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WGN Channel 9 - "Lou Rawls' Welcome Home" (Promo, 1985)

Views: 5968

Here's another, later version of the Lou Rawls' "Welcome Home" promo for WGN Channel 9 - in which he makes an appearance.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 1st 1985.

The Most Important Person - "Nothing Ever Seems To Work Out For Me" (1972)

Views: 1810

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Nothing Ever Seems To Work Out For Me". (little bit of the beginning is cut off)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties?

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, a...

McDonald's - "Free Prize" (Commercial & Promotion, 1982)

Views: 2574

Here's a commercial for McDonald's featuring Ronald McDonald, that Pirate Guy you don't see anymore (Captain Crook), and the Fry Guys - plus a promotion, which ended Sunday January 17th, 1982.

Voiceover at end by Merri Dee.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 14th 1982.

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns Of Diablo" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 2459

Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Globe-Logo (slightly different one) Station ID (Featuring Clif Mercer as the announcer)

Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction by Clif Mercer. This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.

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WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns of Diablo" (On-Screen Alert, 1981)

Views: 3135

During the the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9, there was an on-screen message crawl regarding the arrival in the U.S. of freed American Hostages from Iran. Very cool historical tie-in here... So, based on this new information,

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

The Most Important Person - "Seeing" (1972)

Views: 1099

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Seeing". (color's a bit off)

I left in the header film 'cause it looks cool. ;-)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties?

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Educatio...

The Most Important Person - "Why Not Try?" (1972)

Views: 1360

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Why Not Try?". (color's a bit off - there's an off-air version with slight variations and better color here)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)

Distributed by Encyclopaedia...

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Gourmet Cook" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 880

Here's a commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders.

Features actress/comedian Andrea Martin (most notably from SCTV) as well as that eternal comedy staple, the rubber chicken. :-)

"Building With Chicago For 30 Years"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

WGN Channel 9 - Creature Features - "The Wolf Man" [Opening Re-Creation] (1970-1976)

Views: 14963

Here is a re-creation (not original) of the opening of the legendary Creature Features program on WGN Channel 9. Normally I don't approve of re-creations, but since this is such an important piece of Chicago TV history, and since such scant authentic material exists for this program (only off-air audio recordings and a "gag" type promo that was made for an old WGN Sales Department presentation) - I figured this was worth an exception.

It's a shame that no authentic off-...