 The week day morning show was a combination kids wraparound show  and helpful hints program for housewives and mothers with Josephine  McCarthy giving cooking tips and household hints. Shari and her  assistant puppeteer Gene London performed puppet skits, craftmaking,  hobbies, songs, stories, informational segments and interviews with  guest performers and personalities. Shari would continue to  entertain and inform viewers on Hi Mom until she left the series  on Friday, March 20, 1959. Jimmy Weldon and his side kick Webster  Webfoot became the new host of the program.