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The Star Wars Holiday Special - "I Am Boba Fett" (Part 6, 1978)

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Here's Part 6 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring the Star Wars cartoon with the introduction of the character Boba Fett.

Anyone know who does the voice of the character "Captain Kazan" in the opening of the cartoon? Sounds a bit like Dick Van Dyke but it's probably not. Very familiar though....

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Koz Zone - "It's a Wonderful Cliché" (Part 3, 1989)

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Here is Part 3, the thrilling conclusion, of a funny holiday themed sketch from The Koz Zone - "It's a Wonderful Cliché". Features:

- The Son of Svengoolie sketch "The Bells of St. Berwyn" (not sure what year this was originally from)

This is from Episode 22, which featured the movie "The Champ".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 23rd 1989.

The Star Wars Holiday Special - "You're Like Family To Me" (Part 10, 1978)

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Here's Part 10 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Han Solo (Harrison Ford) expressing his love for the Wookie family (and doing one of the best acting jobs ever).

(Part 11, the penultimate part, was previously posted here)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Television Presents - "White Christmas" (Opening & Excerpts + Sales Presentation Excerpt, 1972/1973)

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Here's two segments with an early opening title sequence for the long-running late night movie showcase WGN Television Presents on WGN Channel 9, one from an early home videotape recorded in black-and-white (though aired of course originally in color - the recording of which has some tape tracking problems at certain points in the video) and the other from an internal sales presentation video.

The first clip is from the presentation of the 1954 Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye/Ros...

WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 5, 1978)

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Here's Part 5 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly, with a little assist in this part from Battlestar Galactica star Lorne Greene.

Includes:

Fahey opening this segment with the words "From the past to the present and on to the future," as part of his and Joel's intro of Lorne Greene who presides over a sneak preview of ABC's coming seaso...

WGN Channel 9 - NewsNine - "Dart Gun Fun" (Excerpt, 1977)

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Here's an excerpt of an edition of NewsNine on WGN Channel 9, anchored by Jack Taylor. Also featuring Frank Rios, with brief appearances by Harry Volkman and Jack Brickhouse(?). Includes:

Jack introduces a piece by Frank Rios about toys that could be considered dangerous for children - and Rios finds that the toy he's holding (a dart gun) is dangerous for him - something which takes several takes for him to find out. Jack then signals the end of the filmed piece by sp...

WGN Channel 9 - "Happy Holidays with Rob & Laura" (1979)

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Here is a Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This one stars Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore as Rob & Laura Petrie doing a song and dance number in some goofy, oversized Santa outfits. This segment originated from The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "The Alan Brady Show Presents" which first aired on the CBS Network on December 18th 1963.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 21st 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Green Acres - "Four of Spades" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

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Here is Commercial Break #1 from an episode of Green Acres on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD "Zooming" Green Acres bumper

Columbia Record and Tape Club (with Dick Clark) (Opening voiceover by Les Marshak)

WFLD Channel 32 "Merry Christmas" Promo, with clips from All in the Family, Happy Days, and M*A*S*H. (Music: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams)

WFLD "Zooming" Green Acres bumper

This aired ...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Koz Zone - "It's a Wonderful Cliche" (Part 2, 1989)

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Here is Part 2 of a funny holiday themed sketch from The Koz Zone - "It's a Wonderful Cliche". Features:

- Uncle Beelzebub presenting the rebus puzzle game "Win, Lose, or Drawl..." (with Jim Barton voiceover as one of the people guessing)

- Parody of a bad infomercial pitchman (The "Money-Makin' Seminar" guy...wish I could remember his name) (or maybe I don't)

This is from Episode 22, which featured the movie "The Champ".

This aire...