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WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 3, 1991)

Views: 1922

"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part Three of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

John's Live Poultry at 5955 West Fullerton Avenue.

Special Effects and Blood Artist Geoffrey Binns-Calvey and his wife Amy, in Oak Park.

Ending voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This air...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 2, 1991)

Views: 1939

"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part Two of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

Sausage Joe - at Joe's Homemade Sausage - 4452 North Western.

Chicago Police Department - Marine Unit.

John V. May Funeral Home at 4553 North Milwaukee.

This aired on local Chicago TV...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 1, 1991)

Views: 2569

"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part One of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

Incomplete WTTW Chicago animation at the beginning.

Midwest Sporting Goods in Lyons - Guns & Ammo.

The Tattoo Factory - 4408 North Broadway in Uptown. Featuring Mr. Pete R. Collurafici, Tattooist.<...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Stephen Colbert Cameo" (1990)

Views: 7559

Here's a neat clip from an episode of Wild Chicago - one of their "Dumb Question" segments where they go somewhere and ask random people a question of questionable intelligence. This one took place in Lincoln Park near Diversey.

As I watched this episode and saw this segment I kept going back to this part - that guy in the sunglasses looks familiar...finally it hit me - it's Stephen Colbert!! (of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report fame) You can also see one o...

WLS Channel 7 - The Hollywood Squares (Ending & Post-Show Break, 1981)

Views: 4835

Here is the ending to Hollywood Squares on WLS Channel 7 including a post-show commercial break. Includes:

Last second of an Illinois Office of Tourism commercial.

Ending of The Hollywood Squares featuring host Peter Marshall - including credits and Filmways logo. (Contestant prize info voiceover by Kenny Williams)

Commercial: Pontiac T1000 (the Terminator?) at Your Favorite Pontiac Dealer.

Chicagoland Auto Recyclers - A-Suburban an...

ABC Afterschool Specials (Commercial Break, 1980)

Views: 3165

Here's a commercial break during one of the ABC Afterschool Specials. This was a rebroadcast of a story called "One of a Kind", originally broadcast in 1978. Includes:

ABC Afterschool Specials "We'll Return After These Messages" bumper. (voiceover by Bill Owen)

Kellogg's Sugar Smacks featuring Dig 'em

Levi's Womenswear - Jeans - "Quality Never Goes Out Of Style".

Hi-C Orange Drink (10% Juice!) - "You Know How Good It Is". (1979 Cop...

A Viacom Presentation - "The V Of Doom" (1982)

Views: 4845

Here's an example of the Viacom "V of Doom" as it is known - this one in extra creepy black and white. (from an episode of The Twilight Zone)

The logo that launched a thousand mid-afternoon nightmares.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1982.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Today (Commercial Break & Channel Switching, 1982)

Views: 3097

Here is a mostly complete commercial break during an episode of Today on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Small excerpt of Today showing date and time.

Evans Furs - "Dividend Days" (interrupted by Channel Switching)

Channel Switching to WLS Channel 7 (Good Morning America), then Channel 9 (Bozo cartoon), then WTTW Channel 11 (Sesame Street), and then to some scrambled content (likely ON-TV), before going back to the Evans Fur commercial.

M...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Late Show II - "The Name Of The Game" (Bumper Excerpt, 1980)

Views: 19493

Here is a brief bumper excerpt from an airing of an episode of "The Name of the Game" during The Late Show II on WBBM Channel 2. The episode was titled "The Bobby Currier Story," and it starred Robert Stack and Brandon de Wilde.

Thanks to W.B., betamax75, and Phantom for their help in playing "Name That Fuzz!" :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 15th 1980. (Movie started at 3:35am! And yet the guy still cut out commercials! Now that's d...