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WMAQ Channel 5 - "Memory" (1984)

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Here's a video montage (missing beginning part) that WMAQ Channel 5 used as part of their sign-off apparently for a few years. It features the song "Memory" from the musical "Cats", and showcases Chicagoland senior citizens and various aspects in their lives. Kind of a strange thing to show during sign-off. I mean, for what purpose was this made? Other than to make you realize that your life is going by as you watch TV at 3 in the morning before the station signs-off? ;-)

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WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 1, 1978)

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Here's a special anniversary special for our anniversary! Pretty special, eh? ;-) Actually 10/31/12 marked 5 years that FuzzyMemories.TV has been around - thanks to our wonderful crew (Dave, John, Mark, Dale, Mike, Kevin, Chris, and William), and to all the Fuzzketeers that make this website a fun place to visit! :-)

Here's Part 1 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly. The broadcast ori...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Strange Door" (Promo, 1982)

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Here's a promo for Son of Svengoolie on WFLD Channel 32. The movie that week was "The Strange Door" and aired on Saturday, November 13th 1982. This was show #174.

This episode featured the premiere of one of Sven's best sketches ever - It Came From the Audio Visual Department!

(reception is a little fuzzy)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 12th 1982.

WFLD Channel 32 - Hooray For Reading Special (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a rare promo for the Hooray for Reading Special airing on WFLD Channel 32 on Monday, April 14th 1980 at 4:30pm. As a couple people recalled, this special had extended versions of some of the dramatized book selections that the Hooray for Reading shorts featured.

Voiceover by Ron Beattie.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in the second week of...

Hostess Snacks - "Win a Solid Gold Twinkie!" (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's another vintage commercial for Hostess Snacks - Twinkies, Fruit Pies (with real filling!) (and real saturated fat!), and Cup Cakes - featuring a contest to win a $50,000 Solid Gold Twinkie cake. Wow, I wonder if the person who won it still has it. Gold has gone up I think, so I wonder how much it would be worth now.

(this commercial is a shortened version of one I already posted)

Hu...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (Small Excerpt, 1981)

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Here's a small snippet of a Kathy McFarland Newscene Update on WFLD Channel 32.

We hear the end of a story reporting on how the CTA was proposing a 50 cent surcharge on suburban riders.

This was earlier in the evening before she did another Newscene Update where she put a white jacket on over her shirt.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 1st 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Zontar, the Thing from Venus" (Ending Excerpt, 1982)

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Here is an excerpt (unfortunately very brief - gets cut off during the doorbell gag) from the ending of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Zontar, the Thing from Venus" on WFLD Channel 32. This was Episode #155.

Sven mentions that they will re-show the popular "Pothole Speedway" bit next week.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 17th 1982.

WOR Channel 9 - News 9 - "Tom Dunn, Kid Reporter" Promo & 9 All Night Bumper (1984)

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Here's a promo for News 9 on WOR Channel 9 in New York City, spotlighting anchor Tom Dunn's interest in news dating from his childhood (with a younger actor playing the younger Dunn). The real-life Tom Dunn (who died in 2006) is shown towards the end, both solo and flanked by (clockwise from lower left) co-anchor Sara Lee Kessler (last heard from on FM News 101.9 in New York, a sister station to our very own local former FM News 101.1), weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young (last heard from ...

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "A Guide For The Married Man" (Bumper, 1980)

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Here's a bumper showing the very first version of the WGN Presents graphics! This version was used for many years on WGN Channel 9 going back well into the seventies.

This must have been a transitional period where they would alternate between the older WGN Presents graphics and the newer one, since we have seen that earlier in May of 1980 they were already using the new graphics at least in some cases.