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Center Video - "Atari!" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3668

Here's a commercial for Center Video advertising their Atari 2600 deals.

Voiceover by Linn Burton (of Bert Weinman Ford fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981.

Award Lumber & Construction - "Award Winning Window" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 789

Here's a commercial for Award Windows by Award Lumber & Construction Company.

Featuring long-time WFLD announcer Bud Kelly!

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 1st 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (1981)

Views: 1356

Here's the Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. (aired during the halftime break of the DePaul at Circle basketball game) Includes:

Probe into local chop-shop operations may result in more arrests.

CTA proposing a 50 cent surcharge for suburban riders.

Commercial: Spectrum

Mike Leiderman thanks Kathy for the update and shows the score before going to another commercial break.

(This one is f...

PM Magazine Chicago - "Son Of Svengoolie" (1981)

Views: 3713

Here's a great feature on Rich Koz and the Son of Svengoolie that aired on PM Magazine Chicago featuring Mike Leiderman. Has a lot of really great footage, even of some famous Berwyn landmarks. (having grown up in the area this footage is priceless to me)

So many great things in this piece it's almost hard to count - love the footage of old WFLD in Marina City - I don't know anywhere else where you can see what it used to look like. I like the Kaiser-era logo hanging down an...

WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine Chicago - "Son Of Svengoolie - Off-Air Footage" (1981)

Views: 2485

Here's some of the extra off-air footage that was part of the Son of Svengoolie piece on PM Magazine Chicago. Includes:

The Richard Simmons Show bumper promo (with voiceover by Jim Barton instead teasing the upcoming Sven appearance on PM Magazine)

PM Magazine Chicago show opening

Hosts Mike Leiderman and Jo Ann Williams introduce the show with some extra footage of Sven at a little-league baseball game.

(I cut out the story since y...

Activision - Pitfall! With Jack Black (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 7540

Here's a commercial for the videogame Pitfall! by Activision and featuring at the beginning a very young-looking appearance of the actor Jack Black - rockin' the pith helmet.

That girl at the end - I remember her from Twilight Zone: The Movie too - but I know she's been in lots of other stuff from the time period.

Available at: Walgreen's and Video Etc.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 30th 1983.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "The Death Ray Of Dr. Mabuse" (Promo, 1977)

Views: 1318

I just found this but I couldn't wait by putting it into the normal transfer queue - the oldest TV-44 footage I've ever found!!

Here's a promo for the Monster Rally Movie presentation of "The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse" on WSNS Channel 44. This movie aired on Friday, April 15th 1977 at 10:30pm.

You can hear the same music as in the recently discovered opening to the Monster Rally Movie. ...

WSNS Channel 44 - "Stars" (Partial Station ID Slide, 1977)

Views: 2796

Here's another rarity - a partial station ID with a cool slide from WSNS TV-44. This aired at the beginning of an episode of The Invisible Man (series) which you can see a little bit of after the partial ID. The only other date clue I have is the ending credits which say that "To Tell The Truth" is next. Can any of our Schedule Sleuths find out when this might be from?

Voiceover (what there is of it) is by Mal Wyman.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturd...

WSNS Channel 44 - Bullwinkle (Promo, 1977)

Views: 2528

Here's a rare old promo for Bullwinkle on WSNS TV-44. It started airing again on WSNS at 12:30pm Monday through Friday starting Monday, April 18th 1977.

Voiceover by Linda Frost.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.