ABC Weekend Specials - "The Red Room Riddle" - WLS-TV (Complete Broadcast, 10/20/1984) 📺

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Here's a complete (re)broadcast of the ABC Weekend Special presentation of "The Red Room Riddle" as aired over WLS Channel 7.
This live-action film starred Billy Jacoby, Nicholas Gilbert, Christian Hoff, Sandra Caron, Peter Brocco and David Wiley.
Includes:
Station ID / promo for Jeopardy! (just as it was getting started) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
ABC Closed Captioned computer-animated bumper
ABC Weekend Special opening titles, plus opening segment with puppet host Cap'n O.G. Readmore and Vincent Price (inside picture frame) at library introducing this piece
First segment (with opening titles) of short, including opening credits (after cast):
Teleplay by Stephen Manes
Based on the Book by Scott Corbett
Produced and Directed by Robert Chenault
Commercials for:
Robo-Force action figures - from Ideal
Gotcha! - from Milton Bradley
Segment 2 of story
Commercials for:
C.L.A.W. Action Wagon - from Tonka
Cap'n Crunch's Choco-Crunch - Island Camera Sweepstakes (ends 4/30/85) - featuring Fred Savage of "The Wonder Years" fame
Crystal Barbie - from Mattel
Segment 3 of story preceded by ABC Weekend Special bumper (with voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Commercials for:
Cabbage Patch Kids album and cassette - from Parker Brothers
Rose Petal, Nastina and Orchid dolls - from Kenner
PSA from animated Cap'n O.G. Readmore encouraging kids to read
O.G. closes program, assumes Vincent didn't show up, and is surprised that Mr. Price had the book!
Preview of next week's "The Secret World of Og"
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, ABC Afterschool Station presentation of "The Almost Royal Family" and American Bandstand by Ed Jordan):
Associate Producer - Cindy Leonetti
Music - John Cacavas
Casting - David Graham
Unit Production Manager - 1st Assistant Director - Bill Morrison
2nd Assistant Director - Paul Chavez
Director of Photography - Stan Lazan
Art Director - Tom Cost
Special Effects - Richard Albain, Jr.
Wardrobe - Maureen O'Heron
Script Supervisor - Marcus Teague
Editor - William Moore
Assistant Editor - David DePatie, Jr.
Production Sound - William Teague
Make-up Artist - Jefferson Dawn
Filmed on Location in Southern California
Titles and Opticals - CFI
(C) MCMLXXXII Hightide, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Ending ABC Weekend Special titles
Promo for upcoming time changes for Three's a Crowd and Who's the Boss? (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Commercial: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (upcoming Rosemont Horizon and Chicago Stadium shows)
Incomplete station ID / Wheel of Fortune promo (recording cuts out just as it starts)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 20th 1984 during the 11:00am to 11:30am timeframe. (Original airdate was February 3rd 1983. It also aired on October 1st 1983, April 21st 1984, and then again on February 7th 1987. It also aired one last time on July 23rd 1988).
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@utuk3333 10 месяцев назад

I never would have dreamed that I would be watching this again 40 years later on a computer.

@katiestl 28 дней назад

I waited years for this to rerun as a kid. Thought I might have imagined it.

@alipush4311 4 года назад

Searched for this as an adult. Just found this. I was 8 when i saw this. Was one of the scariest id ever seen as a child

@birdsong985 3 года назад

I did the same I couldnt remmeber anything but a red orb or room and ot was a afterschool special or weekend special. It scared me. I am 45 now. There is another one where a boy went into a magic shop thats all I remember.

@alipush4311 3 года назад

Im 45 too. What in the world??? Intesresting thing too, I must have seen the movie 'Christine' as a real little girl. I had these crazy nightmares that went on for YEARS about a car chasing me at night running me over - same nightmare. . I had no idea it was that movie until I was about 20 and I bvb decided to watch it to see if it was any good. And there it was, the exact scene from the movie was my recurring nightmare. I looked up the year it came out --- and ta'da!!!. Since then I've always been careful of what my kids watched as little ones. I know this is a full rant, but facts 🤷🏾‍♀️

@birdsong985 3 года назад

@@alipush4311 45 as well..Awesome. Isnt it funny how you remember little things and it sticks with you.. Yes Christine ha.. thankfully it didnt give me nightmares. I had older cousins that had me watch things I shouldnt have at my age so yes I agree with you. I slept with.my mom and dad a lot ha . Happy Holidays!

