What was your favorite LOCAL TV show?
 

I was surfing YouTube a few nights ago and stumbled across clips of various local tv shows I used to watch as a kid, and I realized that local tv shows are pretty much remnants of a bygone era, local stations having dropped such shows in an era of cable/satellite tv, locally based yet nationally viewed superstations, and amalgamated network powerhouses.

Was there any local tv show you remember and miss seeing? Some examples:

Columbus:
Flippo The Clown
Nite Owl Theater with Fritz the Nite Owl (Fritz was cool as all get out).
Hanna's Ark (hosted by Jack and Kathy Hanna).
Schoolies

Cleveland:
Superhost
Prize Movie (hosted by John Lanigan or "Fig Newton" or Marty Sullivan)

Indianapolis:
Cowboy Bob
Janie

Lexington, KY
Millicent B. Ghastly

Do you have a local tv show you miss (or still watch)? Tell us about it.

DC: It's Academic. i think it's the longest running kid's quiz show or something. That's the only local show i can think of, besides the news. :) I love the show b/c it has 3 local high schools doing quiz-bowl type stuff, AND they get to bring a pep band or cheerleaders. I still watch it on Saturday mornings if i'm home. :)

I will NEVER forget when HD Woodson won! It had to have been the 94-95 school year. That was probably the last time I remember a public school winning, not to mention a school east of the river.

I also loved Captain 20 during the weekdays -- remember how the kids would slide down a slide or something?

And Creature Feature on the weekends, also on channel 20.

Did it have a longer run than our local quiz show: In The Know?
Our show started back in '65 and is still going strong. Matter of fact, at many local high schools it is considered an extra curricular activity. I was on the JV team my junior year of high school. Frankly the material was WAY over my head, but after that year, I was done with it.

It's Academic has been on since 1961.

for me growing up in Cincinnati:

the Uncle Al Show (was on there twice)

and spending several years in Chicagoland:

the GiggleSnort Hotel
Bozo the Clown (was on there once)

i just loved Saturday and Sunday TV growing up:D

Tell 'em 'bout it, WenD08!!! Uncle Al (and Capt. Wendy) was the BOMB!! Came on right after Capt. Kangaroo.

I the aftertoon you had Larry Smith and his Puppets ....with Batty Hattie from Cincinnati!! :)

...ok, putting my professional face back on.

Some of the TV shows that became national originated as local shows:

Starcade (WTBS-Atlanta) 1982-83
Morton Downey Jr. Show (WWOR-Secaucus, NJ) 1987-88
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (KTMA-Minneapolis) 1988-89

Yeah, they were hokey as far as set design and appeal, but they had that local flavor that made 'em worth watching.

Captain 20? Boy I know you can't be that old! That was on when I was a child. But since you remember Captain 20 -- do you remember a dance show called "Soul of the City" with the Moon Man? We put Soul Train down for that one!!
:) Memories!

i remember Battie Hattie, vaguely...it's been so long...and Uncle Al is still alive. and looks the same, if you can believe that:p
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was one of the funniest shows on TV. those robots cracked me up every Saturday. i was so sad when it went off:(

I forgot all about Superhost. :) I also miss then Houlihan (sp?) and Big Chuck, now Big Chuck & Lil' John. Now Big Chuck and Lil' John have decided to end their show. :(

When we were shipped "down south" during the summer/holidays:

Buckskin Bill

you all are taking me BACK.

Here are some Superhost clips from YouTube, including the final episode beginning and ending of that show (note: you can also catch all the Superhost skits now available at YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewJcTRSrVzY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvKiS...related&search=

I enjoyed that. I even got a little choked up watching the last episode. :( So many good memories.....

I found a Prize Movie clip
 

I remember watching the Prize Movie in the afternoons (bits and pieces anyway). Anyway, here's a clip from the John Lanigan era:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQLr3Rrhk6g

A short lived game show taped in Columbus
 

Myself being the (now occasional) game show nut, I found a clip of a game show that was filmed here in Columbus that was for a new cable system called Warner Qube, where viewers at home could play along and their responses determined the outcome of the game.

The only good thing about this show was that it was hosted by the legendary "dean of the emcees" Bill Cullen. The game itself wasn't all that great, but Bill being master of his craft, somehow managed to keep your attention from beginning to end.

The name of the show? "How Do You Like Your Eggs?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrzxNL61_lg

Bonus round:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKK-L8Ci8z0

ETA: Some of the respondants surveyed at the local malls were for lack of a better word, funny looking. Also, HC the sista in the second clip at the 2:45 mark look like she wanted to "proposition" the interviewer?