I was a member of the studio crew for about a gazillion years. It was a lot of fun, and I miss those days.

I would watch this when I was home sick from school. Loved watching this show.

This and his WMJI radio show were great

He hosted the Evel Knievel show at Kings Island in 1975

I used to watch this as a kid eating my Red Barn lunch

I'm living in another country at the moment. I grew up in Cleveland, and I miss John Lanigan and the Channel 43 WUAB Prize Movie. I remember tuning in to watch the Prize Movie on hot, sunny, summer afternoons when the temperature hit above 90. We had an air conditioner, and I remember sitting right next to it and watching 13 Rue Madeleine.

Good memories.

I miss Channel 43...oh wait...it's still around...I miss the OLD Channel 43. The Prize Movie, Super Host and all the great syndicated shows they used to air made for some very watchable TV. Thanks for the reminder!

John Lanigan reminds me of Peter Bonerz from "The Bob Newhart Show".

Ah, local television, the home of wonderful idiosyncratics such as Lanigan, Ron Sweed, David Marks, and on and on.

My husband started out with Dan and Tom when they all began doing standup back in the old days (he grew up with Tom). I met Dan when we moved to LA, while he and Tom were working for Cheers. Super nice guy.

Do you realize that this kid, I believe his name is Danny O'shannon. He was the head writer for Cheers, Fraisier, Suddnly Susan, and wrote the last episode of Newhart, where newhart wakes up and we realize the NEW newhart show was a dream.

"this kid" is a comedian and professional writer for big time shows like Fraiser, Cheers, Modern Family and more.

WUAB had The Prize Movie and SuperHost! Throw Big Chuck & Lil John in there and I dare say we had the best local TV lineup of the era.

I was so young (3 or 4) the last time I saw this, I found it on accident. I remember the guy with the big hair- but never knew who John Lanigan was. I remember the Prize Movie, the spinning wheel, that "boioioing" sound (3:48) when the people got a question wrong, and the loud trumpety (is that a word?!) music... THANKS FOR THIS POST!

I believe the movie clip is from "The Moon Is Blue" (1953). Where can I pick up my $420.43?

I remember this show being on weekday afternoons from 12:30 - 3:00 back in 1987.

Dan did, indeed, write/executive produce for Frasier and Cheers. In fact, he even wrote for Newhart. This is such a hoot seeing him here.

I miss the prize movie

Prize Movie with John Lanigan was a great Cleveland program WUAB aired over the years while the other channels aired soaps during that time period. A neighboring program called Money Movie with Rich Morgan aired later in the afternoons on Youngstown's WKBN. Rich Morgan later became and still is their morning weather man. Happy retirement to John Lanigan as he leaves WMJI radio.

This show really jogs the memory! I remember John Lanigan being a D.J. on the a.m. station WGAR. Who-ever thought to post this, thanks.

I loved that set and the 43 logo. Lanigan was so laid back compared to al the other game show style hosts.

John also did a great job as morning DJ on the old WGAR 1220 AM-some of the stuff he came up with was hilarious! I recall 1 morning he had listeners call in for ideas on his "certain ethnic university"-one suggested for electrical engineering, "how to change a light bulb"

I was on The Prize Movie when I was about 8 (winter 1981)and I got to pull the envelope out of the bin (I think). There were 2 other kids there (a blond girl and an Italian boy) because we were shooting a commercial for United Way. If someone found that footage it would be great because none of my classmates believed me because they were in school that day. LOL! Channel 43 studio was an awesome place. They were so nice to us kids that day.

Love it....

this is the greatest clip ever. I always wondered if any clips from this were around. I think I watched it thirty times...cracked me up.

Brings back memories. Damn! I remember him and Rich Morgan from that other station.

Local tv in CLE had it goin' on...I miss these days.

Late 70s-Early 80s, I remember the numbers being squareish the last I saw it in the late 80s.

During the brief revival, the wheel was eliminated and you automatically won a prize just for answering the phone. The WUABTV was eliminated and a "Press Your Luck" style board with the prizes laid out (including $20 and $25 spaces) replaced it. Once you were on the air, the lights would flash around and whatever prize you hit, that's what you won. The film clip jackpot started at $100.43 (instead of $5.43). The plug was pulled when 43 got sold to Malrite, which also owned WOIO 19.

WUAB really had big prizes didn't they.

"Lanigan at Large" was a public affairs show that aired on Sunday nights on 43. He'd talk to city councilmen and whatnot about things that were going on around town. As far as people winning the jackpots go, It has happened quite a bit, but there was one time the jackpot got to over $3,000, and a few times where it went over $1,000. For that kind of money, you had to earn it. The prizes you got for guessing the face on the wheel (like the pen set) were provided in exchange for a plug.

Let's see... I recognized a bunch of MASH actors on the wheel, Benny Hill, Andy Griffith, Archie and Edith, and that (plus Barnaby, cartoons, and the Star Movie) was pretty much the main attractions of 43's weekday programming back then.

You know I used to have WUAB-TV on Time Warner Cable, channel 7 (untill WYTV filed protection) and used to watch the prize movie before the cartoons on summers, days off from school, and sick days. It was very fun to see them try to guess everything. I guess times and tastes changed in the 1990's with the Trash TV boom.

And the "popular demand" thing was actually bringing the movie back due to a couple of new syndicated talk shows that 43 brought in to replace the movie bombing and being canceled. The Prize Movie was actually the only remnants of 43's heyday (including Superhost and Barnaby) to see the 90's. S and B were canceled in '89 because Cannell TV wanted to "modernize 43's image" (and cut costs). The movie survived until the big talk show boom of the early 90's, when 43 cut Lanigan (and his salary).

Lanigan's studio was right beside SuperHost's studio (Marty Sullivan)...

"the beer your girl will never detect on your breath because it contains chlorophyll". Google has never seen such a phrase, at all.

The kid's proud to tell the story about his sister, and Lanigan is laughing like a mule in his face.

The only thing bigger than John Lanigan's ego is his afro.

i remember lanigan at large

I looked up Dan O'Shannon recently.He's a really big deal now.

I have Barnaby in my basement

wow I forgot about this thanks

420😂😂😂

it was a joke. play it again and listen to what he says ... it's hilarious

I've got the last ever Barnaby on VHS in my basement.

So this is what Josh Hartnett did, before breaking in to movies..

What was the date on this, anyone?

my names john lanigan! and i plan on acting, so maybe i will be on tv someday!

Don't forget Barnaby as well.

1:31 'SURE' Ha ha ha!!

Who is that kid, he's pretty good. Lanigan looks so different now.

What is the date of this broadcast?

During the brief revival, the wheel was eliminated and you automatically won a prize just for answering the phone. The WUABTV was eliminated and a "Press Your Luck" style board with the prizes laid out (including $20 and $25 spaces) replaced it. Once you were on the air, the lights would flash around and whatever prize you hit, that's what you won. The film clip jackpot started at $100.43 (instead of $5.43). The plug was pulled when 43 got sold to Malrite, which also owned WOIO 19.