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Digger by Romper Room (Commercial, 1975)

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Here's a commercial for Digger the dog, a yellow-hatted wind-up pooch from the good folks at Romper Room. Among his traits is the ability to walk five feet when you pull his string - er, leash.

Ending voiceover by ??

"Just pull his leash, and go for a walk / He's your dog, for sure."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 12th 1975 during the 12:00pm to 1:00pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Husbands Beware" (Opening, 1981)

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Here's another opening for The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Notice, they used a pink color for the font this time. (a later one used yellow. I know - wow.)

Voiceover by ??? (It's not Doug Dahlgren)

Music used is an alternate version of "Knock Knock" by Spike Jones (with some mysterious editing at the end)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 21st 1981 at ...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie One -"The Night of the Sorcerers" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for WSNS Channel 44's Saturday Monster Movie presentation of "The Night of the Sorcerers" (A.K.A. “La Noche de los Brujos”). Includes:

Don Ferris does the voiceover announcement of the movie, while the theme song, Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" plays (with some screaming or animal noises mixed in?) and some imagery from monster movies is shown. You also get to see the "An Avco Embassy Television Presentation" logo and the first few minut...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Punks, Junk & More" (Part 1, 1991)

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Here is Part One of an episode of Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. Includes:

Val's Halla in Oak Park, IL - featuring their Elvis Shrine.

Professional Wrestling at the Copernicus Center Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 21st 1991.

WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Matinee - "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (Partial Bumper, 1981?)

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Here is a very brief glimpse of a bumper for the WGN Channel 9 Saturday Matinee - at the end of a presentation of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein".

If you pause the video at the right spot, you can see the yellow Saturday Matinee slide featuring a movie camera. This is the only example of this bumper or opening we have right now.

Not sure of the date, but this probably aired on local Chicago TV in late 1981 (around Halloween?) or perhaps 1982.

Son of Svengoolie - "High & Low Fashion" (1983)

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Here is a rare clip from Son of Svengoolie featuring members of the Practical Theater, doing a funny commercial for "High & Low Fashion" (or should that be Lowe?).

Not sure of the exact date on this, but judging by Sven's mustache, it's probably from 1983.

This skit was part of MegaFun, which was a show through the Practical Theater that ran at Second City E.T.C. ("experimental theater company") - which was an extension of the original Second City.

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WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 8, 1978)

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Here's Part 8 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features John Callaway, Karen Lee Copeland, Warner Saunders, Scott Craig, and Essee Kupcinet, with a clip of Bert Convy.

Ms. Copeland won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for a Special Event Program" [6] as producer of NBC Salutes Chic Chicago<...