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WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 12, 1978)

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Here's Part 12 (the last part - whew!) of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features "Big" Al Meltzer, Mary Gonzalez, Scott Craig, longtime WMAQ Channel 5 staff announcer Ed Grennan and Carl Ebert, and featuring footage with the voice of Greg Gumbel.

Mr. Craig won in the category of "Outstanding Achiev...

Honey Nut Cheerios Bee's Spelling Game (Contest Commercial, 1983)

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Here's a commercial for the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee's Spelling Game Contest. You can win a Texas Instruments Home Computer! (and some other junk) Chances to win: 1 in 3066.

Contest ends February 15th 1984. So as usual, hurry-hurry!

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 15th 1983. (The Ides of March!)

WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 2, 1980)

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Here's Part 2 of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 (simulcast on WXRT 93 FM). Includes:

Videos by Hilly Michaels:

- "Calling All Girls"

- "Shake It and Dance"

Record Offer: "The Complete Simon & Garfunkel Collection" - 5-Record Set (3 8-track tapes or cassettes) with 60 songs - by Tee Vee Records

Commercial: Connie Shoes - at Yorktown, Harlem Ir...

WLS Channel 7 - Kennedy And Company - "WLS Deejays" (1972)

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Here's a rare segment from the morning show Kennedy and Company on WLS Channel 7, hosted by the late Bob Kennedy. This was the predecessor to AM Chicago (which was begun after Kennedy's death in 1974), and is considered in some corners to be an ancestor to the recently-ended The Oprah Winfrey Show.

This segment was devoted to the disc jockeys of WLS Musicradio 8...

WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Bozo's 17th Anniversary" (1978)

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Here is an excerpt from an airing of Night Beat featuring Carl Greyson, on WGN Channel 9, with a story on Bozo's Circus' 17th Anniversary show. (which aired Monday, September 11th 1978)

Muriel Clair reporting.

Features Bob Bell, Roy Brown, Phil Donahu...

WMAQ Channel 5 - "The Wizard of Oz" (Commercial Break #2, 1973)

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Here's a second surviving commercial break for the 1973 airing of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" (starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr) on WMAQ Channel 5. This was the seventh airing of this classic by NBC, which held the rights from 1967 to 1975. (Among the fare preempted this evening: The Wonderful World of Disney.) Includes:

Commercial: McDonald's - with a mother and her children driving to have a meal after her husband bids them goodbye ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 10, 1978)

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Here's Part 10 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features John Drury, Joan McGrath, Elayne Goldstein, Patterson Denny, Thea Flaum, Gene Siskel, and footage of Linda Winer.

Mr. Denny and Ms. Goldstein won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Entertainment Programs: For a Series" [7(B)] as co-pr...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Jack Benny Show - "Pre-Emption Notice" (1975)

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Here's the opening of The Jack Benny Program on WFLD Channel 32, featuring a pre-emption notice. Includes:

Pre-emption notice for Bill Burrud's Travel World (from the host of Animal World) with show logo bumper slide from WFLD (which used a serif typeface called Windsor Bold, which apparently preceded Avant Garde Medium as Kaiser-era WFLD's font du jour)
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Yoda By Kenner (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's a commercial for the Yoda action figure by Kenner, from the Star Wars Empire Strikes Back collection.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, September 22nd 1981.