Class of 1980 Lake Park HS. Last time I was there was summer of 76 with 2 friends Dave and Kyle from Westfield Middle school (Class of 1976). Later on after it closed we would “sneak” in and get high and walk around.
@andreasstavrinou62199 күн бұрын
Yep good o'l WGN channel 9 childrens Television morning and Afternoon Block.❤
@anibalbabilonia186710 күн бұрын
Man I remember that place! You could buy a record and reefer smoke paper and pipes!👋🤣👍👌Aaahhh the memories!
@mgmaclamar16 күн бұрын
Weak as hell, people will do anything to get hits. You have people thinking they’re going to watch the funny company
@williamoerke822125 күн бұрын
I remember hitchhiking there from Bolingbrook when I was 15. My dad said if I got a ride there he would pick me up.
@mariocisneros911Ай бұрын
I didnt know there were so much pre my viewing time, 1966>. So my older brothers and sister saw all these in the fabulous 50's and early 60's
@johntoobie6Ай бұрын
skip the first full minute to get to the pics
@wendymaldovan4886Ай бұрын
4:06 I may be wrong but is that Kookla, Fran and Olie? 5:29 Romper Room! I'd hide behind the couch when she would look through her looking glass (?) "I see Billy and Mary . . etc" Then I'd get upset when she never mentioned my name. . . kid logic. Anyone else have Romper Stompers?
@renecruz8973Ай бұрын
Romper Room
@Linda-in9ns2 ай бұрын
Very sad!!! 😢
@WAL_DC-6B2 ай бұрын
Interesting to see all the different bus manufacturers the CTA used over the decades such as GMC, White, Marmon-Herrington (trolley buses), Mack, AM-General, Twin-Coach, Flxible, MAN, Pullman (trolley buses) and ACF-Brill (trolley and motor buses). Sure brings back a lot of memories and thanks for sharing!
@revrotunda32062 ай бұрын
Using Experiment in Terror by Henry Mancini as the musical introduction theme to Creature Features was brilliant & never to be forgotten. I wonder if permission was needed in those days. It was composed by Henry Mancini for the 1962 thriller movie called Experiment in Terror starring Glen Ford & Lee Remick. Mancini composed all the music for that movie with Experiment in Terror being the main theme for the movie. Mancini was a genius as all his music was great-people aren’t making music like that anymore & haven’t been for many years now. I’ve always hated all the new horror films like Freddie, Jason & all the rest which aren’t true horror films but nasty violence. Nothing can replace the original Universal Monsters & any of the old horror stories. Vincent Price was about the last one to see some decent modern horror. TV certainly isn’t like what it used to be, even channel 9, but they still do try harder than the rest & give us some of Chicago’s Very Own nostalgia from time to time. I miss the old days. Even ABC/channel 7 would play old movies on the weekends & now nothing. I think there used to be an old movie played every night after the Night Beat late news report on channel 9 w/Marty McNeeley. They want people to pay for cable & streaming. And I hate digital TV-the interruptions are rampant & permanently there even when you try to record something. Nothing like the old days-now we know what our Parents & Grandparents meant by that
@user-ho5xq5cr2r2 ай бұрын
When I was a little kid, the best Saturday nights were the ones I spent at my older cousin's house, and we would watch Creature Features. Great memories. Thanks for the video.
@suecooper2 ай бұрын
I’m from Aurora Il which is 45 sw of Chicago for those that don’t know wkbk is not a Chicago channel that I ever heard of and I think most of these shows were before the the 70’s cuz I never heard them also gigglesnort hotel puppets scared me as a kid
@charlenevarada--Stargazer2 ай бұрын
The ones I remember are: "Winky Dink" & the "Fury" TV series. Why weren't they mentioned?
@JamesSmith-mz9ec2 ай бұрын
would still love to get my hands on 50/50 loved it in the summer ice cold back in the 60's!
@JamesSmith-mz9ec2 ай бұрын
watching this video when it hits the showroom store I can still smell it! and what about mint meltaways from Fannie May?
@JamesSmith-mz9ec2 ай бұрын
you just ran through my childhood from the 60's and early 70's!
