Vanished Chicagoland Presents: The 60th Anniversary of WGN's Family Classics in Chicago.

This video showcases photos, TV Guide ads, and music from the show. The pictures and music are credited by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) by Rick Klein. The show was hosted by Frazier Thomas and aired first on Friday nights until 1968. It moved to Sunday afternoons until it was canceled on WGN-TV Channel 9.

[@merkury06]

Family Classics was the best part of Sunday TV as a kid for me. I am sorry that childhood has changed so much now. Frazier Thomas gave us all so much!

[@thestrangerwithkandi7150]

The theme music alone is enough to transport me back to Sunday Dinners with my Family.... Wonderful memories

[@hoborock007]

Sunday afternoons after church...dinner. cozy living rooms and WGN 9 With Frazier Thomas

[@hoborock007]

Lazy Sunday afternoons.. after church ..after dinner Cozy living rooms.. watching Family Classics w/ Frazier Thomas.. A Chicago tradition.. // Back in the WGN days when life was seemed easy compared to now✨️ Chicago Cubs.. Garfield Goose cartoons & Bozo's Grand Prize Game 🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣

[@brianglade848]

A Saturday afternoon, sunny, slight smell of crap in the air ...drinking a cold old style, neighbors dog licking my balls , good times

[@lynettemiller7912]

I printed out the list of the movies shown, because I wanted to re-visit them as an adult. I didn't realize how really good some of those classics are! We Chicago kids have a wonderful shared memory. 😊💝

[@marcuslaudani7241]

Sunday dinner, then quality classic movies 🎬. The great old days.

[@tomjohnston3601]

Loved this series. Grew up watching it in Chicago. Favorite films were Flynn's Robin Hood, Mysterious Island, and Treasure Island, which seemed to show up most every year during the 1970s. Holiday movies like Canterville Ghost, Miracle on 34th Street, and A Christmas Carol were favorites, too. WGN should bring this back.

[@patriciaheisler9885]

Calamity Jane, The Time Machine, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Broken Arrow, The Canterbury Ghost, that familiar theme song, and the voice of Frazier Thomas -priceless memories. I always had to go to the library after watching these Classics just to read the books they were based upon. Thanks for the fabulous memories.

[@a1wireless1964]

This is definitely a great presentation! God, do I ever miss those days if only we could go back...

[@Mark.G475]

Grew up in Lagrange and Hinsdale in the 1970s. This was my introduction to great movies. Ray Rayner in the morning, Bozo at lunch, after school was Adam West Batman, Spiderman cartoon, Speed Racer. I had a blue Schwinn Typhoon, a orange Cal 240 skateboard I was king of the World.

[@merkury06]

Different neighborhood, same town and times. I remember as a teen going back to Ray Rayner in the morning because his morning shows were better than the grownup morning shows. Plus Bugs Bunny and Slippery Rock sports reports. But Family Classics was the bedrock of Sunday afternoon tv for me. A whole bunch of classic films and actors my parents still don't believe I am old enough to remember. Thank you Frasier Thomas and Ray Raynor. Thanks WGN.

[@malirabbit6228]

Back in the day, everyone watched Family Classics! It didn’t matter how many times we had see an episode , it didn’t matter how old we were! When FC came on we had to watch! I remember hanging out with my early 20 something friends, we would drink bier an watch Family Classics!

[@keyboardwarrior656]

THX for the memories. Watched it during the 60's on Friday Nights. Never missed a movie........at least I don't recall missing any during that time. But when it ended on Friday's, I had begun high school so by then I was otherwise occupied..........we all know the drill, wink-wink!!! lol

[@thatsMYbeef]

When you heard that intro..you knew it was going to be a good movie... thank-you Frazer Thomas

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you fir sharing. Our Chicagoland shows were so nice back in the 1960s and 1970s. And I still live in Chicago and has seen the changes of our city grown more.

[@brianglade848]

Is it still filled with my h fir?

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Our Chicago for the unofficial end of the summer. It is hit here on a Wednesday in the first full week in September. And yes, politics of the city are still here as well. Life on the big cities. Furthermore, yes, the channel 9 and PBS channel 11 are still here and very active.

[@anczerewicz1]

It's 2024 and a long time since this show aired. They should have something like this today. I'll be happy to play The Host..: )

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

The Greatest Childhood…A Wonderful Innocence…Mom and Dad and Sunday Family Dinner’s and we are all Safe and Healthy Watching Family Classic’s…..

[@tomv4408]

I always liked the Garfield Goose painting. At least I think it was Garfield :-)

[@stanleymixonl8989]

I remember watching him Friday evening Saturday afternoon and Sunday look forward for the weekend on WGN Channel 9

[@luisreyes1963]

Sunday afternoons in Chicago aren't the same without Frazier Thomas & his Family Classics movie show. What memories that show evokes. ☺️

[@reikibreak7524]

Thanks for bringing back some very fond memories

[@hayford75]

You are welcome.

[@lindaosika7648]

My Dad knew a lot about movies. He would give little insights during the movies. My Dad has passed how I miss him.

[@rickcrane5089]

Nice job! I didn’t realized the show times jumped around so much. I remember watching the very first Family Classics show. It was “Tom Sawyer”..

[@hayford75]

Thank you!

[@brianglade848]

my dad said the best thing about this was when Frazier Thomas would talk to the audience, he said he had time to take a dump and continue the show, real classy dad

[@rpsibley73]

that theme music always takes me back to where I'm sitting in front of the TV

[@jnokap]

Such wonderful memories! Thanks for sharing!

[@brianglade848]

Anytime Jane....from all of us at the Kastanes IT Department

[@carloshathcock5333]

Thank you for the ride on the Wayback Machine.

[@savvycha]

Moby Dick, My Friend Flicka and Tobor are the ones I remember best. The remake of Moby Dick with Patrick Stewart as Ahab, wearing rouge, was impossible for me to fathom. Didn't watch it Ahab will always be Gregory Peck, to me.

[@brianglade848]

Moby Dick....best drum solo ever

[@paulbervid1610]

Fantastic

[@brianglade848]

thanks for watching Paul!

[@joedemarchi4020]

wonderful memories thank you so much for sharing, someone should make all available on dvd series Chicago land boomers would order for sure

[@tomv4408]

BTW, the theme music was called "Moviescope"

[@maureencora1]

O.K.

[@donaldsessions2481]

It’s 3:30 Sunday was end of the weekend and time for Family Classic

[@a1wireless1964]

Just setting here thinking again, Some of my favorite movies were Young Tom Edison, Thomas Edison The Man, The Alexander Graham Bell Story and who could forget around christmas time A Christmas Carol and also Boys Town i'm sure i'll remember others

[@donaldsessions2481]

It’s 11 am family just got home from church, mom is finishing up dinner pops and the boys are watching the Cubs game we eat and the the whole family watches Family Classic with Frazier Thomas now let’s begin

[@glennjoselane1690]

Frazier Thomas personally edited the hell out of all those films.

[@minouche5702]

Plz plz post more

[@resistanceisfutile76]

I couldn't wait until they showed War of the Worlds!

[@GambitArkana]

Just listened to peacock alley podcast. You forgot the arcade that just under child world.

[@brianglade848]

My dad said back in the70s, Chicago had a slight shit smell in the air, from all the animal turds in yards, but he said nothing beat relaxing in the yard, drinking a cold Old Style, neighbors dog licking his balls, whike he listened ro Cubs game on the transistor radio....good times

[@maureencora1]

I Liked the Original 1960s Theme and Book Titles of F.C. R.I.P . F.T.