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WLS Channel 7 - "The Late Night Movie" (Shorter Opening, 1987)

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By early 1987 WLS was in the final months of using this version of the opening which it had used for so long. Time=Money, so they had to shorten it up a bit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 20th 1987.

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Planet Earth" (Bumper Promo, 1980)

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Here is a short bumper promo for the Channel 7 3:30pm Movie presentation of "Planet Earth" that aired on Monday, March 17th 1980. (Watch that whip, sister!)

Voiceover by Gary Gears.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 16th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Saturday Morning Movie - "God Is My Co-Pilot" (Ending Bumper, 1981)

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Here's the ending bumper from the Saturday Morning Movie presentation of "God is my Co-Pilot" on WFLD Channel 32.

Also features a brief snippet at the end of an Award Lumber & Construction commercial featuring Bud Kelly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 27th 1981 at a few minutes before 12 Noon.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Movie 5 - "The Ape Man" (Opening & PSA's, 1988)

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Here is the opening of a late movie feature of "The Ape Man" on WMAQ Channel 5. It starts out with some kind of time-filler - a Channel 5 logo over some rock music which goes on for over a minute, and then the opening to the "Movie 5" begins - I've seen this opening before used in New York so I think it was a national thing.

Then, strangely, between the Movie 5 opening and the start of the film, they show the following PSA's:

U.S. Postal Service featuring Ann Ro...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #5, 1978)

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Here's Commercial Break #5 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

Bauer Buick in Harvey - Inventory Reduction Sale

Levitz Furniture - You'll Love It At Levitz!

Anne Murray album "Let's Keep It That Way" on Capitol Records and Tapes - Available at all Chicagoland Sears stores

Dads Root Beer (or do you say Dad's) - now in a plastic 2 liter bottle! (st...

Son of Svengoolie - "The Sven-eymooners" - "A Visit To The Sewer" (1980?)

Views: 746

Here's a classic segment from Son of Sven - The Sven-eymooners sketch "A Visit To The Sewer". (parody of The Honeymooners)

Not sure what episode this was originally from but based on Sven mentioning the movie "Yongary, Monster from the Deep", I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that this was the movie being shown that week, which first aired on episode number 65.

This likely aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 4th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie (Opening, 1976-1980) [Raw Footage, Take 1]

Views: 5253

Here is some neat raw footage - Take #1 of the opening for Monster Rally Movie This take was not used and differs slightly from the final version chosen (along with missing the post production color effects and titles)

The host of Monster Rally Movie, seen here, was John Dickinson. He had a number of behind-the-scenes jobs at the station, including being the director of

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