@alipush4311 3 года назад

Happy Holidays to you too!! and so did I - lol

@Gravy65 3 года назад

I would have been 40 when you guys were posting these comments, 41 now. I had a neighborhood house that had a red light in one of their windows, and whenever we drove past it, all the way up to me being in jr. high, and riding my bike through the neighborhood, I would be spooked by it because of this show. I had little to no memory of it, other than there was a red room. After watching this, the part where the candle floats over to the fireplace was the only thing that jarred my memory, but this show sure had an impact regardless.

@FaceGenital 3 года назад

Almost 44, I remembered the part with the dog digging up what I understood at the time...was his own skull. Funny thing I had a Tonka CLAW, I got it for Christmas 1984, just bought one off of eBay a few months ago. And yes, this show scared the crap out of me.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

If you’ve never read the book, you can always order it from Amazon. That’s what I did(YES, I know it’s a children’s book), BUT, I WAS always very curious as to what it was like, how similar the ABC weekend special would have been to it. Like someone else had said, the book IS far creepier; for one thing the boys’ tour of the house actually takes place on Halloween night (it’s told in first person by Bruce, who is replaced by Todd in the special here), and furthermore he and Bill are not touring the house as part of some club initiation (in the book); simply doing it as an alternative to trick or treating.

@theylied1776 4 года назад

There are a few title sequences that I loved when I was a kid. The Wide World of Sports, ABC Weekend Special, and the CBS Special Presentation,

@marifromky Год назад

"the agony of defeat"

@michaelabercrombie7698 Год назад

@@marifromky That's what I was literally thinking about when the ski jumper wiped out.

@ericbaxter9669 2 года назад

This episode has stuck with me my entire life, haha. I was 6 when I saw this and it scared the hell out of me.

@hh7407 Год назад

I was 9. It scared me, too! Now, I watched it 2nd time in my life just now, 30 Jan 23, and it was just terrific. Funny how once you have experienced real life scary stuff, these shows that once scared you are simply fun and exciting to see but not frightening. 😊

@somemilk Год назад

Me too!

@robertfoster5850 Год назад

This is my favorite weekend special episode. Reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons, cereal, bmx bikes, and video rental and arcade days. Good ol' days, all-out fun with no electronic devices!

@blackphoenix77 4 года назад

That opening sequence takes me back, man....

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

I also remember the original opening sequence with Michael Young, until about 1981 or 1982. Then he was replaced by these guys. I actually continued to watch the ABC weekend special up through my high school graduation in June 1987. I would have been a high school sophomore at this time, October 1984.

@jamesholloway1739 Год назад

I love watching the old commercials we grew up with

@PeteC75 3 года назад

Good Lord I finally found it. I have searched for this on a few occasions to no avail. I finally got the right keywords to find it. The quality is quite good as well!

@NewsActive3 4 года назад

I remember this particular episode freaking me out as a kid. Then again, I was only 7.

@phoenixman8569 3 года назад

I know what you mean, most liitle kids have a very vivid imagination and think up all kinds of scary monsters i the closet, under the bed

@ShogunateDaimyo 3 года назад

I was 3 when this came out so i must've seen a rerun at aome point but same thing so memorable as a kid i had to search to see if it was really a thing.

@bigwillietheb 2 года назад

I was 10 at the time

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

I was 13 going on 14(I saw it when it premiered, which was early February 1983.)

