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WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H - "Operation Friendship" (Opening & Break, 1982)

Views: 1710

Here's the opening and first commercial break from a repeat of the M*A*S*H episode "Operation Friendship" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Benny Hill promo and Station ID (voiceover by Jim Barton)

M*A*S*H opening titles (from the 1980-81 season)

Commercial: Jewel grocery stores ("Friend of the Family for 50 Years")

Commercial: WFYR 103 1/2 FM - "Great Oldies . . . and More!" (people singing along to various ...

WFLD Metromedia Channel 32 - Comedy Festival (Break #3, 1984)

Views: 673

Here is break #3 from WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Comedy Festival program. This aired on local Chicago television Saturday, May 26th 1984. Includes:

Empire Carpets

Al Piemonte Car Dealerships (again)

1st Metropolitan Builders

Budweiser - "Race Cars" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 915

Here's a commercial for Budweiser beer, with people at a race track enjoying a cold Bud while tending to a "Budweiser Eagle" race car.

Voiceover by Ed McMahon (who was Budweiser spokesman for many years in the 1960s and '70s, in addition to his long run as announcer/sidekick on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; he appears on-camera briefly at the end).

"When do you say...Budweiser?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, ...

WSNS Channel 44 - Fútbol (Commercial Break, 1986)

Views: 2510

By request, here's another commercial break from when WSNS Channel 44 was newly Spanish - this time during a broadcast of Futbol (Soccer - not sure what match it is - World Cup?) Includes:

Tony Tirado of SIN says some things in Spanish that I can't understand before going to the commercial break.

Arencibia Joyeria at 2710 North Milwaukee (featuring Luis Arencibia)

George Isuzu at 3701 North Western

Magnum No Frills Car Insurance Age...

WFLD Metromedia Channel 32 - Comedy Festival (Commercial Break #2, 1984)

Views: 1956

Here is break #2 from WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Comedy Festival program. This aired on local Chicago television Saturday, May 26th 1984. Includes:

Waterbed Emporium
ON TV (White Sox games)
Al Piemonte Car Dealerships
Star Trek Triad promo

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 5pm - "The Blizzard of '78" (Part 2, 1978)

Views: 2397

Everyone remembers the great Blizzard of '79 - but how many people remember the Blizzard of 1978? Before the big snow in 1979 hit, this seemed fairly significant I guess, although not as bad as the Big Snow of 1967. Was this just a case of snow-perbole? You decide.

Here is Part 2 of some footage from the NewsCenter5 airing at 5pm on WMAQ Channel 5, with Mike Jackson, Ron Hunter, and Jerry Taft.

This part features the "5 Minutes" segment with guest Dr. Edward W...

WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 1097

Here's Part 3 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.

This part includes:

Joel opening this segment by giving a shout-out to Jim Moran "The Courtesy Man," Marty Faye, Jim Conway, "Mr. Chicago" Irv Kupcinet, Norman Ross and Sandi Freeman, each of whom take their respective bows; Fahey then quips that Moran was "the only commercial spokesman to apo...

ABC Network - World News Tonight - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 5 - Non-Crash News, 1979)

Views: 1319

Here's Part 5 (the last part) of a complete edition (with commercials) of ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in London and Max Robinson in Washington (Frank Reynolds was on vacation), from the day of the worst air disaster in U.S. history, the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 just outside Chicago's O'Hare Airport. This segment has more of the non-crash news of the day. Featuring Stephen Geer and Richard Mayk. Includes the following national news read or introduced by ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - All-Star Salute to Mother's Day [Excerpt] (Part 2, 1981)

Views: 1063

Here's our Part 2 of a portion of a special, All-Star Salute to Mother's Day, hosted by Ed McMahon and Jayne Kennedy, that aired on WMAQ Channel 5. This part features Bobby Vinton. Includes:

Ed starting off with showing off various American foods as part of the Mother's Day salute, including hamburgers, hot dogs, apple pie, and...kielbasa, leading into an appearance by Bobby Vinton. Before he starts off his number, he introduces his mother Dorothy to the assembled aud...