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ABC News Viewpoint - The Day After - "Yet More Audience Questions & Sagan's Analogy" (Part 7, 1983)

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Here is Part 7 of the live ABC News Viewpoint special on "The Nuclear Dilemma". This aired after The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Hosted by Ted Koppel.

Panel of guests were Dr. Henry Kissinger, Carl Sagan, Brent Scowcroft, William F. Buckley, Jr., Elie Wiesel, and Robert McNamara.

In this part [starting at 05:11] Carl Sagan gives his now famous analogy,...

PM Magazine Chicago - "Sporting Events Gate Crasher" (1982)

Views: 1915

Here's the opening and first story on PM Magazine Chicago on WFLD Channel 32 - includes a story on Barry Bremen - "The Great Imposter" who snuck his way into sporting (and other) events dressed in a disguise.

Features Mike Leiderman and Jo Ann Williams as hosts at the Chicago Costume Company.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, April 7th 1982.

WGN Channel 9 - Ray Rayner And His Friends - "Yesterday's Cubs Highlights" (1979)

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Here's a neat little Ray Rayner show clip on WGN Channel 9 with Ray showing the highlights from the previous day's Cubs game (on Tuesday, August 21st 1979) against the L.A. Dodgers. (Cubs lost, 4-2)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, August 22nd 1979.

MCA Records & Tapes - Olivia Newton-John - "ONJ For The Holidays" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2282

Here's a commercial for a greatest hits compilation of Olivia Newton-John entitled ONJ, on MCA Records and Tapes.

"Specially priced at all Sears and Playback."

Ending voiceover by Jack Taylor?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 23rd 1977.

WLS Channel 7 - Editorial - "Museum of Science & Industry's 50th Anniversary Salute" (1983)

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Here's a WLS-TV editorial from William C. (Bill) Campbell, Director of Public Affairs, speaking from the Museum of Science and Industry, in a salute to its 50th anniversary, at one point showing a commemorative stamp (20 cents - those were the days) issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Campbell also mentions how the Museum's home previously housed the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 Columbian World's Fair, and was also the first home of the Field Museum of Natural History, before the Museum w...

WTTW Channel 11 - Bleacher Bums (Promo #2, 1984)

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Here's another promo for a WTTW Channel 11 airing of Bleacher Bums on Saturday, September 29th 1984 - about the lovable and quirky fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Bleacher Bums had a few people who would later go on to greater fame - Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz, to name a couple.

Now I know where Ronnie Woo-Woo got his shtick. ;-)

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.

WCFC Channel 38 - Fall Praise-A-Thon (Excerpt & Channel Switching, 1983)

Views: 2720

Here's a segment from the Fall Praise-A-Thon on WCFC Channel 38, coming in about 25 seconds into this clip after channel switching.

This starts with channel switching (from cable TV) from an excerpt from Boone episode "Chance of a Lifetime" (which aired on WMAQ Channel 5; featured Barry Corbin and Thomas Byrd) to a "Job Mart" on cable channel with soft rock song (can any music experts here apprise as to what it is?) to a film about computers and mathematics (proba...

WLS Channel 7 - The Day After (Opening & Pre-Show Break, 1983)

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Here is the opening of The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Also includes the pre-show commercial break. Includes:

ABC Close-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired animation notice

ABC Theater animated opening

A special warning message about viewing the film by John Cullum

Commercial: Commodore 64 - In More Homes Than Any Other Home Co...