@funnyharleyman3 ай бұрын
Back in the day, a good friend of mine introduced me to the owner, Joe Sotiros. He found out that I specialized in shooting concert photography and had me take photos of the many bands he was acquainted with. Many of my photos were ringed around the top walls of the store. One of our favorites was Wishbone Ash, we loved that band and I was able to meet them and shoot their concert at the Hammond Civic Center. Those were fantastic days when we would hang in that store for hours. There was nothing like flipping through the albums looking for that one you just had to have. He was a nice guy, damn shame what happened to him. R.I.P. Joe!
@TheKurtsPlaceChannel3 ай бұрын
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
@hayford753 ай бұрын
You're welcome.
@shihanuke36833 ай бұрын
Pete is it? I was a paper boy for the chicago tribune in the early seventies. Early saturday morning routes in rain or snow. But before I started, I'd go immediately to the "Tempo Arts and Movies" section and there would be full fold out page of these ads in your video. Channel 9 was fully committed to creature features and I couldn't wait to cut out the page and post it on the wall. After the saturday morning cartoon line up, there were no illusions about what was waiting for us that night . We armed ourselves with boston baked beans, charlston chew, and cracker Jacks. And mom didn't mind the sugar overload one night out the week as long as we got up for sunday school. I drew these characters, had the Halloween costumes, and owned the plastic models by Aurora that you could paint. This is fine work and a tribute to a great time to be a kid.
@hayford753 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ronnyvonallmen68923 ай бұрын
The Greatest Childhood…A Wonderful Innocence…Mom and Dad and Sunday Family Dinner’s and we are all Safe and Healthy Watching Family Classic’s…..
@carloshathcock53333 ай бұрын
Does someone know the name of that piece of music accompanying this video?
@donaldsessions24813 ай бұрын
It’s 11 am family just got home from church, mom is finishing up dinner pops and the boys are watching the Cubs game we eat and the the whole family watches Family Classic with Frazier Thomas now let’s begin
@NeluThat70sKid4 ай бұрын
That is Dick Beals, who voiced Ralph Phillips in a couple of 1950's Looney Tunes shorts, "Boyhood Daze" and "From A to Zzzz", as the little kid going "Come to order! Come to order!" @ 1:45 .
@jaybreezy6104 ай бұрын
If only you had a pic of all old bus stop signs especially the 80s and 90s
@thatsMYbeef4 ай бұрын
When you heard that intro..you knew it was going to be a good movie... thank-you Frazer Thomas
@flygirlfly4 ай бұрын
Oh! We went many times to Adventureland. My parents taking me as a small child; later as a teenager, hanging with my friends. One memory stands out: I spied Cindrellas coach parked off in a corner -- I wandered over; only to see the lady dressed as Cinderella having a smoke and a cold beer. ....understandable, seeing it was an incredibly hot summer day -- lol.
@anczerewicz14 ай бұрын
It's 2024 and a long time since this show aired. They should have something like this today. I'll be happy to play The Host..: )
@MsMadmax14 ай бұрын
I was remember watching a number of these shows. I remember the Storyteller was one of my favorites. That's what I loved about Captain Kangaroo--he would always read a story. And it seemed like WGN provided a lot of what would be considered "country" programming. Orion Samuelson would read the farm report in the very early A.M. (around 5 o'clock) because a lot of the audience WGN reached was still very rural. I never missed Ray Rayner, Garfield Goose, Family Classics. My mom would watch Exercise with Gloria and do calisthenics in the living room.
@pascal19475 ай бұрын
I was trying to recall The Mulqueens. Thank you for including. The frame titled Susie's Show, should have been Susan's Show. I know, small difference. I remember most clearly the talking table, Mr Pegasus. Why he was named Pegasus, the same as a mythical flying horse, I never understood. And of course, Susan would return to the world of reality at the end of the show with "Take me home, flying friend, take me home", and be whisked away in her magical chair. One other thank you for including Terry Bennett. Children knew him not only as the host of Jobblewocky Place, but also as Marvin, the host of Shock Theater, where we could watch old horror movie classics, to the dismay our parents.
