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The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "Convoy" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the older-style ABC Sunday Night Movie opening - the "Star Marquee". This was used for a good portion of the seventies up until the Fall of 1981. (at which point it was replaced with the "Star Tunnel" version, also found here) The movie being shown on this night was "Convoy".

Voiceover by Joel Crager.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 12th 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - "Rodan" (Opening, 1978)

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Here is the opening few minutes of the movie "Rodan" on WGN Channel 9, presented as an untitled movie show.

Commercial break is cut out unfortunately (with just a snippet mentioning "Olympia Dodge"), but it does include another vintage WGN Station ID at the beginning - anyone know the voiceover announcer?

I left the first few minutes of the movie before the tape ran out, just for the heck of it. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, Januar...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (Partial Bumper #2, 1980)

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Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see another partial commercial bumper from the show - the only type of footage (other than the movie itself) known to exist currently. The movie this night was the very weird 1973 film Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.

WPWR Channel 60 - Kung Fu Movie (Opening, 1984?)

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Here is the opening from WPWR Channel 60's Kung Fu Movie.

Featuring Kraftwerk's "The Model" (from 1978) playing in the background of the WPWR ID, and Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" (from 1974) playing during the movie opening.

Partial voiceover at the beginning by Neal Sabin.

This aired on local Chicago TV likely in early 1984.

WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Movie - "Here Come The Nelsons" (Bumper, 1982)

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Here's another long-lost WFLD movie bumper, this one for their "Comedy Movie" (wow, original name) during an airing of "Here Come The Nelsons". Features stills of Dagwood & Blondie and the East Side Kids.

Music during the bumper is an excerpt from "Der Fuehrer's Face" by Spike Jones & His City Slickers.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 10th 1982 during the 12 noon to 1:30pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Trog" (Ending, 1985)

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Here's the ending for another episode of Son of Svengoolie that hasn't been seen in over 24 years! This was number 287 where he was presenting the movie "Trog". Includes:

Joan Crawford has nothing to say!
Sven bumper

Commercial: Lynn Redgrave for Weight Watchers - "Try it. You'll diet."
Commercial: Mediquell Chewy Cough Squares (again)
Commercial: Empire Carpets - "Is that carpet ok?"
Commercial: Jones Dairy Farm Brown & Serve sausa...

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Christmas In Connecticut" (Opening, 1981)

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Here's the opening for Movie Greats on WGN Channel 9 - presenting the movie "Christmas in Connecticut".

Voiceover by Jack Taylor.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981 at 1:30pm.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (Partial Bumper #8, 1980)

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Last Monster Rally Movie Clip!!! :-( Let's hope we can find some more!

Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see another partial commercial bumper from the show - the only type of footage (other than the movie itself) known to exist currently. The movie this ...

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "International House" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "International House" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Globe-Logo Station ID (voiceover by Paul Rogers)

Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction (voiceover by Paul Rogers). This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.

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