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The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jimmy Piersall" (Part 4, 1981)

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Here's Part 4 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 4 includes former ballplayer and White Sox broadcaster Jimmy Piersall...

WMAQ Channel 5 - "The Wizard of Oz" (Commercial Break #2, 1973)

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Here's a second 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: McDonald's - with a mother and her children driving to have a meal after her husband bids them goodbye ...

National Fire Protection Association - "Have 2 Ways Out" (PSA, 1988)

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Here's another Public Service Announcement from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) featuring Dick Van Dyke - one of the "Learn Not To Burn" series. In this one, Dick shows us how a gopher has two ways out and that we should too.

This aired on local Chicago TV around February 1988.

Jimmy Carter For President (Partial Political Ad, 1976)

Views: 1580

Here's a political ad for the Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale ticket for President (unfortunately missing the first 10 seconds at the beginning)

Paid and authorized by 1976 Democratic Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 27th 1976.

ABC Network - The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (Promo, 1976)

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Here's a promo for The Paul Lynde Halloween Special on the ABC Network, which aired on Friday, October 29th 1976 at 8pm. The special featured the rock group KISS, Donny & Marie, Tim Conway, and more.

Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson. Ending voiceover by Ed Jordan.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 27th 1976.

ABC Network - The Bionic Woman (Promos & End Credits, 1976)

Views: 2586

Here's a promo for the next episode of the Bionic Woman, followed by some ABC Network promos, the end credits of The Bionic Woman. Includes:

Promo for the next episode of The Six Million Dollar Man - "Kill Oscar (Part 2)"

ABC Network Promos for Welcome Back, Kotter, Barney Miller, The Tony Randall Show, and The Nancy Walker Show. (Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson, ending voiceover by Ed Jordan)

End credits for The Bion...

WLS Channel 7 - Sunday Night Movie - "To Trap A Spy" (Brief Bumper Excerpts, 1978)

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Here are some very brief opening, ending, and bumper excerpts from the Sunday Night Movie airing of "To Trap A Spy" on WLS Channel 7 that I edited together. We can see it uses the same swirling-star motif as used on the 3:30 Movie and Late Night Movie shows of the period, but this one has a different title that can be briefly glimpsed at t...

WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "Flareup" (Partial Commercial Break, 1977)

Views: 2535

Here's a partial commercial break from a Late Night Movie airing of the movie "Flareup" on WLS Channel 7. Chris Tufts (Phantom), our resident schedule sleuth, found it. I'll fill in the video description once we've got everything.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, February 4th 1977 during the Midnight to 1:30 AM time frame.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Angry Sky" (Part 3, 1978)

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Here is Part 3 of some segments of a WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News "Close Up" feature - "The Angry Sky: Tornadoes & Other Natural Disasters (Tornadoes, Lightning, and Floods). This series ran throughout the entire week.

This part features Jim Gibbons reporting, Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly at the end and the complete weather segment with John Coleman that followed the report. There is also a brief glimpse of Tim Weigel at the very end.

This aired on local Chicago ...