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The Wolfman Jack Show

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The Wolfman Jack Show
GenreVariety
Directed byMark Warren
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producerDon Kelley
ProducerRiff Markowitz
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release5 October 1976 (1976-10-05) –
13 September 1977 (1977-09-13)

The Wolfman Jack Show was a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1976 to 1977, and syndicated to stations in the US.

Premise

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This Vancouver-based series was a co-production of the CBC and host Wolfman Jack's production company, Howl Productions. International musical guests were combined with Canadian musicians such as Bachman–Turner Overdrive and The Stampeders. Other segments frequently featured comedy from Peter Cullen, Danny Wells and Sally Sales, with sketches from the Famous People Players.[1]

This series was broadcast concurrently with Wolfman Jack's other music series, The Midnight Special on NBC, where he was an announcer and co-host.

Scheduling

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This half-hour series was broadcast on CBC Television Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 October 1976 until 13 September 1977.

References

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  1. ^ Corcelli, John (September 2005). "The Wolfman Jack Show". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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