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WBBM Channel 2 - 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 4, 1985)
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Here's Part 4 of the (mostly complete) 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast.
This part features Deborah Norville, John Callaway, Beverly Price, friend of the museum Frank Chambers gets a nomination, Son of Svengoolie gets a nomination, Bobbi Clark, Diane Whiteley, Sylvia Giannini, Britta Fayette, Don Craig, Bob Smith, and Rex Smith sings "Everlasting Love."
Ms. Price and host Jim Belushi won in the "Entertainment Program - Single Program" category for Sec...
WDCA Channel 20 - Snipets - "Pigpen Cipher" (1980)
Views: 811
Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and [primarily] aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 1970's and early '80's. However, in a discovery that is sure to change SnipetsHistory forever - this one was discovered on a Betamax recording of a broadcast of the Star Trek episode "The Savage Curtain" on WDCA Channel 20 (Washington, D.C.) from April of 1980!
At this time the Field ...
WBBM Channel 2 - "Living History (Bloopers)" (Part 1, 1978/1979)
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Here's Part 1 of a blooper reel from WBBM Channel 2, of outtakes of taped material that never made it to broadcast and a few live moments where anything could and did happen.
This part starts with a still of a live report with the socket of the CBS eye in the superimposed graphic escaping and falling to the bottom, accompanied by various sounds of breaking glass.
Next is a still taken in the WBBM control room, with titles:
Living History - Volume 1...
WGN Channel 9 - Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Ending & Commercial Break, 1978)
Views: 1806
Here's a neat little nugget - the ending of an episode of Star Trek on WGN Channel 9. Years before the show came to WFLD. Wish I could find someone who taped more of these. :-) Includes:
Ending of Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Season 3, Episode 1 - originally aired on the NBC Network, and thus in Chicago via WMAQ Channel 5, on September 20th 1968)
Commercial: Rice-a-Roni - "The San Francisco Treat!" (Featuring the little toy trolley and th...
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Here's the last moments (preceded by this clip) of the edition of Saturday Night Live with Elliott Gould as host and Gary Numan as musical guest, followed by the opening moments of Second City Television (SCTV) - Episode #1.16, "Goodbye America" (originally aired in Canada on October 3rd and 7th 1977) on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:
Saturday Night Live bumper slide (with another p...
WLS Channel 7 - American Bandstand - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Excerpts & Channel Switching, 1976)
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Here's some excerpts an a broadcast of the long-running American Bandstand with Dick Clark on WLS Channel 7, featuring the premiere of a video by the legendary rock group Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Meddows-Taylor and John Deacon). Includes:
Dick Clark talking while sitting in the studio audience, introducing a music video of Queen's new hit "Bohemian Rhapsody," from their album A Night at the Opera (Elektra 7E-1053) whose cover he shows
Two Guys From Muck (Opening, 1982)
Views: 1998
Here is a (mostly complete) opening from a forgotten pilot, Two Guys From Muck. (The audio doesn't come in until about four seconds into this clip.) The credits (with pertinent shots of the actors involved) are as follows:
Starring Adam Arkin, Rick Casorla, Gwen Humble, and Graham Jarvis as Editor Davis
Special Guests (in alphabetical order): Victor Buono, Jill St. John, Larry Storch
Executive Producers - Lee Rich and Philip Capice
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WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Matinee - "Abbott and Costello in Mexican Hayride" (Opening & Break, 1981)
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Here's the opening moments and first commercial break for the Saturday Matinee presentation of the Abbott and Costello film "Mexican Hayride" [1948] on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
WGN "globe" ID with promo for Weekend with the Stars for 10:00pm (voiceover by Steve Hunter)
Saturday Matinee slide and opening theme music ("Happy Feet" by Quincy Jones, from "Walk - Don't Run" [1966]), with voiceover (by Steve Hunter) introducing the film starring "...
NBC Network - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 2, 1979)
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Here's Part 2 of continuing coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history; this includes the second half of an NBC News Special Report anchored by Chuck Scarborough, as aired on WMAQ Channel 5. Featuring Jim Ruddle, Jim Tilmon, Carole Simpson. Includes:
The tail end of Jim Ruddle's interview with Jim Tilmon (Ruddle saying, "Back to New York").
Chuck Scarborough recounts numerous design proble...