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Alan Dixon - Democrat For Senate (Political Ad, 1980)

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Here's a political ad for Alan J. Dixon - Democratic candidate for Senator of the State of Illinois.

From Wikipedia:

In the fall of 1970, Karl Rove, a future White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush Administration, used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Illinois State Treasurer, and stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead. Rove then printed fake campaign rally fliers promising "free ...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 3, 1991)

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Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 3, they discuss the annoyances of cell phones on golf courses and whether they should be banned there.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style b...

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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Tina McDowall" (Transition, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This transitional segment is from Show #60 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

This segment starts out with Svengoolie at the ...

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WSNS Channel 44 - Star Spangled Movie - "You're Telling Me!" (Bumper #5, 197?)

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Here is something extremely rare - some bumpers and on-screen station ID's during the "Star Spangled Movie" presentation of the W.C. Fields film "You're Telling Me!" on WSNS Channel 44.

It's too bad this person didn't go to the kitchen to make a sandwich - it would have been nice to have a complete bumper or commercial break.

Notice this bumper is different! The ol' 44 Film Cans with the title of the film and W.C. Fields name - look at the font.

T...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 6, 1991)

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Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 6, they discuss women who fish for bass and a contest that excluded them.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style beer with Dennis Farina - "It'...

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Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits (Record Offer, 1981)

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Here's a record offer for the compilation album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits, (from C & L Marketing, Inc.) which featured one of his biggest hits, "Lady."

Also on this set were re-recordings (from his 1977 album Ten Years of Gold, United Artists UA-LA835-H) of two hits from his days with The First Edition, "Ruby" (full title: "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town") and "Reuben James," plus his other solo hits "The Gambler," "Lucille," "Long Arm of the Law," "Love ...

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WSNS Channel 44 - Chicago White Sox Baseball (Clean Opening, 1978)

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Here's a rarity for you baseball fans out there - the clean opening for Chicago White Sox games as aired on WSNS Channel 44, as it looked before the voices of the announcers and the sponsor billboards were added on for each game.

Ronald Vasser wrote, produced and directed this opening, with editing by Ron Vasser and Mike Torchia.

This copy was dubbed by Marc Claussen and Edward Keker on June 22nd 1978, as shown at the beginning of this clip (with approx. 425 Hz t...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Beyond the Time Barrier" (Ending, 1986)

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Here's the ending moments of the Son Of Svengoolie presentation (Show #333) of the 1960 film "Beyond the Time Barrier" on WFLD Channel 32.

Includes:

Ending moments of film

Commercial offer for Money magazine (main voiceover by ??)

Sven (Rich Koz) previewing next week's film, "The Devil Within Her" (1975), starring Joan Collins, then about to do a joke about polar bears at the Lincoln Park Zoo while the doorbell rings - and the...

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WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" (Commercial Break, 1980)

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Here is a complete commercial break during the WLS Channel 7 Late Night Movie presentation of "What's Up, Tiger Lily?". Includes:

Late Night Movie bumper

The Oak Ridge Boys at the Sabre Room - One Night Only May 23rd 1980. (Voiceover by ??)

The Hangar Furniture Stores - 18230 South Torrence Avenue & 17500 South Harlem Avenue - "You Can Trust The Hangar To Save You More."

Community Family Centers (voiceover by Al Parker)