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WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Opening, 1981)

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Fuzzy Claus returns with his yearly bagful of Christmas-themed goodies!!!!

Here's the opening moments of the ABC Movie Special presentation of Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph and Frosty" (originally released in 1979 as "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July," per IMDb) on WLS Channel 7. (NOTE: At the start of this clip, there is some "channel-surfing" (or more accurately commercial/pre-show c...

WLS Channel 7 - ABC Theatre - "A Time For Miracles" (Opening & Break, 1980)

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Here's the opening and first break of the ABC Theatre presentation (actually a special ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation) of "A Time for Miracles" starring Kate Mulgrew. Includes:

Bumper promo for "7 On Gun Control" featuring Karen Kalish

ABC Theatre opening (older style - different than the one seen by 1983) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercial: Andre ...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Theatre - "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (Opening, 1972)

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Here's something incredibly rare (tape-tracking problems notwithstanding) - another local movie show opening yanked from the dustbin of TV history! Tracking is kind of rough, but here is the opening of the Family Theatre presentation of "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" on WGN Channel 9. We see a dancing man with a hat and cane, who eventually gets yanked by the hook, as in the vaudeville days...

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Opening, 1986)

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Here is the opening of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. Voice over by Jim Barton. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Opening, 1979)

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Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary question for $10, and then had a chance to answer a har...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Assignment Terror" (Opening, 1982)

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Here is the opening for Son of Sven episode number 134 featuring the film "Assignment Terror".

Directed by Joe Oher.

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, February 6th 1982.

WLS Channel 7 - "The Late Night Movie" (New Opening, 1987)

Views: 2964

By at least June of 1987, WLS had changed over to their new computer generated open for "The Late Night Movie". I'm sure everyone would agree it was not as good as the old one - but then again, what is?

This aired on local Chicago TV in June of 1987.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Quark (Ending & Partial Break, 1978)

Views: 1931

Here is the ending credits for "Quark" with NBC voiceover (by Howard Reig), followed by a promo featuring Dick Van Dyke for "Highlights of Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus" (voiceover by Roger Tuttle) and a partial Montgomery Ward commercial.

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, March 3rd 1978 at a little before 7:30pm!

WMAQ Channel 5 - Jerry Springer - "Adult Babies" (Part 3, 1992)

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Here's Part 3 of a (vintage?) Jerry Springer episode on WMAQ Channel 5 dealing with the very delicate (and absorbent) topic of Adult Babies.

Features Jerry continuing his panel discussion with the addition of Lee Carroll - an adult film star who also takes care of adult babies (for a fee), as well as Psychologist and media commentator Dr. Robert R. Butterworth, Ph.D., who thinks that adults who act like babies are mentally unstable. Also:

Commercial: Centennia...