@christos2755 ай бұрын
Legit AF…….. great memories
@devoradamaris5 ай бұрын
🤲👑🤲 I LOVED BEING A KID. THANK YOU FOR POSTING. Still my home CHICAGO🫂Sharing 2024
@djs23565 ай бұрын
towards the end of its existence, things got kind of- ethnic-y
@joedemarchi40205 ай бұрын
wonderful memories thank you so much for sharing, someone should make all available on dvd series Chicago land boomers would order for sure
@john07296 ай бұрын
Thank you for the Memories
@rpsibley737 ай бұрын
that theme music always takes me back to where I'm sitting in front of the TV
@MikeJones-gw2xs7 ай бұрын
Hearken us back to when the world was a much better (and calmer) place and transport us back to when we were young. Ahh...the 70s! Adventureland always seemed to be soooo far away from where my family lived on the southeast side of Chicago. I was there once as a youngster and rode all the BIG rides - Super Italian Bobs, the Himalaya and the list goes on. I remember how much fun the Hofbrahaus was and the Parashoots felt like the car was going to disengage and fly away! Thank you for this fine nostalgic look back at an era gone forever. God Bless The United States of America!
@fratzogmopars7 ай бұрын
Hope you are ok Pete, haven’t seen a video from you in a while.
@timlabell7 ай бұрын
Great memories 👌 ❤️
@joshuakurc7 ай бұрын
wsdm 98fm the predecessor to 97.9 the Loop!
@joshuakurc7 ай бұрын
my dad misses Maurice lenell cookies. I miss real rock music from 103.5 the blaze.
@brianglade8485 ай бұрын
The Blaze was an awesome station back then
@merkury068 ай бұрын
Family Classics was the best part of Sunday TV as a kid for me. I am sorry that childhood has changed so much now. Frazier Thomas gave us all so much!
@williamvasilakis96198 ай бұрын
Thanks Pete, brought back memories
@hayford758 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@stanleymixonl89898 ай бұрын
I remember watching him Friday evening Saturday afternoon and Sunday look forward for the weekend on WGN Channel 9
@a1wireless19648 ай бұрын
Just setting here thinking again, Some of my favorite movies were Young Tom Edison, Thomas Edison The Man, The Alexander Graham Bell Story and who could forget around christmas time A Christmas Carol and also Boys Town i'm sure i'll remember others
@francesomeara66028 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@francesomeara66028 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@joeyj68088 ай бұрын
I got all the Creature Features posters from our local Jewel (dunno how my mom got them from the manager) and taped them up over my bed. Then, come bedtime, the monsters freaked me out so bad I had to take them down LOL. I loved that show so much as a kid! And then we got Svengoolie. Then Son of Svengoolie...
@gregggoldstein34499 ай бұрын
Wow! Journey to the Beginning of Time! I still hear the eary sounding male voice echoe stirring up a very forgotten memory! And Andy Starr. The gloveables… Mr. Wizzard. Scott McCloud Space Angels verticle take off and landing, just like Elon Musk’s reusable rockets. Diver Dan with the Mermaid Miss “Minerva?” Trigger & Barry? Baracuda. My recall is rather rusted since the first black and white TV shows that aired, I must have been five or six? 64 now. Also remember Terry Toon Present’s Tom Terriffic & dog pal Boerigard? Cool McCool. Crazy Cat. . .
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Class of 1980 Lake Park HS. Last time I was there was summer of 76 with 2 friends Dave and Kyle from Westfield Middle school (Class of 1976). Later on after it closed we would “sneak” in and get high and walk around.
Yep good o'l WGN channel 9 childrens Television morning and Afternoon Block.❤
Man I remember that place! You could buy a record and reefer smoke paper and pipes!👋🤣👍👌Aaahhh the memories!
Weak as hell, people will do anything to get hits. You have people thinking they’re going to watch the funny company
I remember hitchhiking there from Bolingbrook when I was 15. My dad said if I got a ride there he would pick me up.
I didnt know there were so much pre my viewing time, 1966>. So my older brothers and sister saw all these in the fabulous 50's and early 60's
skip the first full minute to get to the pics
4:06 I may be wrong but is that Kookla, Fran and Olie? 5:29 Romper Room! I'd hide behind the couch when she would look through her looking glass (?) "I see Billy and Mary . . etc" Then I'd get upset when she never mentioned my name. . . kid logic. Anyone else have Romper Stompers?
