Ricki Wertz on set at WTAE-TV with The Three Stooges during “Comedy Time,” which aired on WTAE-TV in 1958-59 before the addition of Copper when the show was renamed “Ricki and Copper.”