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Son of Svengoolie - "Santa Claus Auditions" (Open, Show# 177)

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Here is the open of WFLD Channel 32's Son of Svengoolie presenting the movie "The Beast with a Million Eyes".

Featuring Santa Claus Auditions.

This was from Show #177.
Not sure of the year exactly - it's either 1982 or 1983.

Starring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie and Doug Scharf as Doug Graves, the piano player.

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Tina McDowall" - Puppet Show (Segment #2-1, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This segment (#2-1) is from Show #60 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

This segment consists of a puppet show involving the ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Get a Shave" (1982)

Views: 2062

Here is Break #4 of WFLD Channel 32's Son of Svengoolie show #141.

Includes the song, "Get a Shave". (recycled from an earlier show)

Starring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie and Doug Scharf as Doug Graves, the piano player.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, March 27th 1982.

Son of Svengoolie - "Good Morning, Sven" (Opening, Show #218)

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Here is the open of WFLD Channel 32's Son of Svengoolie show #218.

Includes the song, "Good Morning, Sven".

Also has some nice shots of the Marina City Towers circa 1983.

Original Airdate: September 17th, 1983.

Starring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie and Doug Scharf as Doug Graves, the piano player.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Outrageous Talk Show Hosts" (Part 3, 1985)

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Here's Part 3 of an episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. The topic was controversial, provocative and outrageous radio talk show hosts and featured Alan Burke of WGBS in Miami, Morton Downey Jr. (on this show just going by Mort Downey) of WERE in Cleveland, Warren Freiberg of WLNR in Lansing, IL, Irv Homer of WWDB in Philadelphia, and Jerry Williams of WRKO in Boston. Starring Oprah Winfrey as host.

This episode featured the infamous "soap spraying" incident by Warren Frei...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Show #5 - Man Man Sven (ab)Used Cars" (1972)

Views: 1593

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.

With no clapboard segments, we can only guess that this was Break #6 (from "Show #5") - although on these master tapes sometimes they didn't save all of the breaks, so this could be Break #7 or Break #8 for all we know. This one features a classic - Mad Man Sven (ab)Used Cars. This sketch was seen at one point duri...

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "I Am A Fine Musician" (1979)

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Here is the other Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring the cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This one has them singing "I Am a Fine Musician". This originated from the third-season episode "The Alan Brady Show Presents" which first aired on the CBS Network on December 18th 1963.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 25th 1979.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 4, 1978)

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Here's Part 4 of an (incomplete) episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Co-host Robb Weller at Ski Show '78 at McCormick Place West at Donnelley Hall. First he speaks with professional chimp Deena (5 years old) and her trainer Mike Stower (she will be showing off her skiing skills at the show), then interviews Nordic ski champ Sven Wiik (who was also coach of the ski team at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics, which Weller misdates as 1970) for a bit; before goi...

Son of Svengoolie - "Return to Santa" (Break 5, Show #177)

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Here is break #5 from Show #177 of WFLD Channel 32's Son of Svengoolie.

Featuring the parody song, "Return to Santa".

Not sure of the year exactly - early eighties.

Starring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie.