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WLS Channel 7 - American Bandstand - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Excerpts & Channel Switching, 1976)

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Here's some excerpts an a broadcast of the long-running American Bandstand with Dick Clark on WLS Channel 7, featuring the premiere of a video by the legendary rock group Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Meddows-Taylor and John Deacon). Includes:

Dick Clark talking while sitting in the studio audience, introducing a music video of Queen's new hit "Bohemian Rhapsody," from their album A Night at the Opera (Elektra 7E-1053) whose cover he shows

WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "The World of Hans Christian Andersen" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 2685

Here's the opening moments of the Sunday Matinee presentation of the 1971 animated feature "The World of Hans Christian Andersen" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Season's Greetings From The WGN Family" bumper

Sunday Matinee "camera and filmstrip" slide, with Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra's version of The Young Rascals' "Groovin'," and voiceover (by ?) introducing the movie and having a little flub with "Christmas Dray..."

"NTA Relea...

WLS Channel 7 - ABC News Special Report - "Carter Cabinet Changes" (1979)

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Here's an ABC News Special Report that interrupted the opening moments of a repeat of the Laverne & Shirley episode "Playing Hooky" (originally aired January 11th 1977 - Episode #2.13 of the series) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Opening credits of episode, with notice that it was filmed before a studio audience, followed by first moments of establishing first scene

ABC News Special Report bumper slide (voiceover by ??)

Anchor Ch...

WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Halloween Is Grinch Night and Opening of The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979)

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Here's the closing credits for Halloween Is Grinch Night, followed by the opening moments of The Halloween That Almost Wasn't on WLS Channel 7. Includes.

End credits for Halloween Is Grinch Night - (C) MCMLXVII (1977) Dr. Seuss and A.S. Geisel - A DePatie-Freleng Production (voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for 240-Robert episode "Double Trouble" (with early acting appearances by future film star Michelle Pfeiffer and ...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Barry Farber Show (Opening, 1977)

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Here's the opening titles for The Barry Farber Show which aired on WFLD Channel 32.

Farber, a veteran talk radio host usually based in New York City, was intended as a replacement for the late Lou Gordon whose long-running discussion show The Lou Gordon Program, based out of WFLD's sister station WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit and shown on other Kaiser stations including Channel 32, ended with Gordon's death on May 24th 1977.

However, Farber's show,...

WTTW Channel 11 - Made in Chicago - "Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah / Bill Quateman" (Part 3, 1974)

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Here's Part 3 of a local music show, Made in Chicago, on WTTW Channel 11. This program (which was also simulcast on WBBM-FM 96.3) was a predecessor to Soundstage which was also produced by the station and aired nationally over PBS. The guests on this (re-run airing) edition were Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah (bassist Mitch Aliotta, guitarist Skip Haynes and pianist John Jeremiah) and Bill Quateman.

Note: As with other things we've found, this is actually quite ra...