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WTTW Channel 11 - "Show Ending, Promo & Start of News" (1974)

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Here's a tiny snippet of the end of "Made in Chicago" (the predecessor to Soundstage) followed by a promo for Evening at Pops with the Carpenters (main voiceover by longtime WGBH Boston staff announcer William Pierce) (ending voiceover by Bob Longbons) and then a couple seconds of the beginning of the National Newswatch break. (voiceover by Bob Longbons)

Note: This was originally broadcast in color, but captured on this early home videotape recording in black and whi...

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Pac-Man Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron with Fred Savage (Commercial, 1983)

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Here's a commercial for Pac-Man Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron, which had no sugar or additives among its ingredients - unlike Flintstones Multi-Vitamins which had 70% sugar.

Featuring a very young Fred Savage, years before he shot to fame as the star of the TV series The Wonder Years.

(C) 1983 Rexall Corporation

"Goodbye, Fred - Hello, Pac-Man."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 28th 1983 d...

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Diamonds Aren't Forever (Part 6 - Last, 1990)

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Here's Part 6, the last part, of a locally produced documentary about the closing of the old Comiskey Park in 1990. This was technically an installment of a show called "Polka Videos With Keith Stras", and shown on the short-lived and little-seen ETC - Ethnic Television Channel.

Features interviews with various famous people such as Charles Comiskey II, partial owner of the Chicago White Sox Eddie Einhorn, Jeff Torborg, Minnie Minoso, Donn Pall, Andy The Clown, Nancy Faust, Go...

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Carvel Ice Cream - "Tom Turkey Cake" (Commercial, 1984)

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Here's a treat for "Fuzzy" New Yorkers: a commercial for Carvel Ice Cream, promoting their "Tom Turkey" ice cream cake for Thanksgiving. (The molds used to produce this were also used for such other goodies as Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale.) Serves 10 to 12, net weight 45 ounces.

Voiceover by Tom Carvel (the founder and namesake of Carvel Ice Cream), both as himself and (sped-up and heavily processed) as Tom Turkey.

This aired on local New York City TV (and...

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WTTW Channel 11 - Promos & Dr. Who Open (1984)

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Here are some promos and the opening for Dr. Who from WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago. Includes:

WTTW Promo for "You'll Never Get Rich" (Marty Robinson announcing) - Incomplete

WTTW Promo for "The Deadly Affair" (Not sure who the announcer is)

Thomson Vacations underwriting announcement by Marty Robinson

WTTW 11 Station ID - "Earnest"

Introduction to Dr. Who by Marty Robinson: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It drop...

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WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie (Bumper #2, 1980)

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Here is a slightly different bumper for the Late Night Movie than we've seen before. This uses the swirling star graphics and music of the old-style 3:30 Movie, but has a different title color than the one previously seen.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 1st 1980.

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The CBS Tuesday Night Movies - "White Lightning" (Promo, 1979)

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Here's a promo for the CBS Tuesday Night Movies presentation of "White Lightning" which aired on Tuesday, February 20th 1979. Also includes a CBS Late Movie bumper at the beginning, and a CBS "Eye" ID at the end.

Voiceover for the promo by Allan Berns.

Norm Stevens does the voiceover on the CBS ID at the end.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th 1979.

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WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 4, 1979)

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Here's Part 4 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

Game play resumes during the 1st quarter. An additional 12 points are racked up by the Bullets, and an additional 8 points by the Bulls, to make the score 32-22 before the tape runs out.

(NOTE: The Bullets beat the Bulls, 124-11...

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The Day After - "Reagan Impersonator Segment" (1983)

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Here is a segment from The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Features someone doing a passable Ronald Reagan impersonation as the President addressing the nation after the nuclear war. This part was changed to a different voiceover for future releases due to complaints. As IMDB.com states:

"When originally televised, the Presidential speech via radio was delivered by a voice acto...