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Chicago White Sox - "Na-Na Hey-Hey Goodbye" (Commercial, 1978)

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Here's a memorable commercial for the White Sox - featuring fans singing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam, first popularized during White Sox games by team organist, Nancy Faust. Featuring a young Kathy Griffin (in her first acting job, years before making it big as a comedian and TV personality) wearing braids and Sox hat and playing a kazoo, all the way at the far left of the screen in the second row around :15 (among the attendant Sox fans), and Theodore "Ted" Noose as the traffi...

Diamonds Aren't Forever (Part 6 - Last, 1990)

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Here's Part 6, the last part, of a locally produced documentary about the closing of the old Comiskey Park in 1990. This was technically an installment of a show called "Polka Videos With Keith Stras", and shown on the short-lived and little-seen ETC - Ethnic Television Channel.

Features interviews with various famous people such as Charles Comiskey II, partial owner of the Chicago White Sox Eddie Einhorn, Jeff Torborg, Minnie Minoso, Donn Pall, Andy The Clown, Nancy Faust, Go...

WBBM Channel 2 - Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (Opening, 1982)

Views: 2511

Here's the opening to yet another holiday special, "Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

News bumper promo with John Drummond ('The Bulldog')

CBS spinning 'Special' animation

This aired on local Chicago TV Tuesday, December 21st 1982 at 7:30pm.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Tombstone's Christmas Wrap" (1984)

Views: 1283

Here's a segment from Son of Sven - "Tombstone's Christmas Wrap".

Not sure what episode this was from.

(beginning cut-off slightly)

This likely aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in December 1984.

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 4, 1979)

Views: 1119

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Here's Part 4 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

Game play resumes during the 1st quarter. An additional 12 points are racked up by the Bullets, and an additional 8 points by the Bulls, to make the score 32-22 before the tape runs out.

(NOTE: The Bullets beat the Bulls, 124-11...

WSNS Channel 44 - Coping, Dimensions '76, The Illinois State Lottery & The Jerry Lewis Telethon (Excerpts, 1976-77)

Views: 1151

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Here are some excerpts of the various public affairs and miscellaneous programming offered by WSNS Channel 44 in the mid-1970's, from a demo reel produced by the station. Included are:

Opening moments of a monthly health talk series,

WGN Channel 9 - The SFM Holiday Network - "Christmas Package" (Promos, 1979)

Views: 3073

Here are promos for two Christmas movies as part of The SFM Holiday Network on WGN Channel 9 - "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" and "Heidi", which aired back-to-back on Saturday, December 8th 1979.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday December 6th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Weather Alert (1978?)

Views: 4647

Here's an emergency weather alert from WFLD Channel 32, advising of "severe snowstorms and travelers advisories."

Notice at the end, the Kaiser-era "32" logo, plus the use of various weights of the Avant Garde typeface, that typified the station's "look" within its 1973-77 interregnum under Kaiser Broadcasting ownership, plus the first year or so after Field Communications reasserted control.

The music that opened this segment and was heard throughout this aler...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie Halloween Special - "Son Of Frankenstein" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2425

Here's another Son of Svengoolie promo, this time for his Halloween special airing of "Son of Frankenstein" on WFLD Channel 32.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 31st 1980.