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

Some great art from my friend Mark!

 

Garfield Goose and friends

Garfield Goose and friends

Garfield Goose and friend

Chicago Kid's TV

Garfield Goose and friends

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Garfield Goose and friends

 

The Starving Artists

The Starving Artistds

It's Garfield Goose & Friends day!

Says Lil' Ron Murphy!

Clutch Cargo

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

Chicago Kid's TV

 

As I was cleaning, I decided to move my original Clutch Cargo to the outside of the case.

Garfield Goose and friends

Macintosh Mouse

Thursday

For Ebay consumption

Garfield Goose and friends