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WTTW Channel 11 - Monty Python's Flying Circus - "Last One For Awhile" (Ending, 1980)
Views: 2730
Here's something historical and interesting - the ending of the final Monty Python's Flying Circus broadcast on WTTW Channel 11 for over 2 and a half years. Includes:
Ending of Monty Python's Flying Circus with "Distributed by Time Life Television" graphic
Monty Python "Going Away" speech
Thomson Vacation sponsorship
WTTW Station ID slide - "Snowblower"
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WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Dr. Who" (Intermission Ending, 1976)
Views: 2607
Here's the ending of an Intermission during Movie Eleven's presentation of the Doctor Who story "The Claws of Axos". We see just a smidge of a WTTW ID slide and the ending of Don Ferris' voiceover and a Movie Eleven Intermission slide before they fade up with Part 3.
Previous to this we saw the opening with the snazzy music from the same broadcast.
Voiceover by Don Ferris.
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WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 9, 1978)
Views: 1922
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Here's Part 9 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features Jane Olivor singing the title track of her album Stay the Night, and vintage clips featuring Claude Kirchner, Mary Hartline, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Paul Harvey, Studs Terkel, Alex Dreier, Frank Reynolds, Fahey Flynn, John Coleman, Bill Frink, Tim Weigel, Jim C...
WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 1, 1981)
Views: 1328
In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.
Part 1 begins a couple minutes into the program, and the audio take a few seconds to kick in. Steve talks about his being fired from WLUP FM 98.
(Commercials were cut out of thi...
NBC News Special Report - "A Daffy Interruption" (1980)
Views: 3507
Here is an NBC News Decision '80 Special Report, which interrupted a broadcast of "Daffy Duck's Easter Special". (the premiere!) Includes:
Few seconds of "Daffy Duck's Easter Special"
NBC News Decision '80 Special Report featuring news anchor David Brinkley with early results from the Kansas primary showing Reagan and Carter winning (opening and closing voiceover by Bill Hanrahan)
"Daffy Duck's Easter Special" returns
This aired on...
WTTW Channel 11 - "Show Ending, Promo & Start of News" (1974)
Views: 1652
Here's a tiny snippet of the end of "Made in Chicago" (the predecessor to Soundstage) followed by a promo for Evening at Pops with the Carpenters (main voiceover by longtime WGBH Boston staff announcer William Pierce) (ending voiceover by Bob Longbons) and then a couple seconds of the beginning of the National Newswatch break. (voiceover by Bob Longbons)
Note: This was originally broadcast in color, but captured on this early home videotape recording in black and whi...
WLS Channel 7 - Fridays (Promo, 1980)
Views: 877
Here's a promo for the next edition of ABC's ultimately short-lived Saturday Night Live knockoff, Fridays, on WLS Channel 7, featuring clips of sketches from prior shows. (This program featured not only a pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards, but also Seinfeld's future creator Larry David, plus the likes of Melanie Chartoff, Brandis Kemp, and Maryedith Burrell.)
This coming edition's musical guests will be Devo. (NOTE: This is a repeat of an episode that...
WTTW Channel 11 - Inside Educational Television (Part 1, 1960)
Views: 1457
Here's a rare glimpse at some early history of WTTW Channel 11 - an installment of their locally produced "Inside Educational Television" program.
It is hosted by WTTW's "Director of Development", Ed Morris - who famously later went on to become the General Manager of WSNS Channel 44!
Joined by Ed is Duane M. Weiss, WTTW's Director of Engineering at the time (who was actually with the station all the way back to before its official inception).
In P...
WLS Channel 7 - Charlie's Angels - "Mt. St. Helens Bulletin" (1980)
Views: 3750
Here's a bulletin from ABC News as aired on WLS Channel 7, pertaining to another eruption of Mount Saint Helens. This bulletin interrupted a late-night ABC repeat of the Charlie's Angels episode "Angels on Vacation" (originally broadcast on January 10th 1979) which had aired after ABC News Nightline.
Voiceover by Bob Lloyd.
This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, June 13th 1980 during the 12:00am to 12:15am timeframe.