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Auggie

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26. Oh yeah! Ghoulardi hosted the late night Shock Theater line-up.

Reply to Boomerproud (Reply #25)

Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:42 PM

Aug 2022

For a brief time he also hosted a Saturday afternoon/early evening film, just before Jackie Gleason.

Ghoulardi was as big a cartoon as anything else on the air.

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how many of u remember watching cartoons in the morning and afternoons? [View all] AllaN01Bear Aug 2022 OP

The TV in our house never went on before school rurallib Aug 2022 #1

Never on week days. Not sure there were any except on Saturday morning. Fla Dem Aug 2022 #2

We watched them on Saturday mornings. Polly Hennessey Aug 2022 #3

I recall, in the late 50s... 2naSalit Aug 2022 #4

Hell yeah. Best part about staying home sick from school dameatball Aug 2022 #5

I remember weekends when only kids were watching. The... TreasonousBastard Aug 2022 #6

I do, with my kids. :) frogmarch Aug 2022 #7

I loved watching pressbox69 Aug 2022 #17

The news was always on before school. spicysista Aug 2022 #8

I always watched Batman: The Animated Series and then I would watch Jeopardy with Luciferous Aug 2022 #23

I also enjoyed Gambit. spicysista Aug 2022 #24

I remember that. Haggard Celine Aug 2022 #9

Never on school days Baggies Aug 2022 #10

i knew it was time to leave for kindergarten when bozo was over. mopinko Aug 2022 #11

On VHF stations, Saturday mornings meant cartoons Wednesdays Aug 2022 #12

I've switched to cable news stations Sneederbunk Aug 2022 #13

We watched them Saturday mornings until Sky King came on. Emile Aug 2022 #14

You didn't watch Sky King? I had it bad for Penny!! retread Aug 2022 #27

never did Skittles Aug 2022 #15

My parents watched whatever the CBS morning show was weekday mornings csziggy Aug 2022 #16

Saturday morning cartoons were a given. Aristus Aug 2022 #18

Programming in Cleveland featured weekday toons at 12 pm and in the afternoon Auggie Aug 2022 #19

My cousins were Clevelanders and I visited frequently. Boomerproud Aug 2022 #25

Oh yeah! Ghoulardi hosted the late night Shock Theater line-up. Auggie Aug 2022 #26

I don't remember cartoons in the morning, but then we didn't have a tv Ocelot II Aug 2022 #20

saturday morning cartoons, after school things like dark shadows... superman... IcyPeas Aug 2022 #21

I used to watch Captain Kangaroo on weekdays G2theD Aug 2022 #22