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WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "An American Christmas Carol" (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for The ABC Sunday Night Movie world premiere presentation of "An American Christmas Carol" (starring Henry Winkler of Happy Days fame - AAAAAY!) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Animated station ID/promo for Eyewitness News at 6pm & 10pm with Fahey Flynn (voiceover by Gary Gears)

The ABC Sunday Night Movie open, including promo for "An American Christmas Carol" (voiceover by Joel Crager)
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WLS Channel 7 - The 1981 State Street Christmas Parade (Excerpt)

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Here is the last 12 minutes of The 45th Annual State Street Christmas Parade, from 1981, hosted by Joel Daly and Diane Allen. Subtitled, "Santa's Fantasy" (?) Featuring:

Buckets The Clown (Hey, he's no Bozo, but who is?)
WCFL 1000 Personality Float
Abraham Lincoln High School Marching Band from Bloomington, Minnesota
The Chimney Sweeps
Chicago Police/American Legion Marching Band
Santa and his sleigh!
Frank Mathie getting swamped by k...

WGN Channel 9 - The Bozo Show - Hardrock and Coco and Joe - The Three Little Dwarves (1983)

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What would the Christmas season be without an airing of Hardrock, Coco, and Joe? Here's one from a holiday episode of The Bozo Show - also includes at the end a Bozo weather report and school closings notice.

Who's voice is that - it's not Bob Bell, right?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 23rd 1983.

Boogie Nights By Ronco (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 3116

Here's a commercial for the disco album Boogie Nights by Ronco. Makes a great Christmas gift!

Not available everywhere. Only at:
Osco Drug
Woolworth & Woolco
Montgomery Ward
Venture
Community
Musicland
Sears

Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 5th 1978 during the 3:30 to 5pm timeframe.

WGN Channel 9 - "Happy Holidays With The Flintstones" (1979)

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Here is a Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This one stars Fred Flintstone playing Santa Claus, and originated from The Flintstones episode "Christmas Flintstone" which first aired on the ABC Network on December 25th 1964.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 21st 1979.

Polaroid with James Garner & Mariette Hartley - "Gift Guessing" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1773

Here's a Christmas themed commercial from Polaroid featuring longtime spokes-team James Garner and Mariette Hartley touting the Polaroid Instant camera with "Time Zero" film.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 8pm to 10pm timeframe.

WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 4, 1972)

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Here's Part 4 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7. This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Featured in this part are Susan Peterson, Bob Kennedy, the Viking Ensemble of Homewood-Flossmoor, Bill Frink, Duane Dow, John Coleman, Suzy Streetnois...

Hickory Farms - "Holiday Food Gift Paks" (Partial Commercial, 1976)

Views: 3184

Here's a partial Christmas commercial for Hickory Farms and their Holiday Food Gift Paks. (missing about the first 5 seconds)

I remember they had one of these stores at the North Riverside mall.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, December 6th 1976! (not Chicago, but close enough)

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Bat People" - "Merry Christmas" (Ending, 1983)

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Here's the ending segment of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "The Bat People" (1974) on WFLD Channel 32. In this segment, Sven (Rich Koz) leads a chorus into a specially-crafted version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."

Crew Members Featured:
Upper Left: Cathy Mustari (WFLD Art Director)
Upper Middle: Mike Smith (WFLD Film Editor)
Upper Right: Susan Uyeda (WFLD Artist)
Bottom Left: Jae Alexander
Middle Bottom: Gary Zel...