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WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Commercial Break #2, 1975)

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Here's Commercial Break #2 during The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on WGN Channel 9. Quality varies due to reception and tape degradation issues. Includes:

The Morning Movie bumper slide (with music from "Sorry, Wrong Number")

Rhodes bread - "The Pure Bread"

Nestle Choco'Lite bar (Chocolite) - "A Mouthful of Chocolate"

The Cut-All Super Saw (available at Walgreen's Woolworth/Woolco, Goldblatt'...

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

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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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WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners (Ending, 1979)

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Here's the ending for an episode of The Honeymooners on WFLD Channel 32. The ending theme and specially created colored picture shot (with "zooming text" at the end - or in this case would that be "bang-zooming text"?) are delayed as a voiceover promo for Happy Days Again is played too early (voiceover by Ron Beattie), and is heard over black for a few seconds before cutting off; then after the extended bumper starts, another Beattie voiceover previews upcoming episodes of S...

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Hooray for Reading - "Morris Brookside, a Dog" (#8, 1979)

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Here is the eighth in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.

These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.

This one is based on the book "Morris Brooks...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Some Good News" (1978)

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Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, soaking in the sun at poolside outdoors during a company outing, and summarizing some good news of the summer season:

- Regional Transportation Authority promising no fare increases in the near future

- 1,200 people take advantage of Mayor Bilandic's mortgage plan offered at 8 percent interest

- Crime in Chicago down 8.8 percent, according to Police Superintendent Jim O'Grad...

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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" (1972)

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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.

This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features Larry Lujack - "Superjock" disc jockey from (at the time) WLS-AM 890 radio.

I'm thinking that "SYT #1" as the clapboard person says, refers to the fact that it's Movie #1. (2 movies a night were shown for most of the run of SYT)

Accor...

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WBBM Channel 2 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Excerpts, 1975)

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Here's some surviving excerpts of the 1975 airing of a holiday perennial, the animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

A more complete "Season's Greetings" WBBM Station ID, with the same bumper slide as on here (voiceover by ??) - followed by CBS "bong"

Animated "A CBS Special Presentation" bumper

Opening titles of <...

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WBBM Channel 2 - Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening minutes and first commercial break of the CBS Special, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown as aired on WBBM Channel 2.

Includes:

Bumper promo for The Gable Mystique - "Saturday Night at 10:30" (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

CBS Preemption notice for The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (voiceover by Pat Connell)

"A CBS Special Presentation" spinning, animated graphic

Cold open of Be M...

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The Baby Doll Polka Club (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for The Baby Doll Polka Club - at 7315 South Western Avenue - Eddie and Irene Korosa's bar that featured live Polka music every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This spot aired regularly during "Eddie Korosa's Polka Party" on WCIU Channel 26.

She also advertises their radio show Sundays from 4-6pm on WOPA AM 1490. According to Wikipedia, "In the early 70s Sonderling Broadcasting bought the station WOPA-AM. The call letters WOPA stood for The Oak Park Arms,...