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WMAQ Channel 5 - "Elsewhere On The Day After" (1983)

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On the night that The Day After - an ABC presentation about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States (and one of the most-watched movies for television) aired, NBC Sunday Night at the Movies aired Part 1 of the mini-series Kennedy. Here's the ending of it and the post-show commercial break. Incidently, the creators of The Day After originally envisioned the movie to also span over multiple nights, but they decided against it after consideri...

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart - "Viewer Mail" (1975)

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Here's the "Viewer Mail" segment of Popeye with Steve Hart which aired on WSNS Channel 44. This was from the original master tape, recorded on August 12th 1975. Includes:

Steve welcoming everybody back to the show, joined by the puppet "Bookie Worm" who advises this is Mail Day on which viewer mail is read; he says he will pick five winners, with the sixth to be invited to the lighthouse if they send a letter with the words "I Watch Popeye on Channel 44." Before readi...

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart - "Farkus Melby, M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D." (1975)

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Here's a funny sketch from Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44, with Mr. Hart appearing as "Farkus Melby, M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D." (the title of which spoofed that of the 1969-76 medical drama Marcus Welby, M.D. which starred Robert Young and James Brolin), and Nancy Boyle as the nurse who serves as his assistant.

The voiceover (by Bob Hoffmann?) starts off this skit by mentioning that Dr. Melby, the "Challenger of Modern Medicine," is "back from the State Pen [...

WGN Channel 9 - Here's Looking At You Kid Theater (Promo, 1981)

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Here's a promo for 'Here's Looking At You Kid' Theater on WGN Channel 9, which aired late-night Saturdays showing Humphrey Bogart films.

According to Chris Tufts, this movie show only ran for a few months before being resumed again by the standard WGN Presents. Here are the movies and airdates:

1) November 15th 1980 11:00 PM The Maltese Falcon (1941)
2) November 22nd 1980 11:00 PM The Roaring Twenties (1939)
3) December 6th 198...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Update, Break & Today Excerpt (1975)

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Here's a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5 anchored by Royal Kennedy, followed by a commercial break and the first two minutes of the second half-hour of the Today show, featuring Jim Hartz, Barbara Walters and Lew Wood. Includes:

Royal Kennedy reporting the following local items:

- Tail end of story on Illinois primary

- Chicago Board of Election Commissioners investigating charges that Alderman Tyrone Kenner's petition contained...

WMAQ Channel 5 - All-Star Salute to Mother's Day [Excerpt] (Part 3, 1981)

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Here's our Part 3 of a portion of the All-Star Salute to Mother's Day, hosted by Ed McMahon and Jayne Kennedy, that aired on WMAQ Channel 5. This part features (in order of appearance) Don Rickles' mother Etta, Shecky Greene, Mary Elizabeth McDonough with her own mother and those of Beverly Adams Sassoon, John Cassavetes, Bob Denver, the late David Janssen (who died the year before this special), Blake Edwards, Gena Rowlands, Toni Tennille, Lesley Ann Warren, and Cindy Williams, as we...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Pocketful of Miracles" (Promo, 1974?)

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Here's a promo for the upcoming 3:30 Movie presentation of the 1961 film "Pocketful of Miracles" starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, preserved on 16mm film. This was most likely for the two-part airing to be shown on February 7th and 8th 1974, as the typesetting for the title (set in a font called Frankfurter) was different than that on this 1972 promo.

Technical / Modification Note: This ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscope - "The Blizzard of '67" and Other Stories (Part 1, 1967)

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Here's the first part of an edition of Newscope on WFLD Channel 32, anchored by Patrick Muldowney. Also featuring Harlan Draeger of the Chicago Daily News, Richard Foster of the Chicago Sun-Times (both papers, like WFLD, were owned by Field Enterprises), sportscaster Dave Martin, and WA9RTP ham operators Jim Roper(?) and Dick Cox.

NOTES: This is the earliest footage currently known to exist of a WFLD broadcast (albeit via kinescope); the sound heard in the backg...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 6, 1978)

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Here's Part 6 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Terry Murphy, Norman Mark, WLS Channel 7 News Director Jim McFarland(sp?), David Finney and Bob Wallace.

Mr. McFarland(sp?) accepted on behalf of Bill Jackson who won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Children's Programming: For a Ser...