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Old Chicago - "Charlie Baffle" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 19169

Here's a rare commercial (one of only two I've found so far) for the combination shopping mall & indoor amusement park called Old Chicago! This one features Charlie Baffle - "Mayor" of Old Chicago.

Old Chicago was located in Bolingbrook.

This aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.

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

Views: 1641

For Kathy kompletists only - a micro-snippet of a Kathy McFarland Newscene on WFLD Channel 32. You can see the complete earlier Newscene Headlines from this night here.

You can hear her mention a visit by The Rolling Stones.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 7th 1981.

The Most Important Person - "I'm Lonely" (1972)

Views: 1766

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "I'm Lonely".

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Produced by...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Beatles Cartoon (Commercial Breaks #3, 1982)

Views: 1353

This aired on local Chicago television Wednesday, June 2nd 1982 or Thursday, June 3rd 1982.

Includes:

Aerobic Dancing! with Sharon Barbano (Afternoon Delight, indeed) (Ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds)

"The Idols of Rock & Roll" record offer with Fabian (plus secondary main voiceover by Les Marshak and ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds) (NOTE: The snippet of Paul Anka's "Diana" is from his 1963 re-recording for RCA Records - which offered this set...

The Most Important Person - "Touching" (1972)

Views: 1945

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Touching". (last one I have right now, folks)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...

Snipets - "Eat Your Fruits & Vegetables" (1980)

Views: 2957

Here is another rare Snipets segment! These would air on Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32 in the 70's and 80's.

This one is extremely fuzzy, but it's the only existing copy so far. Notice that it uses some footage from Way to Go - another Field Communications program.

This segment encourages you to eat fruits and vegetables.

Produced by Field Communications Corporation.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Sum...

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

Views: 1476

Here's a brief and extra-fuzzy excerpt of the ending of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Also includes a Benny Hill promo and the beginning of M*A*S*H.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 31st 1980 at a little before 10pm. (She references New Years Day which is shown to be on a Thursday - and later the Copyright of 1980 is given)

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise (Partial Ending, 1980)

Views: 2934

Here's a small snippet of the ending of Super Cartoon Sunrise on WFLD Channel 32. The voiceover by Dr. Don goes long and runs into an I Love Lucy bumper promo featuring a voiceover by Jim Barton. (which was followed by the opening to a Monkees episode)

Boy, 'dem SCS segments sure is scarce. We have to be happy with 3 seconds of footage. ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 3rd 1980 at 8:30am.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Angry Sky" (Part 1, 1978)

Views: 2434

Here is Part 1 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 and John Coleman, Fahey Flynn, and Joel Daly briefly at the end.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 18th 1978 during the 10pm to 10:30pm timeframe.