Who was your local TV station icon?

[Hector]

Here in the Bay Area for awhile it was Captain Cosmic (Gary Burghoff)

Perhaps in an alternate universe.




YouTube - Bob Wilkins / Captain Cosmic

[Hector]

hey hardy girl, looks like we watched the same shows!! i think captain cosmic was bob wilkins though. i was able to watch all those great japanese live action programs because of his show!

Captain Cosmic

Yes, Bob Wilkins was indeed Captain Cosmic.

[starsky]

Well, I know that Bozo was around when I was a kid, but I didn't pay much attention to that. On Sundays it was Wonderama w/ Bob McCallister, (I was on that once). Here in the Bay Area for awhile it was Captain Cosmic (Gary Burghoff), but I was a teenager then. On Ch. 44 (KBHK) here in Nor. Cal was Dr. Don who was also the top DJ on KFRC. On Ch. 2 (KTVU) it was Tom & Jerry and TV POWWWWWW! (those in the NYC area it was TV PIXXXXX) w/ the host taking calls from kids who would "play" a video game (shooting a little dot by yelling POWWWW). In my teen years on Saturday nights it was Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

hey hardy girl, looks like we watched the same shows!! i think captain cosmic was bob wilkins though. i was able to watch all those great japanese live action programs because of his show!

Captain Cosmic

[Hulk]

Bob McCalister of wonderama on channel 5 new york

Wacka-doo Wacka Doo!

[johnnystorm]

I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the 70s, every Friday night it was Uncle Ted's Ghoul School. Bad B-level horror films intercut with Uncle Ted doing Bad magic at the breaks. Great memories!

I remember Uncle Ted from when I used to visit my grandparents up there. My cousin thought he was the greatest!

[BendyZaius]

I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the 70s, every Friday night it was Uncle Ted's Ghoul School. Bad B-level horror films intercut with Uncle Ted doing Bad magic at the breaks. Great memories!

[Wee67]

In Philadelphia it was Captain Noah and His Magical Ark on WPVI every morning. Yeah it wasn't as a cool as a spaceship, but he ran Gumby, Popeye and other cartoons along with his songs and sketches. His wife, on the show and in real life, played guitar and did puppets. He would have you send in your drawn pictures and he would show them. I can still sing the hoaky song he played while they aired.

Here's a very bad segment recorded off another source-
YouTube - Send Your Pictures To dear old Capt. Noah

The cool thing about WPVI (I know because I worked there) it that they let these people stay with the station loooong past the time when most had been replaced by syndicated programs. Yeah, their times slots became worse and less frequent, but they still had work.

Saturday afternoons were for Dr. Shock's Horror Theater on WPHL. This is where i got my taste for 50's and 50's B Sci Fi and Horror.
YouTube - Dr Shock's Weekly Greetings

[HardyGirl]

For radio station jock icons it was Harry Harrison, Dan Ingram and George Michael of NYC.
I think they were all on WABC-AM

I remember Harry Harrison on WABC!

[Monsterama2000]

Superhost was great his real name is Marty Sullivan and he now lives in Florida. He use to come to Ghoulardi fest but do to his health has not been able to make it the last few years. I have a few of his shows on dvd also have a skit dvd and his 20th Anniversary Special dvd not the greatest quality since they were recorded from a VHS tape from back in the day but still really cool and who here in NE Ohio does'nt like to hear "Hey! Gimmie dat shoe!!!!"

A clip from Superhost
YouTube - Superhost! Gimme Dat Shoe!!!

My brother and I watched Superhost almost every Saturday. He'd show some Three Stooges shorts and a couple of great old monster flicks.

Here's a YouTube channel devoted to Superhost --
Tribute to Superhost

Channel 43 also had Barnaby on every weekday morning. He talked to an invisible parrot and showed cartoons.

Here's a clip from his last show --
Barnaby

"If anybody calls, tell them Barnaby said hello."

[kryptosmaster]

When I first moved to Arizona in '79 there was a morning show here called Wallace and Ladmo. The show ran from the 50's to the late 80's or early 90's.
These guys were insanely popular around here and still are remembered fondly.
My Grandmother hated when I would watch it. She said they were idiots. LOL
I'm sure there must be clips on youtube or something if you want to check it out. They even had (or maybe still have) an exhibit on the show at one of the museums here.
They were always dressing up like different recurring characters and had a multi-level type of humor where the adults would get things that would go over the kids heads.
Ladmo died but Wallace still does appearances.
Rich

WallaceWatchers.com:: Wallace and Ladmo Official Site

here's a clip. for some reason the first 3 minutes are the end of a Mighty Mouse cartonn, a Star Wars 12" commercial and some promo spots for reruns of Odd Couple, My 3 Sons and other shows.

YouTube - Wallace and Ladmo

[Hector]

Bob Wilkins, the original and former host of Creature Features...

YouTube - Bob Wilkins 1932 - 2009

He just passed away a couple of weeks ago...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wil...on_personality)

I was lucky enough to visit his set as a kid...he was the nicest guy in the world.

[Mikey]

For radio station jock icons it was Harry Harrison, Dan Ingram and George Michael of NYC.
I think they were all on WABC-AM

[Wise4671]

Hmmmm....

We had TONS of 'em around here. The best, by far, was and IS the Ghoul.

Don C.

Hey Don,
We also had the Ghoul here as well as Big Chuck and Little John (Was Big Chuck and Hoolihan first)

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

We had TONS of 'em around here. The best, by far, was and IS the Ghoul.

Don C.

[Wise4671]

Growing up on Saturday mornings channel 43 had a guy called Super Host.He wore a superman type costum,but made from long johns if I remember right,then had a little clown makeup on.Kinda cornie but he played the best spooky movies.This would've been in the late 70's.I'll have to google him to see if hes still around.

Superhost was great his real name is Marty Sullivan and he now lives in Florida. He use to come to Ghoulardi fest but do to his health has not been able to make it the last few years. I have a few of his shows on dvd also have a skit dvd and his 20th Anniversary Special dvd not the greatest quality since they were recorded from a VHS tape from back in the day but still really cool and who here in NE Ohio does'nt like to hear "Hey! Gimmie dat shoe!!!!"

A clip from Superhost
YouTube - Superhost! Gimme Dat Shoe!!!