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The Wolfman Jack Show [television series]
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- Moving images
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Howl Productions.
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- Attributions and conjectures: supplied
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2010.003.01.01
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1976 (Creation)
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- Wolfman Jack
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6 videocassettes : 3/4 inch (u-matic), col.
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Biographical history
Wolfman Jack was born on January 21, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Robert Weston Smith. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Motel Hell (1980). He was married to Lucy Lamb. He died on July 1, 1995 in Belvedere, North Carolina, USA.
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The U.S. disk jockey Wolfman Jack came to the greater public's attention in the 1973 film American Graffiti and as the announcer for the television rock concert series, The Midnight Special. His Howl Productions co-produced The Wolfman Jack Show with the CBC in Vancouver. The producers booked foreign performers as well as Canadian musical artists, such as the Stampeders and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and was intended to give Canadian artists an avenue into an international market. The program also featured regular performances by the Famous People Players, and comedy with Danny Wells, Peter Cullen, and Sally Sales.
Original air dates: Tue 7:30-8:00 p.m., 5 Oct 1976-13 Sep 1977
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- English
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Restricted due to format. Original records are not accessible/viewable using the equipment in the reading room.
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Allen, Blaine, "CBC Television Series 1952 to 1982, Woj-Wre." Queen's Film and Media, Queen's University (1996). [Accessed on February 17, 2011.] http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Woj.html
Executive producer: Don Kelley
Producer: Riff Markowitz
Director: Mark Warren
Host: Wolfman Jack
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- Wolfman Jack (Subject)
- Sampson, Paddy, 1926-2005 (Subject)