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WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Coming This Fall" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 3439

Here's an early promo for WFLD Channel 32's Super Cartoon Sunrise.

Featured cartoon series shown in this "Coming This Fall" promo are Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry, Popeye (the 1933-57 theatrical cartoons), and Fred Flintstone & Friends (a syndicated package of 1970s episodes, not to be confused with the original Flintstones series which was still being run by WGN Channel 9 at this point).

We see, from a brief shot at the star...

WLS Channel 7 - Editorial - "Museum of Science & Industry's 50th Anniversary Salute" (1983)

Views: 1741

Here's a WLS-TV editorial from William C. (Bill) Campbell, Director of Public Affairs, speaking from the Museum of Science and Industry, in a salute to its 50th anniversary, at one point showing a commemorative stamp (20 cents - those were the days) issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Campbell also mentions how the Museum's home previously housed the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 Columbian World's Fair, and was also the first home of the Field Museum of Natural History, before the Museum w...

WFLD Channel 32 - Brady Bunch Hour - "Grapes" (Bumper, 1977?)

Views: 2015

Here's a filmed bumper from WFLD Channel 32 advising that The Brady Bunch Hour will continue, complete with a snippet of the theme music as heard over the closing credits. (This was not a reference to their short-lived 1977 variety hour, but a back-to-back block of episodes from the original 1969-74 series that Channel 32 aired regularly.) The bumper uses a stylized "bunch" of grapes as it's motif.

This features the Kaiser-era "32" logo as used during the period the st...

WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Friday Night, Special Report, & Opening of Late Night Movie - "I Married A Witch" (1980)

Views: 1473

Here's the ending moments of an edition of Friday Night on WLS Channel 7, hosted by Jay Levine with guests Dr. Robert M. (Bob) Liepert, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, and co-trainer Mary Ann Mayo (sp?); followed by a Special Report and then the opening moments of the Late Night Movie presentation of the 1942 Fredric March / Veronica Lake film "I Married a Witch" (directed by Rene Clair). Includes:
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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Tina McDowall" - Puppet Show (Segment #2-1, 1973)

Views: 559

Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This segment (#2-1) is from Show #60 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

This segment consists of a puppet show involving the ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 3156

Here's Part 1 of an airing of Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (the kids' version of The Joker's Wild) on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Field Communications in Chicago animated ID

WFLD Sanford & Son bumper promo (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Opening segment of Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! introducing the cute kid-testants, 9 year old Suzie Watree (sp?) and 8 year old Justyn Lezin.

WFLD Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! commerci...

WFLD Channel 32 - Ending Of The Gong Show & Opening of The Three Stooges - "Punchy Cowpunchers" (1979)

Views: 2546

Someone keeps asking me to post these complete breaks, so here they are.

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

Here is the ending for The Gong Show and the opening for The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Partial end credits to The Gong Show (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Commercial: WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Superstar Cruiser" - "Chicago's Sound Encounter"

Fi...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (Pre-Movie) (1982)

Views: 1779

Here's the (Pre-Movie) Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. Includes:

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Suspect arrested in shooting of 38-year-old off-duty Chicago police officer John Weller

Alderman Wilson Frost believes the Mayor and other city lawmakers are underpaid.

More bad news about the economy: index of leading economic indicators dropped 6/10ths of a percent in January

Commercial: Dawn dish...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News At Six - "Disco Demolition - The Day After" (1979)

Views: 9170

Here's the coverage from WBBM Channel 2 of "Disco Demolition Night" as aired on Channel 2 News at Six. Featuring anchors Bill Kurtis and Harry Porterfield, a report from John Quinones, Bruce Roberts at Comiskey Park, and on the open weatherman John Coughlin, sportscaster Johnny Morris and "Perspectives" commentator Walter Jacobson. Includes:

Opening with brief shots of Kurtis, Porterfield, Coughlin, Morris, Jacobson, and a full shot of the Channel 2 newsroom (with Thom...