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WBBM Channel 2 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Excerpts, 1975)
Views: 3574
Here's some surviving excerpts of the 1975 airing of a holiday perennial, the animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:
A more complete "Season's Greetings" WBBM Station ID, with the same bumper slide as on here (voiceover by ??) - followed by CBS "bong"
Animated "A CBS Special Presentation" bumper
Opening titles of <...
WMAQ Channel 5 - News (Opening, 1983)
Views: 2524
Here's the opening few minutes of the Channel 5 News on WMAQ Channel 5, which aired immediately following the airing of the Kennedy mini-series for that night (and on WLS, The Day After telefilm) Includes:
WMAQ-TV Chicago Station ID Slide & PSA Voiceover Promo (by Jim Hill)
Newscast oddly begins with no opening sequence (perhaps due to Kennedy running long?) and then anchor Deborah Norville introduces the top story: Mayor Harold Washington c...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Tales Of The Unexpected - "Oh No, Not Another Opening Variation" (1980)
Views: 3805
Well, finally we find the opening (from one of it's original airings in Chicago - late night on WMAQ Channel 5) of the spooky British anthology program, "Tales of the Unexpected" (or in this case, "Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected", as it was called during it's first season) Let's see, we've already seen:
The original British opening for the program, not seen on American TV during it's original run. (...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Women in Chains" (Opening, 1981)
Views: 2449
Here, at long last, is an opening to the WLS Channel 7 3:00 Movie! This one is for the campy, explotative "Women in Chains" (boy, this was really good wholesome afternoon fun, eh?) This must have been around the time that "Prisoner: Cell Block H" was popular. :-)
Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.
This was originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week from 1972.
The opening to The 3:00 Movie here is similar to The ABC Sunday Night Movi...
WFLD Channel 32 - Monstrous Movie - "The House of Fear" (Opening Excerpt, 1982)
Views: 4585
Here is the opening (sadly, cut slightly in the middle) for the WFLD Channel 32 Monstrous Movie. The movie was "The House of Fear".
Music used in the opening is by Dick Jacobs - from the album "Themes From Horror Movies", and the track is "This Island Earth" (thanks to Dan Siciliano for the info)
The announcer is Jim Barton.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 5th 1982.
WPWR Channel 60 - Kung Fu Movie (Opening, 1984?)
Views: 1377
Here is the opening from WPWR Channel 60's Kung Fu Movie.
Featuring Kraftwerk's "The Model" (from 1978) playing in the background of the WPWR ID, and Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" (from 1974) playing during the movie opening.
Partial voiceover at the beginning by Neal Sabin.
This aired on local Chicago TV likely in early 1984.
WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie/3:30 Movie - "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" (Opening, 1980)
Views: 3522
Ok, this one is really nuts. Here is the opening to what was a WLS Channel 7 Late Night Movie presentation of "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" - however, they screwed up and played the opening for the 3:30 Movie - but it's a different opening than we've seen so far!
Modelled after the updated graphics for The 3:00 Movie, it uses the same ...
The CBS Late Movie - "Nightmare In Badham County" (Opening, 1983)
Views: 3032
Here's the opening for The CBS Late Movie presentation of "Nightmare in Badham County." CBS used this opening for many years in the 1970's up until the mid-1980's.
Voiceover by Norm Stevens.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 18th 1983 at 10:30pm.
WMAQ Channel 5 - Pump Room...First-Nighters (Promo, 1976)
Views: 1744
Here's a promo for an upcoming special about the legendary Pump Room, hosted by Irv Kupcinet. The special aired on WMAQ Channel 5 on Monday, July 5th 1976 at 10:30pm.
The promo is presented by an announcer with an old-fashioned microphone from around the 1930's, regaling the various celebrities who were part of the 1938 grand opening (including Joan Crawford), right up to the present time. Featuring a jazzy arrangement at the beginning and end of the NBC Chimes. It is prec...