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WBBM Channel 2 - New Year's Eve: Chicago Style (Part 4, 1979/1980)
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Here's Part 4, the last part, of "New Year's Eve: Chicago Style" - a special on WBBM Channel 2. Unfortunately, the recording starts during a commercial break and we miss the first 10 minutes or so of the broadcast - still, lots of local fun in this one. :-) This part includes:
Bob Wallace reports again from Arnie's Restaurant and then belts out a little of "My Kind of Town" while the ending credits roll.
Ending credits:
New Year's Eve: Chicago S...
White Fence Farm (Commercial, 1983)
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Here's a commercial for White Fence Farm restaurant. Good chicken and corn fritters. I have fond memories of going here as a kid.
Voiceover by Mal Bellairs - Long-time host at WBBM radio in the 50s and 60s.
This aired on local Chicago TV in July 1983.
Neediest Families Christmas Fund (Local PSA, 1978)
Views: 1521
Here's a quick local public service announcement for the Neediest Families Christmas Fund.
Voiceover by Bob Carrington.
This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 18th 1978.
Donahue - "Andy Griffith & Friends" (Part 1, 1986)
Views: 1972
Here's Part 1 (with this recording joined "already in progress") of an installment of Donahue that aired on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Phil Donahue, with Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey reminiscing about their days on The Andy Griffith Show and promoting their upcoming reunion TV-movie, Return to Mayberry, which would air on the NBC Network on April 13th 1986; this was also a few months before Griffith began a nine-year run on TV as crafty defense ...
WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm (Part 4, 1973)
Views: 2916
Here's the fourth and final part of a complete edition of the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2 with anchor Bob Wallace. Also featuring sportscaster Bruce Roberts. Includes:
Bob Wallace introduces Bruce's sports report, with a few attempts at speaking Spanish. Bruce's sports items include:
- College football sports scores (including Ohio State beating Illinois, 30-0)
- Highlights of Northwestern/Minnesota game (Minnesota Golden Gophers ...
CBS Special Movie Presentation (Ending Bumper, 1978)
Views: 1941
Here is an ending bumper for a CBS Special Movie Presentation.
This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, September 8th 1978.
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show - Kellogg's Cereals - "Yes We Can!" (Commercial Break, 1976)
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If you ever wondered where Barack Obama got his slogan for the 2008 Presidential campaign from, this may have been it! ;-)
Here's a one-minute commercial for Kellogg's cereals, with the backs of cereal boxes spotlighting numerous American historical figures (Orville and Wilbur Wright, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin) and including animated flashes of such events as Franklin's discovery ...
60 Minutes - "Libya's Qaddafi" (1980)
Views: 2114
Continuing in the great FuzzyMemories tradition of finding and posting a clip too late to be entirely relevant, here is a 60 Minutes piece that I found which takes a look at the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. (or Qaddafi, or Kaddafi, or Mashugana).
Featuring Harry Reasoner reporting.
This particular recording was from Baltimore CBS affiliate WMAR Channel 2, but I assume this also aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 23rd 1980.
WBBM Channel 2 - New Year's Eve: Chicago Style (Part 1, 1979/1980)
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Here's Part 1 of "New Year's Eve: Chicago Style" - a special on WBBM Channel 2. Unfortunately, the recording starts during a commercial break and we miss the first 10 minutes or so of the broadcast - still, lots of local fun in this one. :-)
Gary Deeb (the Tribune's TV-radio critic at the time) wrote in his column for Monday, December 31st 1979 - "The Local Line: Speaking of New Year's Eve, if you want to laugh yourself into convulsions, tune to WBBM-Ch. 2 about 11:40pm fo...