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WFLD Channel 32 - Late Late Double Feature (Opening, 1983)

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Here is the opening for the WFLD Channel 32 Late Late Double Feature. On this night the movies were Charlie Chaplin in "The Funniest Man in the World" followed by Errol Flynn in "Mara Maru".

The animation seems very reminiscent of PM Magazine's opening.

Voice over by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, May 14th 1983 at 12am.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Today In Chicago - "Beatles Anniversary" (Part 1, 1984)

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In honor of Terri Hemmert's recent nomination to the Radio Hall of Fame, here's a program featuring her talking about her favorite subject: The Beatles!

Here's Part 1 of an episode of Today in Chicago with Jorie Lueloff as host. Today the topic was the anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in America. Featuring Terri Hemmert, Dick Biondi, and Don McLeese of the Chicago Sun-Times. Includes:

WMAQ bumper promo for Eight is Enough (voiceover by ??)

WM...

Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 5)

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Here is Part 5 of a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

(little Snippet of the opening or closing to an episode)

"Hit the road, Drac" song parody (incomplete)

The Dukes of Berwyn?! - on the Dewey, Cheatham...

WMAQ Channel 5 - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Promos / Station ID's, 1976)

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Here's a series of promos by Johnny Carson for The Tonight Show on WMAQ Channel 5, transferred from the original 2" quad master tape.

The first (designated "PR-1040 CARSON :10's - TAKE 1") is a promo for the show to air at 10:30pm following NewsCenter5 with Ron Hunter; on the second ("TAKE 2"), Johnny thanks viewers for watching the show over "the past 13-1/2 years"; the third ("TAKE 3") advises viewers to watch or "the Bird of Paradise will fly up your nose"; a...

Star Search (Opening, 1984)

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Here is the opening for Star Search featuring a young Brad Garrett, best known for his role on "Everybody Loves Raymond".

Starring Ed McMahon, Nell Carter, and Mark Harmon.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 10th 1984.

NBC Network - News Update With Floyd Kalber (Tiny Excerpt, 1971?)

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The transfer of this video clip made possible by your generous donations!

Here's a very tiny snippet of a what appears to be a network news update from WMAQ Channel 5's legendary "Big Tuna," Floyd Kalber. Besides anchoring WMAQ's newscasts, Mr. Kalber for years was the anchor of weekday five-minute news updates that aired on the NBC Network at 11:55am CT (12:55pm ET). This in all likelihood was the last regularly-scheduled network program to originate from Chicago.

WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "Charlie Chan And The Feathered Serpent" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for the Sunday Matinee presentation of "Charlie Chan and the Feathered Serpent" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Sunday Matinee opening with instrumental version (by Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra) of "Groovin'" made popular by The Young Rascals.

Features the old-time car graphics, which must have replaced the movie camera graphics sometime between February and December 1981. Most likely, it was replaced at the beginning of the Fall sea...

WFLD Channel 32 - Monstrous Movie - "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the open for WFLD Channel 32's Monstrous Movie. This is an earlier version (featuring a chilling, maniacal laugh) than the one previously posted from 1982. (I wish I had more, but this is all I have. Also sorry for the bad quality but this is the best anyone has found - yet!) Notice the Kaiser Broadcasting era 32 logo.

Be sure to listen to the extra voiceover while the opening credits of the movie start.

According to knowledgeable sources (Mr. Rich ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Chicagofest '81" (1981)

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Here's a segment from the 10pm NewsCenter5 telecast on WMAQ Channel 5 with a look at Chicagofest '81. Featuring Chuck Henry, Warner Saunders, Barry Bernson, and Linda Yu at the end.

Chaka Khan is shown performing, and then Barry Bernson takes us on a tour of the video game area with over 200 machines, and a look at Williams Electronics, the company that created Defender - at 3401 North California, and then Midway Manufacturing in Franklin Park - responsible for producing Pac-...