"The Happy Pirates" was a hosted children's show with Richard Evans Baker (Two Ton Baker).

"The Happy Pirates" was a hosted children's show with Richard Evans Baker (Two Ton Baker). The show aired on WBKB-TV Channel 4 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, channel 4 (changing to channel 7 in 1953). The show ran from 1952 until 1956. The show aired daily at noon. He would sing and play on a set designed to resemble an old pirate ship (the Cyclops) that was in such a state of disrepair that it was permanently docked at port. His sidekicks were Bubbles the porpoise (a puppet) and Squawky, a live parrot. The show also aired cartoons and featurettes.—Paul Gerard Kennedy