Sammy Terry WTTV4: WTTV 50th Anniversary Special 1999

[PerrrfictKats]

I remember when he put a hot dog in a stein, and laughted and calledc it "Frank-in-stein"!

[chentel64]

I will always remember Sammy Terry's show on friday night , his mom use to babysit me when i was a little girl .

[maxx0xxam]

I'm 42 and watched Sammy religiously when I was a kid. Brings a tear to my eye thinking about the past... I love you tube for letting me see this stuff again.

[MyZachmiller]

I LOVE Sammy Terry......Growing up in Indiana, every friday night my dad and I had a date with the tv! I am now 31 and live in fl. It was a blast from the past to run across these clips!! I used to dress up every halloween as "Sammy Terry". My dad did my makeup and i never had any trouble winning the costume contest!! Totally takes me back!!!!

[kruger5597]

@MyZachmiller I remember the intro from the late sixties and early seventies- When the moon creeps up over the horizon its time for Sammy Terry (wierd cat scream).

[davisismail1comcast]

Wow I grew up on this stuff. I now live in chicago and they have a Sammy Terry knock-off call SvenGoolie, which makes me laugh because it super cornier than Sammy Terry. Sammy Terry when I was a kid actually scared the life out of me.

[gwampaw]

My No. 2 son went to school wth Sammy Terry's(bob Carter) son.

[winky51062]

Does anyone remember being told Sammy Terry and Janie were married?

[vantalge]

@winky51062 No, the story was that Cowboy Bob and Janie were married.

[U3X6785]

Is it friday night again? hehe

[kobakommander]

There's something awesome and real about tv in those days. 

[Tigerpaws9097826]

I remember looking forward to watching Sammy Terry's show (called Nightmare Theater by the time I was old enough to watch) each weekend. I remember being entertained by one of the sponsors too - Credit Furniture, who seemed to have a perpetual going-out-of-business sale until they changed their name to Big C furniture, only to repeat the process and later become Credit Furniture again. This video brings back some good memories.

[smralston52]

I recall watching Sammy Terry Friday evenings when I lived in Bloomington, IN, from 1982-1986. Thanks for posting these splendid videos . I was raised in Richmond, VA, and there we had a similar character, although a bit more silly, named "Bowman Body. "

[wildcowboy1962]

thanks sammy for very thing!

[redwing46901]

Hey everyone,If you go pick up the latest issue of "HORRORHOUND" magazine number 21 with wolfman on the front of it inside it you will find a list of Horror Hosts over the years including our favorite Sammy Terry !!!!!!!!!

[w1e2s3s4k5i6l7e8s9]

i grew up,waiting,every friday night,to hear that coffin creak open! my litttle brother was petrified of him! so, being the good brother i was,i would crank the TV up,and send him running under the covers, as soo as he heard the opening 1 No dishTV,no Cable, just 7,orso, TV channels...I bow to you ,Sammy, and i wish you the best of health!

[thesixtiesguy]

I remember Sammy (Nightmare) from Saturday nights, 1963 thru 1966. Spent some of my most frightful moments with Sammy Terry. Everybody remembers Janie, Harlow, Curly Meyer and Cowboy Bob; Does anyone remember from channel 4 : Chatter N Bugs from 1962, Fun N Stuff from 1964. Clancy the Cop (Dick Tracy cartoons). Channel 8 Cowboy Clyde in 1963. Channel 13 Mickey Mouse club and the Bill Jackson Show? You never hear about these kids shows from Indy.

[gwampaw]

@thesixtiesguy I only remember watching the original Mickey Mouse club.

[bubbadin30]

i grew up watching these show's as kid when there were only three networks plus the local stations on tv, sammy terry introduced me to the classics of horror and sci fi. which were so much scarier then a lot of stuff hollywood puts out now a days. good times man good times

[stopher7997]

Sammy Terry use to scare the heck out of me when I was a kid, but one day I was with my grandfather and I saw him there out of makeup when my grandfather leaned over and told me who he was. I was no longer scared of him after that because I knew he wasn't really that scary out of makeup.

