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WSNS Channel 44 - All Night Movies - "Magical Mystery Tour" (Commercial Break #1, 1980)
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Here's Commercial Break #1 from the Saturday All Night Movies presentation of "Magical Mystery Tour" on WSNS TV-44. Includes:
Channel 44 Saturday All Night Movies "Owl" Logo bumper
Record offer for the Rock Trilogy - Spotlight the Greatest Hits of Del Shannon, Gene Pitney, and Tommy Roe by Hall of Music and Interceptor Sounds (Main voiceover by Les Marshak. Ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds)
WSNS TV-44 promo for The Sunday Night Movie prese...
The Reluctant Robot (Part 1, 1980)
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Here is Part 1 from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)
Once again, I am pretty sure...
Way to Go! Special (Part 2, 1980)
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Here is Part 2 of the Field Communications produced Way to Go! Special - an hour long (compilation?) showcase of some special kids and what they do. Has a lot of nice little slices of late seventies life as a kid. :-) The tape was dated May of 1980. My contact says that only a few of these "Specials" were made. Like I said, I'm not sure if these were compilations of segments shown on the regular Way to Go program, or if they were specifically produced for these specials. I am pretty sure thi...
Way To Go! With Dr. Don (Episode 1, Part 1, 1979)
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Here is yet another version of the Way to Go! program produced by Field Communications - this one hosted by none other than Doctor Donald D. Rose (Dr. Don!). He of course was the voiceover guy for kid's programs on Field Stations including Super Cartoon Sunrise, Lunchtime Fun, and Afternoon Fun - which included shows such as Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Banana Splits, The Great Space Coaster, The Little Rascals, etc...
This is Part 1 of what I be...
WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Captain Blood" (Opening, 1983)
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Here's the opening of the Family Classics presentation of Captain Blood (1935) on WGN Channel 9. Hosted by Frazier Thomas. WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "The Canterville Ghost" (Opening, 1983)
Views: 1749 Here's the opening of the Family Classics presentation of The Canterville Ghost (1944) on WGN Channel 9. (this airing was the last time it appeared on Family Classics)
(opening starts a tiny bit late)
The theme music sounds warbly - I wonder if that was a technical problem at WGN or something with this tape recording. I do not hear the warble after the music ends - can anyone tell?
The
Hosted by Frazier Thomas.
Preceded by a WGN bumper promo for Fantasy Island featuring Ricardo Montalban. (looking kind of shifty-eyed taking a peek at the cue cards apparently)
The
1st Metropolitan Builders - "Helping Chicagoland Families" with Peter Lawford (Commercial #1, 1979)
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Here's a commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders featuring legendary actor Peter Lawford outside and inside a Chicago area mansion, explaining how 1st Metropolitan helps "thousands of families" in and around the Chicago area remodel their homes to suit their changing needs.
This ad was produced five years before the co-star of such now-classic films as "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Good News" and "Royal Wedding," and onetime member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack," died, on Dece...
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Here is the opening and partial first commercial break to The CBS Sunday Night Movies presentation of "That's Entertainment Part II" on WIFR Channel 23. Includes:
"WIFR-TV Freeport - Rockford" - Sunday Late Show and Station ID slide (voiceover by ??)
A CBS Special Presentation of The CBS Sunday Night Movies opening for the first TV airing of That's Entertainment Part 2 (voiceover by Allan Berns)
Revlon sponsorship bumper
Charlie per...
WBBM Channel 2 - The Late Show - "Strangers On A Train" (Commercial Break #2, 1978)
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Here's Commercial Break #2 from The Late Show presentation of "Strangers On A Train" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:
The Late Show "Atomic Popcorn" bumper
PSA: Veterans Administration - "Claim Your Benefits Before It's Too Late" (with Max Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Affairs)
WBBM Community Accents Community Calendar feature - "Christmas Trees" (voiceo...