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WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "Union Pacific" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

Views: 2521

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 ...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 5pm - Coverage of Sam Giancana Funeral (1975)

Views: 1972

Here's a report from Fred Villanueva of WLS Channel 7 on the funeral of slain mob boss Sam Giancana. This was apparently from the 5pm edition, as the report is introduced by John Drury.

From this report, we learn that the funeral was held at 6901 West Belmont, and after the procession passed by his home, it went to the Queen of Heaven Cemetery where he was buried with his late wife who'd died in 1954.

After the report ends, John is about to report on a hearing ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Remington Steele - "High Flying Steele" (Commercial Break, 1984)

Views: 3822

Here's a full commercial break from an airing of Remington Steele on WMAQ Channel 5. The episode on this night was "High Flying Steele". Includes:

Kraft Mayonnaise

Keebler Club Cookies with the Keebler Elves (voiceover by Danny Dark)

Remington Steele bumper (Stephanie Zimbalist voiceover)

Tonight Show bumper promo with Joan Rivers

NBC Nightly News promo

Soapure

Renault Encore

WNBC Channel 4 - News, Sermonette, & Sign-Off (1980)

Views: 28239

Ok, it's not Chicago - it's New York, but I figured we'd all like to see this anyway - I just found it. (And we do have some New York visitors here from time to time.) Includes:

WNBC-TV News, Sports & Weather summary with Don Pardo voiceover (can't help but smile a little when I hear him reading serious news)

WNBC-TV4 Editorial (Don Pardo voiceover intro) with Joseph Michaels, Editorial Director of WNBC-TV.

PSA for Census '80 - We're Counting For...

WLS Channel 7 - The Day After (Commercial Break #2, 1983)

Views: 2675

Here is Commercial Break #2 during The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Includes:

Dollar Rent a Car

English Leather cologne

Movie Trailer for TV - Christine

Slim-Fast

ABC Theater bumper for The Day After (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Promo for ABC News Viewpoint special on The Day After...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Saturday Night Live - "Gould & Numan" (Excerpt #2) & SCTV - "Goodbye America" (Partial Opening, 1980)

Views: 4434

Here's the last moments (preceded by this clip) of the edition of Saturday Night Live with Elliott Gould as host and Gary Numan as musical guest, followed by the opening moments of Second City Television (SCTV) - Episode #1.16, "Goodbye America" (originally aired in Canada on October 3rd and 7th 1977) on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Saturday Night Live bumper slide (with another p...

WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm (Pre-Show Break, 1973)

Views: 1273

Here's a partial commercial break that preceded the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Commercial: (recording starts late) Skippy dog food - inside a limousine - "$100,000, That's How Good New Skippy Is," an offer to show no other dog food is better than Skippy Nuggets or Skippy Premium, and to pay $100,000 to the first competitor to prove Skippy wrong

Commercial: Glad Heavyweight Trash Bags - holds up to 50 pounds of garbage, with "key lock...

WMAQ Channel 5 - The People's Court - "Hostage Situation Special Report" (1986)

Views: 1641

Here's a Special Report that interrupted an edition of The People's Court, then presided over by Judge Joseph Wapner, as aired on WMAQ Channel 5. The discussion turns to Dobermans when all of a sudden . . .

Channel 5 News Special Report bumper (voiceover by - is that Ed Grennan?)

Ron Magers, in the Channel 5 newsroom, reports that a hostage situation is developing on the Near North Side at West Lill and North Southport Avenues, with one police off...

Local News Coverage - "Reagan Assassination Attempt" (1981)

Views: 3477

Here is some local news coverage (from WBBM, WMAQ, and WLS) recorded on the day of the President Reagan assassination attempt - 30 years ago today. Includes:

Report begins with analysis of videotape of the shooting, with a close from Linda Yu from WMAQ Channel 5.

Bill Kurtis from WBBM Channel 2 narrating the same footage.

A package from Sam Donaldson from ABC News with MOS of eyewitnesses Mickey Crowe and Willis King.

Carol Marin voi...