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CBS: On The Air (Part 7) - "Game Shows" (1978)

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Art Linkletter passed away yesterday (1912-2010). He was best known for the shows House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things. Here he is featured in a segment from CBS: On The Air - A Celebration of 50 Years (Part 7) which highlighted some of the network's fabulous game, quiz, and panel shows.

Rest in peace, Art.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 1st 1978 during the 7:30-10pm timeframe.

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #7, 1978)

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Here's Commercial Break #7 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

The Park West invites you to spend New Year's Eve Weekend with Chuck Berry and Special Guest Henny Youngman (cut off early) (see now I swear this voiceover person is NOT Al Parker, even though it sounds similar to him - who is it?)

Armourcote commercial offer (the original!) (again)

WLS Eyewitness N...

WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Monday Night Movie - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (Opening, 1983)

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Here's the opening moments of The ABC Monday Night Movie presentation of Steven Spielberg's 1977 film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

WLS Station ID / Tim Weigel promo for 4:30 Eyewitness News

That's Incredible preemption notice (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired graphics and notice

The ABC Monday Night Movie "Star Tunnel" opening title...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman" (Bumper Promo, 1979)

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Here's a brief bumper promo for The 3:30 Movie presentation of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" on WLS Channel 7, which aired on Monday, January 22nd 1979.

Voiceover by Art Hellyer(?)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 21st 1979.

WTTW Channel 11 - Sunday Movie Eleven - "The Titfield Thunderbolt" (Opening, 1979)

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Here's the opening for Sunday Movie Eleven on WTTW Channel 11 featuring the film "The Titfield Thunderbolt". They have a bit of a technical difficulty getting the film started.

Also includes a Kraft Foods sponsorship slide and a WTTW Station ID slide at the beginning.

All voiceovers by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 15th 1979.

WTTW Channel 11 - "Rich And Strange" (Ending, 1981)

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Here's the ending of the movie "Rich and Strange" on WTTW Channel 11 - followed by the beginning of an early Looney Tunes cartoon - "Yodeling Yokels", airing under the banner of "Matinee Memories". This was immediately followed by "Villa Alegre".

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, June 17th 1981 at a few minutes before 2:30pm.

WGN Channel 9 - Special Movie Presentation - "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" (Promo, 1981)

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Here's a promo for an airing of "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" on WGN Channel 9 as part of a Special Movie Presentation that aired on Thursday, September 24th 1981 at 7pm.

Floyd Brown does the voice over annoucement.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, September 22nd 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "House of Fear" (Promo, 1981)

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Here's a fairly fuzzy promo for the Son of Svengoolie airing of the film "House of Fear" on WFLD Channel 32.

Apparently Sven wasn't too impressed with the amount of fear in this movie, and in the end this was the only time he aired the film. (although it did air on WFLD's Monstrous Movie program)

This aired on local Chicago TV the third week (probably ...

WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "Gargoyles" (Ending Break, 1980)

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Here's the ending commercial break from the movie "Gargoyles" on the WLS Late Night Movie. Includes:

Last couple minutes of the movie, so you can experience it's intense cheesy weirdness.

WLS Movie Promo - The French Connection - airing at 10:45pm on Saturday, October 18th 1980. (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Nelson Brothers - First In Furniture. (voiceover by Al Parker)

Roll-O-Matic Sponge Mop & Waxer - Available at all Sears, Walgr...