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WFLD Channel 32 - The Jack Benny Show (Break #1, 1974?)

Views: 2108

Finally - some WFLD stuff from the same batch that isn't from March 1971. ;-) Here is Break #1 from The Jack Benny Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Men Who Flirt With Death - Public Service Annoucement from the American Cancer Society

Can anyone with access to the old TV guides find a listing for The Jack Benny Show on WFLD? Also, refresh my memory - when was Kaiser Broadcasting in control of WFLD? I know it ended in September of 1977, but not when they be...

WGN Channel 9 - "Happy Holidays with Rob & Laura" (1979)

Views: 2083

Here is a Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This one stars Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore as Rob & Laura Petrie doing a song and dance number in some goofy, oversized Santa outfits. This segment originated from The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "The Alan Brady Show Presents" which first aired on the CBS Network on December 18th 1963.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 21st 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Green Acres - "Four of Spades" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

Views: 1689

Here is Commercial Break #1 from an episode of Green Acres on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD "Zooming" Green Acres bumper

Columbia Record and Tape Club (with Dick Clark) (Opening voiceover by Les Marshak)

WFLD Channel 32 "Merry Christmas" Promo, with clips from All in the Family, Happy Days, and M*A*S*H. (Music: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams)

WFLD "Zooming" Green Acres bumper

This aired ...

WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 3, 1972)

Views: 2123

Here's Part 3 of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

The Thumptwangers (featuring Maynard the crow) lip-synching to Ray Stevens' novelty record "Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five-Piece Band)" (originally released in 1966 on Monument single #45-946, but in this form with dubbed applause came off his 1969 album Gitarzan [SLP-18115]).

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsFive With Floyd Kalber (Bumper Promo, 1975)

Views: 3774

Here's a quick bumper promo for NewsFive with "The Big Tuna" Floyd Kalber back when he worked at WMAQ Channel 5 - before his long tenure with WLS.

Story preview involves a Chicago dentist who was accused of killing two west-side druggists.

Also includes a bumper slide at the end for Chicago area Environmental Protection Agencies - "Bunch Up!" (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

(clip has reception problems, but hey...early 1975)

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WCIU Channel 26 - Eddie Korosa's Polka Party - "Little Patsy & Joey" (1979)

Views: 1488

Here's another clip from Eddie Korosa's Polka Party on WCIU Channel 26 with some cute kids (who look like they might be brother and sister) - Little Patsy (age 7) and Joey (age 5) - dancing in traditional garb to the "Dance With Me" polka by Kenny Juricic and his band.

Features Irene Korosa and Eddie Korosa introducing the kids.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 14th 1979.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Angry Sky" (Part 2, 1978)

Views: 1267

Here is Part 2 of some segments of a WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News "Close Up" feature - "The Angry Sky: Tornadoes & Other Natural Disasters (Tornadoes, Lightning, and Floods). This series ran throughout the entire week.

This part features Joey Daly, Dr. Walt Lyons reporting, and a brief glimpse of Fahey Flynn at the end. Seems like there was a brief techincal difficulties moment at the end with Dr. Walt Lyons' audio turned off.

This aired on local Chicago TV on...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Jack Benny Show (Ending, 1974?)

Views: 2352

Finally - some WFLD stuff from the same batch that isn't from March 1971. ;-) Here is the ending of The Jack Benny Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending of the credits

Advertising sponsorship notice - "Commonwealth Edison - Working For You" slide with voiceover (Bud Kelly?)

Can anyone with access to the old TV guides find a listing for The Jack Benny Show on WFLD? Also, refresh my memory - when was Kaiser Broadcasting in control of WFLD? I...

WBBM Channel 2 - The All Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show - "Land of the Pharaohs" (Bumper #1, 1978)

Views: 2898

Here's an example of a bumper from "The All Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show" - which was what WBBM Channel 2 called their Late Late Movie. On this night the presentation was "Land of the Pharaohs".

You can hear they used an excerpt from a piece of classical music during the bumpers - anyone know what it is?

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 18th 1978.