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Enchanted Forest (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 4068

Here's a commercial for Enchanted Forest - Playland of the Indiana Dunes - a theme park located in Porter, Indiana near the Indiana Sand Dunes - U.S. 20 and Indiana 49.

"Closed Every Monday". (They closed permanently in 1991)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 4th 1984.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Living History (Bloopers)" (Part 1, 1978/1979)

Views: 371

Here's Part 1 of a blooper reel from WBBM Channel 2, of outtakes of taped material that never made it to broadcast and a few live moments where anything could and did happen.

This part starts with a still of a live report with the socket of the CBS eye in the superimposed graphic escaping and falling to the bottom, accompanied by various sounds of breaking glass.

Next is a still taken in the WBBM control room, with titles:
Living History - Volume 1...

Field Communications - Internal Sales Tape (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 5375

Here is Part 2, the final part, of an excellent time capsule of the five Field Communications family of independent television stations. Field Communications was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Field Enterprises - which at one time owned the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. Chock full of vintage station id's, bumpers, slides, logos, jingles, promos, you name it!

This presentation includes: ratings and audience share summaries, mention of Field Spot Sales joining forces with The Katz...

Hooray for Reading - "Bad Times of Irma Baumlein" (#9, 1979)

Views: 1257

Here is the ninth in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons. (Sorry, I don't have the 10th and final one)

These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.

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WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "Marty Robinson Pledge Break" (1984)

Views: 3845

Here is a Marty Robinson pledge break segment following the Chicago premiere airing of the Doctor Who episode "Snakedance" on WTTW Channel 11. Here he offers two Dr. Who record albums as premiums for subscribing.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 3rd 1984.

Old Chicago - "Charlie Baffle" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 19169

Here's a rare commercial (one of only two I've found so far) for the combination shopping mall & indoor amusement park called Old Chicago! This one features Charlie Baffle - "Mayor" of Old Chicago.

Old Chicago was located in Bolingbrook.

This aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene With Kathy McFarland (Tiny Excerpt, 1981)

Views: 1641

For Kathy kompletists only - a micro-snippet of a Kathy McFarland Newscene on WFLD Channel 32. You can see the complete earlier Newscene Headlines from this night here.

You can hear her mention a visit by The Rolling Stones.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 7th 1981.

The Most Important Person - "I'm Lonely" (1972)

Views: 1766

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "I'm Lonely".

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Produced by...

The Most Important Person - "Touching" (1972)

Views: 1948

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Touching". (last one I have right now, folks)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...