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WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 3, 1978)

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Here's Part 3 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Jorie Lueloff, Bill Kurtis, Brian Boyer, Rose Economou, Gary Ride(sp?), Wanda Wells, Jim Hatfield, Scott Craig and Charles Olin. A lower-third station ID is shown at the start of this clip.

Mr. Kurtis and producers Mr. Boyer and Ms. Economou won in ...

USA Network - Dance Party USA (Ending, 1987)

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Here's the ending moments of Dance Party USA on USA Network, hosted by Andy Gury. Includes:

Promo for Bumper Stumpers, for weekdays at 4:30pm (3:30 Central) (voiceover by ??)

Dance Party USA animated bumper

Andy Gury closes the show with preview of next day's edition, including an appearance by Pretty Poison, as well as an upcoming taping of an outdoor edition for July 4th, and introducing Pseudo Echo's cover of "Funkytown" wh...

Zaxxon Arcade Game by Sega (Commercial, 1982)

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Here's a neat commercial for Zaxxon the Arcade Game by Sega.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV in August of 1982.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Assignment Terror" - "Mail Call" (1982)

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Here is the mail call segment for Son of Sven episode number 134 featuring the film "Assignment Terror".

Guest appearance by Wally "Famous Amos" Amos (of the Cookies fame) giving a plug for Literacy Volunteers of Chicago (a part of Literacy Volunteers of America).

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, February 6th 1982.

TV Magic Cards with Marshall Brodien (Commercial, 197?)

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Here's a commercial for TV Magic Cards, a product created by magician Marshall Brodien (Bozo's Wizzo) who starts off showing one of his tricks, and then describing what the cards are about. This commercial was memorably parodied by Son of Svengoolie as "Real Life Magic".

Ends with notice of availability (for just $1.98) at Dominick's Finer Foods, Goldblatt's Stationery, and Walgreens (voiceover by Clif Mer...

WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System Test - "Tone Deaf?" (1980)

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Here's a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) as broadcast on WGN Channel 9.

If the tone sounds off to you, it's because they screwed-up and only used the 853 Hz tone, instead of a combo of 853 and 960 Hz, as required.

Voiceover by Merri Dee.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, April 10th 1980 during the 12:00pm to 1pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - Chicago Blitz Vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (Promo, 1983)

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Here's a promo of an upcoming game between the Chicago Blitz vs. Tampa Bay Bandits of the now-defunct United States Football League (USFL), to air Saturday, April 2nd at 7pm.

From this, we learn that George Allen was the Blitz' head coach and that John Reeves was the Bandits' QB. The play-by-play was by Doug Buffone and Lorn Brown (the latter of whom also handled play-by-play for Chicago White Sox radio broadcasts). (Spoiler / Time-Travelling Gambler Alert: The Blitz would ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Make Me Laugh! (Bumper, 1979)

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Here's another rare WFLD "zooming" bumper for the game show "Make Me Laugh!" (hilariously parodied by Rich Koz here)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 9th 1979.

WTTW Channel 11 - "Hitch Hikers Pledge" (1982)

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Here's the end of a pledge break segment featuring Marty Robinson as well as some other odds and ends before the latest installment of "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" begins. Includes:

Ending of pledge break with Marty Robinson

Multilingual "I subscribe to Channel 11" ad

WTTW Promo for "Casanova" airing Tuesday, December 7th 1982 and Thursday, December 9th 1982 at 10:30pm (Voiceover by Joan Kohn)

Commercial: RC 100 Cola and ...