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The ABC Saturday Preview Special (Part 4 - Last, 1983)

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Here is Part 4, the last part, of The ABC Saturday Preview Special - a look at ABC's Saturday Morning programs of the past and present. Includes clips of: Sky King, Space Patrol, On Your Mark..., Super Circus, Cartoonies, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Hong Kong Phooey, Lassie's Rescue Rangers, Mighty Man and Yukk, Mumbly, Marmaduke, Rocky and his Friends, Dynomutt, Richie Rich, The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The Puppy's Further Adventures, The Littles, The Little Rascals, Pac-Man, Disn...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Dance Fever Christmas Special (Part 3, 1980)

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Here's Part 3 of your holiday cheese platter for this year - The 1st Annual Dance Fever Christmas Special. Hosted by Deney Terrio (with his dance group "Motion"), and featuring guest celebrity judges Robert Blake and his 14 year old daughter Delinah (now known as Delinah Blake Hurwitz), Chad Everett and his 9 year old daughter Shannon, and Connie Stevens and her 11 year old daughter Tricia Leigh (now known as Tricia Leigh Fisher). Also features David Copperfield doing a magic segment and Th...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Follow That Dream" (Commercial Break, 1983)

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Here's a commercial break from The 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1962 Elvis Presley film "Follow That Dream" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Animated 3:00 Movie "star" bumper (with excerpt from Ramsey Lewis' "Skippin' " as background music)

Promo for upcoming "Tune In to Fitness" series of reports for next month's editions of 4:30 Eyewitness News, with Tim Weigel - tied in with Osco Drug

Commercial: 1983 Renault Alliance from Am...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Dick & Doug" (Part 1, 1976)

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Here's Part 1 of an interview segment from AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7, in which host Steve Edwards interviews the legendary morning drive team of Dick (Sainte) and Doug (Dahlgren) - "Dick and Doug", who were fired from WCFL AM 1000 on March 12th 1976 midway through their air shift, after talking too much about that station's change in format from Top 40 to beautiful music (they had been explicitly forbidden to do so by WCFL's general manager, Lew Witz). In this part, they speak of th...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News - Walter's Perspective - "Nancy On Blacks" (1980)

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Here's a Perspective from anchor Walter Jacobson, from the 6pm edition of Channel 2 News on WBBM Channel 2.

In this op-ed, Walter starts off by bringing up the influence and impact of First Ladies and other relatives on recent Presidential elections (citing then-current First Lady Rosalynn Carter and her brother-in-law Billy), before going to the role Nancy Reagan is playing on behalf of her husband, Ronald Reagan, in the 1980 Presidential campaign (with a still o...

Way to Go! with Dr. Don (Episode 1, Part 3, 1979)

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Here is yet another version of the Way to Go! program produced by Field Communications - this one hosted by none other than Doctor Donald D. Rose (Dr. Don!). He of course was the voiceover guy for kid's programs on Field Stations including Super Cartoon Sunrise, Lunchtime Fun, and Afternoon Fun - which included shows such as Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Banana Splits, The Great Space Coaster, The Little Rascals, etc...

This is Part 2 of what I bel...

WGN Channel 9 - Bugs Bunny & Friends (Commercial Break #1, 1981)

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Here's the first commercial break for Bugs Bunny & Friends on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Ending moments of "Buckaroo Bugs" (1944 - the first Bugs Bunny cartoon to be released in the Looney Tunes series)

Bugs Bunny & Friends "We'll Be Right Back" bumper slide (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Promo for The Muppet Show with guest Bob Hope, for 5pm (ending voiceover by Merri Dee)

Commercial for pair of super-soft Nyamy...

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts (Part 2, 1979)

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Here's Part 2 of Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts, a local interview program hosted by Kathy McFarland that followed an encore presentation of the Academy Award-winning Scared Straight! on WFLD Channel 32. Also featuring Gayle Franzen, Chief of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Harold Thomas of the Chicago Police Department's Youth Division. Includes:

Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts bumper (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

In this part, K...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Bat People" - "Merry Christmas" (Ending, 1983)

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Here's the ending segment of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "The Bat People" (1974) on WFLD Channel 32. In this segment, Sven (Rich Koz) leads a chorus into a specially-crafted version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."

Crew Members Featured:
Upper Left: Cathy Mustari (WFLD Art Director)
Upper Middle: Mike Smith (WFLD Film Editor)
Upper Right: Susan Uyeda (WFLD Artist)
Bottom Left: Jae Alexander
Middle Bottom: Gary Zel...