@ednguyen3822 Год назад

Fuzzy Memories is right! I remember seeing this about Halloween decades ago but remembered it differently. It definitely left an impression as a spooky show, though. I seemed to remember an ABC afterschool movie, about 2 trick-or-treaters entering a haunted house. There were some musical sequences, scary stuff, and a scene with a dancing witch. I remember the boys escaping, looking back and seeing something creepy in the window, and running away. Obviously, I was a bit off. It was an ABC weekend special and just 30 minutes, not a movie. No musical numbers, but a lot of eerie music, plus a psychedelic red room sequence with a lot of twirly camera motion. No witch, but definitely an old eerie woman who may have been a ghost. Still, I'm SO GLAD I finally tracked this down. It was on my bucket list of lost-and-found childhood memories. Oh, and such fond memories of the animated show intro. The road once traveled indeed... Other fuzzy memories - you all remember a 70's film about an underground ship and a T-rex on some island? Yup, it was a real film - The Last Dinosaur. Also, remember a 70's film with a ghostly but beautiful girl and a gigantic sea turtle with glowing eyes? That was real too! The Bermuda Depths. Still very atmospheric to watch!

@Nazzlover38 4 года назад

Thank you so much for uploading this one! An immortal classic!

@senorasshammer5541 3 года назад

Oh man the opening always brings back so much nostalgia. This was when television was good.

@valerie7008 3 года назад

When watching commercials is actually fun. It’s cool to see all of these again! Oh and I saw the Gotcha game commercial. My mom and dad saved that game for me and I just brought it home for my kids to enjoy. I love having my old 80’s toys. My kids are enjoying them, too.

@flpaintman71 4 года назад

Good 80s Weekend Special. Watched this on the first air date, and I believe I had my Dad record to VHS

@harryknutts8428 11 месяцев назад

that would have been nice, we didnt get a vcr until 1987 , it was a big deal to have 1 when they came out and upto maybe 1986 then they got cheaper and most people had 1 by 87 or 88

@kennethlee2278 9 месяцев назад

Weekend special, not after school. This one terrified me back then.

@marquishoward3529 4 года назад

Brings back so many memories growing up

@whtxombi4955 2 года назад

Many blessings to whoever posted this! Love it.

@Hullstarr 4 года назад

I was born in 1985 but I remember watching this in the library when I was in kindergarten.

@christopherburdette3725 2 года назад

I had watched this and that night my mom put new bulb in my night light …. Guess what color ? Lol that’s right RED!!! …long night that night 😂

@illstuffamattresswithyou5657 2 года назад

Ok. My mind is a little blown right now. I thought this was just a fake memory I had from when I was a kid. Scared the heck outta me!

@JosephJMcAllister 2 года назад

I was 11 when I first saw it in 1984. Man, it was scary! I spent years looking for it as well. Figured it out about 8yrs ago when someone finally uploaded it to RU-vid.

@ubiquitousdiabolus Год назад

Same here!

@taralepine4977 Год назад

Me too (lol).

@kewlken5129 4 года назад

I remember this episode very vividly. Back in ‘84, it gave me nightmares for over a week. Even since then...that damned red room with the floating orb had occasionally appeared in my dreams for quite some time.

@DimensionofDespondos 3 года назад

Silent Hill P.T.!😃 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A0elexerfLE.html

@birdsong985 3 года назад

Me too I am 45 now how old are you

@kewlken5129 3 года назад

@@birdsong985__Old enough to remember...yet not quite old enough to forget!😆 Happy Holidays!!!

@birdsong985 3 года назад

@@kewlken5129 ha ha absolutley!!! Happy Holidays to you too.

