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WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #2, 1977)

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Here's another Star Trek bumper from one of WFLD's sister-stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit - this one with a different font for the show name than the first one. The others can be seen here (January 1977) and here (June 1977).

This aired on local Detroit TV on Monday, April 25th 1977. (not Chicago, but still cool)

WMAQ Channel 5 - All-Star Salute to Mother's Day [Excerpt] (Part 4 - Incomplete, 1981)

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Here's our Part 4 (incomplete) of a portion of the All-Star Salute to Mother's Day, hosted by Ed McMahon and Jayne Kennedy, that aired on WMAQ Channel 5. This part features (in order of appearance) Yvette Mimieux and her mother, Donald O'Connor and (very briefly) Ricky Schroeder. Includes:

All-Star Salute to Mother's Day bumper, with voiceover (by Jayne Kennedy) previewing upcoming appearances by Michele Lee and Anson Williams

Jayne then introduce...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Dance Fever Christmas Special (Part 2, 1980)

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Here's Part 2 of your holiday cheese platter for this year - The 1st Annual Dance Fever Christmas Special. Hosted by Deney Terrio (with his dance group "Motion"), and featuring guest celebrity judges Robert Blake and his 14 year old daughter Delinah (now known as Delinah Blake Hurwitz), Chad Everett and his 9 year old daughter Shannon, and Connie Stevens and her 11 year old daughter Tricia Leigh (now known as Tricia Leigh Fisher). Also features David Copperfield doing a magic segment and Th...

Time Magazine - "Christmas Toy Wars" (Commercial, 1985)

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Here's a Time Magazine commercial with mentions of a Christmas Toy War as well as Halley's Comet.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 10th 1985.

WBBM Channel 2 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1980)

Views: 2289

Here's the opening for that perennial Halloween classic, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" as aired on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

WBBM bumper promo for Rosemary's Baby - "Saturday Night, at 11" (voiceover by ??)

A CBS Special Presentation spinning graphic

Opening of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" including sponsorship notice from McDonald's (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: McDonald's - "Ronald McDonald in

WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 1, 1972)

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Here's Part 1 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7.

This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Includes:

Very brief shot of EIA RS-189A color bars with 1 kHz tone, followed by countdown and display of slate marked: "...

WFLD Channel 32 - Neil Sedaka Special (Promo, 1978)

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Here's a promo for a Neil Sedaka special on WFLD Channel 32. The special aired on Saturday, March 11th 1978 at 9pm.

We also see the production slate at the beginning showing that this was number 8987 and was directed by Don Shannon. The promo was recorded on 3-9-78.

Voiceover by Bud Kelly.

This promo likely aired on local Chicago TV either Thursday, March 9th 1978 or Friday, March 10th 1978.

R/Greenberg Associates - "Demo Reel" (1979?)

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Here's a demo reel from R/Greenberg Associates (now known as R/GA Media Group Inc.), which was a New York-based graphic production house that worked in film with animation and live-action effects.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

Incl...

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

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Well, here it is - the opening to The 3:30 Movie on WLS Channel 7!! The movie was "Jason and the Argonauts" - unfortunately the beginning of the film cuts off the last couple seconds of the theme song - which you can hear in the bumpers, which I will post.

Funny, but I've seen these graphics elsewhere - they were also used for the same era's The Late Movie on WLS - except of course for the title change, everything else was the same - same swirling star graphics, ...