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Snipets - "The Granola Chef" (1981)
Views: 1798
WE FOUND ANOTHER LOST SNIPETS SEGMENT AS AIRED ON WFLD CHANNEL 32! (Well, unfortunately it is one we have already seen before from another station and in a non-Snipets form, as listed below - however this new discovery does push back the latest time that a Snipets segment has been confirmed to have aired on WFLD. Previous to this, the latest confirmed WFLD airing was during the last week of July 1980.)
Here's a complete version of "The Granola Chef...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Pump Room...First-Nighters (Promo, 1976)
Views: 1735
Here's a promo for an upcoming special about the legendary Pump Room, hosted by Irv Kupcinet. The special aired on WMAQ Channel 5 on Monday, July 5th 1976 at 10:30pm.
The promo is presented by an announcer with an old-fashioned microphone from around the 1930's, regaling the various celebrities who were part of the 1938 grand opening (including Joan Crawford), right up to the present time. Featuring a jazzy arrangement at the beginning and end of the NBC Chimes. It is prec...
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Shari Show (Bumper Promo, 1975/76)
Views: 1169
Here's a short bumper promo (the full promo is here) for The Shari Show with Shari Lewis, which aired on WMAQ Channel 5. No Lamb Chop here, apparently.
The "Today - 3:30pm" lower-third text refers to a Tuesday, on which the show aired on a once-a-month basis between October 1975 and August 10th 1976.
Voiceover by Shari Lewis.
"The Shari Show will make you feel good ...
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Shari Show (Promo, 1975/1976)
Views: 1940
Here's a full promo (shorter, bumper promo can be found here) for The Shari Show with Shari Lewis and her gallery of puppets on WMAQ Channel 5, to air Tuesdays at 3:30pm.
This syndicated kids program had aired in that time slot once a month starting in October 1975 and through August 10th 1976.
As mentioned, The Shari Show was also broadcast on other NBC-owned stations, includi...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Maury Povich" (Short Promos, 1976/77)
Views: 1761
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...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "What Can Chicago Expect From Maury Povich?" (Long Promos, 1976-77)
Views: 1224
Here's a series of long promos (edited together here) created for the upcoming arrival of Maury Povich at WMAQ Channel 5, where he would co-anchor the 4:30pm and 6pm editions of NewsCenter5 with Ron Hunter.
There are four segments in general, each one featuring (in order of appearance): Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minnesota), Rep. Morris Udall (D-Arizona), Congressman Philip Crane (R-Illinois), and Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, all giving testimonials about wha...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Red, White & Blue with Bob Hope (Promos & Station ID, 1976)
Views: 1439
Here's a series of promos by comic legend Bob Hope as aired on WMAQ Channel 5, for NBC's Red, White & Blue special celebrating the Fourth of July, coverage of Chicago area celebrations of Independence Day at 5pm, and Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular at 7:30pm with guests Sammy Davis Jr., Donny & Marie Osmond, The Captain & Tennille, and Debbie Reynolds.
The promos - designated PR-1039 - are in :30 second (TAKE 1) and short station ID (TAKE 2) form...
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Promos / Station ID's, 1976)
Views: 1798
Here's a series of promos by Johnny Carson for The Tonight Show on WMAQ Channel 5, transferred from the original 2" quad master tape.
The first (designated "PR-1040 CARSON :10's - TAKE 1") is a promo for the show to air at 10:30pm following NewsCenter5 with Ron Hunter; on the second ("TAKE 2"), Johnny thanks viewers for watching the show over "the past 13-1/2 years"; the third ("TAKE 3") advises viewers to watch or "the Bird of Paradise will fly up your nose"; a...
WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Captain Blood" (Opening, 1983)
Views: 3577
Here's the opening of the Family Classics presentation of Captain Blood (1935) on WGN Channel 9. Hosted by Frazier Thomas.
(opening starts a tiny bit late)
The theme music sounds warbly - I wonder if that was a technical problem at WGN or something with this tape recording. I do not hear the warble after the music ends - can anyone tell?
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