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The Star Wars Holiday Special - "Let's See A Little Smile" (Part 2, 1978)

Views: 5150

Here's Part 2 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) fixing an engine with R2D2 as well as Saun Dann (Art Carney) selling stuff to Imperial troops at the Trading Post.

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

NBC Network - David Cassidy - Man Undercover - "Premiere" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2561

Here's a short NBC Network promo for the premiere of David Cassidy - Man Undercover, which occurred on Thursday, November 2nd 1978.

Voiceover by ??

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 28th 1978.

Mr. Coffee with Joe DiMaggio - "The Delicious Way to Say Merry Christmas" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1528

Here's a Christmas themed version of one of the classic Mr. Coffee commercials featuring baseball hall-of-famer Joe DiMaggio.

They didn't call him Joltin' Joe for nothin' ya know...

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 23rd 1977 during the 7:00pm to 8:00pm timeframe.

Family Drug Prevention (PSA, 1978)

Views: 1902

Here's an animated public service announcement for family drug prevention which encouraged you to write to the National Institute on Drug Abuse for a new booklet at:

Family
300 N State
Chicago, IL 60610

Ending voiceover by ?? (WBBM guy)

"Project Parenting"

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, September 8th 1978.

Prince Spaghetti - "Senor Wences" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1567

Here's a commercial for Prince Spaghetti featuring ventriloquist Senor Wences. We also have an ad featuring him pitching for Spanish Tourism.

"Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day"

This aired on local Chicago TV late Wednesday, October 24th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Please Don't Eat The Six Million Dollar Man" (1978)

Views: 2545

During the broadcast of an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, someone at WFLD Channel 32 screwed up and played the bumper for (of all things) the show "Please Don't Eat The Daisies" instead of the correct one.

Rumor has it, thirteen employees were fired as a result. ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 9th 1978.

WLVI Channel 56 - "Field Communications ID" (1979)

Views: 2994

Not from Chicago, but still interesting (and pertinent) - here's another example of the animated "Field Communications" ID bumper, this time from WLVI Channel 56 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Another example, from KBHK Channel 44 in San Francisco, can be seen here; both stations were sisters to our own WFLD Channel 32 up to Field Communications' dissolution in 1983.)

Voiceover by Darwin Gillette.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Dunked In The Deep" (Opening, 1979)

Views: 2039

Here's another of the Black & White WFLD Stooges clips. Includes the ending of Newstalk with that freaky music (you can see the full clip here) and a Sanford & Son promo (voiceover by Jim Beattie) before the Stooges begin without a proper WFLD opening.

This aired on local Chicago TV in January of 1979. (but sometime before January 16th)

Ice Follies At Chicago Stadium (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1672

Here's a commercial for Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies show - featuring Peggy Fleming and several Sesame Street characters. The show ran November 14-26. Ice Follies merged with Holiday on Ice in 1979.

Main voiceover by Les Marshak. Ending voiceover by Linda Frost.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 16th 1978.