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WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Dr. Who" (Intermission Ending, 1976)

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Here's the ending of an Intermission during Movie Eleven's presentation of the Doctor Who story "The Claws of Axos". We see just a smidge of a WTTW ID slide and the ending of Don Ferris' voiceover and a Movie Eleven Intermission slide before they fade up with Part 3.

Previous to this we saw the opening with the snazzy music from the same broadcast.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

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WBBM Channel 2 - Universe with Walter Cronkite - "The Science Behind Star Wars" (1980)

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Here's a segment from Universe with Walter Cronkite as aired on WBBM Channel 2, in which "The Most Trusted Man in America" spotlights the goings-on at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), as a tie-in to the second-released, and fifth in story order, installment in the Star Wars saga, "The Empire Strikes Back" which had premiered in theatres in May to capacity audiences. Includes:

Opening segment, with Cronkite previewing the following items:

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WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 1, 1981)

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In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 1 begins a couple minutes into the program, and the audio take a few seconds to kick in. Steve talks about his being fired from WLUP FM 98.

(Commercials were cut out of thi...

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NBC News Special Report - "A Daffy Interruption" (1980)

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Here is an NBC News Decision '80 Special Report, which interrupted a broadcast of "Daffy Duck's Easter Special". (the premiere!) Includes:

Few seconds of "Daffy Duck's Easter Special"

NBC News Decision '80 Special Report featuring news anchor David Brinkley with early results from the Kansas primary showing Reagan and Carter winning (opening and closing voiceover by Bill Hanrahan)

"Daffy Duck's Easter Special" returns

This aired on...

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WTTW Channel 11 - "Show Ending, Promo & Start of News" (1974)

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Here's a tiny snippet of the end of "Made in Chicago" (the predecessor to Soundstage) followed by a promo for Evening at Pops with the Carpenters (main voiceover by longtime WGBH Boston staff announcer William Pierce) (ending voiceover by Bob Longbons) and then a couple seconds of the beginning of the National Newswatch break. (voiceover by Bob Longbons)

Note: This was originally broadcast in color, but captured on this early home videotape recording in black and whi...

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WLS Channel 7 - Fridays (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a promo for the next edition of ABC's ultimately short-lived Saturday Night Live knockoff, Fridays, on WLS Channel 7, featuring clips of sketches from prior shows. (This program featured not only a pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards, but also Seinfeld's future creator Larry David, plus the likes of Melanie Chartoff, Brandis Kemp, and Maryedith Burrell.)

This coming edition's musical guests will be Devo. (NOTE: This is a repeat of an episode that...

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WTTW Channel 11 - Inside Educational Television (Part 1, 1960)

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Here's a rare glimpse at some early history of WTTW Channel 11 - an installment of their locally produced "Inside Educational Television" program.

It is hosted by WTTW's "Director of Development", Ed Morris - who famously later went on to become the General Manager of WSNS Channel 44!

Joined by Ed is Duane M. Weiss, WTTW's Director of Engineering at the time (who was actually with the station all the way back to before its official inception).

In P...

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WLS Channel 7 - Charlie's Angels - "Mt. St. Helens Bulletin" (1980)

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Here's a bulletin from ABC News as aired on WLS Channel 7, pertaining to another eruption of Mount Saint Helens. This bulletin interrupted a late-night ABC repeat of the Charlie's Angels episode "Angels on Vacation" (originally broadcast on January 10th 1979) which had aired after ABC News Nightline.

Voiceover by Bob Lloyd.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, June 13th 1980 during the 12:00am to 12:15am timeframe.

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WFLD Channel 32 - Stooges Rascals Hour - "Spooks!" (Ending, 1979)

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

Here is the ending for The Three Stooges short "Spooks!", followed immediately by the ending of The Stooges Rascals Hour on WFLD Channel 32. (voiceover by Dr. Don) (I don't believe there was a tape edit - I think WFLD ended "Spooks!" like this and went straight into the Stooges Rascals ending)

(The music is "Knock Knock (Who's There?)" by Spike Jones - as from his 1960...