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Alpo With Lorne Greene (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for Alpo beef flavored dinner dog food featuring Lorne Greene.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV in early January 1979. (not Chicago, but close enough)

ON TV - Adults Only (Ending & Beginning of Short Subject, 1981)

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Here's the ending of the "Optional Service" of Adults Only mode, which was presenting the movie "The World of Henry Paris". Includes:

Ending of "The World of Henry Paris"

Ending of Optional Service mode with woiceover by WSNS' former General Manager/Announcer Mal Wyman.

ON TV "Short Subject" opening graphic

Opening of short film from The National Film Board of Canada - "A Phantasy" by Norman McLaren

This aired on loca...

Chuck Wagon - "Chase The Chuckwagon" (Commercial, 1976)

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Here's a very memorable commercial for Chuck Wagon dog food by Purina with the dog that likes to chase the chuckwagon right out of the TV. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 9th 1976.

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

Views: 1379

Sick of Kathy McFarland yet? Me neither. Dig that striped shirt! ;-)

Here's the Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. Includes:

CTA won't be making any more service cuts but cost-cutting measures will cause inconvenience with longer intervals between service.

"Spiderman" Dan Goodwin put on 1 year probation for climbing the John Hancock building earlier this month. Vows "it will be a long time" before he climbs another...

WSNS Channel 44 - Partial Break, Sox Slide & Partial Movie Open (1980?)

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Here's some more cool & rare TV-44 footage! A partial commercial break, going into a Chicago White Sox slide promo, and ending with a partial opening to a WSNS Movie Show - could it be the 1:00 Movie? Because we've see that opening before, but this time it's in color! (too bad it's incomplete) (they may have used this opening for several different movie shows) Includes:

Slide PSA for the Bob Kennedy M...

Jeno's Pizza Rolls - "America's Christmastime Finger Food" (Commercial, 1985)

Views: 1599

Here's a Christmas commercial for Jeno's Pizza Rolls.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 9th 1985.

One Stop Supermarket (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 2036

Here is a commercial for One Stop Supermarket (now known as One Stop Food & Liquors) at 4301 South Lake Park Avenue. Must have been a Moo & Oink competitor at the time. :-) Voice over by Merri Dee, THE voice of WGN in the 80's.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday June 29th, 1986.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Kingdom Of Could Be You (Opening & Excerpt, 1980)

Views: 1902

Here is a segment of "The Kingdom of Could Be You" as aired on WFLD Channel 32, during a commercial break for Underdog. (Unfortunately the tape ran out before it was done so all we see is the opening sequence and a little bit of the episode - which was coincidently the first one of the series.

"Food make me hungry!"

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, May 30th 1980 at about 12:12pm!

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Eyeball Calisthenics" (1972)

Views: 2157

Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

This Break #6 from an unknown episode number features a Svengoolie "public service" - eyeball calisthenics to help you stay awake!

You also get to see one of the rare times that Svengoolie appears without wearing his sunglasses.

I'm thinking that "SYT Theater #1" as the clapboard person s...