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WLVI Channel 56 - "Field Communications ID" (1979)

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Not from Chicago, but still interesting (and pertinent) - here's another example of the animated "Field Communications" ID bumper, this time from WLVI Channel 56 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Another example, from KBHK Channel 44 in San Francisco, can be seen here; both stations were sisters to our own WFLD Channel 32 up to Field Communications' dissolution in 1983.)

Voiceover by Darwin Gillette.

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WFLD Metromedia 32 - Election Night Specials - "The Best Of Saturday Night" (Promo, 1984)

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Here's another promo for part of WFLD Metromedia 32's Election Night Specials - this one for The Best of Saturday Night.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in the last week of October 1984.

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WSNS Channel 44 - "Stars" (Partial Station ID Slide, 1977)

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Here's another rarity - a partial station ID with a cool slide from WSNS TV-44. This aired at the beginning of an episode of The Invisible Man (series) which you can see a little bit of after the partial ID. The only other date clue I have is the ending credits which say that "To Tell The Truth" is next. Can any of our Schedule Sleuths find out when this might be from?

Voiceover (what there is of it) is by Mal Wyman.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturd...

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Shogun Warriors from Mattel (Commercial, 1977)

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Not from a Chicago airing, but still fun - here's a commercial for Shogun Warriors from Mattel, with three such warriors - Raydeen (with delta wing missiles), Dragun (with star shooter) and Mazinga (with a rocket launcher) - being spotlighted. Gear sold separately. Did you ever get these for Christmas? (or want them?) :-)

Voiceover by ??

(C) Mattel, Inc. 1976.

"Imagine you command them to defend freedom, protect justice, and challenge evil. ...

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WTTW Channel 11 - Dave Allen At Large - "Warning" (1982)

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Here's another warning announcement before Dave Allen At Large on WTTW Channel 11, this one with a different slide.

"The following program, 'Dave Allen At Large', contains comedy sketches and jokes which some people may consider unsuitable for younger and more sensitive viewers."

What innocent times. :-)

Voiceover by Joan Kohn.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 5th 1982.

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WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death" (Opening, 1979)

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Here's the opening for the Sunday Matinee presentation of the 1944 Sherlock Holmes film "The Pearl of Death" (title listed on bumper slide as "Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death") on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN "A Happy Holiday Is a Safe Holiday" ID bumper slide with 1960s "Television 9" logo (voiceover by Clif Mercer)

Sunday Matinee opening with filmstrip and movie camera graphics, duly backed by instrumental version of The Young Rascals' "Gr...

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Preparation H - "A Coworker's Concern" (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for Preparation H with two news anchors in need of relief from the pain of hemorrhoids. For use three times a day.

Look towards the end for an Ampex VR-2000 color videotape recorder in the equipment room where the two anchors meet after their relief. This was the first "high-band" quad videotape recorder, first introduced in 1964 and used all throughout the industry into the 1980's - including many of the Chicago TV stations.

Ending voiceove...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Sanford and Son (Bumper Promo, 1980)

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Here's a bumper promo for Sanford and Son on WFLD Channel 32.

Listen to the music at the end - it's a version of the Field Communications theme done in the style of the Sanford and Son theme.

Voiceover by Ron Beattie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 27th 1980.

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St. Joseph Cough Syrup for Children - "It Helps Put the Cough to Sleep" (Commercial, 1974)

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Here's a commercial for St. Joseph Cough Syrup for Children (with cherry taste), telling the story of a Mrs. Moore whose son had a bad cough and took St. Joseph before going to sleep; as the voiceover mentions, St. Joseph "has the best non-narcotic cough suppressant in a formula effective for children."

"Use only as directed."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 12th 1974.