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WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 7, 1972)
Views: 1178
Here's Part 7 (the final part) 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:
Seven's Greetings bumper, with synthesized version of "Carol of the Bells" as the musical interlude
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Professor Irwin Corey" (Break #1, 1972)
Views: 1271
Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
This Break #1 from an unknown episode number features "Professor" Irwin Corey - from Mr. Kelly's. He's a comedian who is still around! Check out his website and some other information.
KOCO Channel 5 - Good Morning Ho Ho (Excerpt, 1972)
Views: 3486
You wanted it, you got it: More Ho Ho. Here's an excerpt from Good Morning Ho Ho on KOCO Channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK, with Ed Birchall as the legendary clown and featuring Pokey the puppet (played by stage manager Bill Howard). Includes:
Show opening titles (with voiceover by Rich Little as Jonathan Winters)
Ho-Ho chatting with Pokey on who that was (Pokey guesses Don Cherry before Ho-Ho corrects him). Next, Ho-Ho reaches through the hopper to...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Real People (Part 3, 1980)
Views: 996
Here's Part 3 (the final part) of an episode of the prototypical "reality show" Real People on WMAQ Channel 5.
In this segment, hosts (from L - R) Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Sarah Purcell and John Barbour sum up rhyming "thoughts to think about," with John musing about Three Mile Island's nuclear waste, Byron waxing philosophic about Gerald Ford's aborted 1980 Presidential run, Sarah ruminating on credit card charges, and Skip giving the lowdown on housing prices. Wi...
Various (Nashville Stations) - "A Flippin' Country Christmas"(1975)
Views: 956
Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: channel flipping through the dial on Nashville, Tennessee TV (via cable TV) on Christmas Day 1975. Features programming seen on ABC affiliate WNGE (now WKRN) Channel 2, NBC affiliate WSM (now WSMV) Channel 4, CBS affiliate WTVF Channel 5, and PBS affiliate WDCN (now WNPT) Channel 8, at least one or two as yet unidentified stations, plus cable Channel 6 (public access / public notices).
Includes:
Channel 2
Views: 3949
Here's Part 4 (the last part) of an episode of the Hot Fudge Show - which was produced in Detroit but also aired all over the country, including Chicago on WFLD, WSNS, and WLS, at various times during the 70's and early 80's.
This last segment features another Write-On! with the Groucho Marx type puppet and Seymour, The Mitts featuring Seymour and another puppet at the piano, and Arte Johnson and Seymour doing a final banter before the ending credits.
Hot Fudge S...
WGN Channel 9 - Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Ending & Commercial Break, 1978)
Views: 1806
Here's a neat little nugget - the ending of an episode of Star Trek on WGN Channel 9. Years before the show came to WFLD. Wish I could find someone who taped more of these. :-) Includes:
Ending of Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Season 3, Episode 1 - originally aired on the NBC Network, and thus in Chicago via WMAQ Channel 5, on September 20th 1968)
Commercial: Rice-a-Roni - "The San Francisco Treat!" (Featuring the little toy trolley and th...
WGN Channel 9 - Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley "A Nightbeat New Year" (Part 2, 1983)
Views: 2351
Here's Part 2 of Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley on WGN Channel 9. Also featuring Muriel Clair and Robert Jordan. Includes:
A yellow cab driver, 30-year-old Harry Savalas (sp?), shot and seriously wounded after an incident on New Year's Eve at 7421 South Harvard Street; he is being treated for wounds to the chest at St. Bernard's Hospital.
A report from Muriel Clair at 600 West Washington about a New Year's Eve Day tradition dating back 125 years, a dinner...
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Professor Irwin Corey" (Break #2, 1972)
Views: 1706
Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
This Break #2 from an unknown episode number again features "Professor" Irwin Corey - from Mr. Kelly's. He's a comedian who is still around! Check out his website and some other information.