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WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 5, 1989)

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Here's Part 5 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.

This part features Kevin Matthews, some unnamed person (accepting an Emmy for WFLD Channel 32's Over 17 Not Admitted), and Elayne Goldstein.

The unnamed individual accepted on behalf of Over 17 Not Admitted's producer, John Roach, in the "Children's Programming - Series" category, while Ms. Goldstein won in the "Children's - Single Program" category for <...

WBBM Channel 2 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Excerpts, 1975)

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Here's some surviving excerpts of the 1975 airing of a holiday perennial, the animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

A more complete "Season's Greetings" WBBM Station ID, with the same bumper slide as on here (voiceover by ??) - followed by CBS "bong"

Animated "A CBS Special Presentation" bumper

Opening titles of <...

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

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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...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Most Important Person - "Why Not Try?" (1980)

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Here's an example of the kids' interstitial cartoon, "The Most Important Person" airing on WFLD Channel 32. This one - "Why Not Try?", occured as a special time-filling "bonus" at the end of an episode of Lost in Space. Notice that there are no superimposed titles in the opening credits stating the episode name as there are in other existing film copies that came from school library collections. (Color is also a lot ...

WIFR Channel 23 - Ending of 60 Minutes & Commercial Break (1977)

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Here is the ending of Sixty Minutes as well as a final commercial break on WIFR Channel 23. Includes:

Ending of Sixty Minutes.

Commercial: Holiday Inn.

Commercial: Litton Microwave Oven - Changing the way America Cooks.

Commercial: Budweiser Beer (I'm saying Budweiser right after I post this video...) ;-)

Commercial: Sylvania Superset TV - "The picture we risked $100,000 on."

End credits of Sixty Minut...

WFLD Channel 32 - "Festival Of Television" (Promo, 1978)

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Here's a promo for the "Festival of Television" and their first night of special programming on WFLD Channel 32. Here are Chris Tuft's recollections:

"It was a weeknight hour of 1950s sitcoms. Monday (June 19th 1978) was (as noted in the promo) "The Jack Benny Show" (at 10:30pm) and "My Hero" (at 11pm). Tuesday was "Topper" and "The Gale Storm Show", Wednesday was "Love That Bob" and "How to Marry a Millionaire". Thursday was "Bachelor Father" and "People's Choice." Fr...

NBC News Digest - "The Day After Numbers" (1983)

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Here's an NBC News Digest anchored by Chuck Scarborough and sponsored by American Airlines.

Chuck reads the following items:

- Police in Bonn use water-spray laced with tear gas to disperse protesters against planned deployment of U.S. nuclear missiles as German Parliament meets on this issue; over 200 arrested

- Over 100 million Americans are estimated to have seen [ABC Telefilm depicting a nuclear war scenario] The Day After the ...