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WTTW Channel 11 - WTTW Auction with Val Bettin (Promo, 1970)

Views: 1407

Here's a promo for an upcoming fundraising auction on WTTW Channel 11, to be held from April 26th to May 2nd. Val Bettin, host of Channel 11's "The Storyteller" invites viewers to donate merchandise or services to be sold, and gives the phone number of the auction office to call to do so - 583-5000 (same one they have to this day!)

This promo (in glorious black-and-white) is preceded by a brief shot of a multiburst test pattern, accompanied by a 378 Hz tone.

Acc...

WDIV Channel 4 - News 4 Detroit (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1979)

Views: 4731

Here's the preview for News 4 Detroit and the pre-show commercial break on WDIV Channel 4. Includes:

NBC Thanksgiving Day Parade promo (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Preview for WDIV News 4 Detroit (with Mort Crim and Al Ackerman)

Commercial: F & M stores

Commercial: Taco Bell - "The Fresh Food Place" (Taca-taca-Taco Bell)

Commercial: Labatt's beer

WDIV promo for Good Times - Weekdays at 4pm (voiceover by ?...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Betty White Show - "We're Not Divorced (Part II)" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 3532

With all the Betty White mania going on lately, I thought we'd like to see the opening for the short-lived Betty White Show. This episode was "We're Not Divorced (Part II)". Includes:

WBBM-TV animated ID (with voiceover promo for The Jefferson Awards by Jerry Harper)

"Last Week on The Betty White Show"

Opening credits for "The Betty White Show"

Sponsorship tag - "The Betty White Show - Sponsored by Tide" (voiceover by ??)
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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "A Service For The Deaf" (1976)

Views: 6083

Here's something pretty neat - a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5 for the deaf, with Doug Goldhamer reading the news and doing the corresponding sign-language. (voiceover introduction by Ed Grennan) Includes:

WMAQ-TV Station ID slide at the beginning (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

A bit of a technical difficulty moment when the superimposed name doesn't work right.

Commercial: Ed Fanning Chevrolet at 1252 North Lake Street in Aurora.
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WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "The Golfer" (Commercial Break #2, 1971)

Views: 1588

Here's Commercial Break #2 from a repeat of The Honeymooners episode "The Golfer" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Direct Sales at PO7-6900 (different one) (this time in color!)

Head & Shoulders shampoo (Mrs. Michael Pearl talks about her husband) ("Cling Peach Advisory Board" superimposed over the screen accidently in anticipation for the next commercial)

A Message from the Cling Peach Advisory Board - Cling Peaches available at Chicagoland Ce...

WCIU Channel 26 - Outdoor Sportsman - "Guest Kid" (Ending, 1979)

Views: 1937

Here's a clip of the ending of Outdoor Sportsman on WCIU Channel 26. Joe Wyer had as a guest some kid that wrote into the show - can't quite make out his name - did he say Red? Brad? Rhett? Wouldn't that be neat if he found this clip here after 30 years?

Anyone know what the ending music is?

Outdoor Sportsman was on Saturdays at 5:30pm, right before Eddie Korosa's Polka Party. (in the early-to-mid 70's Outdoor Sportsman aired on WSNS Channel 44)

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WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Break #6, 1971)

Views: 2118

Here's Commercial Break #6, the last one, for the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Fabulous Fifties record offer from Columbia Musical Treasuries (catalogue number P2S 5510) with Miss Rosemary Clooney (in color). (Ending voiceover by Del Clark)

WEFM 99.5 FM - Classical Music. (Featuring excerpt from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony) - "Serious Music for the Serious Listener."

Movie 32 bumper (in color) with...

A&M Toy Stores & Eastgate Toyland - "Fisher-Price Christmas Gifts & Toys" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1009

Not from a Chicago airing, but still appropriate, here's a local Chattanooga area commercial for A&M Toy Stores of East Ridge and Highland Plaza on Ringgold Road, and Eastgate Toyland of Eastgate (all of which were located within the Chattanooga, TN area), offering deals on Christmas gifts and toys from Fisher-Price. Seen around the Christmas tree are such offerings as the Sesame Street Clubhouse (with "three men in a tub" on top of the box), Riding Horse, and Play Family Farm. (Notic...

The Reluctant Robot (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 1310

Here is Part 1 from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)

Once again, I am pretty sure...