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WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Islands" (Part 1, 1991)

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Here is Part One 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:

End of a WTTW Station ID at the beginning

Treasure Island Foods grocery store at 3460 North Broadway.

Blue Island Trailer Park

"Low Definition Mono"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 14t...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 2, 1991)

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"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part Two of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

Sausage Joe - at Joe's Homemade Sausage - 4452 North Western.

Chicago Police Department - Marine Unit.

John V. May Funeral Home at 4553 North Milwaukee.

This aired on local Chicago TV...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Good Health" (Part 1, 1991)

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Here is Part One of "Good Health In" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with a health-related theme. Includes:

Introduction and Opening of Wild Chicago

Russian Steam Baths at 1916 West Division.

Wild Neighbor John McSweeney of Berwyn and his "Tiger Moves" fitness program.

"Low Definition Mono"

This aired on local Chicago ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Emergency One (Promo, 1977-78)

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Here's a promo for Emergency One (original syndicated title for the 1972-77 series Emergency!) on WFLD Channel 32. This promo, with no voiceover, starts off with the station's then-current "Look At Us!" slogan (with Kaiser-era logo) and shows short segments from various Emergency! episodes.

Since this was from a master tape we can only assume that it would have had a voiceover by Ron Beattie and a super of the WFLD logo and show name at the end, when it ac...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (Small Excerpt, 1981)

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Here's a small snippet of a Kathy McFarland Newscene Update on WFLD Channel 32.

We hear the end of a story reporting on how the CTA was proposing a 50 cent surcharge on suburban riders.

This was earlier in the evening before she did another Newscene Update where she put a white jacket on over her shirt.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 1st 1981.

The Most Important Person - "OOPS, I Made A Mistake!" (1972)

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Here is probably the most famous segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "OOPS, I Made A Mistake!".

In Chicago, these aired during commercial breaks on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 during the 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, and Welfare. <...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Angry Sky" (Part 3, 1978)

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Here is Part 3 of some segments of a WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News "Close Up" feature - "The Angry Sky: Tornadoes & Other Natural Disasters (Tornadoes, Lightning, and Floods). This series ran throughout the entire week.

This part features Jim Gibbons reporting, Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly at the end and the complete weather segment with John Coleman that followed the report. There is also a brief glimpse of Tim Weigel at the very end.

This aired on local Chicago ...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Islands" (Part 2, 1991)

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Here is Part Two 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:

68th Street Islands (Harrison-Dever Crib and 68th Street Crib) on Lake Michigan.

Garfield's Fantasy Island II bar at 6011 South State Street.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 14th 1991.

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Good Health" (Part 2, 1991)

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Here is Part Two of "Good Health In" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with a health-related theme. Includes:

Scholl College Foot & Ankle Clinics at Dearborn & Oak.

Dr. Alvenia M. Fulton at the Fultonian Health & Fasting Institute - 1953 West 63rd Street.

Dr. Mitch Messer (sp?) and his Anger Clinic in the Garland Building at 111 North Wabash.
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