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Here's Part 1 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, from five days after the city was socked by a massive snowstorm that went up to 20 inches and brought everything to a standstill (and ultimately cost Michael Bilandic his job as Mayor). Also featuring Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire...
Columbia Record & Tape Club - "Dick Clark's Superstars" (Commercial, 1980)
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Here's another commercial featuring Dick Clark promoting the latest albums from Linda Ronstadt (Mad Love), Supertramp (Breakfast in America), Billy Joel (Glass Houses), and other superstars that are being offered at 13 albums for a penny (plus a bonus "Gold Box" album) by the Columbia Record & Tape Club. Can be found in your latest issue of TV Guide, Parade and Family Weekly.
Other albums seen in this ad, either in vinyl, 8-track or ca...
WCIU Channel 26 - Eddie Korosa's Polka Party (Part 1, 1978)
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Here's Part 1 of the oldest Polka Party episode that I've been able to find so far. Includes:
EKJ opens the show with "Baby Doll Polka"
Linda and Irene Korosa wish everyone a happy Sweetest Day and Happy Mother-In-Law's Day. They also mention that Debbie Korosa will marry
Gary Bosetch (sp?) of Lockport the following day.
EKJ and the boys play "Eddie's Polka"
Commercial: Star Concertina & Imperial Manufacturing at 2618 West ...
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Here's Commercial Break #3 from the episode "The Bionic Woman (Part 2)" of The Six Million Dollar Man on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
WFLD Six Million Dollar Man bumper (same one as before)
Commercial: A & W Root Beer - "That Frosty Mug Taste" (1977 Copyright)
Commercial: ...Li'l Boss by Creative Playthings
Commercial: A & P with S & H Green Stamps - "You'll do better." (voiceover by Ron Beattie)
Commercial: The Huffy Ba...
WGN Channel 9 - The Groovie Goolies and Friends (Opening & Break, 1980)
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Here's the opening for The Groovie Goolies and Friends on WGN Channel 9, followed by a commercial break. Includes:
WGN "Last Farewell" animated station ID (voiceover and time check by Bob Bell)
Opening of The Groovie Goolies and Friends (the main show was originally run as part of Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies, which aired on the CBS Network from 1970 to 1971, and then aired on its own from 1971 to 1972); this umbrella also includes Las...
WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Worst Of Svengoolie" (Part 7, 1983)
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Here's Part 7 of a Son of Svengoolie Special - "The Worst of Svengoolie" featuring Jonathan Brandmeier ("Johnny B") who had recently joined WLUP FM 98 - The Loop.
This part features Sven and Johnny B showing us some of the listener's costumes, followed by The Worst Monsters - with clips from "The Flesh-Eaters", "Atomic Submarine", "Beast With a Million Eyes", "Curse of the Swamp Creature", "Reptilicus", "Incredible, Two-Headed Transplant", "Yog, Monster From Space", "Invaders...
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Mike Royko" (Part 3, 1982)
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Here's Part 3 of an episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7 featuring famed sports reporter and anchor Tim Weigel as host (were they going through a different host each week at this point?). This was at the point when the show had been reduced to only a half-hour in length. The guest on this episode was legendary Chicago newspaper columnist and author, Mike Royko, who was 49 years old at the time. Includes:
Tim Weigel takes phone calls from the public for Mike Royko.
WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "Episode Two!" (Opening, 1981)
Views: 3215
Hallelujah! A new (though relatively tiny) example of Nite-Owl on WFLD Channel 32 has been found! A truly rare find, indeed.
In fact, this is the first new "proper" footage of Nite-Owl discovered in about 6 years! (Even a couple tiny bleed-through excerpts were only found as recently as 4 years ago.) And what a clip! This one stands to rewrite the history of when Nite-Owl began, since all evidence before this seemed to point to the starting date as being early Mo...
WGN Channel 9 - The Nine O'Clock News - "Farewell, Frazier..." (1985)
Views: 4471
To Mark the 30th Anniversary:
Here's a segment from The Nine O'Clock News on WGN Channel 9 from the day of Frazier Thomas' death at the age of 66. Denise Cannon reports.
Features scenes from Garfield Goose and Friends, Family Classics and Bozo's Circus / The Bozo Show, as well as the specials "Sailing the Seas of Columbus" and "Legends of Arthur the Phantom King". Also seen are Roy Brown (Cooky the Clown), Joey D'Auria (Bozo #...