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WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Monday Night Movie - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 2833

Here's the opening moments of The ABC Monday Night Movie presentation of Steven Spielberg's 1977 film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

WLS Station ID / Tim Weigel promo for 4:30 Eyewitness News

That's Incredible preemption notice (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired graphics and notice

The ABC Monday Night Movie "Star Tunnel" opening title...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene with Kathy McFarland (Ending Excerpt, 1980)

Views: 1381

Here's another last few minutes of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Kathy reads a story about the energy crisis helping bike sales
Weather and Sports teaser
Commercial: American National Bank - We're The Bank For Business
Commercial: Long Chevrolet (Sorry, no Timmy)
Kathy reads the Sports and Weather - DePaul Vs. Notre Dame
Newscene ending with Ron Beattie voiceover
Commercial: Rely Tampons
All in the F...

Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Studebaker Theatre (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 749

Here's a commercial for Vinnette Carroll's Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago, which at the time of this airing was held over for one more week. The commercial was made during its 1976-78 run on Broadway in New York City. (The reference to the original cast album on ABC Records at the end of this commercial is a clue as to its production origin, as by 1981 ABC Records no longer existed, having been sold by the network in 1979 to, and its artist r...

WGN Channel 9 - Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Ending & Commercial Break, 1978)

Views: 1804

Here's a neat little nugget - the ending of an episode of Star Trek on WGN Channel 9. Years before the show came to WFLD. Wish I could find someone who taped more of these. :-) Includes:

Ending of Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Season 3, Episode 1 - originally aired on the NBC Network, and thus in Chicago via WMAQ Channel 5, on September 20th 1968)

Commercial: Rice-a-Roni - "The San Francisco Treat!" (Featuring the little toy trolley and th...

WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "Union Pacific" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

Views: 2522

Here's the first commercial break from the When Movies Were Movies presentation of the 1939 film "Union Pacific" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Bumper slide with movie title next to lights

Commercial: Bobby Hull for Sears Bank & Trust - offering such services as savings and checking accounts, and Deposit Credit (maximum credit limit $5,000) to write yourself an "instant loan" - "Out to Be the Fastest Bank in Town"

Commercial: Chicago ...

Shrink Magic (Commercial, 1975)

Views: 830

Here's a commercial for Shrink Magic, which curls and shrinks any object from an idea book (traced onto plastic, colored pertinently and then baked for 3 minutes) into jewelry, mobile strips, and other contraptions - even cartoon characters such as a certain clown. A fast-motion example of one such object (of a frog) being shrunk to one-third of its original size by baking is shown.

Something tells me this toy might have been a bigger seller with a catchier name - maybe someth...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Ending of The Big Event - "Rooster Cogburn," Break & NewsCenter5 Update (1979)

Views: 1044

Here's the ending credits for the John Wayne / Katharine Hepburn film "Rooster Cogburn and the Lady" [1975] as aired on NBC's The Big Event, followed by a NewsCenter5 Update anchored by Mike Jackson, all as aired on WMAQ Channel 5.

Includes:

Film ending credits, with cast

Commercial: Schlitz Beer - "Beer Makes It Good - Schlitz Makes It Big" (voiceover by ??) - (C) 1979 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Mil., Wis.

Commercial:...

WLS Channel 7 - The Day After (Commercial Break #4, 1983)

Views: 2072

Here is Commercial Break #4 during The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. No sponsor wanted to buy ad time after the bombs were dropped, so this was the last break until the end of the movie. A full hour and 19 minutes with no commercial breaks or interruptions of any kind! Includes:

Commodore Computers - Zortek

Extra Strength Dexatrim

Dollar ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Thought For Today & Station Sign-Off (1986)

Views: 1999

Here's a station sign-off, and edition of Thought For Today, on WFLD Channel 32.

This was from within the last few months of Metromedia's ownership of WFLD, prior to Fox Television Stations' officially taking over the reins in March.

Includes:

Promo for upcoming Star Search '86 for Tuesday at 7:30pm (main voiceover by ??) (closing voiceover by ??)

Animated station ID with 1984 logo variant

Thought for ...