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WLS Channel 7 - Ending Of The Super Friends & Opening Of Fangface (1979)

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Here's a really great clip I found recently at the end of a Betamax tape - the ending of The Super Friends and the opening of Fangface on WLS Channel 7 during ABC's Saturday Morning Cartoons line-up, along with some complete commercial breaks. Includes:

Ending of The Super Friends, including the De-Coder Solution

ABC-TV Saturday Morning bumper - "Asian girl making sandcastles"

Star Wars Action Figures by Kenner - Luke Skywalke...

WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 8, 1972)

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Here's Part 8 (the final part) of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

Fenster and Mother Plumtree bickering about her cooking and his inventions, and Wally and Maynard likewise in a sour mood, due to Dr. Doompuss' nefarious machinations; B.J. seeks to change the atmosphere by drawing a happy face, but Doompuss and his partners in crime, FrankenWeird and...

Channel 6 (Nashville) - "A Primitive Weather Channel Christmas" (Excerpt, 1975)

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Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: a weird oddity - an excerpt from cable Channel 6 in Nashville, Tennessee (broadcasting in black and white), with what amounts to a primitive version of The Weather Channel, with readings of Wind Direction, Wind Velocity, Barometric Pressure, Temperature, Time, and Current Speed in MPH (just kidding). Plus, it includes a (literal) community bulletin board (including, at one point, a notice for town carolers). All this with a hypnotic, end...

ABC Network - World News Tonight - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 4 - Non-Crash News, 1979)

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Here's Part 4 of a complete edition (with commercials) of ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in London and Max Robinson in Washington (Frank Reynolds was on vacation), from the day of the worst air disaster in U.S. history, the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 just outside Chicago's O'Hare Airport. This segment has more of the non-crash news of the day. Featuring John Laurence, Doreen Kays, and Barrie Dunsmore. Includes:

Max Robinson reports that Presid...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Sword of Justice - "Port of Entry" (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for the next-to-last presentation of the short-lived series, Sword of Justice, on WMAQ Channel 5; this episode, "Port of Entry," was originally telecast on December 24th 1978.

The series - one of several offerings over the years from Glen A. Larson (a former member of the 1950's and '60's singing group The Four Preps) - starred Dack Rambo as Jack Cole, an avenger a la Zorro only without the mask, and co-starred Alex Courtney ...

HBO Sign-Off (1979)

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Here's a sign-off from HBO (Home Box Office), from back in the days when they did sign off (the pioneering cable TV channel switched to a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week schedule on December 28th 1981, after going 24 hours on weekends that September).

The sign-off consisted of an animated film with people all heading off to bed for the night, from all directions, accompanied by instrumental music that almost screamed '70's, down to the omnipresent conga drums and a low tom drum whi...

WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Commercial Break #5, 1975)

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Here's Commercial Break #5 (an extended break) during The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on WGN Channel 9. Quality varies due to reception and tape degradation issues. Includes:

The Morning Movie bumper slide (with music from "Sorry, Wrong Number")

National Food Stores - "Happy Thanksgiving" (voiceover by Lloyd Hanson - longtime voice at WSNS TV-44 and for Dominick's Finer Foods' commercials) (or is that Joe Slattery - longti...

WGN Channel 9 - Scooby Doo (Opening & Partial Break, 1981)

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Here's the opening and partial commercial break for Scooby Doo (segments of The New Scooby-Doo Movies) on WGN Channel 9. (The New Scooby-Doo Movies - were originally hour-long shows that paired the Mystery Machine gang of Freddy, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby with the likes of Don Knotts, Sandy Duncan, The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, The Harlem Globetrotters, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, "Mama" Cass Elliot and Sonny & Cher; fictional characters including Batman & Robin, The...

WBKB Channel 7 - Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks" (Part 5, 1964)

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Here's Part 5 of Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks," hosted by Frank Sweeney, as aired on WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. This was transferred from the original film, and thus has no commercials. Featured in this part are players Bobby Hull, Elmer "Moose" Vasko, Pierre Pilote, Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito and John McKenzie, general manager Tommy Ivan, coach Bobby Reay, and trainer Nick Garen. Includes:

After demonstrations of the...