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Puttin' On The Kids - "Sussudio" (1986)

Views: 3008

Here's an excerpt from the show Puttin' On The Kids (hosted by Michael Young) featuring a then 11 year old kid named Duffy Lucas lip-syncing and dancing his little heart out to Phil Collins' Sussudio.

This was from the age when Phil Collins would take a bathroom break and come out with a gold record.

This aired on local Chicago TV (without mercy) on Sunday, November 16th 1986.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Monkees (Jingle Bumper, 1980)

Views: 2946

Here is a terrific find! The WFLD Channel 32 Kids' Choice jingle Monkees bumper!

I wonder who those kids' voices are that did the singing. Wouldn't it be cool to find out who they were?

"In Chicago the kids' choice is...Channel 32!"

Voiceover by Dr. Don.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 3rd 1980 during the 8:30-9am half hour.

USA Network - "A Kids Best Friend" (Promo, 1984?)

Views: 2562

Here's a promo for the USA Network's Kids lineup, featuring scenes from Calliope, Pumpkin Creek, USA Super Cartoon Saturday (gee, where have we heard that before?), In a Minute, Scholastic Sports Academy, and the USA Cartoon Express.

The music sounds vaguely Genesis-like. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV in (I believe) 1984.

WFLD Channel 32 - Underdog (Jingle Bumper, 1980)

Views: 3253

Here is a terrific find! The WFLD Channel 32 Kids' Choice jingle Underdog bumper!

I wonder who those kids' voices are that did the singing. Wouldn't it be cool to find out who they were?

"In Chicago the kids' choice is...Channel 32!"

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, May 30th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour (Jingle Bumper, 1979?)

Views: 2108

Here is a WFLD Channel 32 kids' choice "jingle bumper" for Popeye Hour on Super Cartoon Sunrise.

I wonder who those kids' voices are that did the singing. Wouldn't it be cool to find out who they were?

"In Chicago the kids' choice is...Channel 32!"

Not sure when this aired exactly, but based on evidence in the recording, 1979 seems like a good bet, although technically it could have been early 1980 too.

Alien Action Figure (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2845

Why they would make a kid's toy for this R rated movie is beyond me - but here it is, the stuff of nightmares - an action figure for kids, based on the creature from the the movie Alien.

Still, you have to admit that the thing is pretty wicked cool. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 22nd 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - He-Man (Commercial Break #8, 1987)

Views: 2232

Here is a commercial break from He-Man on WFLD Channel 32 from 1987. Includes:

He-Man Orko bumper

The Real Ghostbusters promo (yet again)

Cheerios (Unsinkable Taste)

Scribble Stix by Coleco Kids (again)

Dick Van Dyke Fire Prevention PSA - "Have 2 Ways Out" - Learn Not to Burn (again)

Popeye PSA - "Childproofing Your Household" (jeez, how many of these PSAs were there?)

He-Man Orko bumper

WTTW Channel 11 - The Electric Company (Opening, 1983)

Views: 2976

Here's the opening for The Electric Company on WTTW Channel 11. Also includes a WTTW Station ID at the beginning with a classroom of kids.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 18th 1983 at 3:30pm.

The Reluctant Robot (Part 3, 1980)

Views: 443

Here is Part 3 from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on...