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The Star Wars Holiday Special - "Bantha Surprise" (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 3988

Here's Part 3 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Gormaanda (Harvey Korman) - "The Julia Child of the Milky Way" showing Malla how to prepare a special Life Day dish.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

Boushelle - "2 For 1 Cleaning Sale" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 4654

Here's a commercial for Boushelle's 2 for 1 Cleaning Sale - featuring one of the most famous jingles of Chicago TV.

HUdson 3-2700!

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 24th 1979.

WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #3, 1977)

Views: 2249

Here's one more Star Trek bumper from one of WFLD's sister-stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit. This was probably the 3rd version they ever used for their Trek airings. Notice this one has a voiceover - all the other bumpers for the episode were silent.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV on Sunday, June 19th 1977 during the 6pm to 7pm hour. (not Chicago TV, but still cool)

House Of Lewis (Commercial #1, 1978)

Views: 2735

Here's a commercial for House of Lewis featuring the owner Lewis Pitzele.

House of Lewis used to be a major sponsor of the original Svengoolie program on WFLD. Lewis would often do two-minute-long commercials where he would interact and joke around with Jerry G. Bishop.

Lewis Pitzele passed away on June 10, 2013.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, March 30th 1978.

NBC Monday Night At The Movies - "A Case Of Rape" (Bumper, 1975)

Views: 3401

Here's a bumper for the NBC Monday Night at the Movies presentation of "A Case of Rape".

Voiceover by Eddie King.

(clip has reception problems, but hey...early 1975)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 17th 1975 during the 8pm to 10pm period.

WBBM Channel 2 - Community Accents - "Toys For Tots" (1978)

Views: 1853

Here's another segment of WBBM Channel 2's Community Calendar feature - "Community Accents" - this one giving some info on the Toys for Tots program and other events.

Voiceover by Bob Carrington.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 18th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (Opening, 1978)

Views: 8762

Here's a station ID (voiceover by ??) and opening of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on WGN Channel 9. The episode was "Shark Pack of Enewetak".

Also includes the ending of a PSA for CPR Training from the American Red Cross at the beginning.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 11th 1978 at 7pm.

WTHR Channel 13 - Editorial Reply - "Open Leaf Burning" (1979)

Views: 1818

Here's an Editorial Reply on the topic of open leaf burning on WTHR Channel 13 in Indianapolis. It is given by 10-year-old Veronica Stauffer, 5th grade student at Stinesville Elementary School in Ellettsville, Indiana.

This aired on local Indianapolis TV on Wednesday, November 21st 1979 at a few minutes before 7am.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Dating Game - "Joey D'Auria" (Part 3, 1980)

Views: 1146

Here's Part 3 of an episode of The Dating Game on WSNS Channel 44.

In this part, Autumn makes her choice and picks one of the bachelors. Will it be Joey???

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 24th 1980 during the 5:30pm to 6:00pm timeframe. (the show itself has a Copyright of 1979 though)