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WFLD Channel 32 - The Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Slender Thread" (Commercial Break, 1982)

Views: 2102

Here's a complete commercial break from the Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "The Slender Thread" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Eight O'Clock Movie bumper

Jim Palmer - star pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles - for Jockey Underwear - On sale at Carson Pirie Scott (sale ends March 14th)

Empire Carpets: Bad Impersonators (really bad)

McDonald's - Quality Game (ending voiceover by Jim Barton)

WFLD Eight O'Clock Mov...

WFLD Channel 32 - Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 3160

Here's Part 1 of an airing of Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (the kids' version of The Joker's Wild) on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Field Communications in Chicago animated ID

WFLD Sanford & Son bumper promo (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Opening segment of Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! introducing the cute kid-testants, 9 year old Suzie Watree (sp?) and 8 year old Justyn Lezin.

WFLD Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! commerci...

WFLD Channel 32 - Ending Of The Gong Show & Opening of The Three Stooges - "Punchy Cowpunchers" (1979)

Views: 2551

Someone keeps asking me to post these complete breaks, so here they are.

(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is the ending for The Gong Show and the opening for The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Partial end credits to The Gong Show (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Commercial: WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Superstar Cruiser" - "Chicago's Sound Encounter"

Fi...

WBBM Channel 2 - The CBS Late Movie - Double Feature - "Barnaby/Love Affair" (Opening, 1979)

Views: 3128

Here's the opening for The CBS Late Movie on WBBM Channel 2 where they were doing a double feature (weren't there two movies shown every night though?) with the first being the Barnaby Jones episode "The Deadlier Species" (first aired on the CBS Network on March 18th 1975), followed by the movie "A Love Affair - The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story." (CBS Late Movie voiceover by Norm Stevens)

Also includes a WBBM Match Game bumper promo at the beginning - "Weekdays a...

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Faces Of Wrigley" (1980)

Views: 3421

Here's a brief clip of the "Faces of Wrigley Field," aired during the middle of the seventh inning of the Chicago Cubs baseball game on WGN Channel 9 (the Pittsburgh Pirates were leading the Cubs 2-0 at this point).

Features shots of various attendees of the day's game, set to the music of The Ramsey Lewis Trio's 1965 instrumental version of "The 'In' Crowd" (Argo 5506, prior to that label's being renamed Cadet).

This is followed by the Cubs' Jerry Martin (#2...

WLS Channel 7 - The Hollywood Squares (Ending & Post-Show Break, 1981)

Views: 4835

Here is the ending to Hollywood Squares on WLS Channel 7 including a post-show commercial break. Includes:

Last second of an Illinois Office of Tourism commercial.

Ending of The Hollywood Squares featuring host Peter Marshall - including credits and Filmways logo. (Contestant prize info voiceover by Kenny Williams)

Commercial: Pontiac T1000 (the Terminator?) at Your Favorite Pontiac Dealer.

Chicagoland Auto Recyclers - A-Suburban an...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Frankenstein" (Break #1, 1985)

Views: 2516

Here's Break #1 to another rare episode of Son of Svengoolie. This was number 302 where he was presenting the classic film "Frankenstein". Includes:

Sven bumper

Commercial: John M. Smyth's Homemakers (no Shelley Long)
Commercial: 1st City Builders
Commercial: Brown's Chicken - "Spice Squad"
Commercial: Front Row
WFLD Promo for Samson & Delilah

Sven sketch at the "Exchanges & Refunds" window

Commercial: S...

WBBM Channel 2 - Ending of Channel 2 Showcase, Break & Opening of The All-Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show (1979)

Views: 1824

Here's the ending and break from the Channel 2 Showcase presentation of the 1968 film "Rosemary's Baby," and the (mostly) complete opening titles for The All-Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Tail end of ending credits of "Rosemary's Baby," with original 1968 "A Paramount Picture" bumper

Commercial: Sanyo car stereo radio with built-in cassette player - "Brings people together for the better life"

WGN Channel 9 - Scooby Doo (Opening & Partial Break, 1981)

Views: 2566

Here's the opening and partial commercial break for Scooby Doo (segments of The New Scooby-Doo Movies) on WGN Channel 9. (The New Scooby-Doo Movies - were originally hour-long shows that paired the Mystery Machine gang of Freddy, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby with the likes of Don Knotts, Sandy Duncan, The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, The Harlem Globetrotters, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, "Mama" Cass Elliot and Sonny & Cher; fictional characters including Batman & Robin, The...