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WSNS Channel 44 - The Dating Game - "Joey D'Auria" (Part 2, 1980)

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Here's Part 2 of an episode of The Dating Game on WSNS Channel 44.

In this part we get to hear the bachelors answer questions from the lovely Autumn.

Commercial: ON TV - A neat "Coming Soon" early promo that features some logo animation that I haven't seen before (voiceover by Don Ferris)

Commercial: Record offer for Waylon's Greatest Hits - a compilation of Waylon Jennings' best songs on RCA Records and Tapes, offered by Hall of Musi...

ABC Tuesday Movie Of The Week (Partial Ending, 1981)

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Here's a mostly complete ending to the ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week (before it got cut off early for a commercial, unfortunately)

They used this for a long time in the 70s, right? I'm surprised it was still being used as late as this airing. The movie, which ended after midnight, was "Three on a Date".

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, February 25th 1981.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Action Figure" (1979)

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Here's an early sketch from Son of Sven - "The Son of Svengoolie Action Figure".

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely an early one.

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the latter half of 1979.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Make Me Sick!" (1979)

Views: 3286

Here's an early segment from Son of Sven - the sketch "Make Me Sick!" (parody of "Make Me Laugh") Featuring Doug Scharf with a mustache!

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely an early one from 1979.

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the latter half of 1979.

Chicago White Sox - "Na-Na Hey-Hey Goodbye" (Commercial, 1978)

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Here's a memorable commercial for the White Sox - featuring fans singing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam, first popularized during White Sox games by team organist, Nancy Faust. Featuring a young Kathy Griffin (in her first acting job, years before making it big as a comedian and TV personality) wearing braids and Sox hat and playing a kazoo, all the way at the far left of the screen in the second row around :15 (among the attendant Sox fans), and Theodore "Ted" Noose as the traffi...

WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 7, 1972)

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Here's Part 7 of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

Mother Plumtree finishing up a chocolate muzzie and offering it to Fenster who declares himself sick of her "silly cooking"; Wally berating Blob's "Wally the Wonder Horse" makeup (with accompanying hoof sounds); Mayor B.J. on the phone with Mother over what went down, and then deducing that all the da...

WBBS Channel 60 - Lucha Libre (Promo, 1985)

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Here's a promo in Spanish for Lucha Libre (wrestling). Sundays at 12am.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 9th 1985.

1-900-250-8888 (Commercial, 1991)

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Here's a commercial for one of those cheesy-bad 1-900 number ads, which were so ubiquitous in the early 90s.

1-900-250-8888 ($5 first minute, $1 each additional minute; from UCI Entertainment - 16530 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, CA. 91436)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, June 22nd 1991 after 2am.

WFLD Channel 32 - Weather Alert (1978?)

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Here's an emergency weather alert from WFLD Channel 32, advising of "severe snowstorms and travelers advisories."

Notice at the end, the Kaiser-era "32" logo, plus the use of various weights of the Avant Garde typeface, that typified the station's "look" within its 1973-77 interregnum under Kaiser Broadcasting ownership, plus the first year or so after Field Communications reasserted control.

The music that opened this segment and was heard throughout this aler...