@WrathchildVA 9 месяцев назад

The red ghost coming down the stairs creeped me out. Had nightmares I was in that house with dozens of red ghosts coming at me. 😂

@wawawis 2 года назад

I was about 6 when I first saw this one and it stuck with me. After a few failed searches throughout the years, I finally found it on RU-vid back in 2015. It didn't occur to me that it was one of the ABC Weekend Specials, but it makes sense as it was on around that time of a Saturday Morning. As someone else also said, the beginning brings back nostalgia! It really does. Also, I had always remembered the red room, but prior to my first RU-vid viewing of this, it seems like I never saw the video past the flare at the end. It's very possible that I left the room after getting a little too freaked out, or changed the channel. So it was nice to see the entire video though for once. Over 5 years later and It popped up in my head, so I came here for another re-visit. As an adult, you try to cross-analyze more things than you should. Judging by the style of the mansion and Jamie's (and the other ghosts') attire, I'd say they came out of the 1880''s or 1890's. That would also be about the last time you'd find such a big house in the middle of the city without electricity. That being said, this story was based on present day from a February 1983 standpoint, but the maid claimed the caretaker, who was apparently already old at the time, had been dead for only 40 years. This would put the Bly family as living in the 1930's or 1940's. Also, was the maid supposed to be a ghost too? But a younger ghostly version of her appears in the mansion (and suddenly disappears after putting out the flame). The children would not have been able to see a younger version of her if she were still alive. Also, when she suddenly vanishes at the end and the children figure out who she was, she seemingly disappears shortly after walking off and it spooks the kids. It's a neat tale. I also watched the Haunted Mansion Mystery back in 2015 also as it appeared in the cue. I remembered seeing bits & pieces of it as a kid, but I didn't remember it as clearly as this one. And as someone commented below, it must've been available on here recently, but I can't find it now.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

The book that it was based on(written by Scott Corbett)was written in 1972, but the book itself does take place in fact in the early 20th century. Right after it begins, Bruce says (it’s told in first person from his point of view; Todd took his place in the weekend special version), anyway Bruce says,”Let me give you an idea of how long ago this was. There was no television, and even radio was just getting started..movies were silent..” so yes, it definitely would have been the mid- to late 19th century when Jamie and his family had lived in the house(anyway, the style of clothes and candles and oil lamps instead of electricity are the dead giveaway). And again, Bruce Crowell is the original other boys name(whom Todd Burton replaced in the weekend special adaptation.)

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

And yes, it seems the old lady whom Bill and Todd meet is also supposed to be a ghost, but my guess is maybe she and the maid were mother and daughter, or even possibly sisters. The book has a completely different premise: (the boys do not tour the mansion as part of a club initiation); they do it instead of going trick or treating for Halloween, basically.

@justmejenny7986 Год назад

@@MrJamieMurph4141969 now I have to find the book. I adore anything taking place during Halloween. Thanks for the info.

@wawawis 2 месяца назад

@@MrJamieMurph4141969 Thanks for the Reponses and the added info. It comes to show I should revisit this clip a little more often. I was totally unaware this was based off of a prior book. Interesting!

@steph13326ify 4 года назад

This is the one episode my mom would never let me watch, but here I am. None of you fuckers better squeal on me!

@DimensionofDespondos 3 года назад

The ghost dog digging up his own skull tho. 😳

@markwing7066 2 года назад

Holy crap I have been looking for this movie for a long time

@agnessomerville2820 2 года назад

I remember this special because it was kind of scary and I loved it

@setpunks13 3 года назад

OMG extreme deja vu. I haven't seen this opening for weekend specials in over 30 years but I remember it SO VIVIDLY. wild

@user-ec2zx8or8o 14 дней назад

"ABC Weekend Specials - "The Red Room Riddle" This is another one of my favorite episodes. I love the intro music. The memories of my childhood are here to stay....SSSSS. R.I.P. (Vincent Price)

@rogerrendzak8055 Год назад

I must of missed this, back then. But back in '83, I was already 22, and not actively looking, at child oriented, TV shows. But, I'm happy to view it now!! Billy Jacoby is the younger brother, of Scott Jacoby. Any sci-fi/horror, mystery film 'virtuoso' (a Vincent Price, word), would recall Scott, appearing in a 1974, made-for-TV movie titled "BAD RONALD"!!

@bobbillings Год назад

Whenever this intro music came on, it was time to change the channel because it meant Saturday morning cartoons were over. Now I can go back and finally watch these through the magic of the youtube time machine.

@netsendjoe Год назад

I feel like I remember this from Elementary school where (on a Friday) the library would let us watch these TV specials based on children's library books. Had a hard enough time finding it all these years.

