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WBBM Channel 2 - The All Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show - "Forbidden Planet" (Bumper Excerpt, 1981)

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Here's an odd one - a quick flash of a bumper for something called "The All Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show" which was showing the movie "Forbidden Planet".

Here's a bigger version of the slide.

The All-Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show aired on WBBM Channel 2. This showcase ran on early Monday mornings starting in Septem...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Frankenstein" (Break #5, 1985)

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Here's Break #5 to another rare episode of Son of Svengoolie. This was number 302 where he was presenting the classic film "Frankenstein". Includes:

Sven bumper

Commercial: Empire Carpets
Commercial: Dairy Queen - "Blizzard"
Commercial: First Metropolitan Builders
WFLD Promo for Cousteau: Mississippi (ending voiceover by Jim Barton)

Sven song time - "Just Built A Body" (Parody of "Just a Gigolo" by David Lee Roth)

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Phyllis Diller Impersonator" (1972)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features an impersonator of famous comedian Phyllis Diller.

I'm thinking that "SYT #1" as the clapboard person says, refers to the fact that it's Movie #1. (2 movies a night were shown for most of the run of SYT)

According to the TV listings, ...

WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Saturday Night Movie, Reflections and Station Sign-Off (1977)

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Here's (as far as I'm aware) the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence, from any channel, to turn up here. This one is from WLS Channel 7, found at the end of a Umatic videotape that was mostly recorded over with high school girls' gymnastics home movies from 1977 (boooooo!) and includes:

The ending moments of the Saturday Night Movie presentation (in glorious "pan-and-scan" and quite terrible color - it's not the recording - compare to how the commercials look!) o...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Tina McDowall" (Transition, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This transitional segment is from Show #60 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

This segment starts out with Svengoolie at the ...

WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "A Night At The Opera" (Bumper, 1979?)

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Here is a bumper for the When Movies Were Movies presentation of the Marx Brothers classic "A Night at the Opera" on WGN Channel 9.

Notice the artwork of the studio lights is the same as in the other example.

The bumper music is from another portion of the instrumental

WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "The Petrified Forest" (Bumper Excerpts, 1972)

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Here are a couple bumper excerpts from the When Movies Were Movies presentation of "The Petrified Forest" (1936) on WGN Channel 9.

This is an early example of the particular "style" of this long-running movie showcase as would be seen in color on this 1979 opening and

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