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WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "The Walking Dead" (Break #3, 1985)

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Here's Break #3 to an episode of Son of Svengoolie that hasn't been seen in close to 24 years! This was number 318 where he was presenting the movie "The Walking Dead". Includes:

Sven bumper

Commercial: Tic-Tac breath mints

Movie Trailer for TV: "City Limits" (ending voiceover by Jim Barton) (again)

Commercial: Empire Carpets

"Tombstone's Strike-Time School Supplement" sketch

Commercial: Eagle Food Sto...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Skylab Update" (1979)

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Here's an early segment from Son of Sven - a "Skylab Update" - from episode number 3 featuring the movie "Son of Dracula". (This was Break number 4)

Directed by Joe Oher.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 30th 1979. (Recorded on Thursday, June 28th 1979!)

WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Break #1, 1979)

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Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! The movie presented on this day was "China Gate". TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary ques...

Roller Boogie (Trailer For TV, 1979)

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Here's a theatrical movie trailer for the film Roller Boogie, starring Linda Blair (whose career had taken a nose dive in the years up to this point following her roles in the films The Exorcist and Born Innocent) and Jim Bray (in his only film credit, if IMDb.com is of any indication).

Main voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 16th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "Episode Two!" (Opening, 1981)

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Hallelujah! A new (though relatively tiny) example of Nite-Owl on WFLD Channel 32 has been found! A truly rare find, indeed.

In fact, this is the first new "proper" footage of Nite-Owl discovered in about 6 years! (Even a couple tiny bleed-through excerpts were only found as recently as 4 years ago.) And what a clip! This one stands to rewrite the history of when Nite-Owl began, since all evidence before this seemed to point to the starting date as being early Mo...

WGN Channel 9 - The Hollywood Squares - "Technical Difficulties Moment" (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a promo for The Hollywood Squares on WGN Channel 9 which had some audio difficulty, followed by a bumper for The Morning Movie and the opening titles for a WGN Editorial. Includes:

Promo for The Hollywood Squares - now based out of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas - for weeknights at 10pm. "Squares" shown in rapid-fire order after host Peter Marshall's "Hello, stars!" are:

Loretta Swit
Mike Farrell
Lauren Tewes
Gav...

NBC Network - "Holiday Specials" (Promo, 1982)

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Here's a promo for some NBC Network holiday specials - "A Chipmunk Christmas", "The NBC Family Christmas Party", and "Christmas in Washington".

"The NBC Family Christmas Party" features Gary Coleman,
David Birney
Meredith Baxter-Birney

Debbie Allen

Shelley Long

and clockwise from top
Nell Carter
Meredith Baxter-Birney
Tony Danza
Melissa Gilbert
Charles Haid
Valerie Landsburg fr...

CBS Late Movie Special Presentation - "The Super Fight" (Promo, 1979)

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Here's a promo for "The Super Fight" - a Special Presentation on the CBS Late Movie airing Friday, February 23rd 1979.

Voiceover by Norm Stevens.

"Rocky Marciano Vs. Muhammad Ali"

This promo aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th 1979.

WTVW Channel 7 - The ABC Friday Night Movie - "Arachnoscrewup" (1981)

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Here's a technical difficulties moment during the ABC Friday Night Movie presentation of "Kingdom of the Spiders" on WTVW Channel 7 in Evansville, Indiana. We get to see their "Technical Difficulties - Please Stand By" slide.

This aired on local Evansville TV on Friday, July 31st 1981.