@WrathchildVA 9 месяцев назад

Remember watching this as a kid. The part that was scared me the most was when we saw the red ghost (I assume was Jaime’s father) come down the stairs. It was a creepy episode. Thanks for posting it, as well as all the commercials, it brought back a lot of memories.

@kresblain 4 года назад

13:40 Watch for a very young Fred Savage in the Cap'n Crunch commercial.

@captainfantastic9158 3 года назад

Good eye! And the Crunch Berry Beast is like, "Listen, Choco, I'M the only freaky-deaky creature on Crunch island, see?!"

@artiegohome 2 года назад

Had to go back and re-watch it. Good catch!

@rabbidcow2135 4 года назад

This one stuck in my memory.Great to see it again.Liked horror movies n books after seeing this.

@emilymayer5500 3 года назад

This is absolutely precious! I remember watching this when I was a kid, and it appealed to my love of historic houses, history and the past particularly the Victorian era. I love the Vincent Price cameo during the intro. As someone who has dedicated her life to the preservation of history in its many forms, keep up the good work preserving these shows. By the way, does anyone know anything about the house featured? It's absolutely gorgeous!!

@lonewolfattack8071 3 года назад

As noted elsewhere, the exterior is the Frederick Hastings Rindge house located at 2263 S Harvard Blvd. in Los Angeles. Not sure about the interiors. It was also used in "Frightmare" (1983) and the TV adaptation of "The Treasure of Alpheus T. Winterborn" (1980) -- the latter of which certainly could have been an "ABC Weekend Special" but was actually a "CBS Children's Mystery Theatre" presentation. I surmised that ABC got the idea for this and "The Haunted Mansion Mystery" from that series.

@JenMistress 4 года назад

I will say this, special effects was cheesy, but understandable, 1980's TV budget and all. However, still better than most modern day CGI effects. Thank you, this was way before my time, so first time I've seen it. The thumbnail and title had me curious when scrolling through my subscribes, but still quite enjoyed it, and a nice video for Halloween. Thank you.

@DimensionofDespondos 3 года назад

First season of American Horror Story heavily influenced by this.

@jamesholloway1739 Год назад

I loved this growing up I was always so excited when it came on

@7thangelad586 2 года назад

This one is terrifying but great! Thanks for the upload!

@harryknutts8428 11 месяцев назад

i cant remember if i saw it once or twice , but i know i saw it once, i remember the red room , youtube is good to find hidden memories, , in 1984 i lived with my mom but may have watched it at my dads , i went there usualy 2 or 3 weekends a month

@markparrotte9844 9 месяцев назад

My favorite weekend special episode. Scared the crap out of us as kids. Love it!!!!

@KJ-tz7vc 10 месяцев назад

I'm instantly transported back to childhood. The commercials feel very familiar and I remember being very creeped out by "The Red Room Riddle."

@EnlightnMe48 5 дней назад

Mikey Randall Parker Lewis Cant Lose. That's where I remembered him!

@artiegohome 2 года назад

Just watched the Haunted Mansion Mystery for the first time in 35+ years and this was next in the queue. Not gonna lie, I'm glad 8 year old me didn't see this. Saved me some nightmares for sure! For its time and its budget, this was really well done. Thank you very much for uploading it and I'm looking forward to seeing more.

@tygerbyrn 10 месяцев назад

Love the intro. 00:09 Brings back so many memories!

@mattfife6209 4 года назад

Vincent Price sure phoned that one in...

@mattrexer9086 2 года назад

Wow, glad to find this after nearly 40 years! Just wish the terribly obnoxious watermark wasn't there....

@FuzzyMemoriesTV 2 года назад

Can’t have everything. 😎

@wyatt-rocks Год назад

This one scared the crap out of me in 1984!

@moonraker30 3 года назад

So glad to have been young at this time #80sKid

@stephaniel8164 2 года назад

I miss OG Readmore!

