Watch the Lost 'Garfield Goose' Intro and Clutch Cargo 'Pipeline to Danger'

Klein says this interesting discovery came via Mr. Chance Mitchell on Ebay, who graciously donated it to Fuzzy Memories TV.

“Garfield Goose and Friends” aired in Chicago from 1952 to 1976. The goose character was the creation of Frazier Thomas, who took the goose with him from Cincinnati to Chicago. Chicago got its first glimpse of Gar on the old WBKB station in September 1952, which was purchased by WBBM. The show was sold to WGN in 1953, where “Garfield Goose and Friends” settled into its after school time slot for the next 25 years.
Garfield Goose was the self-proclaimed “King of the United States,” with jovial, perfectionist Thomas as his prime minister. Gar was joined by Romberg Rabbit, with occasional appearances by Beauregard Burnside III, chief of the Secret Service; Gar’s nephew, Christmas Goose, who would appear around Christmas time; Macintosh Mouse, and Gar’s mother, Mama Goose, which was Gar in drag with a wig.
The clip opens with a vintage WGN color station ID. The Garfield Goose intro is rich in color and high quality, as if it aired last week. Klein guesses that clip is from 1971.
The intro features an extended music track of mondo organista Ethel Smith’s rendition of “Monkey on a String,” the iconic theme music for Gar. Smith is best known for her hit song, “Tico Tico,” featured in the 1944 film, “Bathing Beauty.”
There’s also a complete Clutch Cargo cartoon serial called “Pipeline to Danger,” which Klein refers to as “the less exciting meat of the find.”
The cartoon centered on adventure writer-pilot Clutch Cargo, who took his young ward Spinner and pet dachshund Paddlefoot on various dangerous assignments around the world. Clutch is probably best remembered, for the creepy, real human lips superimposed over the limited-motion animation.
Klein has no idea where the clip came from or why it ended up on eBay. He surmises that it could aired during a Cubs rain delay. Klein writes:

“What the heck is this thing? Why was it created? Rain delay theater? An attempt to syndicate the program's cartoon elements but under the ‘Garfield Goose and Friends’ umbrella? An unauthorized souvenir taken home by a WGN employee as entertainment for his kids' birthday party?”

No matter where it came from, just enjoy the goose, the castle and Ethel Smith’s zippy “Monkey on a String," the greatest theme song for a local kids' TV show ever.