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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Generic Film Intro #32" (1971)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

As it states this is a "generic" film intro (#32), with Sven goofing around with some video effects. In the early days of the show, SYT consisted mainly of voiceover announcements for the movie, which was eventually expanded into full appearances by Svengoolie. Though it's from after that era, this clip gives you a...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Good Time Bunch Christmas Special (Part 1, 1977)

Views: 1757

Here's Part 1 of The Good Time Bunch Christmas Special with Mary Pat (Byrne) and Brian (Vandenbroucke) on WSNS Channel 44.

This consists solely of the host wrapups, and singing and dancing numbers; the 1939 animated film "Gulliver's Travels" which Mary Pat and Brian mention in the course of this show is not included.

Includes:

Video animated "44 Christmas Special" bumper

The Good Time Bunch opening titles

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WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System - "This is NOT a Test" (1985)

Views: 2802

Here's a pretty spooky clip - transferred from an RCA Quad cart (for playing on model TCR-100 cart machines) loaded with 2" videotape.

A Fuzzy Personal Note: "I grew up at the height of the 2nd great nuclear war scare period (the first being the Cuban Missile Crisis of course), having been chilled to the bone from seeing movies like “The Day After” in 1983 when I was nine years old. So this clip was very fascinating to me, and seems to be a glimpse at what we might ...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "The Last Farewell" (Part 7, 1981)

Views: 30425

Here is Part 7, the last part, of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show
as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Ray's Goodbye to Everyone

Don Orlando comes out to say farewell and to introduce a Chicago Goodbye Video featuring Mayor Jane Byrne, John Coughlin, Phil Donahue, Fahey Flynn, Noonbreak host Lee Phillip at WBBM Channel 2, Frazier Thomas, Bozo and Cooky, w...

WFLD Channel 32 - Chicago Stuff (Part 2, 1985)

Views: 1520

Here's a lost Koz Klassic! - Chicago Stuff - was it a failed pilot? A consolation prize from Fox Television for cancelling Son of Svengoolie a month later? A half-remembered dream? It only aired once, at 10pm on a Sunday in December 1985 - so you couldn't be blamed for not knowing it existed. (I only heard rumors) In any case, it's a neat little package of Rich's schtick, so just think of it as an extremely early episode of The Koz Zone. :-)

Thanks to...

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.

WFLD Channel 32 - Creature Feature - "The Black Cat" (Tiny Opening Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 2771

Blink, and you'll miss it!

Here is an extreme rarity - a painfully small excerpt from the opening of WFLD Channel 32's Creature Feature program. This was the program that was replaced by Son of Svengoolie in Summer of 1979.

If you pause the video at the right spot you can see a fairly clear shot of the opening title. You can make out a smokey graveyard type atmosphere with a black crow or raven perched on a tree branch to the right and a coffin in the foregro...

Millennium Falcon & Snowspeeder by Kenner (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1878

Here's a commercial for the Millennium Falcon and Rebel-Armored Snowspeeder by Kenner, from the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back collection.

"Sold separately. Action figures also sold separately."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 4th 1981 during the 4:00pm to 4:30pm timeframe.