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WBBM Channel 2 - "Red Logo" (Station ID, 1981)

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Here's a legal station ID for WBBM Channel 2 in Chicago.

Voiceover by Jerry Harper.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 10th 1981 at 5:00pm.

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WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Day Report With Merri Dee (Partial, 1978)

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Here's the beginning of an edition of the Mid-Day Report with Merri Dee on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Mid-Day Report bumper with (C) 1978, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.

Merri Dee reads the following stories:

Senate begins debate on the Natural Gas price deregulation bill, which aims to phase out all price controls by 1985

House is likely to finish work on the Carter Administration's Civil Service Reform Bill

Acoustica...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Monstrous Movie - "Calling Dr. Death" (Ending, 1982)

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Here is the ending (preceded by the tail end of a commercial break featuring an ad for the AAA Chicago Motor Club) for the WFLD Channel 32 Monstrous Movie presentation of "Calling Dr. Death" [1943].

The ending only consists of a voiceover promo for what was coming up next - Son of Svengoolie featuring, "Die, Monster, Die!".

Previous to this we saw another example of the revised Monstrous Movie...

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Shogun Warriors and Godzilla from Mattel (Commercial, 1978)

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Here's another commercial for the Shogun Warriors line of toys by Mattel, this one featuring the mighty and monstrous Godzilla. (the first ad we saw didn't feature him)

My cousin Danny had this Godzilla, and it was pretty awesome, especially the hand-operated fire tongue and the spring-launched fist (was the real Godzilla able to remove his hand at will and launch it at his prey? Somehow I don't r...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - The People's Court - "Hostage Situation Special Report" (1986)

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Here's a Special Report that interrupted an edition of The People's Court, then presided over by Judge Joseph Wapner, as aired on WMAQ Channel 5. The discussion turns to Dobermans when all of a sudden . . .

Channel 5 News Special Report bumper (voiceover by - is that Ed Grennan?)

Ron Magers, in the Channel 5 newsroom, reports that a hostage situation is developing on the Near North Side at West Lill and North Southport Avenues, with one police off...

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WMAL Channel 7 (Washington, D.C.) - Money Movie 7 - "State Fair" (Commercial Break, 1976)

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Here's an almost 40-year-old clip (to the day!) that I found randomly at the end of a Umatic videotape. Thought not from Chicago TV, it's still interesting. (of course)

It's a rare clip from WMAL Channel 7 out of Washington, D.C. which became WJLA-TV Channel 7 less than a year later. It's from something called "Money Movie 7" where they were airing the film "State Fair" [1962] starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret, Sadly, this was the only break that survived. Includes:
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WGN Channel 9 - "Lottery Trainwreck" (1988)

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Here's an interesting clip - the Illinois Lottery drawing on WGN Channel 9 where on this particular night, the balls did not drop into the mixing chamber for the "Cash 5" game and the winning numbers had to be selected off camera and given via an on-screen scroll about 20 minutes later, during the 7 O'Clock Movie airing of "Vertigo".

Featuring Merri Dee doing the drawing. Not sure who the voiceover is by, although it sounds a little like Joan Kohn. Also features supervision b...

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Sambo's Restaurants - "Just What The Family Ordered..." (Commercial, 1977)

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Here's another commercial for the unfortunately named "Sambo's" Restaurants.

Featuring actor David Hollander who memorably played the part of the "little businessman who drinks coffee" in the film Airplane!.

This aired on local Los Angeles TV on Friday, July 15th 1977 during the 3:30pm to 5:00pm [PST] timeframe.

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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 10 - "Hey, That's Jorie Lueloff!" (Promo, 1978)

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Here's a neat promo for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5, one of a series where "regular people" out and about in the city of Chicago run into various WMAQ-TV newscasters and have trouble recalling their names.

Featuring Edie McClurg as "the excited fan". (You might remember her from such films as "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and a ton of other TV and Movie appearances and voiceovers)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday,...