[WhoosierJarhead]

loved this show on Friday nights, we did have some really good local talent on WTTV. I think this would still work even today

[RLO4E]

i dreamt that sammy terry, dracula, and frankenstein where at the foot of my bed, when i was 8yrs old. LOL. i miss the whole channel 4 shows. sammy terry, cowboy bobs corral, the janie show. i loved those days. thanks for posting this.

[boredjanitors]

Me too. Im just another Hoosier kid who watched this fantastic show every Friday night. My older sisters and brothers would want to watch it with the lamps shut off. We fought several minutes over this until you got smacked and told to sit down and shut up or go to bed. Popcorn and Big Red in glass bottles were the snacks of choice. I love Sammy to this day, buy he still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck with that laugh. Thank you Sammy for all the fun. You're the greatest.

[mamaofthree1963]

This man (God bless him!) gave me nightmares for years. I'm forty-five years old and to this day I don't think I could watch all by myself :) Friday nights would not have been the same, though, without Sammy and popcorn and Coke. My sisters and I would huddle at one end of the couch with an afghan over our faces when the commercial prior to Sammy's opening ended---we knew what was coming! Boy, those were the days. I'd give anything if those old shows had been videotaped--what a treat!

[teamanabolix]

At the music store, Mr. Carter would never acknowledge that he was Sammy. But it was fun to tell him a joke and get him laughing. His personal laugh was sooooo similar. I wish he was still on the air!

[missma37]

I could not believe these were posted on here! I grew up in Ellettsville, Indiana. This is so cool! I loved this show!

[tetisheri1972]

I loved Sammy Terry, watched his show every chance I could. I went to high school with Janie's son, and grew up watching Cowboy Bob and Janie.  Channel 4 rocked!

[rcd1979]

I remember learning to play viola at Indy Music Center off Shadeland Avenue, which was owned by Bob Carter. Not long after, I was playing the "Theatre on the Square" with my orchestra, and Bob Carter used to give me and my friends free kazoos, just for fun. What a great guy, and believe me this guy is more of a music lover than I could ever be. Hes a great man, and I will always cherish my days on the eastside, living with Sammy Terry.

[Bean0000]

What a great time in America, when TV programming was more local. Now a days we have to worry more about what people in CaliFACKNIGfornia have to say to our kids. Then OUR people mattered more.

[SlatanicG0D]

Crazy shit..Good old Indiana horror..I can remember staying up with my older sister watching Sammy...good times

[redwing46901]

I love this ,awesome!! thanks for sharing this with us all here kudos!!! more if you can!! : D

[homecurious]

I could have done without the woman who introduced him, but I love Sammy Terry! He was a very important part of my childhood along with Cowboy Bob and Janie. They sure don't make shows like this anymore.

[yes350yes]

Certainly sammie terry was a loved character in these parts and always loved it best when they had the wolfman, dracula or frankenstien. But I also remember even before S.T. was a guy called selwin, telling my age now and that was when it was called the late show and the late, late showl as programing went off the air after a benediction and a test pattern always came on , those were the days.

[CCI22rmfr]

WTTV 4 was my favorite station growing up in the sixtey's and seventy's,television pretty much sucks these day's though,I wish shows like sammy Terry were still on,I looked forward to friday night every week so my brother and I could watch Sammy and see those old horror flicks.

[gwampaw]

@CCI22rmfr I grew up watching Popeye, then had to go through it all again wth my sister, who is 15 years younger.

[Ray50005]

As a child, I lived in Mooresville, Indiana during the early 80's. Channel 4 was my favorite channel of all time. Sammy Terry, Cowboy Bob, and Janie were that channel's Holy Trinity.

*Ray*

[flickblitz]

Sammy Terry was a Friday night staple. When we were in 3rd grade, my best friend and I would spend the night at each other's houses and stay up late on Friday nights drinking cokes and watching Sammy Terry.

I also had the chance to see him in the summer of 1976 at The Strand Theater in Crawfordsville, Indiana for all the 6th graders going into the 7th grade. He had a guillotine with him.

Thanks for posting these and all the great memories!

[MarkGauvreau]

I love it! It's so sad these guys aren't around anymore.

