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WCIU Channel 26 - Outdoor Sportsman - "Guest Kid" (Ending, 1979)
Views: 1946
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 - The Gong Show (Ending & Break, 1978)
Views: 4457
Here's the ending and after show break for The Gong Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
Gene-Gene, The Dancing Machine!
Ending credits for The Gong Show (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie - with promo for 10:30am Saturday movie - Laurel & Hardy in "Air Raid Wardens" (good for a double check on the date)
Bigsby & Kruthers
Loc Blocs - "Lego Vs. Loc Bloc"
The Egg Scrambler by Ronco (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie)
The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jack Brickhouse" (Part 2, 1981)
Views: 2262
Here's Part 2 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)
Part 2 includes Al Lerner as M.C. and Jack Brickhouse giving Tim a good jo...
The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Bill Gleason" (Part 3, 1981)
Views: 1427
Here's Part 3 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)
Part 3 includes Bill Gleason (of "Sportswriters (Sports Writers) on TV" fa...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 6, 1980)
Views: 1316
Here's Part 6 of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 (simulcast on WXRT 93 FM). Includes:
Video: "Listen to the Heartbeat" by D.L. Byron
Video: "Do Me" by Teddy Pendergrass (from concert performance)
Commercial: Pepsi Cola - "Catch That Pepsi Spirit" (with baton twirler practicing for parade)
Commercial: Richies Leather and Suede Sale - "Save Up to 40%" - ends O...
I Remember Riverview (Part 1, 1984)
Views: 5174
Here's Part 1 of a documentary that original aired on Image Union - I Remember Riverview, about Riverview Park - for 63 years located at Belmont and Western on the Northwest side - which closed in 1967.
Produced by Chicagoan Phil Ranstrom - who also produced the documentaries, "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street" - www.CheatYouFairTheMovie.com and "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Stree...
WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "Fuzzy Program Lineup" (Brief Excerpt, 1982)
Views: 2976
It must be static-y Nite-Owl excerpt week because I found another one - a really brief one where you can make out the Program Lineup they were showing for WFLD later that day (I didn't know they would show this!) before the channel switched to what looks like a scrambled movie.
10:00am - The 700 Club
11:00am - Newstalk with Wanda Wells
11:30am - Hot Fudge
12 Noon - Underdog
12:30pm - Great Space Coaster
1:00pm - I Love Lucy - "Constant int...
Parker Brothers - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Video Game (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 2474
Here's a commercial for the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back video game from Parker Brothers. For use in Atari and Sears home video game systems.
Unlike the many ads for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back "action figures" from Kenner, this one uses the actual music from John Williams' movie score.
Voiceover by ??
TM / (C) Lucasfilm, Ltd. 1982 / Parker Brothers authorized user
"A great movie - now a great...
WLS Channel 7 - Editorial - "Museum of Science & Industry's 50th Anniversary Salute" (1983)
Views: 1740
Here's a WLS-TV editorial from William C. (Bill) Campbell, Director of Public Affairs, speaking from the Museum of Science and Industry, in a salute to its 50th anniversary, at one point showing a commemorative stamp (20 cents - those were the days) issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Campbell also mentions how the Museum's home previously housed the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 Columbian World's Fair, and was also the first home of the Field Museum of Natural History, before the Museum w...