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WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Jack LaLanne" (Excerpt, 1985)
Views: 1718
Here's a (partial) segment of AM Chicago with Oprah Winfrey featuring exercise pioneer Jack LaLanne, who passed away at the age of 96 on January 23rd 2011.
"I'm Dieting With Oprah!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 22nd 1985 during the 9am to 10am timeframe.
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Mike Royko" (Part 1, 1982)
Views: 2067
Here's Part 1 of an episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7 featuring famed sports reporter and anchor Tim Weigel as host (were they going through a different host each week at this point?). This was at the point when the show had been reduced to only a half-hour in length. The guest on this episode was legendary Chicago newspaper columnist and author, Mike Royko, who was 49 years old at the time. Includes:
No opening credits or theme song, although the show is complet...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Thriller Week" (Promo, 1984)
Views: 1699
Here's a promo for "Thriller Week" on the WLS Channel 7 3:00 Movie, advertising the line-up for next week's movies:
Monday, May 14th 1984 - The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (Part 1)
Tuesday, May 15th 1984 - The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (Part 2)
Wednesday, May 16th 1984 - The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (Part 3)
Thursday, May 17th 1984 - The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, the (1975)
Friday, May 18th 1984 - The Night Strangler (1973)
Th...
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Breakdancing & Belafonte" (Part 2, 1984)
Views: 5053
Here's Part 2 of a partial episode of AM Chicago starring Oprah Winfrey as host. This episode features Harry Belafonte talking about his involvement with the movie "Beat Street" (released earlier in the month) and featuring some of Chicago's most talented break dancers. Includes:
The "Venus Electronics" breakdancing group (also has a special this month on VCRs)
Commercial: ON TV
Commercial: Viva paper towels - "Is it or isn't it a Paper Sponge?"<...
WLS Channel 7 - The Sunday Afternoon Movie - "Born Free" (Commercial Break #2, 1981)
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Here's another complete commercial break from The Sunday Afternoon Movie presentation of "Born Free" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
The Sunday Afternoon Movie bumper
Give to united cerebral palsy
Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom (different one than we've seen before)
Stair-Glide Deluxe - available at Fitzsimmons Surgical Supply
Nair hair-remover - "Drop th...
WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie/3:30 Movie - "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" (Opening, 1980)
Views: 3517
Ok, this one is really nuts. Here is the opening to what was a WLS Channel 7 Late Night Movie presentation of "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" - however, they screwed up and played the opening for the 3:30 Movie - but it's a different opening than we've seen so far!
Modelled after the updated graphics for The 3:00 Movie, it uses the same ...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #3, 1978)
Views: 1418
Here's Commercial Break #3 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
3:30 Movie bumper
Pepsi - Have a Pepsi Day
Paul Anka for the Holiday Star Telethon for United Cerebral Palsy - December 30th and 31st. Sponsored by Montgomery Ward Auto Club.
Vicks DayCare
Long Chevrolet - Extra! Extra! Newsboy Becomes Reporter! (Now we know the evolution of these ads. Timmy prob...
ABC Network - "Sunday Lineup" (Promo, 1982)
Views: 1903
Here's an ABC Network promo advertising Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Matt Houston, an NFL Football Special - Atlanta Vs. San Francisco.
Also includes an ABC Network animated ID with the on-screen WLS ID.
Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson (ending voiceover by Bill Rice)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 16th 1982.
WLS Channel 7 - Kennedy And Company - "WLS Deejays" (1972)
Views: 7079
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Here's a rare segment from the morning show Kennedy and Company on WLS Channel 7, hosted by the late Bob Kennedy. This was the predecessor to AM Chicago (which was begun after Kennedy's death in 1974), and is considered in some corners to be an ancestor to the recently-ended The Oprah Winfrey Show.
This segment was devoted to the disc jockeys of WLS Musicradio 8...