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WCAE Channel 50 - 3-2-1 Contact (Technical Difficulties Moment, 1980)

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Here's a strange technical difficulties moment from an airing of the series 3-2-1 Contact on the PBS station WCAE Channel 50 (St. John, Indiana) - which later became WYIN Channel 56. (giving up the Channel 50 frequency which would then be taken over by WPWR-TV)

We start, innocently enough, with the animated CTW (Children's Television Workshop) logo opening, already in progress, followed by the opening titles sped way-up. Now wait - you might assume that this is the tec...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie Two - "Man And The Monster" (Commercial Break, 1979)

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Here's a commercial break from the Monster Movie Two presentation of "Man and the Monster" on WSNS TV-44. Includes:

WSNS Monster Movie Two bumper (silent, but with "Sox play the Yankees-" partial voiceover by Linda Frost before getting cut off)

Commercial: "Jackie Wilson Solid Gold" record offer by Group III (ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds)

WSNS "Man and the Monster" bumper (with Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" playing)

WLS Channel 7 - It's Not Easy Bein' Me (Technical Difficulties Moment & Ending, 1982)

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Here is the ending for the Rodney Dangerfield special - "It's Not Easy Bein' Me" as aired on WLS Channel 7. At about 15 seconds in, the picture changes to what looks like a paused open for the WLS news for that night. (Kinda looks like Nite-Owl graphics)

During the ending credits you also get to here a preview for the 10pm Eyewitness News with voiceover by Mary Ann Childers. Top story being the Pope's message to Chicago and his trip being marred by a knife-wielding assailant...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Bill Gleason" (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 1427

Here's Part 3 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 3 includes Bill Gleason (of "Sportswriters (Sports Writers) on TV" fa...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jack Brickhouse" (Part 2, 1981)

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Here's Part 2 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 2 includes Al Lerner as M.C. and Jack Brickhouse giving Tim a good jo...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene with Kathy McFarland (Promo & Station ID, 1979)

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EARLIEST KATHY MCFARLAND FOOTAGE YET FOUND! (woo?) ;-)

Here's a promo for the upcoming premiere of Newscene with Kathy McFarland, in which she promises the "earliest late-night news" every weeknight at 9:55pm following Sanford & Son.

Ending voiceover (with station ID) by Ron Beattie.

Based on a few pieces of evidence, including what was recorded on top of this, there are only four possible dates that this promo could have air...

NBC News Special Report - John Lennon - The Man And His Music (Part 3, 1980)

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Here's Part 3, the final part, of an NBC Special Report on John Lennon: The Man and his Music, which aired the day after his murder, hosted by Jane Pauley. (who seems to have too smirky an attitude for this) Includes:

Jann Wenner, Editor and Publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine, speaks about Lennon and his impact.

Stephen Frazier talks with some Lennon fans standing outside in the rain near the Dakota - Sheila Kelly of Manhattan and Frank Mayorano.
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WFLD Channel 32 - The 7 O'Clock Movie - "Oklahoma!" (Commercial Break, 1983)

Views: 2975

Here's a full commercial break during the 7 O'Clock Movie airing of "Oklahoma!" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD 7 O'Clock Movie bumper

Crest - National Children's Dental Health Month (with drawings by The Franklin Elementary School of Westfield, NJ)

Amadeus At The Blackstone Theatre

Spectrum

Diet Pepsi - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" (sung by Joanie Sommers)

WFLD 7 O'Clock Movie bumper (with Jim Ba...

WBBM Channel 2 - First Edition (News Segment, 9/25/81)

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Here's the first nearly eight minutes of another edition of the overnight First Edition news summary on WBBM Channel 2. The "anchor" on this broadcast is Jerry Harper. Includes:

Station ID / promo for Match Game for weekdays at 3:30pm (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Opening for First Edition, with Jerry going straight to the news items of the day:

- Excerpts shown from President Reagan's televised speech, in which he calls for ...