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WFLD Channel 32 - Fernwood 2 Night (Full Break, 1977)

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Here's an even more extensive glimpse into what WFLD Channel 32 looked like in 1977! A complete commercial break (#2 of the episode) from an airing of Fernwood 2 Night - back in the Kaiser era!

Includes:

US Magazine (July 26th 1977 edition) with stories on Liza Minnelli, Star Wars, Catherine Deneuve, and the band Chicago.

Linen Curlers (Available at Walgreen (? - not Walgreens?), Walgreen Agency Drug Stores, Osco Drug, Turn Style (?), Ribor...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie One - "The Night of the Sorcerers" (Ending & Dragnet Opening, 1981)

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Here is the ending for WSNS Channel 44's Saturday Monster Movie presentation of "The Night of the Sorcerers" (A.K.A. “La Noche de los Brujos”). Includes:

Ending of the movie (looks like they cut the credits out)

Don Ferris does the voiceover announcement for the close of the movie, while the theme song, Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" plays (with some screaming or animal noises mixed in?) with some wind noises, and some imagery from monster mov...

KTTV Channel 11 - Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Coverage (Part 2, 1968)

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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 2 of coverage of the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy as it was breaking, from Metromedia Television News, originating out of KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles (a future sister station to WFLD Channel 32) and aired on sister sta...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Air Florida Flight 90 Bulletins" (1982)

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Here's a series of ABC News Special Reports, anchored by Frank Reynolds reporting from Washington, DC (opening and closing voiceover by ??), about the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737-200, into the Potomac River on the outskirts of DC during a major snowstorm; of the 74 passengers and five crewmembers, only four passengers and one flight attendant survived, and in addition, four motorists on a br...

WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "Samson And Delilah" (Commercial Break, 1981)

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Here's a complete commercial break from the Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "Samson and Delilah" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Eight O'Clock Movie bumper (music is "K-Jee" by MFSB off the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack album)

Planters Cheez Balls and snacks

Spectrum

Sasson

Roper Microwaves - "Good Old Reliable Roper." at Grant's Hardware in Joliet

Alper-Richman Furs at 645 North Michigan Ave...

WLS Channel 7 - Delta House - "The Legacy" (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for the premiere episode of the very short-lived series Delta House, "The Legacy," on WLS Channel 7.

The program was a spin-off of, and produced by the very same people (and studio) as, the 1978 box-office smash "National Lampoon's Animal House," with John Vernon reprising his role as Faber College's Dean Vernon Wormer from the said movie, as well as Stephen Furst as Kent Dorfman; Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson Day; and James...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Phyllis Diller Impersonator" (1972)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features an impersonator of famous comedian Phyllis Diller.

I'm thinking that "SYT #1" as the clapboard person says, refers to the fact that it's Movie #1. (2 movies a night were shown for most of the run of SYT)

According to the TV listings, ...

The Don Ferris "Sampler" (1977-1991)

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Here's a compilation I created of some of the fine work of Don Ferris, announcer emeritus for WSNS TV-44 and WTTW Channel 11. I am going to present this to him today when we meet for the first time! (more on that later) Includes:

Fan-made Museum of Classic Chicago Television "Station ID" (Created by (and voiceover by) Roger Berton with audio edit by Rick Klein)

Ending excerpt of the WSNS Channel 44 Saturday All Night Movies presentation of Magical Myste...

WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "A Night At The Opera" (Bumper, 1979?)

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Here is a bumper for the When Movies Were Movies presentation of the Marx Brothers classic "A Night at the Opera" on WGN Channel 9.

Notice the artwork of the studio lights is the same as in the other example.

The bumper music is from another portion of the instrumental