@GothicTopicPodcast 11 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@johnparra5639 4 года назад

The filming location is the historic Frederick Hastings Rindge House, located in Los Angeles, CA. Loved this episode as a kid. It was so scary and had these unsettling vibes. Would love to get a quality copy one day.

@harryknutts8428 10 месяцев назад

after reading description , i see it aired several times , so i musta saw 2 or 3 times

@mr10tomidnight 3 года назад

I just now saw a new series called Bly Manor on Yahoo. I was hoping it would be a series prequel to the Red Room Riddle where it shows Jamie Bly and his family living in the mansion before his tragic death from a fire.

@andyrose5616 5 месяцев назад

Frank Welker voices O.G. Readmore here. 27:57 If you’ve ever seen footage of Ernie Anderson in a recording session, you can picture the flurry of profanities that must have come out of his mouth after doing this bumper. He hated having too much copy crammed into too little time.

@connieaceves6274 5 месяцев назад

I never watched it because it looked scary but now here I am watching g

@beehambonio3378 Год назад

I have been looking for this for ages, I found The ghost of Thomas kempe on another channel.

@TracyWalters 10 месяцев назад

Childhood memories! But I only remember it as being called The Red Room; I didn't remember the Riddle after it. All I could remember about the show before watching it here was the image of the boy & his dog laughing in front of the house (I didn't remember them as being in ghostly form, though). I think this episode inspired me to write my own fictional spooky short story back then about my friends and me visiting a haunted house.

@reginaldpayne8992 2 года назад

Children's Novels For Television, Short Story Specials, and ABC Afternoon School Specials.

@matth890 3 года назад

this is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

@illstuffamattresswithyou5657 7 месяцев назад

As an adult, I thought this was a fever dream from my childhood

@birdsong985 3 года назад

This has stick with me since a kid in 80s. I couldnt remember the name of it I just knew it was a afterschool special or weekend special and it was a red orb and room. It was scary. I been looking for it. There was also one where a kid went into a magic shop thats all I remember.

@justmejenny7986 Год назад

Zack and the Magic Factory.

@MaverickVersusEverything 4 года назад

Mav is loving you guys right now. Sending radness atcha. :)

@davidwhite3180 2 года назад

Awesome

@waynekrumbach 4 года назад

I remember that year. 1984.

@bigwillietheb 2 года назад

I do too, I was 10 & always loved a good scary story espically so close to Halloween

@reubenrucker1314 3 года назад

Sad to see thes shows gone

@FoundationElectronics 3 месяца назад

after years of searching, I finally found the house location! if anyone is interested it's located at: 2263 S Harvard Blvd in LA, California the house is called Rindge house, built in 1902

@Michelle-kg9zz 4 года назад

AWESOME 💖💚💙💛

@coreyray5785 3 года назад

I had a claw! I think I got it for my 9th birthday...1985...I had it until 2007.

@FredtheDorfDorfman1985 3 года назад

Oh man, this sure takes me back too. I was eight also, and never forget the red orb grazing his cheek, and ghost boy says that about thorns in a rose bush. The orb and the fireplace... This, and another show back then, with this freaky stairway into a dark basement, and a skeleton of a girl that died, or was killed, in a dirt pit in the basement, but I can’t remember what it was called, or much about it.

@GenX4ever 2 года назад

You might be thinking of Haunted mansion mystery. That's also on RU-vid! Cheers

@artiegohome 2 года назад

@@GenX4ever After reading his description I came here to say the same thing. That episode stars a very young Christian Slater.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 2 года назад

And the skeleton in the basement would have been that of “Old Man Waterman”, a dead old man whose former house the new girl, Angel and her family have just moved into. She and Billy(played by Christian Slater)have been down in the basement to hopefully get answers about the late Old Man Waterman when they suddenly get caved in and in the process discover his skeleton down there.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

3:10 is great, as Todd is like “I could have SWORN it was locked!” And just before the end, @ 26:14-he and Bill both like “Come on, let’s SPLIT, and NEVER come back to see this place AGAIN, EVER!!!”

