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WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 1, 1991)

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"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part One of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

Incomplete WTTW Chicago animation at the beginning.

Midwest Sporting Goods in Lyons - Guns & Ammo.

The Tattoo Factory - 4408 North Broadway in Uptown. Featuring Mr. Pete R. Collurafici, Tattooist.<...

Santa's Village with Larry Lujack - "Just a Kid At Heart" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for The Three Worlds of Santa's Village in Dundee, Illinois featuring legendary radio legend Larry Lujack, the charming and delightful ol' Uncle Lar.

Superjock is wearing a #89 jersey, which likely was a subtle (?) nod to his longtime home station WLS-AM 890 ("The Big 89").

Is there something in this ad that is slightly unsettling?

This aired on local Chicag...

The Most Important Person - "Why Not Try?" (1972)

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Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Why Not Try?". (color's a bit off - there's an off-air version with slight variations and better color here)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)

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WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Islands" (Part 3, 1991)

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Here is Part Three of an "Islands" themed episode of Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with an islands-related theme. Includes:

The Crete Family Fun Center and Funatorium in Crete, IL. (about 20 miles south of Chicago)

Stony Island Medical Association at 9000 South Stony Island Avenue.

Bolingbrook Indoor Wave Pool and Aquatic Center (off I-55 in Boling...

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

Views: 1380

Sick of Kathy McFarland yet? Me neither. Dig that striped shirt! ;-)

Here's the Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. Includes:

CTA won't be making any more service cuts but cost-cutting measures will cause inconvenience with longer intervals between service.

"Spiderman" Dan Goodwin put on 1 year probation for climbing the John Hancock building earlier this month. Vows "it will be a long time" before he climbs another...

Tele1st - "Scrambled Delights" (1984)

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Here's an example of some scrambled programming on Tele1st. As Chris (Phantom) described earlier, we see the picture cycling between normal and inverted (negative) colors. And the sound has a constant sharp percussive beat in the background while the program audio sounds like it is smooshed together.

All in all, I wouldn't have wanted to be a teenager on drugs while watching this.
I edited together some segments separated by fade-outs. This was worth $25.95...

Way to Go! Special (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 471

Here is Part 1 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 sur...

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

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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: 1343

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...