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| Above, a publicity still of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Glenn Strange for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Universal Pictures photo. |
Since we're a week away from Halloween, I thought I'd post a little L.A. television history. I've posted about this before, but to paraphrase Universal Pictures, "A good Halloween tradition is worth repeating."
Back in the early 1960s, before late afternoon (between 3:00 and 6:00) television airtime was taken over by local and network news, stations in Los Angeles had kid shows and movies.
On KABC Channel 7, the Six O'Clock Movie was broadcast. Over on KNXT (later KCBS) Channel 2, it was The Early Show movie.
On Halloween The Early Show played Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) whenever Halloween fell on a weekday without fail. It was definitely a Halloween tradition in Los Angeles. It set a good spooky mood for trick or treaters before they headed out into the night.
That ended when KNXT ended The Early Show to give way for news broadcasts.
Thanks to advent of VHS tapes and DVD/Blu-ray discs, we can relive those days, provided one has a copy of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein in their video libraries.
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