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WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose And Friends (Break & Ending, 1975)

Here's a first - the first off-air recording of Garfield Goose and Friends that has ever been found (to my knowledge). Considering the program went off the air in 1976, this is not entirely surprising. (Some apparently erroneous TV listings had it showing again for short periods around 1982, but those have never been shown to be accurate)

This recording was ostensibly made for The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" but luckily for us they started taping about 10 minutes early. Includes:

- The last couple minutes of an Auggie Doggy (and his Doggie Daddy) cartoon

- Garfield Goose and Friends commercial bumper slide with booth announcer voiceover

Commercial: Barbie's Town-House from Mattel (1974 Copyright)

Commercial: Movie promo for Walt Disney's Treasure Island and Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow (ending voiceover by ?? - sorry, it's been awhile for ID'ing the WGN guys)

Commercial: Raggedy Ann & Andy Executive Set from Janex (1974 Copyright)

Commercial: Barrel of Monkeys and Down the Drain by Lakeside

- Garfield Goose and Friends commercial bumper slide with booth announcer voiceover

- Ending of Garfield Goose and Friends with Frazier Thomas saying goodbye to the kids and giving a quick preview of tomorrow's show - which featured 15 year old Christopher Bartnik of Cedar Lake, Indiana (who apparently now lives in Guam!) as a guest on Hobby Corner showing off his champion Angora Rabbit.

- Ending credits of Garfield Goose and Friends (with voiceover giving a promo for the animated adventures of "The Count of Monte Cristo" - Saturday at 5pm)

Commercial: Play-doh Pumper No. 9 from Kenner
Commercial: Rock'em Sock'em Robots by Marx

- WGN Movie promo slide for "The Sharkfighters", Friday at 10:30pm (voiceover by ??)

(Interesting to note: No WGN Station ID - The Morning Movie opening followed immediately)

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This is a perfect example of the kind of gems that are still out there to be found. It had been sitting in a cabinet, making it through sweltering summer after sweltering summer with no air conditioning (until relatively recently) for just slightly over 34 years! I discovered this yesterday. I can count on one hand the number of existing Garfield Goose clips - 1) The March 1974 studio master clips, 2) The last episode studio master clips, 3) The Black and White clip where they talk about the 1959 White Sox, and perhaps one other from the mid-sixties. Unless I am forgetting some there are no other existing clips. Certainly nothing has surfaced that has been taped off-air. Until now, that is. Wish we could see it here. :-(

For some consolation, I will post the commercials from this segment separately, so we can at least enjoy those.

"We will return to Garfield's show after these announcements"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 20th 1975 from approximately 8:53am to 9:00am.

Possibly interesting sidenote: Generalissimo Francisco Franco died on the same date - Thursday, November 20th 1975. (He is, by all reports, still dead)

This clip aired on Thursday, November 20th 1975, and is included in the following categories:
  • 1970s
  • WGN Channel 9
  • Kids' Stuff
  • Full Commercial Breaks
  • Kids' Commericals

    Viewer Comments

    You mean Franco's still dead? Why would WGN promote Friday night's airing of The Sharkfighters instead of the Ann-Margret movie that evening?
    Comment posted by Phantom on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    Another simply amazing find! How I wish we could see this! It's also interesting that tomorrow's guest is from Cedar Lake, IN, since that is where I was born and raised...I wonder if any of my older siblings knew this person. I'll have to ask them.

    On a side note, is the WGN Morning Movie complete all the way through Fuzz?
    Comment posted by GHilbrich on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 6:11 PM

    GHilbrich - The Morning Movie seems to be pretty well complete, except that the recording ends as soon as the movie completes and doesn't have the WGN ending. Also, since these were 60 minute Umatic tapes, the recording spans two cassettes - and during the tape transition part of a break might be missing. The only other issue is that there were some reception issues at times, but all in all the quality is not too bad considering the age of it. :-)
    Comment posted by FuzzyMemories on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    I do remember the music used in the WGN Morning Movie from the mid to late 70s. Can you upload the audio portion?
    Comment posted by betamax75 on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 4:02 PM

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