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WBBM Channel 2 - "Living History (Bloopers)" (Part 4, 1978/1979)

Views: 368

Here's Part 4 of a blooper from WBBM Channel 2, with more slip-ups, screw-ups and other moments that may or may not have made it to air.

This part features (in order of first appearance): John Coughlin, Carrie Cochran, Harry Volkman, Bill Kurtis, John Drummond, Walter Jacobson, Johnny Morris, Gene Siskel, Susan Anderson, Mort Crim, Muhammad Ali, Harry Porterfield, Tom Korzeniowski (with his back to the camera), Carrie Cochran, an excerpt from Cheech & Chong's "Up in Smoke" (wi...

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

Views: 1356

Here's the Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. (aired during the halftime break of the DePaul at Circle basketball game) Includes:

Probe into local chop-shop operations may result in more arrests.

CTA proposing a 50 cent surcharge for suburban riders.

Commercial: Spectrum

Mike Leiderman thanks Kathy for the update and shows the score before going to another commercial break.

(This one is f...

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

Views: 1419

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...

WMAQ Channel 5 - 5 Cheers Chicago's New Year (Part 4, 1980/1981)

Views: 1098

Back to the festivities at Miomir's Serbian Club at 2255 W. Lawrence, with Warner speaking with a lady, Carole(?) Black, whose birthday is January 1st (her 23rd), who wishes for good health and a good husband; her friend explains that she has a good husband but he's not at the club with her, instead he's in Florida; Warner then gestures Jerry to wish her a happy birthday as well as a happy New Year, and not long after club owner Miomir plants a kiss on the birthday girl (upon which Jerry give...

Way to Go! Special (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 399

Here is Part 2 of the Field Communications produced Way to Go! Special - an hour long (compilation?) showcase of some special kids and what they do. Has a lot of nice little slices of late seventies life as a kid. :-) The tape was dated May of 1980. My contact says that only a few of these "Specials" were made. Like I said, I'm not sure if these were compilations of segments shown on the regular Way to Go program, or if they were specifically produced for these specials. I am pretty sure thi...

I Remember Riverview (Part 1, 1984)

Views: 5180

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...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Show #5 - Duet With Zelda" (1972)

Views: 1314

Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

With no clapboard segments, we can only guess that this was Break #7 (from "Show #5") - although on these master tapes sometimes they didn't save all of the breaks, so this could be Break #8 or Break #9 for all we know. This one features some humorous technical screw-up's as well as a duet between Sven & Zelda - a p...

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

Views: 1393

Here's another last few minutes of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Kathy reads a story about the energy crisis helping bike sales
Weather and Sports teaser
Commercial: American National Bank - We're The Bank For Business
Commercial: Long Chevrolet (Sorry, no Timmy)
Kathy reads the Sports and Weather - DePaul Vs. Notre Dame
Newscene ending with Ron Beattie voiceover
Commercial: Rely Tampons
All in the F...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Stephen Colbert Cameo" (1990)

Views: 7558

Here's a neat clip from an episode of Wild Chicago - one of their "Dumb Question" segments where they go somewhere and ask random people a question of questionable intelligence. This one took place in Lincoln Park near Diversey.

As I watched this episode and saw this segment I kept going back to this part - that guy in the sunglasses looks familiar...finally it hit me - it's Stephen Colbert!! (of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report fame) You can also see one o...