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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Superfan Slims Down" (1980)

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Here's Tim Weigel's sports report and the ending of the WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 10pm. Includes stories on the Chicago Bulls "Superfan" (Jeff Platt) and his dramatic weight loss in an interview with "Big Al" Al Lerner. (I wonder if Platt was the inspiration for the SNL sketch about "The Superfans" featuring George Wendt, Chris Farley and Robert Smigel?) Other stories include Muhammed Ali stumping for President Jimmy Carter, and Mike Schmidt winning the MVP for the World Series.

CBS/ABC Networks - "Reagan Assassination Attempt Coverage" (Part 1, 1981)

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Here is some news coverage from the CBS and ABC networks, recorded on the day of the President Reagan assassination attempt - 30 years ago today. Includes:

CBS News Anchor Dan Rather describing Reagan shooter John W. Hinckley, Jr.'s life story (already in progress)

Clip from outside George Washington University Hospital to where Reagan and Press Secretary James Brady were rushed (Presidential assistant Lyn Nofziger standing outside, interviewed by CBS News repor...

WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Morning Movie - "The Bowery Boys in Jail Busters" (Opening & Break, 1980)

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Here's the opening and pre-movie break for the Saturday Morning Movie presentation of The Bowery Boys in Jail Busters on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Television 9 "Twilight" Station ID Slide (voiceover by Len Johnson)

Opening to the Saturday Morning Movie with the Sun & Filmstrips motif (voiceover by Len Johnson) - theme music is "Cop...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene with Kathy McFarland (1981)

Views: 4640

Here is the full presentation of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Newscene opening (Jim Barton voiceover)
Further evidence of a Recession - GNP down, Unemployment will rise.
Belvedere Chrysler plant lays off 3500 hourly workers for 3 weeks.
Cable snaps in Loop; debris falls.
Baby found dead; parents questioned.
19 letters written by Napoleon recovered in Chicago.
Weather Underground fugitive captured.
...

WFLD Channel 32 - Lost In Space - "Princess In Space" (Break & Preview, 1980)

Views: 2397

Here is the final commercial break, preview of tomorrow's episode, and ending credits for Lost in Space on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending of the Lost in Space episode - "Princess in Space"

WFLD Lost in Space bumper

WFLD Stooges/Rascals Hour promo (voiceover by Dr. Don)

WFLD Lost in Space bumper (different one)

Preview of tomorrow's episode of Lost in Space - "The Promised Planet" - "A strange galactic world of psy...

ABC News - "Death of Karl Wallenda" (1978)

Views: 34880

Here is an ABC News report on the death of circus performer and tightrope walker Karl Wallenda, (of The Flying Wallendas) who fell to his death while performing at the age of 73.

From Wikipedia: "Karl attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 37 metres (121 ft) above the pavement, but fell to his death when winds exceeded 48 kilometres per hour (30 miles per hour). The Wallenda family attributes th...

WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 4, 1979)

Views: 3677

Here's Part 4 of WLS Channel 7's news coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (a DC-10 manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas; scheduled to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles), 1/2 mile northwest of O'Hare Airport. Featuring Fahey Flynn and Diane Allen. Includes:

News Bulletin bumper slide (voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)

Fahey Flynn has joined Diane in the Eyewitness News studio, and is leading off this part recounting on what he terms "the...

Old Chicago Amusement Park with George Wendt (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 3526

Here's a commercial for the Old Chicago amusement park that was located in Bolingbrook, Illinois and was open from 1975 to 1980. "Chicago's Family Fun Capitol", it was billed as "the world's first ever indoor amusement park". "Have an Old Chicago Day!" (sounds similar to Marriot's Great America slogan from the time) Features local Chicago actor George Wendt as "the dad", best known for playing "Norm" on the long-running 1980s sitcom Cheers. Jingle sung by ?? Endling voiceover by Jer...

WMAQ Channel 5 - "The Wizard of Oz" (Commercial Break #2, 1973)

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Here's a second surviving commercial break for the 1973 airing of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" (starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr) on WMAQ Channel 5. This was the seventh airing of this classic by NBC, which held the rights from 1967 to 1975. (Among the fare preempted this evening: The Wonderful World of Disney.) Includes:

Commercial: McDonald's - with a mother and her children driving to have a meal after her husband bids them goodbye ...