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WFLD Channel 32 - Superstars - "Fat-Plastic-Popeye-Woody-Flintstones" (Promo, 1987)

Views: 1338

Here's a promo for the afternoon lineup of Superstars on WFLD Channel 32 (a successor to the Afternoon Fun block of Field and Metromedia days), which at this point consisted of Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids at 2:30pm, Plasticman at 3pm, Popeye at 3:30pm, Woody Woodpecker at 4pm, and The Flintstones at 4:30pm.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, August 12th 1987 a little before 6am.

WKBS Channel 48 - The $50,000 Pyramid (Break #1, 1981)

Views: 2631

Here are a couple items from the Field Communications station WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia which shut down in 1983. This aired during a broadcast of the $50,000 Pyramid game show with Dick Clark. Includes:

A movie promo for Farewell to the Planet of the Apes - More Movie - Fewer Commercials!

Local commercial for automotive and electronics training at Pennco Tech of Pennsauken, New Jersey.

This aired on local Philadelphia TV on Thursday, Februa...

WFLD Channel 32 - Tic Tac Dough - "Screwy Voiceover" (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 3412

Here's a bumper promo for Tic Tac Dough on WFLD Channel 32. The Jim Barton voiceover started late and so we get to hear more of the background Field Communications music than usual.

They also screwed up because Tic Tac Dough wasn't next, Joker's Wild was. (with no Newscene update)

Mercifully, they then cut the whole thing off.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, October 27th 1980 at 7:30pm.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "To Love A Vampire" (Ending Excerpt, 1982)

Views: 1580

(Warning - For extreme Sven completists only) Here is an extremely brief excerpt from the ending of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "To Love A Vampire" on WFLD Channel 32. This was Episode #146.

(in case you're wondering I was able to date it based on a movie promo that aired right after this clip, as well as other evidence from the program that followed)

Also features a Field Communications ID at the end.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sa...

The 24 Days of Christmas - "Bolivia" with Raquel Welch (1981)

Views: 1595

Here's another installment from the recurring 24 Days of Christmas one-minute featurettes. In this edition, legendary sex symbol (and Chicago native) Raquel Welch (nee Tejada) describes the Christmas traditions of Bolivia (where her father was born), which includes celebrating the holidays with a harvest festival and, on Christmas Eve, a children's dance on the narrow streets in the villages where they sing Bolivian Christmas carols.

This ends with a sponsor billboard f...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Brief With Paul Udell (1981)

Views: 4074

Here is an Eyewitness News Brief for the 4:30pm news with anchor Paul Udell. Stories include:

Explosion and Fire in Gary, Indiana.

Oil Slick on Lake Michigan

Catholics call for cooperation of Cardinal Cody in Federal Probe

Commercial Break: Marshall Field's

Princess Diana expecting first baby

Korean girl adopted by Chicago family

John Callaway has highlights of Chicago Film Festival
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WTTW Channel 11 - The Storyteller - "The Case of the Cat's Meow" (1969)

Views: 1904

Here's another rare episode of The Storyteller on WTTW Channel 11, hosted by Val Bettin. This was Episode #54, a reading of the book "The Case of the Cat's Meow" by Crosby Bonsall (read by permission of the publisher, Harper & Row, which put the book out in their "I Can Read" series), from a 3/4" dub of the original 2" quad master tape, recorded on February 22nd 1969. This was also one of WTTW's early color productions.

Includes:

Brief shot of production...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Reptilicus" (Ending Excerpt, 1982)

Views: 1823

Here is an (unfortunately very brief) excerpt from the ending of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Reptilicus" on WFLD Channel 32. This was Episode #158. (the episode after the big 3D Movie special)

Also features a Field Communications ID at the end.

Partial credits:

Vic Mellor

Film Editor and Historian (once met Roger Corman) - Michael J.P. Smith

Wardrobe Consultant - Inge Weiss

Music (available f...

WFLD Channel 32 - Green Acres - "End Credits & TD Moment" (1980)

Views: 3836

Here's the ending credits for an episode of Green Acres on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Closing of Green Acres & Ending Credits (voiceover by Jim Barton).

Field Communications animated ID.

WFLD Bumper promo for I Love Lucy (voiceover by Jim Barton).

Slight technical difficulties moment with film, followed by about 24 seconds of black.

Beginning of Lost in Space episode - "The Great Vegetable Rebellion".

T...