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WTTW Channel 11 - The Captioned ABC News (1978)

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Here's the first ten minutes of The Captioned ABC News on WTTW Channel 11, which was a replay of the evening's edition of World News Tonight that had aired earlier (at 5:30pm) on WLS Channel 7. The anchors were Max Robinson in Chicago, Peter Jennings in London (on assignment) and Frank Reynolds in Washington, with commentary by Howard K. Smith, and Barbara Walters with a special report (alas, of these five, only Reynolds and Robinson are the ones with significant airtime; the o...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Update (1978)

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Here's a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5, read (off-camera) by Ed Grennan. Headlines include:

- Anti-nuclear protest outside Rocky Flats nuclear plant in Colorado, calling for plant's closure

- Former President Richard Nixon writes that he considered Watergate "just a public relations problem"

- Northwest Airlines' pilots still on strike

- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to enter United States

This u...

WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 4, 1983)

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Here's Part 4 of the 4:30 Eyewitness News with Mary Ann Childers and Tim Weigel. Includes:

Recap of that hour's top story: Students at Crown Elementary sickened by apparent food poisoning. Jim Avila again gives the latest on the situation.

Republican mayoral candidate Bernard Epton meets with hispanic leaders as Alderman Vito Marzullo mulls supporting him. Hugh Hill reporting.

Harold Washington asks for Democratic party support at a breakfast fo...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NBC Thursday Night At The Movies - "Almost Summer" (Opening, 1981)

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Here's the opening for the NBC Thursday Night at the Movies presentation of "Almost Summer" on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes a WMAQ station ID and PSA voiceover at the beginning. (by Ed Grennan)

Movie intro voiceover by Les Marshak.

This aired on local Chicago TV Thursday, May 28th 1981 at 8pm.

Baby's Perfect & Dy-Dee Wash (Commercial, 1978)

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Here's a commercial with another memorable jingle for you thirty and forty-somethings out there - Baby's Perfect Diaper Service & Dy-Dee Wash.

FuzzyMemories FunFact: Kittens love bags of soiled diapers!

"The Natural Way To Diaper Your Baby - Baby's Perfect & Dy-Dee Wash"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 23rd 1978.

AutoPro - "The Professional Parts People" (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for AutoPro, "The Professional Parts People," who offer professional service and advice for those in need of car parts in the greater Indianapolis area.

"Your car's really one thing you can't spare / So why don't you give that car some care?"

This aired on local Indianapolis TV on Wednesday, August 1st 1979 during the 6:00pm to 7:00pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Frankenstein" (Break #3, 1985)

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Here's Break #3 to another rare episode of Son of Svengoolie. This was number 302 where he was presenting the classic film "Frankenstein". Includes:

Sven bumper

Commercial: Front Row (again)
Commercial: Color Diet Lite Entrees (available at Select Food Stores) (ending voiceover by Jim Barton)

Commercial: Bausch & Lomb Moisture Drops eye drops
WFLD Wisconsin Dells Contest promo (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Sven Mail segme...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "A Matter of Life and Death" (Commercial Break #3, 1977)

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Here's the third commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Honeymooners bumper slide

Commercial for TV Guide, previewing the November 5th - 11th issue, with a look at pro football and a profile of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries' Shaun Cassidy (and, on the cover, him and Parker Stevenson) (voiceover by Taylor Grant)

Commercial: Smooth ...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 1, 1978)

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Here's Part 1 of an (incomplete) episode (missing about the first half-hour) of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Ending of PSA for American Heart Association - "We're Fighting for Your Life"

Co-host Sandi Freeman interviews author, "political observer," and syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Nicholas von Hoffman, who is on to promote his latest book,