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WYCC Channel 20 - Making It Count (Part 3 + Promos, 1983?)

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The last few minutes of Making It Count on WYCC Channel 20, followed by promos. Includes:

Host Joe Earley explains the specifics of Low-Level Languages (with pertinent schematic on the screen), and emphasizes the longer time it takes to program when more than one language is involved.

Review of what High-Level and Low Level-Languages are all about, with a schematic on the screen.

Schematic of High-Level Language Compatibility, followed by e...

WYCC Channel 20 (Station ID, 1983)

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Here is an animated station ID for WYCC Channel 20. This was used for a good 10 years at least before they phased it out. I love the music in this - all in all a very good ID.

"We Are Your City Colleges"

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Fall of 1983.

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Moby Dick" (Opening, 1985)

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Here's the (mostly complete) opening of the Family Classics presentation of Moby Dick on WGN Channel 9.

Includes:

"Family Classics" opening title sequence and book motif with film title on cover (voiceover by Floyd Brown)

First minute of film, with opening credits

Note: Floyd Brown announced the movie since Frazier Thomas had died earlier that month on April 3rd. This was during a transitional period before Roy...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Moby Dick" (Ending, Break & Preview, 1985)

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Here's the ending of the Family Classics presentation of Moby Dick on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

The ending moments of "Moby Dick"

Commercial: Thomas' English Muffins (jingle sung by Jake Holmes, of "Dazed and Confused" fame)

Commercial: Kellogg's Frosted Flakes ("They're G-R-R-REAT!") with free M&M's Snack Pack

Commercial: Eagle Springtime Round-Up of national brands (discounts on Citrus Hill orange juice and Folger's ...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "The Mark Of Zorro" (Opening, 1985)

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Here is the (mostly complete) opening to the Family Classics presentation of "The Mark of Zorro" on WGN Channel 9.

Featuring Joseph T. Loughlin, Vice-President and General Manager of WGN-TV, as host. This was the first episode of Family Classics that aired after the death of Frazier Thomas, who passed away on Wednesday, April 3rd 1985. Mr. Loughlin says a few words about Frazier and the future of Family Classics.

There was a transitional pe...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" (Opening, 1986)

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Opening moments for WGN Channel 9's Family Classics presentation of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, featuring Roy Leonard as host. Includes:

Promo for Rocker '85 to be aired Wednesday, January 15th (main voiceover by Doug Paul, ending voiceover by Merri Dee)

Animated opening title sequence for Family Classics (show title printed on cover of book which is laid out on a velvet surface), with scenes from various classics made into movi...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene With Kathy McFarland (1982)

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For all you Kathy McFarland aficionados out there, here is another full edition of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Newscene opening (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Headlines:

- Another attack on Pope John Paul II, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt; this attack was by a young man dressed as a Spanish priest, carrying a bayonet on the steps of the basilica of Our Lady of Fatima sh...

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H - "Operation Friendship" (Opening & Break, 1982)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break from a repeat of the M*A*S*H episode "Operation Friendship" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Benny Hill promo and Station ID (voiceover by Jim Barton)

M*A*S*H opening titles (from the 1980-81 season)

Commercial: Jewel grocery stores ("Friend of the Family for 50 Years")

Commercial: WFYR 103 1/2 FM - "Great Oldies . . . and More!" (people singing along to various ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Best of Benny Hill" (Ending, Break & Previews, 1982)

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Here's the ending and final commercial break from The Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "The Best of Benny Hill" (1974) on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending of the movie (with closing moments of chase sequence that originated from his March 22nd 1972 special)

Commercial: Squeezably Soft Charmin - "The Squeezing Gets You - The Softness Keeps You" (with Dick Wilson as Mr. Whipple)

Commercial: Empire Carpets - "Warehouse Tour" (as seen