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ABC Network - The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (Promo, 1976)

Views: 4942

Here's a promo for The Paul Lynde Halloween Special on the ABC Network, which aired on Friday, October 29th 1976 at 8pm. The special featured the rock group KISS, Donny & Marie, Tim Conway, and more.

Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson. Ending voiceover by Ed Jordan.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 27th 1976.

CBS Network - The Body Human: The Magic Sense & "Paris" (Promos, 1979)

Views: 1860

Here are CBS network promos for The Body Human: The Magic Sense (which aired on Thursday, September 6th 1979; promo voiceover by Alan Berns) and James Earl Jones in "Paris" (voiceover by Danny Dark).

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 2nd 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Best of Benny Hill" (Commercial Break #3, 1982)

Views: 1877

Here's the third commercial break from the Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "The Best of Benny Hill" (1974) on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending of Hill's "My Garden of Love" number (color kinescope from his March 11th 1970 special)

WFLD Eight O'Clock Movie bumper

Commercial: Jet America Airlines (Low-Fare Non-Stop Service from Chicago to Long Beach, CA on new DC-9's)

Commercial: Empire Carpets - "Bad Impersonators...

Abel and Associates - "Demo Reel" (Part 2, 1978?)

Views: 1322

Here's Part 2 (the final part) of a demo reel from Abel and Associates, a Hollywood-based production and graphics firm headed by Robert Abel.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

This part includes:

- Commercial for Chevrol...

McDonald's - "Ronald Ahoy! and 1978 Calendar Offer" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1043

Here's a commercial for McDonald's which starts off on board a ship with Ronald McDonald steering and Hamburglar and Captain Crook as his assistants, veering way off course before righting themselves in front of a nearby McDonald's, and is followed by an offer for a 1978 Ronald McDonald Play-Time Coloring Calendar at participating McDonald's (15 cents plus tax while supplies last), with shots of children coloring various pages.

Main voiceover by ??

Ending voice...

ABC Network - John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (Promo, 1980)

Views: 1362

Here's a promo for the ABC Network special, "John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together". The special aired on Tuesday, December 23rd 1980.

Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson. Ending voiceover by ?

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 21st 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News (Pre-Show Break & Opening Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 4123

Here's the tail end of The ABC Monday Night Movie, a pre-show break, and the opening to Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Partial ABC promo for "How the West Was Won" (Part 2) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Bumper for The ABC Monday Night Movie

Promo for Good Morning America featuring David Hartman and Paula - a two week old baby that they were going to monitor the progress of - I wonder how long that lasted? ...

WLS Channel 7 - Special Report - "No School Bailout" (1980)

Views: 1333

Here's a special report on WLS Channel 7 interrupting normal programming momentarily - at least they waited until the end of a commercial. :-) Includes:

Ending of a commercial for Long Chevrolet in Elmhurst - champagne party for first Chevrolet of the 1980s (voiceover by ??)

Special Report (voiceover by Mike Rapchak, who identified himself at the end of this report) about a report from Eyewitness News' Hugh Hill about Governor James Thompson's adjournment of a ...

WCIU Channel 26 - Eddie Korosa's Polka Party (Part 1, January 1979)

Views: 4006

Here's Part 1 of a vintage episode of Eddie Korosa's Polka Party on WCIU Channel 26.

Also features a partial Zenith TV commercial (voiceover likely by Bud Kelly) at the beginning and a WCIU-TV Station ID (voiceover by Bill O'Connor)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 13th 1979.