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WFLD Channel 32 - The Dance Fever Christmas Special (Part 6, 1980)

Views: 1425

Here's Part 6 of your holiday cheese platter for this year - The 1st Annual Dance Fever Christmas Special. Hosted by Deney Terrio (with his dance group "Motion"), and featuring guest celebrity judges Robert Blake and his 14 year old daughter Delinah (now known as Delinah Blake Hurwitz), Chad Everett and his 9 year old daughter Shannon, and Connie Stevens and her 11 year old daughter Tricia Leigh (now known as Tricia Leigh Fisher). Also features David Copperfield doing a magic segment and Th...

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

Views: 503

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...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 1, 1989)

Views: 2238

Here's Part 1 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin', which originated from "the magnificent new NBC Tower."

This part begins with an aerial shot of the NBC Tower, then goes to a dance routine as the night's special guests' names are announced: Jonathon Brandmeier and The Leisure Suits, Kevin Matthews, John Herrera, Steve Rashid and the Pork Pie Orchestra, and featuring Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago (the dancers in question).
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WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Outrageous Talk Show Hosts" (Part 2, 1985)

Views: 3854

Here's Part 2 of an episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. The topic was controversial, provocative and outrageous radio talk show hosts and featured Alan Burke of WGBS in Miami, Morton Downey Jr. (on this show just going by Mort Downey) of WERE in Cleveland, Warren Freiberg of WLNR in Lansing, IL, Irv Homer of WWDB in Philadelphia, and Jerry Williams of WRKO in Boston. Starring Oprah Winfrey as host.

This episode featured the infamous "soap spraying" incident by Warren Frei...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Show #5 - Song Time" (1972)

Views: 969

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.

With no clapboard segments, we can only guess that this was Break #3 (from "Show #5") - although on these master tapes sometimes they didn't save all of the breaks, so this could be Break #4 or Break #5 for all we know. This one features "Svengoolie Song Time" with Sven doing a parody of "You Don't Mess Around With ...

"Today in Music History" (Commercial Feature, 1986)

Views: 696

Here is a commercial feature - "Today in Music History" for June 28th, 1964. Brought to you by Trident Gum.

This short aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday June 29th, 1986.

"Today in Music History" - Copyright 1985 Man in the Moon Prod., Inc.

ABC Network - Matt Houston - "Premiere" (Promo #1, 1982)

Views: 1313

Here's an ABC "Come On Along" promo for Matt Houston - which premiered on Sunday, September 26th 1982. Lee Horsley (the poor-man's Tom Selleck) played a Texan private investigator who sounded like Dr. Phil.

I remember my Mom liking this show.

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982.

ABC Network - Matt Houston - "Premiere" (Promo #2, 1982)

Views: 439

Here's another ABC "Come On Along" promo for Matt Houston - which premiered on Sunday, September 26th 1982. Lee Horsley (the poor-man's Tom Selleck) played a Texan private investigator who sounded like Dr. Phil.

I remember my Mom liking this show.

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Magikist Wedding Proposal" (1985?)

Views: 4460

Here's a (mostly complete) news story from WBBM Channel 2 regarding one man's wedding proposal by use of Magikist sign.

Features Bob Wallace reporting, groom-to be Andy Parker and bride-to-be Dianne Flowers, Magikist, Inc. President Will Gage, Bill Kurtis and Don Craig.

Not sure when this aired exactly, but I believe it was in 1985.