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WFLD Channel 32 - Stooges Rascals Hour (Opening, 1977)

Views: 2404

Finally, in color! Here's the opening for the Stooges / Rascals Hour on WFLD Channel 32, from an original master tape (which looks like it was transferred from 16mm film) - and therefore with no voiceover. (Previous to this we only had an off-air black-and-white recording of the opening, from 1979)

At the beginning, we briefly see the production slate showing that this was number 8856 and was crea...

WFLD Channel 32 - Brady Bunch Hour - "Grapes" (Bumper, 1977?)

Views: 2014

Here's a filmed bumper from WFLD Channel 32 advising that The Brady Bunch Hour will continue, complete with a snippet of the theme music as heard over the closing credits. (This was not a reference to their short-lived 1977 variety hour, but a back-to-back block of episodes from the original 1969-74 series that Channel 32 aired regularly.) The bumper uses a stylized "bunch" of grapes as it's motif.

This features the Kaiser-era "32" logo as used during the period the st...

Rubik's Cube - "Judge Smith" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 952

Here's a short commercial for the Rubik's Cube puzzle game - a big hit in 1980. In this spot, a Judge Smith is in her chambers, obsessed with trying to solve the puzzle, to the detriment of her judicial duties.

(C)1980 Ideal Toy Corp.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, August 31st 1980 at about 5:28pm.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News (Opening 1980)

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Here's the opening moments of the Sunday Eyewitness News at 6pm on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Larry Moore and Mary Ann Childers. Includes:

Larry previewing stories of two explosions - one at a near North Side restaurant, the other at a North Pulaski warehouse

Mary Ann previewing stories on changes to bus routes and arrests of four South Side men in connection with a Michigan crime spree

Station ID and Eyewitness News opening titles (...

WFLD Channel 32 - Weather Alert (1978?)

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Here's an emergency weather alert from WFLD Channel 32, advising of "severe snowstorms and travelers advisories."

Notice at the end, the Kaiser-era "32" logo, plus the use of various weights of the Avant Garde typeface, that typified the station's "look" within its 1973-77 interregnum under Kaiser Broadcasting ownership, plus the first year or so after Field Communications reasserted control.

The music that opened this segment and was heard throughout this aler...

WFLD Channel 32 - "Super Afterschool Fun - Coming September 4th" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2584

Here's a promo for WFLD Channel 32's afternoon cartoon lineup (not yet christened "Afternoon Fun"?)

Featured cartoon series shown in this promo that is set to start on September 4th are Magilla Gorilla (at 2:30pm), Casper (at 3pm), Woody Woodpecker (at 3:30pm), and Tom & Jerry (at 4pm).

We see, from a brief shot at the start, that this spot (labeled "PM Cartoon Cluster Promo" and assigned production number 8884) was directed by veteran...

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Coming This Fall" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 3438

Here's an early promo for WFLD Channel 32's Super Cartoon Sunrise.

Featured cartoon series shown in this "Coming This Fall" promo are Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry, Popeye (the 1933-57 theatrical cartoons), and Fred Flintstone & Friends (a syndicated package of 1970s episodes, not to be confused with the original Flintstones series which was still being run by WGN Channel 9 at this point).

We see, from a brief shot at the star...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Barry Farber Show (Opening, 1977)

Views: 1644

Here's the opening titles for The Barry Farber Show which aired on WFLD Channel 32.

Farber, a veteran talk radio host usually based in New York City, was intended as a replacement for the late Lou Gordon whose long-running discussion show The Lou Gordon Program, based out of WFLD's sister station WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit and shown on other Kaiser stations including Channel 32, ended with Gordon's death on May 24th 1977.

However, Farber's show,...