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WFLD Channel 32 - Station Sign-Off, Sign-On & Thought For Today - "Station Doze-Off" (1987)

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

Ending moments of 1959 movie "A Touch of Larceny" with James Mason and Vera Miles

Closing title sequence for Latenight 32 (which dated to the Metromedia era) and voiceover (by Jim Barton) advising WFLD will return to the air at 6am

Promo for Fox 32 News (which debuted in August 1987) at 7pm and 11pm weeknights - "It's a Sure Thing...

Aldi Foods - "Goodness Guaranteed" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2184

Here's another vintage commercial for Aldi Foods. The previous one we saw was similar and incomplete.

Featuring actress Margaret Travolta as the wife, and actor Robert J. ("Bob") Jones as the husband.

Notes: Margaret Travolta is the Sister of Actor John Travolta and has appeared in many television shows. Bob Jones used to be Chicago's Ronald McDonald back in the early 70's. He has appear...

Field Communications - Internal Sales Tape (Part 1, 1980)

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Here is Part 1 of an excellent time capsule of the five Field Communications family of independent television stations. Field Communications was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Field Enterprises - which at one time owned the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. Chock full of vintage station id's, bumpers, slides, logos, jingles, promos, you name it!

This presentation includes: ratings and audience share summaries, mention of Field Spot Sales joining forces with The Katz Agency to form I...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Islands" (Part 3, 1991)

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Here is Part Three of an "Islands" themed episode of Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with an islands-related theme. Includes:

The Crete Family Fun Center and Funatorium in Crete, IL. (about 20 miles south of Chicago)

Stony Island Medical Association at 9000 South Stony Island Avenue.

Bolingbrook Indoor Wave Pool and Aquatic Center (off I-55 in Boling...

Way to Go! with Dr. Don (Episode 1, Part 2, 1979)

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Here is yet another version of the Way to Go! program produced by Field Communications - this one hosted by none other than Doctor Donald D. Rose (Dr. Don!). He of course was the voiceover guy for kid's programs on Field Stations including Super Cartoon Sunrise, Lunchtime Fun, and Afternoon Fun - which included shows such as Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Banana Splits, The Great Space Coaster, The Little Rascals, etc...

This is Part 2 of what I bel...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Dating Game - "Joey D'Auria" (Part 2, 1980)

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Here's Part 2 of an episode of The Dating Game on WSNS Channel 44.

In this part we get to hear the bachelors answer questions from the lovely Autumn.

Commercial: ON TV - A neat "Coming Soon" early promo that features some logo animation that I haven't seen before (voiceover by Don Ferris)

Commercial: Record offer for Waylon's Greatest Hits - a compilation of Waylon Jennings' best songs on RCA Records and Tapes, offered by Hall of Musi...

Aldi Foods (Partial Commercial, 1980?)

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Here's an incomplete commercial (missing first 10 seconds I believe) for Aldi Foods (we also called it Aldi's) but I include it here because it has some neat shots of Chicago-suburbs bungelow-style houses. Parts of it almost look like it could have been on my block back about 30 years ago.

Featuring actress Margaret Travolta as the wife, and actor Robert J. ("Bob") Jones as the husband.

Notes: Margaret Travolta is the Sister of Actor John Travolta and has appear...

CBS Network - Rafferty With Patrick McGoohan (Preview & Opening, 1977)

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Thought I'd post this since Patrick McGoohan recently passed away...the opening to his short-lived CBS series, "Rafferty". Includes a preview of the episode, the opening credits with sponsorship by General Electric Coffee Corner, and the first minute or so of the episode "Death out of a Blue Sky". (This is all I have - no complete episodes)

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, November 28th 1977. (Although it was probably exactly the same as it aired on WBBM!) (By...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" (Part 1, 1981)

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Here is Part 1 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. (the first part is from a different source, so the video quality isn't as good as the rest of the parts)

Here he banters a bit with Chelveston the Duck and feeds him out of his hand, then shows a Bugs Bunny cartoon without the opening titles of "Hurdy Gurdy Hare".

Notice the audio cuts out when he says the date at the beginning and later in the clip. This must have been done b...