@bethdibartolomeo2042 3 года назад

Interesting to see a promo for Jeopardy when it was still in its infancy (and even then it was on at 3:30 in Chicago!). Who's the Boss? was also starting its long run.

@jong.7836 8 месяцев назад

I'd waited 39 years to see the end of this special! My dad and mom made me turn it off (we had to leave to go somewhere) right when the red ghost walked down the stairs. For years, I had this funny memory of him being like a Frankenstein monster (probably the stilted gate and dead-eyed stare). Damn thing gave 5-year-old me nightmares. 🤣

@harryknutts8428 10 месяцев назад

for some reason i want a bowl of cap n crunch

@Flying_turnip187 2 года назад

This movie scared me as a kid….

@marifromky Год назад

53. omg the chococrunch camera give away :)

@jeromejackson2455 2 года назад

Now stay tune for ab next on abc

@postmodernrecycler 2 месяца назад

Makes a nice double feature with The Peanut Butter Solution.

@ClassicLoverA 4 года назад

Musical guests on Bandstand that day were: John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - "On the Dark Side/Tender Years" Champaign - "Off and On Love"

@brandondillon1575 10 месяцев назад

i had dream once i was in that house in a zombie apocalypse

@videox222ify 4 года назад

here is an episode-specific episode description from IMDB for The Red Room Riddle: This episode was hosted by the ventriloquist Willie Tyler,& his dummy "Lester".Two young boys, Todd & Bill, go snooping into an alleged haunted house as a club initiation.One of the upstairs rooms was supposedly inhabiting a ghost by the name of Jamie Bly, who was a young boy who burned in the room years before.He had a dog, as well.The entire mansion was filled with ghosts, from Bly, to his old caretaker, to the maid, to everything.This episode featured the misadventures of the two boys as they entered the property & wandered inside the mansion.

@wmbrown6 4 года назад

That must've been one of the 1983 airings if it involved Mr. Tyler and Lester at the start and end of the show.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 4 года назад

@@wmbrown6 It did premiere in 1983 as a matter of fact.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 4 года назад

The titular Red Room was Jamie's former bedroom which yes, he and his pet Labrador perished in a long time ago(you can tell it was definitely in the 19th century, the way the house reverts to the way it was then-oil lamps and candles instead of electricity, not to mention Jamie's Tom Sawyer-style clothes.) Among the ghosts, don't also forget Jason, the Bly family's former butler(the man who chases Todd and Bill down the stairs, when Bill dons a mask trying to get Jamie back for locking them in the red room). Clever on Jamie's part, the way he just plain "plays games" with Todd and Bill all along,"Maybe I live here, maybe not," "I don't know what you're talking about, I never saw any skeleton," "Where's my family? They're OUT, of course!" thus leaving it up to Todd and Bill to figure out the answer to how strange he his-his old style clothes and using oil lamps and candles and not modern electricity and sure enough in the end, they do get the answer-because he's a GHOST.(it was HIS remains that they found!),just as the old lady tells them right before the end,"Rumor has it he's buried in the yard."

@lonewolfattack8071 4 года назад

The first 3 airings were hosted by Willie and Lester. Virtually everything that premiered on the show from '79-'84 had the hosting wraparound segs redone by O.G. and celebrity guest from '84 on. (A few specials disappeared by that point and weren't seen again.)

@patrickmccarron5059 4 года назад

Is that David Spade?

@moisepicard3417 4 года назад

Wasn't Vincent Prince in, "The Michael Jackson Song," "Thriller?" And, didn't he voiced in, "The Michael Jackson Song," "Thriller (Official Music Video)?"

@senshivinasu9553 4 года назад

Yep! Thriller was a Boris Karloff (Frankenstein)tv series from the 60's

@m.r.keller9642 Месяц назад

I miss the circus (at the end).

