Bunny orsak biography

Bunny Orsak played Kitirik, the old Channel 13 mascot, from 1954 to 1971.
KiTiRiK, who is Bunny Orsak in real-life, talks with Dave Ward in 2021 about her time as the legendary channel 13 Houston children's host for 16 years.
Orsak was a graduate speech major with a degree from Louisiana State University.

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Dave Ward introduces today's generation to KiTiRiK and the woman inside the cat suit

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In the early 1950s, when KTRK was assigned the potentially unlucky Channel 13, station owners decided to embrace it! A black cat was named the station mascot, and incorporated into our logo.

When station managers noticed young Bunny Orsak applying for a job in their lobby, they immediately knew she would bring them the good luck they knew would override that unlucky channel number.

"I thought they were crazy," Orsak said to ABC13 Anchor Emeritus Dave Ward. "I came back in a bathing suit. And so they decided that I would put on the leotard and the mesh hose and get the tail."

Then there was the name for the soon-to-be children's television host.

"They had a contest and a lot of people sent in all these different names," Orsak said. "And this woman, who was an artist, sent artwork that had KTRK with an I in between each letter. So we thought that was a really good idea because it could promote KTRK as well as my name. An

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Bunny Orsak aka KiTiRiK reunites with Dave Ward

April 15, 2021

KiTiRiK, who is Bunny Orsak in real-life, talks with Dave Ward in 2021 about her time as the legendary channel 13 Houston children’s host for 16 years.

In this latest episode of the “Dave Ward & Friend’s” video podcast, find out how KiTiRiK was named and how one lucky viewer received a color television out of it!

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Nine lives later, viewers of the black cat character from the 1960s and 1970s who are adults now, still can’t get enough of KiTiRiK and her famous carousel.

And longtime KTRK viewers will love the mention of Al Eisenmann, better known as Cadet Don!

If you can’t get enough of Bunny Orsak and her iconic KiTiRiK character, then go read and watch KiTiRiK tells all to Dave Ward. Also, you may want to see behind the scenes footage of the KiTiRik show. Plus, learn about the reaction abc13 received when it took KiTiRiK off the air and what replaced the show.

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KiTiRiK tells all to Dave Ward

October 24, 2019

Dave Ward sits down with former Houston children’s show host KiTiRiK (aka Bunny Orsak), to talk about her memories serving as KTRK‘s iconic TV star and ambassador (WATCH ABOVE).

In his new biography available for purchase here, Dave talks about his early years at channel 13 with KiTiRiK. Two abc13 icons together in one studio!

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The birth of KTRK

In the early 1950s, The FCC assigned KTRK what’s considered the unlucky channel assignment of 13. It was then decided the station’s mascot should be a black cat.

When station managers noticed young Bunny Orsak applying for a job in their lobby, they immediately knew she would bring them some much needed good luck to override that unlucky channel number.

“Willard Walbridge and Howard Finch called me into the office and said they had seen me and th