Chicago's WGN: When TVs Had Dials Quiz

Answer: The Bozo Show

Cookie the Cook was a clown played by Roy Brown. Wizzo was played by Marshall Brodien. Frazier Thomas was himself. The bucket game was called "Bozo's Buckets". To play, someone would be selected from the audience and given 3 balls to toss into the buckets.

There were random prizes for each bucket you were able to toss the ball into. An "At Home Winner" also got the same prizes the ball tosser won.

Answer: Family Classics

Frazier Thomas would come onto the set and select a book from the shelf. Then he would give a brief summary about the classic novel. The selected movie was then shown. Thomas hosted the show until he died in 1985.

Answer: Nine

WGN was channel nine, NBC was five, CBS was two, and twelve was Fox. Rabbit ears was the term used for the antenna on top of TVs before cable.

Answer: 'Garfield Goose and Friends'

'Garfield Goose and Friends' was the longest-running puppet show at the time. It aired from 1952-1976. Garfield called himself "King of the United States".

Answer: Alice

The name of the sitcom was "Alice". Most of the episodes were staged in Mel's Diner. The waitresses were usually up to some sort of antics. Alice tended to have problems related to caring for her son alone and on her wages from waiting on customers. "Alice" was based on the 1974 movie 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'.

Answer: Cuddly Dudley

Cuddly Dudley poked his sleepy head out of his dog house and read mail from viewers. Ray Rayner played Oliver O. Oliver on 'The Bozo Show' and was well known to WGN audiences.

Answer: Creature Features

The featured movies were usually black and white classics and cult horror. Viewers saw movies such as 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula'. Carl Greyson was the original host when it first aired in the fall of 1970. It remained on WGN until 1976.

Answer: Bud Billikin Parade

Each August on the second Saturday of month a parade and picnic was held in Chicago. The first parade was held in 1929. Bud Billiken was the creation of author, Willard Motley, a writer for an article in the Chicago Defender. Bud Billiken was the Guardian Angel of Chicago's Black children. He was created to encourage the children to go to school.

Answer: "Chicago's Very Own"

Naperville, Lisle and Joliet are all individual cities in northern Illinois. WGN's slogan was introduced in 1983. Lou Rawls, from Chicago, was the voice for the slogan.

Answer: 1948

WGN did test broadcasting in February of 1948. Later in April was when they finally took off with regular broadcasting. WGN was the brainchild of the 'Chicago Tribune'. The acronym 'WGN' stands for 'World's Greatest Newspaper'.