. ▁The ▁Family ▁Class ics ▁set ▁is ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Broadcast ▁Communic ations ' ▁collection . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁also ▁brought ▁a ▁movie ▁camera ▁on ▁his ▁vac ations ▁and ▁the ▁foot age ▁he ▁shot ▁became ▁spe ci als ▁for ▁the ▁station . ▁The ▁Thomas ▁family ' s ▁vac ation ▁on ▁an ▁ 8 5 ▁foot ▁sch oon er ▁became ▁S ail ing ▁the ▁Se as ▁of ▁Columb us ▁and ▁their ▁trip ▁to ▁England ▁resulted ▁in ▁The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁Arthur , ▁the ▁Ph antom ▁King . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁the ▁way ▁Chicago ▁children ▁watched ▁television ▁had ▁changed , ▁and ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁and ▁Fri ends ▁moved ▁to ▁m orn ings ▁on ▁W GN . ▁ ▁When ▁Ned ▁Lock e , ▁ring master ▁of ▁Bo zo ' s ▁Circ us ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Thomas ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁become ▁his ▁replacement . ▁ ▁This ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁show ▁would ▁combine ▁with ▁Bo zo ' s ▁Circ us ; ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁and ▁Fri ends ▁last ▁a ired ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁Fra z ier ' s ▁friends ▁were ▁off ▁the ▁air ▁perman ently ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁after ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁Bo zo ▁program . ▁ ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁show ▁as ▁the ▁circ us ▁manager ▁and ▁to ▁host ▁Family ▁Class ics . ▁ ▁Death ▁Thomas ▁suffered ▁a ▁stroke ▁at ▁the