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Tele1st - "Scrambled Delights" (1984)

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Here's an example of some scrambled programming on Tele1st. As Chris (Phantom) described earlier, we see the picture cycling between normal and inverted (negative) colors. And the sound has a constant sharp percussive beat in the background while the program audio sounds like it is smooshed together.

All in all, I wouldn't have wanted to be a teenager on drugs while watching this.
I edited together some segments separated by fade-outs. This was worth $25.95...

FYI - "Limited Lying" (1983)

Views: 2125

Here is another of the daytime interstitial features that ABC ran during the early eighties between Daytime Soaps - FYI - For Your Information - hosted by Mr. Barney Miller himself, Hal Linden.

They changed the FYI music slightly from the one heard less than a month previously.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 8th 1983.

WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine Chicago - "Pac-Man Mania" (1981)

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In honor of the 30th Anniversary of Pac-Man, here's the opening and first story on PM Magazine Chicago on WFLD Channel 32 - which includes the story "Pac-Mania Invades Chicago". A neat shot of Mother's Pinball (was it later called Mother's Arcade?) in Mount Prospect at the beginning.

Features Mike Leiderman and Jo Ann Williams as hosts.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 13th 1981.

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WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Classics - The Three Stooges - "Grips, Grunts And Groans" (Opening, 1984)

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Here's the opening to Comedy Classics featuring The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Quality is a bit iffy.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 7th 1984.

McDonald's - "Joe Kelley" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1608

Here's a commercial for McDonalds featuring "Joe Kelley" - food editor at the local newspaper - reporting that McDonald's hamburgers and cheesburgers were specially priced at 39 cents 49 cents respectively.

A user here, "BeatFarmer66", requested this commercial a couple of years ago as seen in the comments section of this video. Apparently, a former classmate of his named Sue Robbins played the part of th...

WLS Channel 7 - Editorial Reply - "Boot The Boot" (1984)

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Here is an Editorial Reply on WLS Channel 7 against the Denver Boot, given by Alderman Alan Streeter of the 17th Ward.

Opening voiceover by Janice Kos.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 16th 1984.

WMAQ Channel 5 - "The Wizard of Oz" (Commercial Break #1, 1973)

Views: 3582

Here's a surviving commercial break for the 1973 airing of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" (starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr) on WMAQ Channel 5. This was the seventh airing of this classic by NBC, which held the rights from 1967 to 1975. (Among the fare preempted this evening: The Wonderful World of Disney.) Includes:

Commercial: Jell-O Pudding & Pie Filling and Instant Pudding Mix - with kids in summer camp grousing about the camp food -...

Q101 - "Crazy About The Music" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 2526

Here's a memorable commercial that they did a few of if I recall correctly - Robert Murphy in the Morning - in a straitjacket walking along a street downtown asking people why they switched to Q101.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 15th 1984.

CBS: On The Air (Part 7) - "Game Shows" (1978)

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Art Linkletter passed away yesterday (1912-2010). He was best known for the shows House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things. Here he is featured in a segment from CBS: On The Air - A Celebration of 50 Years (Part 7) which highlighted some of the network's fabulous game, quiz, and panel shows.

Rest in peace, Art.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 1st 1978 during the 7:30-10pm timeframe.