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Son Of Svengoolie - "It Came From Outer Space" - "Mail Call" (1985)

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Here is the mail call segment for Son of Sven episode number 304 featuring the film "It Came From Outer Space".

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, June 1st 1985.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Break #1, 1979)

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Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! The movie presented on this day was "China Gate". 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 ques...

WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "The Shanghai Chest" (Opening, 1981)

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Here's a (mostly complete) opening for the Sunday Matinee presentation of the Charlie Chan film "The Shanghai Chest"on WGN Channel 9. Also includes a partial WGN "Superman" Station ID at the beginning.

The Sunday Matinee opening with filmstrip and movie camera graphics, features an instrumental version of The Young Rascals' "Groovin' " by Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra (released in the U.S. in 1967 on Four Corners of the World single #FC 4-145, and on the 1968...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" - Svengoolie on the Chicken (Segment #2-2, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This segment (#2-2) is from Show #61 (according to the clapboard, which lists as guest one Aaron Gold, although Larry "Superjock" Lujack made an appearance earlier in the pr...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Action Figure" (1979)

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Here's an early sketch from Son of Sven - "The Son of Svengoolie Action Figure".

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely an early one.

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the latter half of 1979.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Make Me Sick!" (1979)

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Here's an early segment from Son of Sven - the sketch "Make Me Sick!" (parody of "Make Me Laugh") Featuring Doug Scharf with a mustache!

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely an early one from 1979.

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the latter half of 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - "We're For You" (Promo, 1979)

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Here's a promo for some shows on the Fall 1979 WGN Channel 9 season, introduced by Phil Donahue. Shows include:

The Palace
The Life & Times of Grizzly Adams
The Thriller Movies (anyone know what this was?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, October 22nd 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (On-Screen ID, 1973)

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Here's an on-screen station ID from the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. The ID is typeset on a very primitive character generator system whose service dated back to the late 1960's, and was used by other stations and networks on such news events as the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. This early CG typesetting preceded such systems as Vidifont and Chyron.

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WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Opening, 1982)

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Here's the opening of the Family Classics presentation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) on WGN Channel 9. (one of only two times they showed the movie - the other was on 11/23/80)

Hosted by Frazier Thomas.

Preceeded by a "WG - Entertains You" promo for the encore presentation of "Smiley's People" - Monday at 7pm.

The Family Classics