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Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 1)

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Here is Part 1 of a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie (and in turn, the original Svengoolie) clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else. It's labeled "Son of Svengoolie - 1979 to 1983 - Clips" in a crude computer generated font - again, I did not produce any of this.

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WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine (Ending, 1981)

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Here's the ending to PM Magazine on WFLD Channel 32. Features a neat shot of the Marina City towers with the Hancock in the background. You can also see a Mr. Submarine and on the other side is the former Steele-Wedeles Building, former home to a wholesale grocer.

Executive Producer - Richard Schreier

Hosts - Mike Leiderman - Jo Ann Williams

Directed by Ray Barnas - Karen Barnett (Note - Ray Barnas was a longtime WFLD director who even directed s...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "The Death Ray Of Dr. Mabuse" (Promo, 1977)

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I just found this but I couldn't wait by putting it into the normal transfer queue - the oldest TV-44 footage I've ever found!!

Here's a promo for the Monster Rally Movie presentation of "The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse" on WSNS Channel 44. This movie aired on Friday, April 15th 1977 at 10:30pm.

You can hear the same music as in the recently discovered opening to the Monster Rally Movie. ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Saturday Night Movie - "April Love" (Partial Commercial Break, 1978)

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Here's a partial, incomplete commercial break from the Saturday Night Movie presentation of the 1957 Pat Boone film "April Love" (from which his major hit of the same name from the same year had emanated) on WMAQ Channel 5.

This begins with the tail end of a commercial for Yesteryear at Harrison on the River in Kankakee, and is followed by:

Commercial: Nelson Brothers - "We Put It Al...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm - "The Blizzard of '79" (Part 2, 1979)

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Here's Part 2 of NewsCenter5 at 10pm on WMAQ Channel 5 - the top story being the blizzard of 1979. Includes:

Mike Jackson anchoring; Lynn Scott reports on a roof collapse due to the snow at the Lakeshore Raquetball Club (with eyewitness Richard Donath and his friend Pam); Stephen Ray reports on the closure of O'Hare airport (featuring American Airlines employee Del Haagen, and speaker and author Elizabeth Kübler-Ross); Chuck Henry reports on the problems of getting out...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jack Brickhouse" (Part 2, 1981)

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Here's Part 2 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 2 includes Al Lerner as M.C. and Jack Brickhouse giving Tim a good jo...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Bill Gleason" (Part 3, 1981)

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Here's Part 3 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 3 includes Bill Gleason (of "Sportswriters (Sports Writers) on TV" fa...

Ultra Brite (Commercial #3, 1982)

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Another in the series of hilariously cheesy Ultra Brite toothbase commercials: Nurse Jackie trys not to be a blank x-ray to Dr. Phil.

This aired on local Chicago TV in July of 1982.

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 8, 1964)

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Here's Part 8 (the last part) of Pulse, the evening newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, which featured Jim Ruddle as St. Petersburg anchor and Hugh Smith as Tampa anchor. This part features longtime Channel 13 weatherman Roy Leep, anchor / news director Ray Dantzler, and the opening moments of the CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite. Includes:

Roy Leep giving report on national weather, with huge emphasis on clouds and snow througho...