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WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Day Report With Merri Dee (1980)

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Here's a complete edition of the Mid-Day Report on WGN Channel 9, here anchored by Merri Dee. Includes:

Mid-Day Report bumper

Merri Dee reads the following items:

- Iranian militants warn the 50 American hostages' lives would be placed in danger if Iraq invades Iran

- Defense officials announce U.S. preparing military equipm...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Embarassor II" (1983?)

Views: 1088

Here's a segment from Son of Sven - the sketch "Embarassor II" (parody of the Ambassador II?)

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely from the eighties, probably around 1983.

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday sometime around 1983.

Heroes (Trailer For TV, 1977)

Views: 1195

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Here's a theatrical movie trailer for TV for the film "Heroes" starring Henry Winkler and Sally Field.

Ending voiceover by Carl Greyson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 23rd 1977 at about 7:59pm.

WPWR Channel 60 - "The Switch to Channel 50" (Promo, 1986)

Views: 4188

Here is a promo for WPWR Channel 60 advertising the upcoming move to Channel 50, which happened in January of 1987. This promo dates to December 1986. (Poor video quality)

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

Toys "R" Us (Christmas Commercial #1, 1984)

Views: 1284

Here's a Christmas themed "I Don't Wanna Grow Up.." Toys "R" Us commercial featuring Geoffrey the Girafee and the UpWords game, Crayola Caddy, and Trivia-Challenge.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 11th 1984.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Gong Show (Bumper #2, 1978)

Views: 1367

Here's another rare bumper from WFLD Channel 32 - this time for The Gong Show! (same as the first one but different music)

What are those silhouettes of people doing on there?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 1st 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Gong Show (Bumper #1, 1978)

Views: 1947

Here's another rare bumper from WFLD Channel 32 - this time for The Gong Show! (same as the second one but different music)

What are those silhouettes of people doing on there?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 1st 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Baxters - "Women's Roles In Marriage"(Part 2, 1980)

Views: 2161

Here's Part 2, the final part of the Norman Lear created "interactive" program, The Baxters, as aired on WFLD Channel 32.

It was a pretty unique idea - the first half would be a fairly normal sitcom (whether or not it's any good is another question) that dealt with some issue of the day. The second half would be an in-studio discussion group to talk about the issues raised. Each city had their own locally produced second half (except for those who chose to use the "nat...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Best of Groucho (Bumper #2, 1979)

Views: 665

Here's another bumper for The Best of Groucho on WFLD Channel 32. The video is the same as on the other bumper from the same period, except here the opening notes of the show's theme, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding," are played.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979 during the 9:30pm to 10pm timeframe.