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Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 9)

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This was on the same tape as the other bits, so I am calling it part 9 from a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

What looks like an Entertainment Tonight (from Friday the 13th of - 1983, 1984?) report on local horror hosts from around th...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Its A Wonderful Pledge" (1987)

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Here is a hilarious and creative parody piece combining the ethos of Pledge Breaks with the classic film, "It's a Wonderful Life".

Former WTTW staffer and Emmy-award-winning producer Rick Kotrba recalls, "It was originally produced in December 1986 for party festivities at the WTTW studios. I was the writer/creator. The technician who recorded the sound and edited the video was Harvey Moshman.

In March 1987, this abridged version was created for broadc...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Tonight - "The Day After Reaction" (1983)

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Here's the opening segment for Eyewitness News Tonight at 10 on WLS Channel 7 - the major story of the day being the airing of The Day After - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States.

Jim Avila visits the home of a viewing "party" for the movie with 11 local residents Mike Healey, Linda Likin, Herschel Feldman, and Katherin Marienau.

Then Jim Gibbons reminds viewers of the Insta-Vote question, "Did THE DAY AF...

WMAQ Channel 5 - 5 Cheers Chicago's New Year (Part 3, 1980/1981)

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At the Abbey Pub, Carol is speaking with Peter Furlong(?), the pub's owner, who'd come to U.S. from Ireland in 1958; he said every New Year's in Ireland, he probably got drunk, and life in Ireland at New Year's was nothing like at the pub he owns; he then gives New Year's wishes to friends, relatives, pub patrons and Mike Hannigan who's at Western(?) Hospital

At Miomir's, we see a closeup of one of the Serbian delicacies held on a tray by kitchen chef Donna(?) while Warner and ...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" (Opening, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard and opening titles are of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This segment (designated #1-1 - Open), with guest Larry "Superjock" Lujack (who was holding court at the time at WCFL AM 1000 - which in those days was ho...

WBBM Channel 2 - A Merry Olde Christmas (Part 4, 1984)

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Here's the fourth and final part of A Merry Olde Christmas, a look at Christmas celebrations in and around London, England that was hosted by Bob Wallace and aired on WBBM Channel 2. From the original master tape. Includes:

"We now return to A Merry Olde Christmas" bumper (voiceover by ??)

Bob walking through a short bridge in Warwickshire as he winds down the program by introducing a segment about Christmas celebrations at Warwick Castle, which h...

NBC Network - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - "The Royal Wedding" (Excerpt, 1981)

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In commemoration of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, here are the opening moments of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson where the 1981 Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana was the main theme. Includes:

Excerpt of promo slide for upcoming outdoor "Shakespeare in the Park" presentation of "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Geneva Summer Theatre Festival, Thursday-Sunday through August 2nd (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Opening of The Tonight...