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WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Frankenstein" (Break #2, 1985)

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Here's Break #2 to another rare episode of Son of Svengoolie. This was number 302 where he was presenting the classic film "Frankenstein". Includes:

Sven bumper

Commercial: Suitery with Garry Meier (??)
Commercial: Handy Andy
Commercial: John Denver at the Holiday Star Plaza
Commercial: Nelson Brothers (voiceover by Al Parker)
Commercial: Taco Bell Chicken Fiesta Salad

Sven return bumper

This aired on lo...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 10, 1978)

Views: 692

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Here's Part 10 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features John Drury, Joan McGrath, Elayne Goldstein, Patterson Denny, Thea Flaum, Gene Siskel, and footage of Linda Winer.

Mr. Denny and Ms. Goldstein won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Entertainment Programs: For a Series" [7(B)] as co-pr...

GK Chevrolet Of Downers Grove - "General Motors Raises Prices" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2153

Here's another commercial for GK Chevrolet in Downers Grove. The last time we saw one it had a really bad technical difficulty moment in it.

GK Chevrolet is now Bill Kay Chevrolet - part of the Bill Kay Automotive Group - still at the same place, 1601 Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove - even has the same phone number, except the area code is now 630 of course. :-)

Ending voiceover by J...

WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3321

Here's another commercial for a long-gone Chicago radio station - WJPC AM 95 (950 AM) - where Tom Joyner got his start in Chicago. (Along with LaDonna Tittle and BeBe D'Banana)

Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. doing an impression of Humphrey Bogart.

Is that Tom Joyner doing the voiceover at the end?

WJPC was apparently owned by Johnson Publishing Company, who put out Jet and Ebony magazines.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Su...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Group W Deal" (1982)

Views: 3015

Here's an editorial on WMAQ Channel 5 with Andy Shaw about Group W's bid for the Chicago cable franchise on the Northwest side, involving Tom King - General Manager of the Merchandise Mart and James O'Keefe - a prominent Loop attorney - and how the deal may violate the law.

Editorial Director: Andy Shaw. General Manager: Monte Newman.

Also includes at the end a WMAQ-TV Station ID slide and PSA bumper with voiceover by Jim Hill.

This aired on local...

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

Views: 3501

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

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WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman" (Bumper Promo, 1979)

Views: 577

Here's a brief bumper promo for The 3:30 Movie presentation of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" on WLS Channel 7, which aired on Monday, January 22nd 1979.

Voiceover by Art Hellyer(?)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 21st 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Addams Family - #1 (Break #2 & Ending, 1971)

Views: 3145

Here's the last full commercial break (in mostly black and white) as well as the ending credits from The Addams Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Zestabs chewable vitamins animated commercial featuring Mighty Mouse

WFLD Sci-Fi Cinema promo - Saturdays at 1pm and 6pm and Sundays at 1pm.

Chicken Unlimited Family Restaurants - "We're Not Happy Until You Are" (Just like FuzzyMemories!) ;-)

Ending credits of The Addams Family (no voic...

The 24 Days of Christmas - "England" with Michael Caine (1979)

Views: 1443

Here's another installment from the recurring 24 Days of Christmas one-minute featurettes, here with Michael Caine (just a few short years away from becoming "The Hardest Working Man in Hollywood") describing the Christmas traditions in England (five years before WBBM Channel 2's Bob Wallace travelled all the way there to find them out in person). Caine starts off by invoking the names of key characters from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" before listing holiday traditions that d...