70 years ago today, Garfield Goose and Friends made its debut at its permanent home on WGN-TV Channel 9 in Chicago. Three years prior it aired on WBKB-TV on channels 4, 2, and 7 as Garfield Goose and Friend.

Garfield Goose and friends

Garfield Goose and friends

Garfield Goose and friends

 

Festival of Family Classics

It's Garfield Goose & Friends day!

Says Lil' Ron Murphy!

Chicago Kid's books

Even as a kid, I was fascinated about how television shows were made. I was going through my stacks and stacks of Chicago Kid's TV stuff and came across these books. I checked them out of the library at Stony Creek School (Kindergarten-6th grade) repeatedly. These aren't the actual copies from my school. In Ray's book he says 400,000 people watched his show. Bozo's Circus, The Ray Rayner show, etc. were the biggest shows on the planet to me during that period. In Chicago, we had some amazing local TV! You had to be there to appreciate it. #wgntv #bozoscircus #therayraynershow #garfieldgooseandfriends #bjanddirtydragon

"Don't forget to go to Church or Sunday School on Sunday" Frazier Thomas

Macintosh Mouse

My friend Pete K. Shared

Is Festival of Family classics on tomorrow?

GARFIELD GOOSE & FRIENDS

Frazier

from Ron Murphy

GARFIELD GOOSE & FRIENDS

This is an original 8 x 10" from JOHN G. SHEDD AQUARIUM public relations department featuring WILLIAM P. BRAKER, director of the John G. Shedd Aquarium and Frazier Thomas, April 28, 1976 (I like how it shows the entire set and you can see the curtains from BOZO'S CIRCUS along the top)

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from the Ron Murphy collection

From my Chicago Kid's Television book!

From my Chicago Kid's TV Book project

From my CHICAGO KID'S TV Book project...

from Ron Murphy