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WMAQ Channel 5 - Movie 5 - "The Ape Man" (Opening & PSA's, 1988)

Views: 3211

Here is the opening of a late movie feature of "The Ape Man" on WMAQ Channel 5. It starts out with some kind of time-filler - a Channel 5 logo over some rock music which goes on for over a minute, and then the opening to the "Movie 5" begins - I've seen this opening before used in New York so I think it was a national thing.

Then, strangely, between the Movie 5 opening and the start of the film, they show the following PSA's:

U.S. Postal Service featuring Ann Ro...

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H & Benny Hill (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2332

Here is a promo for a Monday night airing of M*A*S*H and Benny Hill on WFLD Channel 32. Here was the lineup:

9:55pm - Newscene
10:00pm - M*A*S*H
10:30pm - Benny Hill

Also includes a WFLD Channel 32 return bumper for the presentation of the movie "30 Seconds Over Tokyo". You can hear some of the Field Communications theme used as the music for the movie bumper.

Voice over by Jim Barton.

(There is a horizontal line on t...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #4, 1978)

Views: 1580

Here's Commercial Break #4 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

Venture - Hot Wax Records and Tapes

Velemints with Cathy Lee Crosby - You Really Taste The Mint!

Beefsteak rye bread by Wonder (Mmmm...good sandwich bread)

Designer Brawny paper towels (how great are these commercials, eh?)

Jason and the Argonauts Channel 7 bumper slide...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Jack Benny Show (Break #1, 1974?)

Views: 2108

Finally - some WFLD stuff from the same batch that isn't from March 1971. ;-) Here is Break #1 from The Jack Benny Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Men Who Flirt With Death - Public Service Annoucement from the American Cancer Society

Can anyone with access to the old TV guides find a listing for The Jack Benny Show on WFLD? Also, refresh my memory - when was Kaiser Broadcasting in control of WFLD? I know it ended in September of 1977, but not when they be...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "If It's Important To Chicago..." (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2615

Here's a promo for the Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 featuring Terry Murphy, Joel Daly, John Drury, and Fahey Flynn walking down a street in Chicago along with some other city scenes. (has a little tinge of the movie Anchorman - with the news crew walking together) ;-)

(I can't make out what that last line of text on the bottom says - even with the original DVD picture in full-screen)

"If it's important to Chicago, it's on Eyewitness News." - at 5, 6 & 10.

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 2, 1991)

Views: 1926

"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part Two of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

Sausage Joe - at Joe's Homemade Sausage - 4452 North Western.

Chicago Police Department - Marine Unit.

John V. May Funeral Home at 4553 North Milwaukee.

This aired on local Chicago TV...

NBC News Update With Chuck Scarborough (1976)

Views: 2799

Here's a vintage NBC News Update with Chuck Scarborough. Includes:

President-Elect Carter has made no statement yet about how he'll stimulate the economy.

Jim Wright will be the House Democratic leader in the next session of Congress.

Thomas "Tip" O'Neill is the new Speaker of the House.

Supreme Court rules that a man on death row in Texas cannot be executed until his case is appealed.

Gunman holds man hostage ...

NBC News Special Report - John Lennon - The Man And His Music (Part 3, 1980)

Views: 639

Here's Part 3, the final part, of an NBC Special Report on John Lennon: The Man and his Music, which aired the day after his murder, hosted by Jane Pauley. (who seems to have too smirky an attitude for this) Includes:

Jann Wenner, Editor and Publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine, speaks about Lennon and his impact.

Stephen Frazier talks with some Lennon fans standing outside in the rain near the Dakota - Sheila Kelly of Manhattan and Frank Mayorano.
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WMAQ Channel 5 - "Late Night Saturday" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2789

Here is an NBC promo for the Late Night Saturday line-up on WMAQ Channel 5. After Saturday Night Live, it was SCTV at 12 Midnight, Sha-Na-Na at 12:30am, The Guinness Game at 1am, and finally Tales of the Unexpected at 1:30am.

Voiceover by Garry Meier (verified by Rob Hart - "He says they were taping the Steve & Garry special "Not for Midgets Only" when the Channel 5 people asked him to record a couple of promos.")

"Channel 5 - Proud as a Peacock!"

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