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WTTW Channel 11 - "Its A Wonderful Pledge" (1987)

Views: 1930

Here is a hilarious and creative parody piece combining the ethos of Pledge Breaks with the classic film, "It's a Wonderful Life".

Former WTTW staffer and Emmy-award-winning producer Rick Kotrba recalls, "It was originally produced in December 1986 for party festivities at the WTTW studios. I was the writer/creator. The technician who recorded the sound and edited the video was Harvey Moshman.

In March 1987, this abridged version was created for broadc...

WBBM Channel 2 - Universe with Walter Cronkite - "The Science Behind Star Wars" (1980)

Views: 1607

Here's a segment from Universe with Walter Cronkite as aired on WBBM Channel 2, in which "The Most Trusted Man in America" spotlights the goings-on at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), as a tie-in to the second-released, and fifth in story order, installment in the Star Wars saga, "The Empire Strikes Back" which had premiered in theatres in May to capacity audiences. Includes:

Opening segment, with Cronkite previewing the following items:

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Bride of Frankenstein" (Break #3, 1983)

Views: 1469

Here's the third commercial break for the Son of Svengoolie presentation of the 1935 film "Bride of Frankenstein" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Son of Svengoolie bumper

Commercial: Wyler's juice mixes from Borden, in such flavors as Tropical Punch, Wild Grape, Wild Cherry, Lemonade and Wild Strawberry - also available sugar-free - "Come Home to Wyler's" (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Dick Van Dyke for Hunt's All Natural Barbecue Sauce...

WBBM Channel 2 - First Edition (Mostly Complete, 1979)

Views: 4467

Here's the first ten minutes of the First Edition news on WBBM Channel 2. The newsreader is announcer Jerry Harper. Includes:

Promo for Dinah! with guest Jacqueline Bisset for 3:30pm (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

Opening, with these news items:

- Chinese forces capture at least 13 towns and 2 provincial capitals in Vietnam, with Soviets pledging to help Vietnamese - filmed report from Paul Byers in Hong Kong, with footage from Chinese TV; President C...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Tina McDowall" (Opening, 1973)

Views: 1985

Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This opening segment, with guest Tina McDowall (a Penthouse "Pet of the Year" for 1972), is from Show #60 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recordin...

Dolphin Productions - "Demo Reel" (1978)

Views: 5729

Here's a neat demo reel with a lot of vintage clips from Dolphin Productions, a legendary New York-based production company of the 1970's and early '80's that was one of three such firms in the country to use an early, analogue-based video animation system called "Scanimate." (The others were Image West Ltd. of Hollywood, CA and the company that first invented this process, Computer Image Corp. of Denver, CO; a history of the technology can be seen on

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