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WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Beyond the Time Barrier" (Break #2 + Station ID, 1986)

Views: 846

Here's the second commercial break for the Son Of Svengoolie presentation (Show #333) of the 1960 film "Beyond the Time Barrier" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Sven (Rich Koz) asking about the unusual way a film segment begins and ends, and Tombstone saying he doesn't see "anything unusual"

Commercial offer for The Survivor - The Ultimate Survival Knife - a whopping 12" long (main voiceover by ??) (ending voiceover by ??)

Tombstone introduces Sven a...

WTTW Channel 11 - Inside Educational Television (Part 1, 1960)

Views: 1457

Here's a rare glimpse at some early history of WTTW Channel 11 - an installment of their locally produced "Inside Educational Television" program.

It is hosted by WTTW's "Director of Development", Ed Morris - who famously later went on to become the General Manager of WSNS Channel 44!

Joined by Ed is Duane M. Weiss, WTTW's Director of Engineering at the time (who was actually with the station all the way back to before its official inception).

In P...

Jewel - "I Made It All By Myself" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 4933

Here's a commercial for Jewel Food Stores about a girl who shops with her Mom to make her Dad a meal all by herself.

Features Shannon Grimes (now Shannon Bobillo) as the little girl.

As her husband Patrick recounts, "She and her sister did some modeling for print-ads and a bit of commercial acting just for fun when they were kids. They enjoyed it but both gave it up when they started high school and, apart from roles in school plays, neither pursued acting aft...

Illinois Lottery Daily Game - "You Can Call It Fun" With Bill Saluga (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2656

Here's another commercial for the Illinois Lottery - The Daily Game - featuring a carnival barker type character named Raymond J. Johnson Jr. played by Bill Saluga. (He was the "You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me..." guy.)

(This is a slight variation from a previously posted version)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 12th 1980.

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "Fraz & Roy" (Part 4, 1981)

Views: 5151

Here is Part 4 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Date, Weather, and Sports report shown

Ray Rayner's Quiz time - interrupted by special guest Fraizer Thomas telling a joke and saying farewell and good luck to Ray.

Roy Brown comes out to do some schtick and say farewell to Ray.

Time shown
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WFLD Channel 32 - Superstars - "SilverHawks" (Opening & Break #1, 1987)

Views: 2587

Here's the opening Superstars sequence, followed in short order by the opening titles for, and first commercial break of the SilverHawks episode "No More Mr. Nice Guy" on WFLD Channel 32. (In the mornings, Superstars replaced the Super Cartoon Sunrise block that sustained Channel 32 through both Field and Metromedia eras.) Includes:

Fox 32 Station ID with first Fox-era logo (voiceover by Beau Weaver)

Superstars animated openin...

WTTW Channel 11 - Inside Educational Television (Part 2, 1960)

Views: 862

Here's a rare glimpse at some early history of WTTW Channel 11 - an installment of their locally produced "Inside Educational Television" program.

It is hosted by WTTW's "Director of Development", Ed Morris - who famously later went on to become the General Manager of WSNS Channel 44!

Joined by Ed is Duane M. Weiss, WTTW's Director of Engineering at the time (who was actually with the station all the way back to before its official inception).

In...