[wanghobb]

this guy is great! Excellent voice

[jsaacoffey]

Does anyone remember when Janie used to broadcast from the old Riverside amusement park? It would be nice to see some of those old clips

[jchargrave]

Family Music Center RIP...thanks for the guitar lessons Vince!!!

[DanIN72]

Gotta love Indiana's wonderful cicadas chirping all the way through the interview with Cowboy Bob lol

[CaesarNed61]

This show used to come on late on Friday night and I remember staying up late and watching all of those old b & w horror movies. Great old times!

[cadesmal]

Does anyone happen to have the Cowboy Bob Theme and Opening and possibly Janie? I would love to see these!

[memnoker]

Sammy Terry takes his monologues from lofty shakespearean drama to maniacal joy in evil to horror movie camp to satire to just plain creepy. He was a master at his craft. I still remember being 8 years old and seeing his show opening come on late at night (I was actually still UP at 11pm for the first time. *gasp*) and it scared the HELL outta me.

[akmediascope]

me too-- a dubbed Italian Vesuvius mummy film. IT was romantic too! Hot Pizza and Sammy Terry. What more could an 11 year old want in 1966?

[akmediascope]

I just realized how eloquent he could be-- one of the reasons I was so attracted to the character.

[bowslap]

same here.....Sammy Terry would give me nightmares without compare.....

Looks like there's a higher headcount of fellow Hoosiers here on da "Tube than I figured.

[swearingej]

After all these years. I still get the chills when I hear his laugh. But I love it!

[bowslap]

The good ol'days of Channel 4. Between Sammy Terry, Cowboy Bob and Janie, that was a cool station....even if the signal sucked in Hendricks County. Still remember the Jim Gerard Show and Doug Rafferty with the news. Damn I'm getting old......

[DanIN72]

hahaha you should have seen how bad the signal was in Kokomo before WTTK 29 (the booster station) came on the air LOL

[akmediascope]

I played electric race cars with Jim Gerard. He came to my neighbor's Christmas party, She was a reporter for the Star. He was a nice and very hip guy in his Madras Jacket and Beatle-like haircut.

[cadesmal]

I seem to remember the WTTV 4 special having the theme song of Cowboy Bob's Corral played on it as well as the intro to the Janie Show. Can someone possibly post these for us?

[akmediascope]

I remember the WTTV 4 song also played at the beginning of Janie's Popeye hour or whatever it was. I have a very strong association with this song-- It meant Cartoons and later . . . the sad goodnight of signoff, time to go to bed. It is actually a common song-- I think it is called the Clock song. Captain Kangaroo used it too

[doughaddix2003]

I was 5 or 6 years old when I started watching Sammy Terry, this was the days when there wasn't but NINE channel's on the TV, cable was fairly new at the time as well.

I'd stay up on Friday nights and let this guy scare the hell out of me and enjoyed every second of it.

I'm 43 years old now and when I try to explain to my kids about Sammy Terry, they don't have a clue of what the hell I'm talking about.

[akmediascope]

Me too! My kids didn't get it either, but now they do.

[wndsng76]

This is so cool. My dad enjoyed this when he was a kid and now I get to see. My father used to scare his brother all the time when Sammy Terry came on TV. He said it was such a great childhood growing up watching all the horror movies and then watching wrestling after at great grandpa's house.

[lovesretro]

I watched Sammy Terry every Friday night growing up and got to meet him one time at Longfellow school in Anderson. This is wonderful. Thanks!!

[cadesmal]

I bought the special when WTTV aired it as well.  Can someone possibly post the Janie Show and Cowboy Bob's Corral themes as well!

[OdysseusPrime]

If Indianapolis had a time capsule to launch into the outer reaches of the universe, a reel of Sammy Terry would be in it. Thanks.

[myway43]

This is just the greatest! Thanks for all the great memories!

[brndavid]

what memories this has brought up.i have lived in Knoxville Tn.for the past 20 years...

[bluelynn19952002]

Thanks for posting this,Omg how many times has Sammy Terry scared me,I mean this was the most terrifying guy ever~!

[ssmithd]

Sammy Terry! The coolest of all "ghouls!" Fangs for the memories Sammy!

[terrehautehouse]

awesome

[Inframan01]

I recorded this when it was broadcast! Now I will have on my youtube! YAAAAAAAAY!