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CBS Network Special - "Johnny Cash: Christmas on the Road" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 1107

Here's a promo for a CBS Network special - "Johnny Cash: Christmas on the Road".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 5th 1984.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Marshall Fields' Window Displays" (1979)

Views: 5409

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring the store window displays from Marshall Fields (with Uncle Mistletoe) and the song "The Christmas Waltz" by The Carpenters. This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 27th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - "Pat Hurley's Christmas Cheer" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 3760

Here's a promo for "Pat Hurley's Christmas Cheer" - a special on WGN Channel 9. This guy also appeared on the Bozo show in the early to mid-eighties.

Features a young Fred Savage ("The Wonder Years").

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 16th 1984.

The Star Wars Holiday Special - "Let's See A Little Smile" (Part 2, 1978)

Views: 5150

Here's Part 2 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) fixing an engine with R2D2 as well as Saun Dann (Art Carney) selling stuff to Imperial troops at the Trading Post.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

The Beef Industry Council - "Holiday Greetings" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1207

Here's a commercial from the Beef Industry council reminding you to be thankful this holiday season.

"A Holiday Greeting - Sponsored by The Beef Industry Council and your Local Beef Industry."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982 during the 7:30 to 8pm half-hour.

Way to Go (Part 2a, 1980)

Views: 619

Here is Part 2a of a long-forgotten Field Communications produced program for kids called Way to Go. This episode (which may infact be the first one) is from 1980.

I am pretty sure this was produced at the Field station KBHK-TV Channel 44 in San Francisco.

This program aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago on Sunday mornings at 9:30am in July of 1981 (Thanks, smctopia!) and may have aired at other times too.

Features:

The Way to Go g...

Stop & Go Markets - "8-Foot Christmas Stocking Contest" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1350

Not from a Chicago airing, but still appropriate - here's a commercial from Stop & Go Markets offering an 8-foot Christmas stocking to any child or their parent who fills out an entry form for a Christmas stocking drawing - and they don't have to be present to win!

Main voiceover by ?? Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chattanooga, Tennessee TV the first week of December 1977.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Chicago Cubs Scorekeepers" (1980)

Views: 1315

Here's some more results from the open reel transfers financed by our generous group of Fuzzketeers during the Reel Transfer Fundraiser #1. Look for a lot more, coming soon!

Here's the ending part of an edition of NewsCenter5 with Jim Ruddle and Linda Yu on WMAQ Channel 5, followed by a (mostly) complete editorial. Includes:

The tail end of a sports report by ...

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Silver Bells" (1979)

Views: 3206

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell singing "Silver Bells". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

Features some not-quite politically correct humor from Bob Hope. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 17th 1979.