Sonny Fox, who as the host of the children’s television show “Wonderama” presided over a four-hour combination of fun and learning on Sunday mornings from 1959 to 1967, died on Jan. 24 in Encino, CA. He was 95.

The show, which was taped before an audience of about 50 youngsters, became a dazzling mixture of cartoons, spelling bees, games, contests, dramatizations and magic. Reportedly, kids waited years for tickets to attend the show. 

Later, he hosted “Let’s Take a Trip,” and briefly “The $64,000 Challenge,” which was his undoing. He inadvertently uttered either all or part of the name Michelangelo to a contestant on a critical question about art. He was ousted, but was never found guilty of any wrongdoing. The Times said. 

The impact of Mr. Fox’s time at “Wonderama” resonated for decades, in letters, emails and social media reminiscences from the grown-up children who had watched the show on TV.