I decided to have mercy and wait until after Halloween to post this, so as to not ruin anyone's holiday.

Here's the complete Halloween-themed (and long obscure) comedy special which aired on WGN Channel 9, Boo!

The cast of this Canadian-produced special (originally aired over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday, October 26th 1980) included Peter Cullen as The Wolf Man, Jack Duffy as Dr. Frankenstein, Ben Gordon as Dracula, Barbara Law as The Countess and Ted Zeigler as the Frankenstein monster, with special guests Dionne Warwick and Rip Taylor.

This hour includes:

"WGN Entertains You" promo for At The Movies for Saturdays at 6:30pm, with Gene Siskel

Atmospheric opening leading to lab where Drac emerges from coffin to announce, "Dead from Television Center in Transylvania, it's Boo!" leading to opening title musical number with Frankie, Dr., Wolf Man, the Mummy and other monsters

Routines in this section include:

- Two men drive a stake through Drac's heart, and after they leave he utters a "these are my friends" aside

- Doctor in lab with Frankie in "you'll never limp again" gag

Sponsor billboard for General Foods International Coffees

Opening titles with cast and guest list, followed by Boo! bumper

Commercial: General Foods International Coffees Suisse Mocha - with a young Lea Thompson as a to-be college student

Commercial: Peter Pan peanut butter

Commercial: Impulse body spray - (C) 1981 Lever Brothers

Commercial: Life cereal (the famous "Mikey" ad)

Boo! bumper

Next segment includes:

- Dr. (singing "People Who Make People") confronted by villagers

- Frankie mirror gag

- Drac shaving (and singing "I've Got Me Under Your Skin") with electric razor powered by Frankie

- Wolf Man mirror gag

Boo! bumper

"WGN Entertains You" promo with Milo Hamilton and John Mengelt for Bulls basketball (Bulls vs. Pistons for Wednesday at 7:00pm) (ending voiceover by Merri Dee)

Commercial: Lincoln Carpeting (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Starburst Fruit Chews

Commercial: Frogger by Parker Brothers

Boo! bumper

This segment includes Dionne entering castle, greeted by Drac; she performs "Deja Vu"

Boo! bumper

Commercial: Stove Top Stuffing

Commercial: Pepsi-Cola

Commercial: Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum

Commercial: Post Raisin Grape-Nuts - (1981 Copyright)

Boo! bumper

Spook Easy segment

Drac reads news bulletin about one of Dr.'s transplants

Back at the Spook Easy, Rip Taylor does a routine

Commercial: Daydreams fragrance

Commercial: Sugar Free Breath Savers

Commercial: 99% Caffeine Free Like cola

Political ad for Roland Burris for Comptroller

Boo! bumper

Segments include:

- Wolf Man tending at diner as customers lament death of variety shows

- Monks emerge from retreat and Rip's knees sing "Hello, Dolly!" (with Drac referring to them as "Monksters")

- Dr. performs experiments while singing "Once in a Lifetime"

- Dionne with crystal ball in session with Frankie

- Monks do doo-wop style chant

- Frankie tells Dr. he's "hopelessly in love" with Dionne and wants his help; she emerges to sing "Just The Way You Are"

- Back at dungeon with prisoners

Boo! "Don't Go Away" bumper

Commercial: Peter Pan Peanut Butter

Commercial: Extra Creamy Birds Eye Cool Whip (ending voiceover by Peter Thomas)

Commercial: Accent Seasoning

Promo for At the Movies with reviews of "Jinxed" and other films, for 6:30pm

Boo! bumper

- Dr. sings "Making a Friend"

- Answering machine message from Drac

- Wolf Man in therapy session

- More games from prisoners in dungeon

Boo! bumper

Commercial: Venture video game by Coleco (also posted separately here:    • Exidy - Venture (Commercial, 1982)   )

Commercial: Frogger

Commercial: Vectrex Arcade System

Commercial: Kraco Turbo Speakers

Commercial: Life cereal

Boo! bumper

Drac and Countessa conclude with repartee and "If Our Friends Could See Us Now"

End credits

Promo for Family Classics airing of "My Friend Flicka" for Sunday at 3:30pm

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 30th 1982 during the 4:30pm to 5:30pm timeframe.

This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of the Dennis Polkow Collection.

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