@MrJamieMurph4141969 4 года назад

Anyone have or remember the Jasper Kent special?(2 part ABC weekend special from the 80s) I know the actual book title is something like Frank and Fearless, which the special was based on(I did some google research). I remember the first part-Jasper’s widowed dad remarries, his stepmother is a real witch, not to mention her equally hateful son Nicholas, Jaspers father dies and something about he stows away on a train out west(the trains whistle sounded so EERIE to me, as if as a harbinger for Jaspers more impending doom!) he gets off the train and finds a house that appears to be empty so he goes inside, only to hear crying-a child crying-coming from upstairs; a frightened little boy named Harry(I think), “I want my mommy!”(he’s been kidnapped), he tells Jasper, then the girl Lizzie comes in, as does Jasper’s “step uncle”, his stepmoms brother(end of first part), and the second part I don’t recall too well, just that it has a happy ending, as Jasper has come to stay and be a part of this household that includes Lizzie and Harry(I do remember Lizzie coming very close to crying, as Jasper at first was going to decline living there, then it ending with she wiping away her unshed tears.) Anyway, that one would be great to see again; it was kind of a thriller. Haven’t seen it since late May 1987, just before my high school graduation.

@justmejenny7986 Год назад

Did you ever discover the name of it? I adore anything with witches in it.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 Год назад

I think the title either is Frank and Fearless or The Adventures of Jasper Kent. Incidentally, when I said Jasper’s stepmother was a witch I actually meant a witch as in a hag, a woman perceived as frightful, hateful, and nasty.

@Geocub75 Год назад

I’ve been looking for this stupid thing for years. I couldn’t remember what the damn show was called. Years of trying to describe it to people, and nobody knew what it was.

@lonewolfattack8071 4 года назад

An original 16mm print recently fetched over 200 bucks on eBay. Anyone here the winner? Looked way better on 16mm than the terrible 1970s-quality film-to-tape telecine seen here. Although said terrible telecine did make the short seem a lot scarier, what, with its ghost-imaging and all.

@cootmaster 4 месяца назад

i thought it was this one but wasnt there one about aliens on planet earth and at end they needed to leave or else and they showed the boy or girl without a face like a ghost because the ufo left them?

@erikandrus4387 2 года назад

Sorry, but I always felt Jamie had it coming.

@davidroberts1026 Год назад

I see all the sentimentality and I get it, but no mentions of the book? As a fan of the Scott Corbett book for 45+ years, I couldn't believe I had never seen this, was excited to watch it, and thought it was only "ok." The book is Far more frightening and effective, and I feel (maybe due to the condensed run time) that they eviscerated it. There was no club--just a couple boys' excitement around Halloween, and their curiosity/daring, and just wanting to do something different. I figured they wouldn't show the soldier with his bloody sword (and what was on it) but they changed far too much for my liking. This is a beloved book, with a lot of great atmosphere, and that's missing here. And as I remember, the bone the dog dug up (seen in a flash while running through a creepy overgrown arbor, and That's when Bill gets his scratch) was quite possibly human--Definitely not clearly canine. There are a number of things that they changed arbitrarily, and not for the better, or because they were more cinematic, etc. But I am glad many people got to enjoy some version of the story, at least.

@MrJamieMurph4141969 4 года назад

Seems the old lady whom Bill and Todd meet and the maid were maybe mother and daughter; as Todd tells Bill the second time they meet the old lady she looks like an older version of the maid. Plus someone had said on another copy of this that they thought the old lady is supposed to be a ghost as well. So maybe she and the maid really are or were mother and daughter. Sandra Caron did in fact play both parts.

@alwilson3204 Год назад

Pretty creepy stuff for young kids.

@JMFabiano 3 года назад

0:00....Alex Trebek.

@twofo5 3 года назад

freak me when I was but a boy

@themysteryquadrio339 4 года назад

Yay finally first

@TheEggplantThatAteChicago 3 месяца назад

This is the worst acting I've seen in an extremely long time.

@wawawis 2 месяца назад

It is just me or does anyone else hear the refrain of "Who's Child is This" when they first walk into the mansion? I thought I had asked this with my post a couple of years back, but I see I forgot to mention it. It certainly adds to the haunting factor and is actually a bit touching.