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WFLD Channel 32 - Brady Bunch Hour - "Grapes" (Bumper, 1977?)

Views: 1965

Here's a filmed bumper from WFLD Channel 32 advising that The Brady Bunch Hour will continue, complete with a snippet of the theme music as heard over the closing credits. (This was not a reference to their short-lived 1977 variety hour, but a back-to-back block of episodes from the original 1969-74 series that Channel 32 aired regularly.) The bumper uses a stylized "bunch" of grapes as it's motif.

This features the Kaiser-era "32" logo as used during the period the st...

WLS Channel 7 - Delta House - "The Legacy" (Opening & Break, 1979)

Views: 1891

Here's the opening and first commercial break for the premiere episode of the very short-lived series Delta House, "The Legacy," on WLS Channel 7.

The program was a spin-off of, and produced by the very same people (and studio) as, the 1978 box-office smash "National Lampoon's Animal House," with John Vernon reprising his role as Faber College's Dean Vernon Wormer from the said movie, as well as Stephen Furst as Kent Dorfman; Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson Day; and James...

SelecTV - "Short Subject, Previews & IDs" (1981?)

Views: 4298

Here is some footage from Milwaukee's version of ON TV and Spectrum - SelecTV. It aired over WCGV Channel 24. Includes:

Short Subject opening (I edited the short out because it ran 20 minutes)

"Next" SelecTV bumper followed by preview for "Stone Cold Dead"

"Coming Soon" SelecTV bumper followed by preview for "Bruce Lee Film Festival"

SelecTV station ID for WCGV-TV Channel 24 Milwaukee

Brief Intermission - Please Stand...

WFLD Channel 32 - Fernwood 2 Night (Full Break, 1977)

Views: 2212

Here's an even more extensive glimpse into what WFLD Channel 32 looked like in 1977! A complete commercial break (#2 of the episode) from an airing of Fernwood 2 Night - back in the Kaiser era!

Includes:

US Magazine (July 26th 1977 edition) with stories on Liza Minnelli, Star Wars, Catherine Deneuve, and the band Chicago.

Linen Curlers (Available at Walgreen (? - not Walgreens?), Walgreen Agency Drug Stores, Osco Drug, Turn Style (?), Ribor...

ON TV - Adults Only (Ending & Beginning of Short Subject, 1981)

Views: 2014

Here's the ending of the "Optional Service" of Adults Only mode, which was presenting the movie "The World of Henry Paris". Includes:

Ending of "The World of Henry Paris"

Ending of Optional Service mode with woiceover by WSNS' former General Manager/Announcer Mal Wyman.

ON TV "Short Subject" opening graphic

Opening of short film from The National Film Board of Canada - "A Phantasy" by Norman McLaren

This aired on loca...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Off the Wall (Opening & Break, 1977)

Views: 1928

Remember that classic sitcom from 1977 called "Off the Wall"? No? Well neither does anyone else because it only aired once - on May 7th 1977. A failed television pilot.

What do you think the odds are that someone in the Chicagoland area (not connected with the production of the show) recorded the entire show, with the original commercial breaks intact, didn't ever record over the tape, and then saved the tape for 38 years before we got our hands on it? (just to give you some hi...

WSNS Channel 44 - everybody's movie - "Holy Matrimony" (Commercial Break, 1976)

Views: 1183

Here's something pretty cool and rare - one of the oldest off-air WSNS clips I've ever personally found - a commercial break for the everybody's movie presentation (this was the 70s, hence no need to capitalize) of the 1943 Monty Woolley / Gracie Fields film "Holy Matrimony" on WSNS Channel 44. From what Chris Tufts (Phantom) recalls, this was a short-lived Sunday afternoon movie showcase. Includes:

everybody's movie bumper (anyone know what the music is?)
...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Quark (Ending & Break, 1978)

Views: 4240

Here is the ending credits on WMAQ Channel 5 for the first episode of "Quark" - a comedy Sci-Fi series that only had 8 episodes. Includes:

Ending moments and closing credits to "Quark" with promos for upcoming NBC network shows (voiceover by Howard Reig)

Opening to NBC News Update with John Dancy (voiceover by ??). Stories included:

Agreement tentatively reached in the National Coal Strike (with Irving R. Levine reporting)

Waverly,...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Maury Povich" (Short Promos, 1976/77)

Views: 1739

Here are two short promos for the coming arrival of Maury Povich as co-anchor with Ron Hunter of the 4:30pm and 6pm editions of NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5. The first features Broadway star Carol Channing, the second Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minnesota), each giving testimonials about what effect Mr. Povich will have on Chicago viewers. (It would be another decade, however, before Maury would have a major effect on the rest of the country.)

These aired on local C...