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WMAQ Channel 5 - Saturday Night Live - "Gould & Numan" (Excerpt #1, 1980)
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Here's an extended excerpt from the original airing of Saturday Night Live (hosted by Elliott Gould, with musical guest Gary Numan) on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes: WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "ElectroNewsMusik" (Ending, 1976)
Views: 3749 I believe someone asked for this once - the weird electronic music that NewsCenter5 apparently used before they replaced it with a more traditional sounding (yet still Electronic-tinged) theme. So, here's an ending of NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 that I found recently that features the music. Also has a voiceover promo by Lorry Young for NBC's Saturday Night (later known as Saturday Night Live) Lastly t...
Ending of a sketch with faraway shot of studio setup, and RCA TK-44A/B cameras positioned - CG bumper "Coming Up Next: Several Minutes of Profiteering"
Theatrical trailer for the movie version of "All That Jazz" (a "Coming Soon" trailer for which can be seen in
WMAQ Channel 5 - NBC Theatre - "Summer Of My German Soldier" (Promo, 1978)
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Here's a promo for an upcoming NBC Theatre presentation of "Summer Of My German Soldier," a made-for-TV movie starring Bruce Davison as a Nazi POW and Kristy McNichol as a young American girl who falls head over heels for him, to air Monday (October 30th) at 9pm (8pm Central). (Details of this flick can be found here.)
Voiceover by Les Marshak.
This promo aired on local Chicago TV on...
WGN Channel 9 & WMAQ Channel 5 - "Huey Crash" (1980)
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Here are a couple of local news reports about the crash of a UH-1 - "Huey" helicopter in Joliet during an airshow at the Joliet Municipal Airport. The crash killed 3 Marines and seriously injured a fourth - David Render of Mount Prospect, IL. The first report is by Elizabeth Brackett on WGN Channel 9 and this is followed by Chuck Henry on WMAQ Channel 5.
Features Major Fred Halliday of Glenview, IL commenting on the crash, and film from the event by Denise Kuchmek.
WMAQ Channel 5 - Sorting It Out - "Buffalo Farm" (Excerpt, 1975?)
Views: 1681
Here's a rare clip from the WMAQ Channel 5 show Sorting it Out featuring Shelley Long (of Cheers fame).
This clip shows us a buffalo farm in Marengo, IL owned by the Banghart Family (John Banghart and Lynn Banghart) - Coon Creek Farm.
Also mentions George Reed, who runs a neighboring farm, along with his sons Marvin Reed and Paul Reed.
This segment is narrated by co-host of the show, Bob Smith.
Not sure when this aired ...
Son Of Svengoolie - "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde" (Opening, 1984)
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Here's the opening to Son of Sven episode number 273 where he was showing the film "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde".
(opening cut-off slightly)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 20th 1984.
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Update (1978)
Views: 2352
Here's a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5, read (off-camera) by Ed Grennan. Headlines include:
- Anti-nuclear protest outside Rocky Flats nuclear plant in Colorado, calling for plant's closure
- Former President Richard Nixon writes that he considered Watergate "just a public relations problem"
- Northwest Airlines' pilots still on strike
- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to enter United States
This u...
WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Incredible Melting Man" (Excerpts, 1984)
Views: 2029
Here is the opening, end bumper (partial), and closing (partial) from WFLD Channel 32's Son of Svengoolie Show #280 showing the film "The Incredible Melting Man".
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 8th 1984.
WGN Channel 9 - The Late Movie - "Duck Soup" (Opening & Break, 1983)
Views: 3040
Here's the opening moments and first commercial break of The Late Movie presentation of The Marx Brothers' 1933 film "Duck Soup" (their last for Paramount Pictures, and the last in which Zeppo was a part of the team) on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Animated - "Superman" WGN Station ID
Opening titles for The Late Movie, previewing a Marx Brothers' double feature of "Duck Soup" and "Horse Feathers" (voiceover by Merri Dee) (music used is "Touchdown" by B...