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WBBM Channel 2 - Escapade (Opening, 1978)
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Here's the opening for the pilot of a short-lived spinoff series of the Avengers called "Escapade" on WBBM Channel 2. Preceeded by the ending of a "The 10 O'Clock News" bumper promo followed by the CBS Special spinning graphic. The episode was entitled "i thought it was someone i knew"
"A Quinn Martin Production"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, May 19th 1978 at 9pm.
WBBM Channel 2 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1976)
Views: 2906
Here's the opening and first commercial for the 1976 airing of that perennial Halloween classic, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" as aired on WBBM Channel 2. Previous to this, we saw the opening for the 1980 airing.
Includes:
WBBM-TV animated Station ID (voiceover by Jerry Harper)
CBS Pre-emption notice for "Doc" (voiceover by ??)
A CBS Special Presentatio...
WFLD Channel 32 - The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life (Opening, 1975)
Views: 3089
By request, here's the opening of The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life on WFLD Channel 32. Quality's kind of iffy but this is the best we have.
This aired on local Chicago TV likely in the first couple months of 1975, based on the record date for the Walt Bodkin TV Starter Kit ad.
WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Zontar, The Thing From Venus" (Opening, 1982)
Views: 468
Here is the opening for Son of Sven episode number 155 on WFLD Channel 32, featuring the film "Zontar, The Thing From Venus".
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 17th, 1982.
WLS Channel 7 - Tales of The Unexpected - "Another American Syndicated Variation" (Opening, 1987)
Views: 2143
Here's yet another variation of the opening to the British anthology series Tales of the Unexpected, as aired this time on WLS Channel 7. Earlier we saw the original British version, then the American syndicated version with voiceover by John Houseman, and now we see that they have dropped Houseman's narration and replaced it with a generic one, als...
WFLD Channel 32 - The Eight O'Clock Movie (Ending, 1982)
Views: 2340
Here is the ending for The Eight O'Clock Movie on WFLD Channel 32. Features a voiceover teaser for tomorrow night's movie, "The Philadelphia Story", Newscene, and M*A*S*H.
Voiceover by Jim Barton.
Also features a Field Communications ID at the end (Did we ever find out the name of the announcer that did these?)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 29th 1982 @ about 9:55pm! (Boy, if only they kept recording for another few hours we coul...
WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat with Jack Taylor (Opening, 1980)
Views: 28707
Here's one a lot of people have been asking about for quite a while - the original opening for the Night Beat news program on WGN Channel 9 featuring Jack Taylor.
Anyone know what the name of the music theme for Nightbeat is?
Also includes a WGN "Last Farewell" Station ID at the beginning. (Announced by Jerry Golden)
This aired on local Chicago TV on early Saturday, September 20th 1980.
WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "Flareup" (Partial Commercial Break, 1977)
Views: 2531
Here's a partial commercial break from a Late Night Movie airing of the movie "Flareup" on WLS Channel 7. Chris Tufts (Phantom), our resident schedule sleuth, found it. I'll fill in the video description once we've got everything.
This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, February 4th 1977 during the Midnight to 1:30 AM time frame.
WLS Channel 7 - Who's On Call? (Opening, Break & Excerpt, 1979)
Views: 4022
Here's the opening moments of a very little-known (thankfully) (and ultimately failed) pilot called Who's On Call? that aired on WLS Channel 7.
This show is almost like a parody of what a terrible sitcom would be. It has no listing on IMDb.com, and almost no listings on Google. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the only time it aired. Forbesy Russell - this is your time to shine again. ;-)
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Opening titles with basic premis...