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WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" (Technical Difficulties Moment, 1982)

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Here's a little technical difficulty moment from The 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1969 film "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Tail end of commercial for Mountain Dew soda - "Give Me a Dew"

3:00 Movie "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" bumper

Film transmission comes in before the start, with a brief showing of a frame reading: DRAC R-2, with an upside-down '3', before the next part of the film commences...

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Break #3, 1971)

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Here's Commercial Break #3 for the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Golden Days of Radio record offer with Jim Ameche from the Longines Symphonette Society (ending voiceover by Del Clark)

WFLD Station ID (voiceover by Del Clark)

Movie 32 bumper (in color) with voiceover - "And now we return to tonight's feature 'Topper Takes a Trip'...". (by Del Clark)

This aired on local Chicago TV ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Morning Movie (Bumper, 1983)

Views: 877

Here's a bumper for the Sunday Morning Movie on WFLD Channel 32. (No voiceover, music only)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

WISN Channel 12 - Movie 12 - "Penny Serenade" (Opening, 1980)

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Here's the opening to the Movie 12 presentation of "Penny Serenade" on WISN Channel 12 in Milwaukee.

Includes "Alcoholism: The Family Destroyer" PSA slide from "Project Eye Opener" at the beginning.

The movie open music is "Manhattan Skyline" by David Shire off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Milwaukee TV early Tuesday, January 1st 1980 at about 12 midnight. (Not Chicago TV, but still c...

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Bumper, 1971)

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Here's some incredible footage - a bumper from the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32.

Voiceover by Del Clark.

(Sorry for the loud volume - this is the lowest setting I could get it without a lot of hassle)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 28th 1971. (recorded off of early reel-to-reel videotape)

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Trog" (Opening, 1985)

Views: 1864

Here's the opening to another episode of Son of Svengoolie that hasn't been seen in over 24 years! This was number 287 where he was presenting the movie "Trog" starring Joan Crawford - a really hilariously bad movie in parts.

Here he references Mommie Dearest - where it instead becomes "Troggie Dearest". :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 26th 1985.

WFLD Channel 32 - Six O'Clock Movie - "Heller In Pink Tights" (Opening, 1982)

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Here is the opening of the Six O'Clock Movie presentation of "Heller in Pink Tights" on WFLD Channel 32.

(Voiceover by Jim Barton)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, August 1st 1982 @ 6pm!

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Thursday Night Movie - "Capone" (Technical Difficulty Moment, 1983)

Views: 3911

Here's a technical difficulty moment during the Thursday Night Movie presentation of "Capone" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Commercial: Pioneer Village Motel & Restaurant - I-80 at Minden Nebraska Exit (comes in at end)

WGN Thursday Night Movie bumper

11 seconds of black

WGN Television Chicago Station ID slide (on for 33 seconds)

"Please Stand By" slide (on for 9 seconds before returning to the movie)

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns of Diablo" (On-Screen Alert, 1981)

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During the the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9, there was an on-screen message crawl regarding the arrival in the U.S. of freed American Hostages from Iran. Very cool historical tie-in here... So, based on this new information,

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.