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WGN Channel 9 - Five Minutes To Live By (Partial) & Station Sign-Off (1978?)
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Here's a partial (incomplete) edition of Five Minutes To Live By, followed by a station sign-off of WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Last 2 minutes of sermonette by Father John M. Fusco (sp?), Associate Pastor of St. Veronica Church in Chicago, who spoke at the start of this clip of spiritual master Tao Chi and a challenge he faced about the miracles he could do
Ending titles and backing music for Five Minutes To Live By (A pre-recorded presentation of WGN...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Follow That Dream" (Commercial Break, 1983)
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Here's a commercial break from The 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1962 Elvis Presley film "Follow That Dream" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Animated 3:00 Movie "star" bumper (with excerpt from Ramsey Lewis' "Skippin' " as background music)
Promo for upcoming "Tune In to Fitness" series of reports for next month's editions of 4:30 Eyewitness News, with Tim Weigel - tied in with Osco Drug
Commercial: 1983 Renault Alliance from Am...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Sword of Justice - "Port of Entry" (Opening & Break, 1979)
Views: 1849
Here's the opening and first commercial break for the next-to-last presentation of the short-lived series, Sword of Justice, on WMAQ Channel 5; this episode, "Port of Entry," was originally telecast on December 24th 1978.
The series - one of several offerings over the years from Glen A. Larson (a former member of the 1950's and '60's singing group The Four Preps) - starred Dack Rambo as Jack Cole, an avenger a la Zorro only without the mask, and co-starred Alex Courtney ...
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Here's a sign-off from HBO (Home Box Office), from back in the days when they did sign off (the pioneering cable TV channel switched to a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week schedule on December 28th 1981, after going 24 hours on weekends that September).
The sign-off consisted of an animated film with people all heading off to bed for the night, from all directions, accompanied by instrumental music that almost screamed '70's, down to the omnipresent conga drums and a low tom drum whi...
WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Christmas in Connecticut" (Opening & Break, 1979)
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Here's the opening and first commercial break from The Morning Movie presentation of the 1945 Barbara Stanwyck/Dennis Morgan/Sydney Greenstreet film "Christmas in Connecticut" on WGN Channel 9. Includes: WMAQ Channel 5 - Saturday Night Movie - "April Love" (Partial Commercial Break, 1978)
Views: 2813 Here's a partial, incomplete commercial break from the Saturday Night Movie presentation of the 1957 Pat Boone film "April Love" (from which his major hit of the same name from the same year had emanated) on WMAQ Channel 5.
"Season's Greetings from the WGN Family" bumper slide (voiceover by Len Johnson)
WGN Morning Movie opening (music by ??) - with notice that the film is edited for television (voiceover by Len Johnson)
Commercial: "
This begins with the tail end of a commercial for Yesteryear at Harrison on the River in Kankakee, and is followed by:
Commercial: Nelson Brothers - "We Put It Al...
WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "Mutiny On The Bounty" (Ending & Break, 1977)
Views: 5278
Here's something pretty rare - the ending of a WGN Presents airing of "Mutiny on the Bounty" from 1977! You'll notice the graphics used here are the scrolling movie marquee version which we also saw in this example from 1980. I thought they were using an earlier version of the opening in 1977. Actually, I have an example from 1979 that uses the older version's "spotlight" motif with movie stars faces inside them. I gu...
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 2, 1978)
Views: 515
Here's Part 2 of an (incomplete) episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Sandi Freeman continuing her interview with Nicholas von Hoffman, author of the book Make Believe Presidents: Illusions of Power from McKinley to Carter. In this part, they start off by discussing President Carter's image maker Gerald Rafshoon, and the whole business of image making for presidents going back to "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," and then take phone calls from viewers on...
WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Matinee - "The Bells of St. Mary's" (Opening & Bumper Excerpts, 1971)
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Here's a clip that, for those of you who remember it will likely be pretty amazing - the opening segment and bumper excerpts of the Christmas 1971 Saturday Matinee presentation of the 1945 Bing Crosby Christmas classic "The Bells of St. Mary's" on WGN Channel 9 - but that's not what's amazing...
This is the older style bumper slate which was used for both Saturday Matinee and Sunday Matinee on WGN-TV until the