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NBC Friday Night At The Movies - "Midway" (Opening, 1980)

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Here is the opening for the NBC Friday Night at the Movies presentation of "Midway". Also includes the EDITED FOR TELEVISION on-screen message at end. (I think the music at the beginning is cut off slightly - every example I find is like this - they cut right from a commercial or ID into the opening and it is always clipped a bit)

Voiceover by Casey Kasem.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 29th 1980.

The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "21 Hours At Munich" (Opening, 1976)

Views: 2044

Here's the opening for The ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation of "21 Hours at Munich" including the promo for the movie. This was the premiere airing for this made-for-tv film.

This aired on local Los Angeles TV (and Chicago TV) on Sunday, November 7th 1976. (on Chicago TV at 8pm!)

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Black Friday" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 830

Here's the opening to Son of Sven episode number 188 where he was showing the film Black Friday.

Sven tells the story of George Washingtomb.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, February 19th 1983.

WFLD Channel 32 - Six O'Clock Movie (Bumper, 1981)

Views: 3068

Here's a very cool and colorful, psychedelic-style bumper for the WFLD Channel 32 Six O'Clock Movie. This was the older version, which was updated to a newer one at least by August 1982 as seen here.

Music used in this bumper is "K-Jee" by MFSB.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 26th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Assignment Terror" (Ending, 1982)

Views: 725

Here is the ending for Son of Sven episode number 134 featuring the film "Assignment Terror".

Special guest appearance by Dick Haylor (?) of the Channel 32 Promotions Department.

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, February 6th 1982.

ABC Movie Special - "Star Tunnel" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 1626

Here is the terrific "Star Tunnel" version of the ABC Movie opening, which began in Fall of 1981. This is the "ABC Movie Special" version, although the same theme and graphics were used for "The ABC Sunday Night Movie".

Really got you hyped up to see a good flick! :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Opening, 1979)

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Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary question for $10, and then had a chance to answer a har...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Tombstone's Summer Movie Preview" (1984)

Views: 762

Here's a segment from Son of Sven - featuring some funny summer movie previews starring Tombstone - "Indiana Bones and the Tempo of Doom", "Star Trek What IV - The Search For Tombstone", and "Kremlins".

Not sure what episode this was originally from but it was definitely around Summer of 1984.

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the Summer of 1984.

WSNS Channel 44 - Get Smart (Promo, 1977)

Views: 1853

Here's another old promo for Get Smart on WSNS Channel 44 - airing weeknights at 6:30pm. This promo shows a clip of the first-season episode "Washington 4, Redskins 3" (originally aired on the NBC Network on October 23rd 1965, and directed by future Superman {The Movie} director Richard Donner).

Voiceover by Linda Frost.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.