Romper Room
Very sad!!! 😢
Interesting to see all the different bus manufacturers the CTA used over the decades such as GMC, White, Marmon-Herrington (trolley buses), Mack, AM-General, Twin-Coach, Flxible, MAN, Pullman (trolley buses) and ACF-Brill (trolley and motor buses). Sure brings back a lot of memories and thanks for sharing!
Using Experiment in Terror by Henry Mancini as the musical introduction theme to Creature Features was brilliant & never to be forgotten. I wonder if permission was needed in those days. It was composed by Henry Mancini for the 1962 thriller movie called Experiment in Terror starring Glen Ford & Lee Remick. Mancini composed all the music for that movie with Experiment in Terror being the main theme for the movie. Mancini was a genius as all his music was great-people aren’t making music like that anymore & haven’t been for many years now. I’ve always hated all the new horror films like Freddie, Jason & all the rest which aren’t true horror films but nasty violence. Nothing can replace the original Universal Monsters & any of the old horror stories. Vincent Price was about the last one to see some decent modern horror. TV certainly isn’t like what it used to be, even channel 9, but they still do try harder than the rest & give us some of Chicago’s Very Own nostalgia from time to time. I miss the old days. Even ABC/channel 7 would play old movies on the weekends & now nothing. I think there used to be an old movie played every night after the Night Beat late news report on channel 9 w/Marty McNeeley. They want people to pay for cable & streaming. And I hate digital TV-the interruptions are rampant & permanently there even when you try to record something. Nothing like the old days-now we know what our Parents & Grandparents meant by that
When I was a little kid, the best Saturday nights were the ones I spent at my older cousin's house, and we would watch Creature Features. Great memories. Thanks for the video.
I’m from Aurora Il which is 45 sw of Chicago for those that don’t know wkbk is not a Chicago channel that I ever heard of and I think most of these shows were before the the 70’s cuz I never heard them also gigglesnort hotel puppets scared me as a kid
The ones I remember are: "Winky Dink" & the "Fury" TV series. Why weren't they mentioned?
would still love to get my hands on 50/50 loved it in the summer ice cold back in the 60's!
watching this video when it hits the showroom store I can still smell it! and what about mint meltaways from Fannie May?
you just ran through my childhood from the 60's and early 70's!
Back in the day, a good friend of mine introduced me to the owner, Joe Sotiros. He found out that I specialized in shooting concert photography and had me take photos of the many bands he was acquainted with. Many of my photos were ringed around the top walls of the store. One of our favorites was Wishbone Ash, we loved that band and I was able to meet them and shoot their concert at the Hammond Civic Center. Those were fantastic days when we would hang in that store for hours. There was nothing like flipping through the albums looking for that one you just had to have. He was a nice guy, damn shame what happened to him. R.I.P. Joe!
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
You're welcome.
Pete is it? I was a paper boy for the chicago tribune in the early seventies. Early saturday morning routes in rain or snow. But before I started, I'd go immediately to the "Tempo Arts and Movies" section and there would be full fold out page of these ads in your video. Channel 9 was fully committed to creature features and I couldn't wait to cut out the page and post it on the wall. After the saturday morning cartoon line up, there were no illusions about what was waiting for us that night . We armed ourselves with boston baked beans, charlston chew, and cracker Jacks. And mom didn't mind the sugar overload one night out the week as long as we got up for sunday school. I drew these characters, had the Halloween costumes, and owned the plastic models by Aurora that you could paint. This is fine work and a tribute to a great time to be a kid.
Thank you!
The Greatest Childhood…A Wonderful Innocence…Mom and Dad and Sunday Family Dinner’s and we are all Safe and Healthy Watching Family Classic’s…..
Does someone know the name of that piece of music accompanying this video?
It’s 11 am family just got home from church, mom is finishing up dinner pops and the boys are watching the Cubs game we eat and the the whole family watches Family Classic with Frazier Thomas now let’s begin
That is Dick Beals, who voiced Ralph Phillips in a couple of 1950's Looney Tunes shorts, "Boyhood Daze" and "From A to Zzzz", as the little kid going "Come to order! Come to order!" @ 1:45 .
