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NBC Saturday Night At The Movies - KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park (Bumper, 1978)

Views: 2304

Here's a bumper for the NBC Saturday Night at the Movies premiere of "KISS Meets The Phantom of the Park".

Voiceover by Peggy Taylor.

"Starring" KISS.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 28th 1978.

ABC News Brief With Tom Jarriel (1978)

Views: 1911

Here's an ABC News Brief with Tom Jarriel. Stories include:

- Tornados hit in Arkansas and Louisiana

- Southern Railway passenger train derailment in Virginia

- Thousands of protesters demonstrate against the Shah in Iran

Commercial: Michelob - "Holidays Were Made For Michelob" (with John Forsythe)

- Congressional Report says Selective Service cannot mobilize troops fast enough for a National crisis

Open...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (Ending & Commercial Break, 1985)

Views: 1359

Here's the ending of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" [1953]. This was the third and final time he showed this film. Includes:

Ending of the film

Commercial: Jordache - Distressed Denim - "You've Got The Look" (80s Style) (10 second ad)

Son of Sven bumper - featuring a joke that loses most of its impact due to the fact that it didn't immediately follow the end of the movie (thanks a lot, Metromedia bean...

The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "Convoy" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 2481

Here is the older-style ABC Sunday Night Movie opening - the "Star Marquee". This was used for a good portion of the seventies up until the Fall of 1981. (at which point it was replaced with the "Star Tunnel" version, also found here) The movie being shown on this night was "Convoy".

Voiceover by Joel Crager.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 12th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Remembering John Belushi" (Bumper, 1982)

Views: 2288

Here's a WFLD Channel 32 bumper honoring John Belushi - who died 4 days previously to this being aired.

Voiceover by ?? (why not Jim Barton - not solemn enough?)

"Channel 32 mourns the death of chicago-born comedian John Belushi, best known for his versatile comic talent."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 9th 1982 at 7pm.

WGN Channel 9 - "Rodan" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 2750

Here is the opening few minutes of the movie "Rodan" on WGN Channel 9, presented as an untitled movie show.

Commercial break is cut out unfortunately (with just a snippet mentioning "Olympia Dodge"), but it does include another vintage WGN Station ID at the beginning - anyone know the voiceover announcer?

I left the first few minutes of the movie before the tape ran out, just for the heck of it. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, Januar...

WFYR 103 And A Half FM - "Variety" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1610

Here's a quick commercial for the radio station WFYR 103 and a Half FM (103.5).

Voiceover by Dave Martin.

"Variety makes our music better."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Newstalk With Naurice Roberts (Ending, 1979)

Views: 2001

(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is the last few minutes of an episode of Newstalk with Naurice Roberts.

This program came on at 6am before Comedy Classics at 6:30am. What a scary piece of music to start your morning with.

(The end voiceover by Ron Beattie also references a memorial mass for Dr. Martin Luther King - whose birthday is January 15th.)

This aired on local...

WBBM Channel 2 - First Edition (News Segment, 9/25/81)

Views: 922

Here's the first nearly eight minutes of another edition of the overnight First Edition news summary on WBBM Channel 2. The "anchor" on this broadcast is Jerry Harper. Includes:

Station ID / promo for Match Game for weekdays at 3:30pm (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Opening for First Edition, with Jerry going straight to the news items of the day:

- Excerpts shown from President Reagan's televised speech, in which he calls for ...