All Nite Theatre WCPO featuring Bob Shreve and Seymour Duncan

This video clip is the opening of the All Nite Theater starring Bob Shreve October 3rd, 1970. The Chauffeur driving Bob to the opening of the show is none other than the famous guitar pickup inventor and manufacturer Seymour Duncan! Little did Mr. Duncan know at the time how successful he would become later in life. This segment is the entire first segment of the weekly show up to the first segment of the first movie. This video was recorded five years before Bob would leave channel 9 and begin The Past Prime Playhouse on channel 12 that would run until September of 1985.

[@lenputhoff6253]

Those were great shows. Bob was a great entertainer and ALWAYS put a smile on your face. To bad we do not have these today.

[@eleanormcdonald615]

I used to watch this every Saturday night/ Sunday morning. It would be my me, my two sisters and one of my brothers starting out. Everyone would be asleep before the second movie, leaving me up all by myself. I miss Bob and his crazy show! Those were good times!!

[@saulreyes2976]

Remember the Big Show ?

[@eleanormcdonald615]

@@saulreyes2976 I wish that I could say that I remember, but I don't . Was it another local TV show like Bob Shreve's?

[@saulreyes2976]

@@eleanormcdonald615 no it was a late night show. The opening played What is Life by Ge9 Harrison and the background Ohio River and the stadium. I think ch9 ? 11.30 to 2 am. Western to horror movies.

[@MadAngel209]

I would watch Bob Shreve, and The Cool Ghoul, when I was a kid.

[@philiprichards2010]

I remember watching bob shreve The cool ghoul, and Uncle Al too.

[@frankcarone6]

oh yes

[@tellket]

Bob Shreve, Dick Von Hoene ; pronounced "Von Hàne" as the Cool Ghoul, and Gary Burbank of 700 wlw. I'm glad to have grown up in an area watch/listening to all three. Thank you for the post.

[@kystars]

I used to sit up ALL Saturday and watch his antics and movies until the sun came up. I remember one winter there was thick ice on my window and Bob was just signing off. WHAT A CLASSIC he was!

[@williamhasselbach1037]

No friends, huh?

[@rbbrown2106]

When I was a kid, I'd stay up and watch this show. If I was good all evening, my mom would let me have a Barq's Root Beer during the night.

[@Desertvanlife]

And husmans barbecue chips

[@1mrstutt]

And Barq’s creme soda and Grippo’s.

[@Desertvanlife]

@@1mrstutt I miss home

[@Desertvanlife]

@@1mrstutt larosa, a pizza

[@rstyree]

This was the best

[@bawbremy]

Bob Shreve the Cincinnati Kid! Watched this show like other insomniacs though was at the very edge of reception of signal. Toilet seat picture frames and voices from above of John Wayne saying “That’s whiskey talkin” come to mind. Great entertainment.

[@thomasmulroney9926]

We used to get punchy staying up late and laughing with Bob. Love this. A real treasure.

[@clintonehrhardtsr122]

thanks so much ,still remember my dad letting me stay up later to watch ,man how time flies

[@donnaemerson3313]

Dang! I miss local TV.

[@mikesnyder1788]

Words cannot describe the utter genius of this man! The things he would do for a laugh! Seems to me he was on late nite in Cincy on Friday and then in Columbus the following nite. I was somewhat bookish back in the day so I would turn off the sound while the usually mediocre movies ran but then turn it back on when he ran through his skits. He was a true American original!

[@richardsweeney678]

Actually Friday nights were in Dayton on WHIO channel 7. Loved Bob and his shows.

[@BartSimpson-nr1dy]

This guy was way ahead of all the late niters. Now it’s Svengoolie on MeTV. I enjoy watching him too. Sven and Bob entertain with the same kinda dry humor. I really miss those good ole days. No virus, riots and protesters to worry about back then

[@Watzline]

I remember watching Bob, drinking Little Kings! Do they still make Little Kings? Funny Guy, Gar-ro-ro??

[@myleskitchen4328]

Very Cool clip. Seymour's band at the time, Surdy Grebus and mine, Mimsy Borogoves (Mike Fletcher, Mike Bobbit, and myself) rented a fire station banquet room in the Ft. Mitchell area and put on a dance one weekend around then. I never saw him again until I ran into him at the NAMM Show in Anaheim a few years ago.

[@marclayne9261]

Grew up on this show!!!!!

[@hcjc57]

THE only TV show I knew of where everyone tuned in for the commercial breaks just to watch Bob's schtick...

[@redhunteroh]

The commercials were it. My buddy's and I would drink Schoenling beer and smoke cigarettes all night. W e only had 3 channels.

[@galuyasdi]

That's the truth, too. My cousin, brother, our friends would stay up all night for this. We would all be doing our own thing and someone would yell, "Bob's on!" And we would all gather round the tv. Those were the days. It would have been great if someone had recorded all the old programs.

[@Halflife2-y2m]

Wow! This is a page from the past!

[@crystalheart9]

When I was a kid and could manage to stay awake I would watch this show. I couldn't remember what it was called.

[@kimkauffung7687]

Oh wow! Memories. I remember the rubber chicken and the bar. Late nights as a kid. Also enjoyed the Cool Ghoul on Saturday nights, whom I saw in person at the local Woolco store. Those Were The Days My Friend.....

[@gregorylammers8024]

I remember watching him with my dad in Cincinnati, Ohio in the early sixties on television broadcast out of Louisville, Kentucky. I loved watching him slide the beer glasses across his shiny bar.

