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ON TV - Adults Only - "The World of Henry Paris" (Opening, 1981)

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Here's some cool footage - the transition from regular ON TV Subscription Television programming to the "Optional Service" of Adults Only mode, which was presenting the movie "The World of Henry Paris".

Voiceover for ON TV ID and introduction/transition part is WSNS' former General Manager/Announcer Mal Wyman.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, December 17th 1981 at about 12:55am.

ABC News Brief With Tom Jarriel (1978)

Views: 1911

Here's an ABC News Brief with Tom Jarriel. Stories include:

- Tornados hit in Arkansas and Louisiana

- Southern Railway passenger train derailment in Virginia

- Thousands of protesters demonstrate against the Shah in Iran

Commercial: Michelob - "Holidays Were Made For Michelob" (with John Forsythe)

- Congressional Report says Selective Service cannot mobilize troops fast enough for a National crisis

Open...

WBBM Channel 2 - CBS Newsbreak with Marlene Sanders (1980)

Views: 1707

Here's a CBS Newsbreak with Marlene Sanders as aired on WBBM Channel 2. The headlines are, as follows:

- Consumer prices rose 1 percent in September and inflation rose to a rate of over 12 percent (with food prices the main culprit, and housing second), in the last report issued prior to the upcoming election

- Iran's Hostage Commission to meet Sunday (the 26th) to set conditions for 52 hostages' release, but President Carter says the Iranian government s...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News At Five - "Trib Buys Cubs" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 6430

Here is the opening (mostly complete) for the Channel 2 News At Five on WBBM Channel 2. The lead story at that hour was the selling by the Wrigley family of the Chicago Cubs to the Tribune Company. Also includes stories on Chicago Public Schools, a Ronald Reagan press conference, and the condition of James Brady.

Finally we see a snippet of an old Earl Scheib commercial before the tape cuts off. :-)

Featuring Walter Jacobson, Johnny Morris, William Wrigley Jr....

WGN Channel 9 - G.I. Joe (Commercial Break #2, 1987)

Views: 4196

Here's another commercial break for an airing of G.I. Joe on WGN Channel 9. Quality's a little iffy, but this is the best I have right now. Includes:

G.I. Joe bumper
WGN-TV Tribune Broadcasting Company bumper
WGN Facts of Life promo
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe action figures
Laser Tag
Chicago Dental Society PSA with Willie Gault of the Chicago Bears
WGN-TV Chicagoland Calendar
G.I. Joe bumper

This aired ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Dracula" (Partial Break #2, 1981)

Views: 2489

Here's a partial commercial break from Son of Svengoolie episode #122 showing the original "Dracula" on WFLD Channel 32.

Unfortunately, the person who recorded the show did it in Black & White, but hey, it's better than nothing. :-) (they also cut most of the break)

Includes:

Son of Svengoolie "Tombstone" bumper (music only) (incomplete)

PSA with Brooke Shields for the American Lung Association (incomplete)

Son of Sv...

WLS Channel 7 - Ending Of The Super Friends & Opening Of Fangface (1979)

Views: 6847

Here's a really great clip I found recently at the end of a Betamax tape - the ending of The Super Friends and the opening of Fangface on WLS Channel 7 during ABC's Saturday Morning Cartoons line-up, along with some complete commercial breaks. Includes:

Ending of The Super Friends, including the De-Coder Solution

ABC-TV Saturday Morning bumper - "Asian girl making sandcastles"

Star Wars Action Figures by Kenner - Luke Skywalke...

Long Chevrolet - "Service Specials" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2394

Here's another commercial for Long Chevrolet featuring "Timmy the Newsboy". Could this be the first ever featuring him?

Long Chevrolet was located in Elmhurst on Grand Avenue, between York and Route 83.

Thanks to the expiration date on the offer we know this clip must be from before March 30th 1977.

"Extra, Extra!"

This aired on local Chicago TV in late March 1977.

Empire Carpets - "That's Not All" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 8252

Here's a commercial for Empire Carpets - the oldest one we have so far.

Features the original Empire jingle as well as the one and only Empire Carpet Man Lynn Hauldren doing the voiceover and seen tacking down the carpet at one point.

Empire Home Service, Inc. - "The Carpet King".

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.