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WMAQ Channel 5/NBC Network - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 1, 1979)

Views: 3628

Here's Part 1 of continuing coverage from WMAQ Channel 5 and the NBC Network of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history; this features Jim Ruddle and Jim Tilmon, with NBC News coverage from Chuck Scarborough (longtime anchor at WNBC Channel 4 in New York, having worked there nonstop since 1974), featuring Jim Cummins, Fred Briggs and Heidi Schulman. Includes:

The tail end of NewsCenter5 at 10pm with Jim Ruddle, a...

WTTW Channel 11 - Sounds of Summer - "Joni Mitchell - Get Together" (1969)

Views: 1806

In this spirit of healing the divisions of this country in these contentious times, we bring you this video. :-)

Here is another FuzzyMemoriesTV Exclusive! - a segment from a long-thought-lost concert that was videotaped by NET (National Educational Television, the predecessor to PBS) at Southern Illinois University (SIU) and shown locally in Chicago on WTTW Channel 11 in an installment of a program called "The Sounds Of Summer – Mississippi River Festival".

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Dunked In The Deep" (Opening, 1979)

Views: 2038

Here's another of the Black & White WFLD Stooges clips. Includes the ending of Newstalk with that freaky music (you can see the full clip here) and a Sanford & Son promo (voiceover by Jim Beattie) before the Stooges begin without a proper WFLD opening.

This aired on local Chicago TV in January of 1979. (but sometime before January 16th)

WFLD Channel 32 - Ending Of The Gong Show & Opening of The Three Stooges - "Punchy Cowpunchers" (1979)

Views: 2529

Someone keeps asking me to post these complete breaks, so here they are.

(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is the ending for The Gong Show and the opening for The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Partial end credits to The Gong Show (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Commercial: WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Superstar Cruiser" - "Chicago's Sound Encounter"

Fi...

WFLD Channel 32 - Tic-Tac-Dough - "The Saturday Round" (Promo, 1981)

Views: 2003

Here's a quick promo for "The Saturday Round" on Tic-Tac-Dough.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 11th 1981.

WSNS Channel 44 - Get Smart (Promo, 1978)

Views: 1694

Here's a promo for Get Smart on WSNS Channel 44. This features clips from a two-part episode, "A Man Called Smart," with the scene of Max shooting a door from Part 2 which originally aired on the NBC Network on April 15th 1967, while the scene with him in a stretcher came from Part 1 which originally aired on April 8th 1967.

Main voiceover by Vic Roby (from original NBC network promo as from the above original airdate). Ending voiceover by Don Ferris.

Th...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm - "Weigel's Wieners" & Ending (1987)

Views: 3750

Here's the final part of the 10pm edition of Eyewitness News, with anchors John Drury and Mary Ann Childers, and sportscaster Tim Weigel with another edition of his "Weigel Wiener" segment ("the widely figured, largely feared frankfurters of the sports world"). Includes:

John introducing Tim by referring to the sharp tongue of Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, who fined QB Jim McMahon for missing practice at their Platteville, WI training camp, and hinted to team presiden...

WGN Channel 9 - Cubs Vs. Phillies (Promo, 1982)

Views: 5370

Here's a promo for a baseball game played Tuesday, June 15th 1982 at 1:15pm between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies on WGN Channel 9.

Voiceover by Floyd Brown.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, June 14th 1982.

WFLD Channel 32 - Sox Vs. Royals (Promo, 1982)

Views: 3096

Here's a promo for a Chicago White Sox Vs. Kansas City Royals game on WFLD Channel 32 which aired on Tuesday, June 1st 1982 at 7:30pm.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, May 30th 1982.