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Here's Part 3 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire Commissioner Richard Albrecht, and Police Superintendent James O'Grady in the line of fire. Also featuring Steve Shepard. Includes:
Bill Kurtis mentioning how he rode the "L" duri...
WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Coming This Fall" (Promo, 1978)
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Here's an early promo for WFLD Channel 32's Super Cartoon Sunrise.
Featured cartoon series shown in this "Coming This Fall" promo are Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry, Popeye (the 1933-57 theatrical cartoons), and Fred Flintstone & Friends (a syndicated package of 1970s episodes, not to be confused with the original Flintstones series which was still being run by WGN Channel 9 at this point).
We see, from a brief shot at the star...
WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene with Kathy McFarland (Promo & Station ID, 1979)
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EARLIEST KATHY MCFARLAND FOOTAGE YET FOUND! (woo?) ;-)
Here's a promo for the upcoming premiere of Newscene with Kathy McFarland, in which she promises the "earliest late-night news" every weeknight at 9:55pm following Sanford & Son.
Ending voiceover (with station ID) by Ron Beattie.
Based on a few pieces of evidence, including what was recorded on top of this, there are only four possible dates that this promo could have air...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Everyman (Pre-Show Break & Opening, 1981)
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Here's the pre-show commercial break and opening minute or so of "Everyman" a public affairs show on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:
People Magazine
Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago bumper slide PSA (voiceover by Jim Hill)
Homemakers Furniture with Shelley Long
Amma Marine indoor showroom of boats - 400 East Ogden Avenue in Westmont, IL.
WMAQ bumper promo for Tony Brown's Journal
WMAQ-TV Chicago N...
Parker Brothers - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Video Game (Commercial, 1983)
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Here's a commercial for the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back video game from Parker Brothers. For use in Atari and Sears home video game systems.
Unlike the many ads for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back "action figures" from Kenner, this one uses the actual music from John Williams' movie score.
Voiceover by ??
TM / (C) Lucasfilm, Ltd. 1982 / Parker Brothers authorized user
"A great movie - now a great...
WLS Channel 7 - Editorial - "Museum of Science & Industry's 50th Anniversary Salute" (1983)
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Here's a WLS-TV editorial from William C. (Bill) Campbell, Director of Public Affairs, speaking from the Museum of Science and Industry, in a salute to its 50th anniversary, at one point showing a commemorative stamp (20 cents - those were the days) issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Campbell also mentions how the Museum's home previously housed the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 Columbian World's Fair, and was also the first home of the Field Museum of Natural History, before the Museum w...
WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "The Death Ray Of Dr. Mabuse" (Promo, 1977)
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I just found this but I couldn't wait by putting it into the normal transfer queue - the oldest TV-44 footage I've ever found!!
Here's a promo for the Monster Rally Movie presentation of "The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse" on WSNS Channel 44. This movie aired on Friday, April 15th 1977 at 10:30pm.
You can hear the same music as in the recently discovered opening to the Monster Rally Movie. ...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 2, 1980)
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Here's Part 2 of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 (simulcast on WXRT 93 FM). Includes:
Videos by Hilly Michaels:
- "Calling All Girls"
- "Shake It and Dance"
Record Offer: "The Complete Simon & Garfunkel Collection" - 5-Record Set (3 8-track tapes or cassettes) with 60 songs - by Tee Vee Records
Commercial: Connie Shoes - at Yorktown, Harlem Ir...
House of Savings (Commercial, 1979)
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Here's a commercial for House of Savings Inc. (General Insurance Agency), which offers complete auto insurance to people from 16 to 80 years old at substantial savings.
The phone number is easy to follow - and spell, as long as you don't get confused by the dollar signs for the s'... $-A-V-I-N-G-$ (S-A-V-I-N-G-S)
History Note: This company, with the same phone number was previously known as Spelson Insurance Agency, Inc. However, they had changed their phone n...