 At the age of eight, George Clooney appeared in a 1970 episode of "Uncle Al" playing a ship's captain in one of the show's skits.By the 1960s, kids who appeared on the show each were given a name-tag sticker in the shape of a bow tie modeled after Uncle Al's sartorial trademark.While the kids were told the name tag was a ticket to get in and a souvenir to take home, the primary reason for them was so that Lewis could refer to each child by name.