If only you had a pic of all old bus stop signs especially the 80s and 90s
When you heard that intro..you knew it was going to be a good movie... thank-you Frazer Thomas
Oh! We went many times to Adventureland. My parents taking me as a small child; later as a teenager, hanging with my friends. One memory stands out: I spied Cindrellas coach parked off in a corner -- I wandered over; only to see the lady dressed as Cinderella having a smoke and a cold beer. ....understandable, seeing it was an incredibly hot summer day -- lol.
It's 2024 and a long time since this show aired. They should have something like this today. I'll be happy to play The Host..: )
I was remember watching a number of these shows. I remember the Storyteller was one of my favorites. That's what I loved about Captain Kangaroo--he would always read a story. And it seemed like WGN provided a lot of what would be considered "country" programming. Orion Samuelson would read the farm report in the very early A.M. (around 5 o'clock) because a lot of the audience WGN reached was still very rural. I never missed Ray Rayner, Garfield Goose, Family Classics. My mom would watch Exercise with Gloria and do calisthenics in the living room.
I was trying to recall The Mulqueens. Thank you for including. The frame titled Susie's Show, should have been Susan's Show. I know, small difference. I remember most clearly the talking table, Mr Pegasus. Why he was named Pegasus, the same as a mythical flying horse, I never understood. And of course, Susan would return to the world of reality at the end of the show with "Take me home, flying friend, take me home", and be whisked away in her magical chair. One other thank you for including Terry Bennett. Children knew him not only as the host of Jobblewocky Place, but also as Marvin, the host of Shock Theater, where we could watch old horror movie classics, to the dismay our parents.
Legit AF…….. great memories
🤲👑🤲 I LOVED BEING A KID. THANK YOU FOR POSTING. Still my home CHICAGO🫂Sharing 2024
towards the end of its existence, things got kind of- ethnic-y
wonderful memories thank you so much for sharing, someone should make all available on dvd series Chicago land boomers would order for sure
Thank you for the Memories
that theme music always takes me back to where I'm sitting in front of the TV
Hearken us back to when the world was a much better (and calmer) place and transport us back to when we were young. Ahh...the 70s! Adventureland always seemed to be soooo far away from where my family lived on the southeast side of Chicago. I was there once as a youngster and rode all the BIG rides - Super Italian Bobs, the Himalaya and the list goes on. I remember how much fun the Hofbrahaus was and the Parashoots felt like the car was going to disengage and fly away! Thank you for this fine nostalgic look back at an era gone forever. God Bless The United States of America!
Hope you are ok Pete, haven’t seen a video from you in a while.
Great memories 👌 ❤️
wsdm 98fm the predecessor to 97.9 the Loop!
my dad misses Maurice lenell cookies. I miss real rock music from 103.5 the blaze.
The Blaze was an awesome station back then
Family Classics was the best part of Sunday TV as a kid for me. I am sorry that childhood has changed so much now. Frazier Thomas gave us all so much!
Thanks Pete, brought back memories
You're welcome!
I remember watching him Friday evening Saturday afternoon and Sunday look forward for the weekend on WGN Channel 9
Just setting here thinking again, Some of my favorite movies were Young Tom Edison, Thomas Edison The Man, The Alexander Graham Bell Story and who could forget around christmas time A Christmas Carol and also Boys Town i'm sure i'll remember others
Thank you!
Thank you so much!
I got all the Creature Features posters from our local Jewel (dunno how my mom got them from the manager) and taped them up over my bed. Then, come bedtime, the monsters freaked me out so bad I had to take them down LOL. I loved that show so much as a kid! And then we got Svengoolie. Then Son of Svengoolie...
Wow! Journey to the Beginning of Time! I still hear the eary sounding male voice echoe stirring up a very forgotten memory! And Andy Starr. The gloveables… Mr. Wizzard. Scott McCloud Space Angels verticle take off and landing, just like Elon Musk’s reusable rockets. Diver Dan with the Mermaid Miss “Minerva?” Trigger & Barry? Baracuda. My recall is rather rusted since the first black and white TV shows that aired, I must have been five or six? 64 now. Also remember Terry Toon Present’s Tom Terriffic & dog pal Boerigard? Cool McCool. Crazy Cat. . .