[@Joekerrlll]

hey I was such a fan I watched him on channel 7..then 5 then 9 then 12 and back to 7!!!!! hell yeah I loved him as a lil boy... hey bob flex yer muscles!!! we gonna take a lil break and powder our nose its....

[@eleanormcdonald615]

... and then we'll be back to tickle your toes... INTERMISSION!!! YEP! I miss the old guy.

[@mikesnyder1788]

In addition to Schoenling, there was Burger, Wiedemann, and Hudepohl!

[@bcats9115]

Bob was on a show called 'This Is Music' at WCPO on ABC network. I remember Splish splash I was taking a bath. Bob was in the bathtub. Colin Male was the anouncer. Colin later was the anouncer on The Andy Griffith show. Opie and Barney.

[@imwhitewolf]

my pitcher of beer got lower in time with his. loved the all night movies.

[@yogibeer9319]

Bob would down those frosty Schoenling beers while the flix were playing and during the breaks he would be hammered while swatting at that huge Bar Fly! What a hoot and as far as I’m concerned a national treasure 🇺🇸 He would also have himself inserted into the movie like Godzilla was chasing him, 😂

[@jerryg2232]

Just home from Vietnam ! Caught Bob on Friday night and Saturday night to stay sane with his insane funny show !

[@davidrobinson9043]

Oh i grew up watching him! He was hilarious!

[@joerobinson2538]

Hard to believe Seymour Duncan of the Seymour Duncan Pickups fame, got his start here in Cincinnati! Seymour rocks!

[@audionut614]

When I was doing all night at Q102 Bob Shreve was at channel 12... I would walk over there when I had time and talk with him and actually got to hold the "fur piece" as in "boy thats a fur piece from here" :) Those were the days ;)

[@Joekerrlll]

hey he always sold schoenling lager LIL KINGS!!! anyone???

[@marclayne9261]

Route 25, Drive-In....Easy Rider....1970....Schoenling Little Kings....Middletown....Duff Plumbing, since 1935....& still here...

[@RimshotMedia]

We'll have a moment of medication... meditation.

[@GRT7575]

I remember Seymour well. He and I were prop men and both served as "Charlie" behind the scenes from time to time. Thanks for the detailed information of the clip as it's the first clip I have scene from Channel 9. I left for the USAF May 5th, 1970, 5 months before this aired and doing searches on Bob I only came up with Prime Time Playhouse on Ch 12 that I never heard of. There was another prop man that worked the show as well named Dave Lacy who unfortunately died in a car accident around this time. Bob was a swell guy and fun to work with. Thanks for the memories Bob! BTW, you can see part of Nick Clooneys set as Bob enters from the rear door of the prop department. Al Shottelkotte's news set was adjacent to the roll away bar set up in Studio B. The announcer was Tod Hunter. Great diction and pipes!

[@KennethColeman426]

Hey GOOGLER'S, I found an old Friend, of The Melon. I haven't heard or seen, The All Nite Theatre, with Bob Shreve, since I was a Very Young Melon, back in the Mist of Time & Antiquity. The Show was based in Cincinnati, Ohio. & I Lived in Dayton, Ohio, YAY! I used to Imitate Mr. Shreve's Comedy Bits , in Grade School & in the Real World, so you can see, why I'm kind of a Weirdo( ;).

You know.... I absolutely believe you.

[@KennethColeman426]

@ What do you believe, about what I wrote RTJ?

@@KennethColeman426 Yeah... lots of people make things up on here but what you said seemed to be pretty true and cool.

[@KennethColeman426]

@ *Oh I see what you mean. Well I don't know if what other people write in comments, is true or false. But I write what is true. Thanks for your comment RTJ. Be great out there, on this living spaceship called Earth.( ;)*

[@KennethColeman426]

@ *I like that. So if we cross paths someday, like two glorious stars in the heavens, I will be a friend too thee/you too. Fair thee well my friend( :)*

[@AngryRantsAndStuff]

"We'll have a moment of medication. Uh, meditation." 😂😂😂

[@AngryRantsAndStuff]

Bob Shreve is nominated for the Horror Host Hall of Fame. Voting begins July 4th.

[@mstallsmith4109]

I grew up watching him and Sammy terry my pops loved ol bob shreve

[@tilmonsnow5188]

any clips from nite people channel 5 nite people theater

[@frankcarone6]

bob was a classic ,i watched him as a kid

[@dannyjohnson3335]

I really miss the PPP

[@marclayne9261]

I grew up on , Schoenling Little Kings......& Hudepohl.........

[@bobfitzpatrick8952]

I would have been a 2nd grade kid in Mt. Washington when this came out.

[@TsukiumisGuy]

When david gilmour of Pink Floyd played his 2016 concert in Pompeii, Seymour Duncan added a pickup to gilmours guitar neck.

[@marclayne9261]

Grew up on this....Middletown Ohio.....

[@allenfranks4966]

where can I get the bumper for The Big Show as that and Bob were my favourite

[@dougcombs2567]

Bob was the coolest old dude

[@tomboehnlein4551]

Every Saturday night withy Dad with cheese conies from price hill skyline.

[@tilmonsnow5188]

who did the well well

[@anthonysnow6251]

are there any dvds for sale

[@61MARCOP]

I wanna see chickie a little longer!

[@anthonysnow6251]

are there any dvds available

[@thomashermann2785]

I want a Limburger lover to take my breath away!

[@mikehylton7194]

Treat this with the respect it deserves and fix the aspect ratio. Or hire someone who can!

[@jerryg2232]

His nose was red by end of show !

[@kosmokritikos9299]

Why on earth would Seymour Duncan participate in such nonsense?