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WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart (Opening, 1975?)

Views: 775

Here's another opening for Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44. Includes:

Brief shot of 1956 EIA resolution chart, with tone approximately 960 Hz

Show opening with custom "Popeye Show" theme, featuring puppets Little K, Bookie Worm, Hector the Chicken, Mean Mr. Mustard (who lives in a mustard jar), and the talking picture Captain Salty

Steve opening the show with puppets Little Happening and Mean Mr. Mustard, and promising a "truck lo...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Bill Gleason" (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 1427

Here's Part 3 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 3 includes Bill Gleason (of "Sportswriters (Sports Writers) on TV" fa...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jack Brickhouse" (Part 2, 1981)

Views: 2262

Here's Part 2 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 2 includes Al Lerner as M.C. and Jack Brickhouse giving Tim a good jo...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 5, 1981)

Views: 2048

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 5 begins with a announcement about requesting tickets for the show Friday Night (voiceover by Al Parker), then Steve talks about "Do Ya Think I'm Disco?", the "Anti-Disco Crusade" i...

WCIU Channel 26 - Mulqueen's Kiddie A-Go-Go (Part 2, 1969)

Views: 3666

Here's Part 2 of an episode of Mulqueen's Kiddie a-Go-Go on WCIU Channel 26. Includes:

Pandora talks to the baby character "Geronimo"

"Moople" the Frog and Pandora try to guess the jokes that two of the kids have for them, with prize assistance by "Uncle Bruce" (Bruce Schuster). Features Patrice Morbial (sp?) and Richard Rogers. (wouldn't it be neat if someone could track them down now, or if any of the kids dancing on this episode were found?)

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WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service (Part 1, 1982)

Views: 5662

Here's Part 1 of the Keyfax Nite-Owl Service as broadcast on WFLD Channel 32.

The opening music to the Nite Owl program is by Tangerine Dream, from the soundtrack to the movie "Thief", which you can buy on CD! (the specific track is called "Burning Bar")

Featuring Jim Barton announcing during the introduction.

Credits - "Behind the Scenes Tonight":

Producers: Bill Mahlock, Jim Sulski and Heywood Hoffman.

Editors: Jeff...

WGN Channel 9 - 10th Inning with Jack Brickhouse - "Interview with Bob Lurie" (1976)

Views: 1893

Here's an edition of the post-game 10th Inning show on WGN Channel 9, hosted by Jack Brickhouse, with guest Bob Lurie who had just assumed majority ownership of the San Francisco Giants. This was after a grueling 14-inning session which saw the Cubs beat the Giants at Candlestick Park, 6-5, in the first game of a doubleheader. This was also from the days when remote broadcasts such as the Cubs / Giants match carried this day by WGN went through separate transmissions (one for the vid...

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

Views: 1178

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 - Ending Of The Gong Show & Opening of The Three Stooges - "Punchy Cowpunchers" (1979)

Views: 2540

Someone keeps asking me to post these complete breaks, so here they are.

(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is the ending for The Gong Show and the opening for The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Partial end credits to The Gong Show (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Commercial: WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Superstar Cruiser" - "Chicago's Sound Encounter"

Fi...