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WCIX Channel 6 - Snipets - "Bad for You" (1984)
Views: 2851
Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 70s and early 80s. However, with the sale and dissolution of Field starting in 1982, for whatever reason Snipets segments popped up on a few other non-Field or former-Field stations, even as late as 1986!
This particular a...
WTVO Channel 17 - "Things We Did Last Summer" (Ending & Break, 1978)
Views: 5102
Here is the ending of a Saturday Night Live special, "Things We Did Last Summer" along with the final commercial break on WTVO Channel 17. Includes:
Ending of "Things We Did Last Summer".
Commercial: Appletree Stereo Components Records & Tapes - at Edgebrook Center in Rockford, or 1022 West Lincoln in DeKalb.
Commercial: Bill Hembrough Fiat - 717 West State.
Commercial Pabst Extra Light beer.
Commercial: Crossroads Ga...
WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "Union Pacific" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)
Views: 2530
Here's the first commercial break from the When Movies Were Movies presentation of the 1939 film "Union Pacific" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Bumper slide with movie title next to lights
Commercial: Bobby Hull for Sears Bank & Trust - offering such services as savings and checking accounts, and Deposit Credit (maximum credit limit $5,000) to write yourself an "instant loan" - "Out to Be the Fastest Bank in Town"
Commercial: Chicago ...
WTTG Channel 5 - Panorama - News at Noon (Ending Segment, 1978)
Views: 6817
Here's the ending moments of the Panorama - News at Noon on WTTG Channel 5 in Washington, DC. The main anchor was Pat Mitchell (now the president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media), and the "Total Communication News" (for the deaf or hard of hearing) was delivered in a combination of speaking and sign language by Jim (?) Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips - "Shhh!" (1977)
Views: 13724 Here's a commercial for Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips.
No shouting a la Garrett Morris on the early "Weekend Update" segments of Saturday Night Live, alas. It is a nice companion to
There's a secret. Shhh! Shhh!
Where's the secret? Shhh! Shhh!
The secret's at your fingertips
It's Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips.
How do we make the meal you can't make at home? What makes our fish filets so crunchy? Our chips like French Fries outside and baked inside? We'll never tell!
There's a secret here tonight
Real good secret here tonight
Clap your h...
WCIX Channel 6 - Snipets - "Girls Play Ball Too" (1984)
Views: 1679
Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 70s and early 80s. However, with the sale and dissolution of Field starting in 1982, for whatever reason Snipets segments popped up on a few other non-Field or former-Field stations, even as late as 1986!
This particular a...
CBS/ABC/NBC Networks - "Reagan Assassination Attempt Coverage" (Part 2, 1981)
Views: 2565
Here is some more news coverage from the CBS, ABC and NBC networks, recorded on the day of the President Reagan assassination attempt - 30 years ago today. Includes:
Tape comes in as CBS Anchor Dan Rather talks of a "partial collapse," and then turns to Columbia-Presbyterian's Dr. Keith Reemtsma who gives a brief medical explanation.
Rather then informs of an update from White House Correspondent Lesley Stahl, quoting an unnamed doctor at the George Washington U...
Jobs In Chicago With Don Ferris (1959)
Views: 1401
Looking for a job? Let Mr. Don Ferris help you, circa 1959. Make sure you wear your pressed white shirt and gray slacks when you show up for the interview. :-)
Illinois Department of Labor presents "Jobs In Chicago", with Don Ferris speaking for the Illinois State Employment Service. It aired on WTTW Channel 11. This was one of the first if not the first TV job for Don Ferris. (He was of course a long-time voiceover announcer at both WTTW and WSNS) Includes:
WLS Channel 7 - "Reagan Assassination Attempt Coverage" (1981)
Views: 1596
Here's an excerpt of WLS Channel 7's coverage of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Featuring anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly, 1980 third-party Presidential candidate John Anderson, and towards the end of the clip in the newsroom, Diane Allen.
This clip begins as Anderson - at the studios of sister station KGO Channel 7 in San Francisco, and interviewed by Fahey - is midway through describing how the shooting was reminiscent of something he experienced in ...