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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" - The Galloping Goolmet (Segment #1-5, 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 segment (#1-5) is from Show #61 (according to the clapboard), with guest Larry "Superjock" Lujack. The recording date was April 11th 1973.

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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Wilderness Road" - The Don Knotts Song & Bedtime Poem (Closing, 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 closing segment is from Show #59 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

This segment starts off with Svengoolie in his uprig...

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WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 1, 1972)

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Dirty Dragon Roars Back To Life!

Unearthed from a 2" Quadruplex videotape stashed away and nearly forgotten, and with a beautiful direct-to-digital transfer financed by donations, The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) is proud to present this "lost" episode, which has not been seen publically since it originally aired on WFLD-TV forty years ago!

Here's Part 1 of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ ...

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Dominick's Finer Foods with Elaine Mulqueen (Commercial #3, 1973)

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The transfer of this clip made possible by your generous donations!

Here's another commercial for Dominick's Finer Foods, with Elaine Mulqueen appearing in glorious color after years of being seen in black-and-white on Mulqueen's Kiddie A-Go-Go. Here, she spotlights the offerings in the produce section of each Dominick's supermarket, as well as the seafood served up in the "Neptune's Cove" section, with pertinent photo slides shown. A jingle advertising Dominick...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - 5's Pride with Norman Mark (Excerpt, 1979)

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Here's another of the various "odds and ends" that we find - an excerpt from a show called 5's Pride on WMAQ Channel 5, hosted by Norman Mark, which contains previews of new shows to air on the "Peacock Network" starting in the fall of 1979, also containing a commercial break.

Voiceover for all show previews is Casey Kasem.

Includes:

Previews for the shows Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (to air Thursdays at 7pm) and Shirley st...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Sorting It Out (Part 3, 1976)

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Here's Part 3, the final part, of an episode of Sorting It Out on WMAQ Channel 5. Sorting It Out was a locally produced news magazine type show that featured interesting people and events around Chicagoland. It starred Bob Smith and a pre-Cheers Shelley Long, who at this point was still mostly known for her work in Homemakers furniture commercials.

This part includes a look at an exhibit at...

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WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 8, 1972)

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Here's Part 8 (the final part) of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

Fenster and Mother Plumtree bickering about her cooking and his inventions, and Wally and Maynard likewise in a sour mood, due to Dr. Doompuss' nefarious machinations; B.J. seeks to change the atmosphere by drawing a happy face, but Doompuss and his partners in crime, FrankenWeird and...

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WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 6, 1972)

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Here's Part 6 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7. This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Featured in this part are Bob Kennedy, Susan Peterson, Charles Rowe, the Viking Ensemble and Choir (directed by Walter Rodby), John Coleman, John Drury...

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WGN Channel 9 - Donahue - "Adult Kids Living at Home" (Opening, 1980)

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Here's the opening moments of an installment of Donahue on WGN Channel 9 which examined adult kids living at home (this was some twelve years before Jerry Springer's look at "adult babies"). Includes:

Station ID bumper slide with drawing of sun and moon sitting down watching TV and message "Open for Business 24 Hours a Day" (set in Lubalin Graph Bold - a serif version of ITC's famed Avant Garde fon...