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WIFR Channel 23 - Action News (Promo & Slide, 1977)

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Here's an Action News promo for WIFR Channel 23 featuring footage of the Rock River Tower arson fire on November 19th, 1977. Join Jerry Mayer, Chuck Faber, Kerry Donovan, Mark Ovenden, and Sue Mroz for Action News at 5:30 and 10:00 on WIFR TV - Freeport - Rockford. Also includes a Chuck Faber Action News bumper promo slide at the end.

Covers the following towns: New Milford, Beloit, Sycamore, Kirkland, Pecatonica, Janesville, Freeport, Oregon, Sterling, Lena, Belvidere, Roche...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Generic Commercial Intro #29" (1971)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

As it states this is a "generic" commercial intro (#29). In the early days of the show, SYT consisted mainly of voiceover announcements for the movie, which was eventually expanded into full appearances by Svengoolie. Though it's from after that era, this clip gives you a sense of what the program was like i...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Generic Commercial Intro #27" (1971)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

As it states this is a "generic" commercial intro (#27), with Sven goofing around with some video effects. In the early days of the show, SYT consisted mainly of voiceover announcements for the movie, which was eventually expanded into full appearances by Svengoolie. Though it's from after that era, this clip gives...

WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Commercial Break #7, 1975)

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Here's Commercial Break #7 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")

Community Family Centers - Sensational Pre-Thanksgiving Sale (with jingle) (voiceover by Al Parker)

Robert Hall Village organs - Hoffman Estates, Burbank, Homewood, Villa Park, Crystal ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscope - "The Blizzard of '67" and Other Stories (Part 1, 1967)

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Here's the first part of an edition of Newscope on WFLD Channel 32, anchored by Patrick Muldowney. Also featuring Harlan Draeger of the Chicago Daily News, Richard Foster of the Chicago Sun-Times (both papers, like WFLD, were owned by Field Enterprises), sportscaster Dave Martin, and WA9RTP ham operators Jim Roper(?) and Dick Cox.

NOTES: This is the earliest footage currently known to exist of a WFLD broadcast (albeit via kinescope); the sound heard in the backg...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Late Show - "Strangers On A Train" (Commercial Break #1, 1978)

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And now, a FuzzyInsti-Request for our lead researcher Phantom (Chris Tufts) -

Here's Commercial Break #1 from The Late Show presentation of "Strangers On A Train" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

The Late Show "Clown" bumper

Commercial: Youth For Understanding Exchange Program (featuring actor Hugh O'Brian) - my nominee for the most unintentionally hilarious ad of late. :-)

PSA: Mayor Bilandic's Fire Prevent...

WBBM Channel 2 - Hunter - "The Costa Rican Connection" (Opening, Preview Breaks & Ending, 1977)

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Here's the opening, preview breaks and ending moments of an episode of the TV series Hunter.

And no, folks, this is not the 1984-91 series on NBC (and thus, seen by Chicagoans on WMAQ Channel 5) with Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer, but a virtually forgotten, short-lived series - "A Lorimar Production" (the company famous at the time for The Waltons and, later, for Dallas and Knots Landing) - that ran on the CBS Network and therefore aired in Chica...

WTTW Channel 11 - Medical Self-Help Training - "Infant and Child Care" (Part 3, 1963)

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Here's Part 3 (the final part) of an edition of Medical Self-Help Training on WTTW Channel 11. This, the ninth of a total of 16 installments of an ongoing course about maintaining life and health in times of national disaster or emergencies, deals with the topic of "Infant and Child Care" and is hosted by Dr. Max Klinghoffer, Chairman of the Illinois State Medical Society's (ISMS) Disaster Medical Care Committee.

This was transferred directly from a 2" Quad tape, and was...

Riceland Rice - "Rice-A-Riffic!" (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's an animated commercial for Riceland Rice, featuring the Riceland Riceman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.