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Saturday Night Live - Albert Brooks - "Fall Preview" (1979)

Views: 8017

Ok, this one doesn't have any local material in it but it's still worthy. It's a hilarious send-up of Television previews for some shows that certainly wouldn't have gotten the green light: Medical Season, The Three of Us, and Black Vet.

(cut a bit at the beginning because the guy taping thought at first it was a real commercial break promo!)

Albert Brooks is awesome. 8-)

(Also, sorry if this is officially released on DVD already - I just came a...

4-Way Cold Tablets (Commercial, 1965)

Views: 3353

Here's a vintage commercial for 4-Way Cold Tablets, showing the difference between it and a regular cold capsule in terms of the relief that is offered - 4-Way providing relief for nasal congestion, aches and pains, sluggishness and fever, as opposed to the cold capsule only offering relief for the first-named of these symptoms.

Voiceover by Phil Tonken (longtime staff announcer for WOR Channel 9 in New York).

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, March 5t...

WCIU Channel 26 - Polish Variety Hour Christmas Special (Production Elements & Slides, 1970?)

Views: 1545

Here's some production elements and slides from the Polish Variety Hour Christmas Special on WCIU Channel 26. (Polish Variety Hour was a staple of the station from 1968 to 1975.) Includes:

Production reel (from the original 2" quadruplex master tape) of opening title sequence of Polish Variety Hour Christmas Special from circa 1970 (in black-and-white), starting off with approx. 1 kHz tone and then to opening fanfare with closeup of Christmas tree with sn...

WPWR Channel 50 - "Off The Air Testing" (1990?)

Views: 3275

Here's something probably not very interesting unless you like color bars and static - found this at the end of a tape long after a movie had finished and the station was off the air for the night - looks like they were doing some sort of testing - picture goes from a strange color bars with a black square in the middle, to static, then a Station ID slide, then more static and then the color bars again. This went on for a long time but this is the most exciting 6 minutes of it. ;-)
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Atari 2600 - "Play It!" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1578

Here's an early commercial for the Atari 2600 VCS (Video Computer System) featuring shots from the Atari Star Ship, Black Jack, and Basketball cartridges - and featuring the celebrities Carol Channing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Only 20 cartridges were available at the time.

"Don't Just Watch Television Tonight - Play It!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 26th 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The 3-D Movie" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 2271

Here's the open from Son of Svengoolie episode Number 158 - the famous 3-D Movie - Revenge of the Creature! A great (slightly disappointing) moment in Chicago Broadcasting History! ;-)

I included the first couple minutes of the movie so you could see a little bit of the 3D effect - not so much during the titles, but as the movie starts you can see even without the glasses how the picture looks a little different. Not really sure how this was supposed to work with a black and...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Dunked In The Deep" (Ending, 1979)

Views: 1568

Here's the ending from an airing of The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. (aired in color, but recorded in Black & White unfortunately) Includes:

WFLD Three Stooges ending (cut-off at the end with another recording, starting with the end of the Gong Show) (voiceover by Ron Beattie) - I guess they only had one Stooge short in this episode?

"It's time for great cartoon fun, with all your favorite Channel 32 friends, coming up next."

This aired on lo...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Dunked In The Deep" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

Views: 1279

Here's the first commercial break from an airing of The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. (aired in color, but recorded in Black & White unfortunately) Includes:

WFLD Three Stooges bumper

Hostess HoHo's (with Happy Ho-Ho) - "A Chocolate Flavored World in Every Bite"

WFLD Brady Bunch Hour promo (voiceover by Dr. Don)

WFLD Three Stooges bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV in January of 1979. (but sometime before Jan...

WCIU Channel 26 - Eddie Korosa's Polka Party - "Behind-The-Scenes Glimpse" (1979)

Views: 2043

During an airing of Eddie Korosa's Polka Party on WCIU Channel 26, the camera turns during a rendition of "All I Need Is You" to show some of the behind-the-scenes set-up. Thought you technical junkies out there might enjoy this little clip.

You can just make out the slide for the Baby Doll Polka Club on one of the monitors. :-)

Note: This recording was unfortunately made in Black & White even though the original broadcast was in color.

Th...