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The Most Important Person - "Seeing" (1972)

Views: 1088

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Seeing". (color's a bit off)

I left in the header film 'cause it looks cool. ;-)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties?

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Educatio...

WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose And Friends (Break & Ending, 1975)

Views: 2995

Here's a first - the first off-air recording of Garfield Goose and Friends that has ever been found (to my knowledge). Considering the program went off the air in 1976, this is not entirely surprising. (Some apparently erroneous TV listings had it showing again for short periods around 1982, but those have never been shown to be accurate)

This recording was ostensibly made for The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" but luckily for us they started tapin...

WTTW Channel 11 - Mystery! (Opening, 1981)

Views: 1901

Here's the opening of Mystery! on WTTW Channel 11 with host Vincent Price. Also includes a WTTW Station ID slide at the beginning with a voiceover by Don Ferris.

Features the classic opening animation based on the cartoons of Chicago-born artist Edward Gorey. It was animated by Eugene Federenko, Derek Lamb and Janet Perlman, and the music was by Normand Roger.

(Vincent Price cut-off early due to tape ending)

This aired on local Chicago TV ...

The Most Important Person - "Hearing" (1972)

Views: 1436

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Hearing". (about 15 seconds of the picture is missing in the middle)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties?

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

The Most Important Person - "Nothing Ever Seems To Work Out For Me" (1972)

Views: 1802

Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "Nothing Ever Seems To Work Out For Me". (little bit of the beginning is cut off)

These aired on WFLD Channel 32 and WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties?

Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.

Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, a...

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart - "Animal Corner" (1975)

Views: 418

Here's the "Animal Corner" segment of Popeye with Steve Hart which aired on WSNS Channel 44. This segment was hosted by Bob Hoffman. This was from the original master tape, recorded on August 12th 1975. Includes:

"Animal Corner" bumper and intro (voiceover by Steve Hart)

Bob Hoffman shows a baby pigeon, who is technically called a "squeaker" as he emphasizes. Even with background music, we can still hear this baby pigeon squeak, which is how they got t...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Today (Commercial Break & Channel Switching, 1982)

Views: 3079

Here is a mostly complete commercial break during an episode of Today on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Small excerpt of Today showing date and time.

Evans Furs - "Dividend Days" (interrupted by Channel Switching)

Channel Switching to WLS Channel 7 (Good Morning America), then Channel 9 (Bozo cartoon), then WTTW Channel 11 (Sesame Street), and then to some scrambled content (likely ON-TV), before going back to the Evans Fur commercial.

M...

American Dental Association - "Smile Power" (PSA, 1979)

Views: 2524

Here is another animated public service announcement from the American Dental Association. Features Wendall (Windal?) the Dental Wizard who transforms a cookie jar into a healthy snack factory.

These were created by Rick Reinert Productions, who also did the opening for the ABC Weekend Special and Afterschool Specials.

Uses the same music as this MS Read A Thon PSA.

This aired...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4:30pm - "Chicago Goes Hollywood" (1982)

Views: 2711

Here's a report called "Chicago Goes Hollywood," on former Chicago natives and area residents who later moved to Hollywood and varying degrees of fame, that was introduced by co-anchor Tim Weigel and reported by John Callaway on an edition of Eyewitness News at 4:30pm on WLS Channel 7.

Intermixed with the sights of the L.A. area (with shots of such landmarks as Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Walks of Fame for the likes of Mickey Mouse, Glen Campbell and Claire Trevor, the Be...