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WTTW Channel 11 - Auction '75 (Excerpt, 1975)
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Here's some more results from the open reel transfers financed by our generous group of Fuzzketeers during the Reel Transfer Fundraiser #1. Look for a lot more, coming soon!
This is an (unfortunately very short) rare excerpt from Auction '75 which aired on WTTW Channel 11. To my knowledge, this is the only existing video footage that anyone has found of the WTTW Auctions that they used to do (anyone know when they stopped doing these?)
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WMAQ Channel 5 - News - "Ebert Review & Close" (1982)
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Roger Ebert reviews the film "Gregory's Girl" in the "Ebert at the Movies" segment. Also includes:
Mike Jackson and Deborah Norville recap the top story and say goodnight.
Commercial: Mitsubishi Motors
Commercial: Chas A Stevens
Commercial: Federal Express
Ending credits (we also see Chet Coppock and Jerry Taft on set):
Produced by Phyllis Schwartz
Directed by Jack Ginay
Technical Director - Edward Dabrow...
WTTW Channel 11 - Made in Chicago - "Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah / Bill Quateman" (Part 1, 1974)
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Here's Part 1 of a local music show, Made in Chicago, on WTTW Channel 11. This program (which was also simulcast on WBBM-FM 96.3) was a predecessor to Soundstage which was also produced by the station and aired nationally over PBS. The guests on this (re-run airing) edition were Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah (bassist Mitch Aliotta, guitarist Skip Haynes and pianist John Jeremiah) and Bill Quateman.
Note: As with other things we've found, this is actually quite ra...
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Show #5" (Opening, 1971?)
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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
This opening segment from "Show #5" features comedian Mort Sahl as guest coffin opener. (when he signs the coffin you can see other names that were on the show such as Ray Rayner)
"The following prescribe is transcrammed..." - anyone know where this funny bit of technical mumbo-jumbo originated? Anoth...
WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Opening, 1975)
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Here's some really rare footage - from exactly 35 years old today - the opening to The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on WGN Channel 9.
This was recorded at Ridgewood High School in Norridge (by whom, has been lost to time) on 3/4" U-matic videotape using the 'ol rabbit ears, and thus unfortunately there is a bit of fuzz at times and the color goes out periodically. Also, due to the age of the tape, portions of the breaks have degraded in quality ...
WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Commercial Break #3, 1981)
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Here's the third commercial break from the ABC Movie Special presentation of "Rudolph and Frosty" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
"Rudolph and Frosty" bumper (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Commercial: Aim Fluoride Toothpaste - "Clinically Proven to Reduce Cavities" - with cheerleading girls (ending voiceover by ??) - (C) 1981 Lever Brothers Company. Features a pre-fame Meg Ryan!
Commercial: McDonald's - "Best Friends" - with two middle sch...
WSNS Channel 44 - Al Lerner Sports - "So Long..." (Part 2, 1971)
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Here's Part 2 of the final episode of Al Lerner Sports on WSNS Channel 44. Lerner was the station's first sportscaster, and would go on to a long career with such stations as WLS Channel 7, WMAQ Channel 5, WGN Radio 720 and WSCR-AM, as well as being a wrestling announcer. Also featuring a young (and at this point, moustacheless) Tim Weigel, then a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, who himself would become a familiar face on Chicago television, working for all three n...
ABC Network - "Reagan Assassination Attempt Coverage" (Part 3, 1981)
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Here is some more news coverage from the ABC network, recorded on the day of the President Reagan assassination attempt - 30 years ago today. Includes:
Tape starts in the middle of a report by ABC News' Bettina Gregory in Washington about Presidential would-be assassin John W. Hinckley, Jr. and the events leading up to the shooting; she explains the Secret Service had no knowledge of a prior arrest of Hinckley in Nashville.
Back to Anchor Frank Reynolds in the st...
WGN Channel 9 - The Hollywood Squares - "Technical Difficulties Moment" (Promo, 1980)
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Here's a promo for The Hollywood Squares on WGN Channel 9 which had some audio difficulty, followed by a bumper for The Morning Movie and the opening titles for a WGN Editorial. Includes:
Promo for The Hollywood Squares - now based out of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas - for weeknights at 10pm. "Squares" shown in rapid-fire order after host Peter Marshall's "Hello, stars!" are:
Loretta Swit
Mike Farrell
Lauren Tewes
Gav...