Garfield Goose and Friends
| Garfield Goose and Friends | |
|---|---|
Romberg Rabbit, Beauregard Burnside III, Garfield Goose, Mackintosh Mouse, Frazier Thomas and Chris Goose on Garfield Goose and Friends. | |
| Also known as | Garfield Goose and Friend |
| Genre | Children's program |
| Created by | Frazier Thomas |
| Written by | Frazier Thomas |
| Directed by | Ron Weiner |
| Starring | Frazier Thomas Roy Brown |
| Theme music composer | Ethel Smith |
| Opening theme | "Monkey on a String" Trumpets heard are from "Cinderella" and were added through editing. |
| Ending theme | "Monkey on a String" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 24 (2 on WBKB/WBBM, 1 on WBKB (now WLS), 21 on WGN) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Frazier Thomas |
| Original release | |
| Network | WBKB-TV/WBBM-TV (1952–1954) WBKB-TV (now WLS-TV) (1954–1955) |
| Release | September 29, 1952 – October 1, 1976 |
Garfield Goose and Friends is a children's television show produced by WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1955 to 1976. The show was known as Garfield Goose and Friend from 1952 to 1955 when it aired on WBKB and WBBM-TV. It was the longest running puppet show on television until Sesame Street broke that record. The host of the show was Frazier Thomas, who did all of the talking. The show centered on a clacking goose puppet named Garfield Goose, who considered himself "King of the United States." There were many other puppet characters such as Romberg Rabbit, Macintosh Mouse, Chris Goose (Garfield's nephew who was born on Christmas, hence "Christmas Goose") and a sleepy bloodhound called Beauregard Burnside III (whose name happened to be a mix of two American Civil War generals). The show used a "Little Theater Screen", upon which the camera would zoom before cartoons such as Total Television, The Funny Company, Clutch Cargo, The Pink Panther, Jay Ward, Hanna-Barbera, Space Angel and The Mighty Hercules were broadcast.