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WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Best of Benny Hill" (Commercial Break #3, 1982)

Views: 1881

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

Ending of Hill's "My Garden of Love" number (color kinescope from his March 11th 1970 special)

WFLD Eight O'Clock Movie bumper

Commercial: Jet America Airlines (Low-Fare Non-Stop Service from Chicago to Long Beach, CA on new DC-9's)

Commercial: Empire Carpets - "Bad Impersonators...

WKBD Channel 50 - The Sunday Movie - "The Mudlark" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 3018

This is pretty cool - an old movie opening that they may have used a version of on WFLD - one of WKBD's sister stations.

Here's the opening to The Sunday Movie broadcast of "The Mudlark" on WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit. Check out those groovy green graphics. Also includes at the beginning the animated Kaiser Broadcasting ID and a WKBD bumper slide for Father's Day. (voiceover by ??)

Sunday Movie Intro voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV...

WSNS Channel 44 - The 1 O'Clock Movie - "Gulliver's Travels" (Break #1, 1979)

Views: 1436

Now for some more neat old TV-44 footage!

Here is Commercial Break #1 for The 1 O'Clock Movie presentation of the animated "Gulliver's Travels" on WSNS. Includes:

The 1 O'Clock Movie bumper slide

Hydro-jet Whirlpool (ending voiceover by Don Ferris)

TV-44 Bonanza! promo - Weeknights at 6 (ending voiceover by Don Ferris)

The 1 O'Clock Movie bumper slide

Unfortunately (we can always find something to compl...

KBHK Channel 44 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Son Of Frankenstein" (Bumper, 1983)

Views: 1984

Here's a commercial bumper for the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Son of Frankenstein" on one of the Field Communications affiliates - KBHK Channel 44 in San Francisco.

Obvious question: Why did they use "Rumble" if "Sven's Theme" had been in use for many years by this point?

Also interesting to note that they titled it, "Svengoolie Movie".

This aired on local San Francisco TV on Saturday, May 21st 1983.

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

Views: 3257

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.

WBBM Channel 2 - The Late Show II - "The Name Of The Game" (Bumper Excerpt, 1980)

Views: 19485

Here is a brief bumper excerpt from an airing of an episode of "The Name of the Game" during The Late Show II on WBBM Channel 2. The episode was titled "The Bobby Currier Story," and it starred Robert Stack and Brandon de Wilde.

Thanks to W.B., betamax75, and Phantom for their help in playing "Name That Fuzz!" :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 15th 1980. (Movie started at 3:35am! And yet the guy still cut out commercials! Now that's d...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Destroy All Planets" (Long Promo, 1982)

Views: 1645

Here's something kind of rare - two promos for the same episode of Son of Svengoolie on WFLD Channel 32. This is the long one - designed to air on the day of broadcast. It was for episode number 176 showing the movie, "Destroy All Planets".

This promo aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, November 27th 1982.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Destroy All Planets" (Short Promo, 1982)

Views: 1993

Here's something kind of rare - two promos for the same episode of Son of Svengoolie on WFLD Channel 32. This is the short one - designed to air before the day of broadcast. It was for episode number 176 showing the movie, "Destroy All Planets".

This promo aired on local Chicago TV a few seconds before midnight on Friday, November 26th 1982.

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "The Questor Tapes" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 4263

Here's the opening to the WGN Television Presents presentation of "The Questor Tapes" on WGN Channel 9. (also includes a partial WGN Station ID with an interesting baseball variation - touting their carrying of the Cubs and the newly re-acquired White Sox)

Station ID voiceover by Marty McNeeley. Movie opening voiceover by Bob Bell.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 11th 1981 at 11pm.