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Inside Out - The Magic Of TV (Part 1, 1981)

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Here's Part 1 of a neat WBBM special, ostensibly for kids but which everyone can enjoy and learn something from - Inside Out - The Magic of TV. Reviews some of the basic tools of a television station including Chroma Key, TelePrompTer, CG, Editing Consoles, Electronic Still Store, and more.

Includes lots of behind-the-scenes footage in WBBM-TV's studios, newsroom, mini-cam vans, and production facilities. Features cameos by lots of famous Channel 2 people including Bill Kurti...

WKBS Channel 48 - The $50,000 Pyramid (Ending, 1981)

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Here is an ending credits voice over and bumper card from the Field Communications station WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia which shut down in 1983. Includes:

Ending credits with WKBS movie promo voiceover.

WKBS 48 $50,000 Pyramid bumper slide with voiceover - More Movie - Fewer Commercials. Now stay tuned for McHale's Navy next!

This aired during a broadcast of the $50,000 Pyramid game show with Dick Clark in 1981.

Note - this is t...

The Reluctant Robot (Part 8, 1980)

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Here is the 8th and final part from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)

Ending Credits:

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "International House" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "International House" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Globe-Logo Station ID (voiceover by Paul Rogers)

Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction (voiceover by Paul Rogers). This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.

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The ABC Monday Night Movie - "Superdome" (Opening & Break, 1978)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break of The ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation of "Superdome". Includes:

"The ABC Monday Night Movie" opening. (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Commercial: Contac.

Commercial: Stanley Tools.

Commercial: Protein 29 Conditioning Hair Groom - "It takes care of the hair that's still there."

Commercial: Ore-Ida frozen hash browns - "It's All-Righta".

Opening of "Superdome...

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns Of Diablo" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Globe-Logo (slightly different one) Station ID (Featuring Clif Mercer as the announcer)

Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction by Clif Mercer. This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.

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Field Communications - "Old Style Chicago" - A FuzzyMemories Re-Creation (Station ID, 1978)

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Here is a (slight) re-creation of the vintage Chicago Field Communications ID (pre-1979) from before they came out with their animated one. I believe this was the original Field ID style. Note the weird electronic music.

I used the original video of the ID from the San Francisco version, which was recorded in 1978, along with the audio from

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 1, 1978)

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Here's Part 1 of an (incomplete) episode (missing about the first half-hour) of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Ending of PSA for American Heart Association - "We're Fighting for Your Life"

Co-host Sandi Freeman interviews author, "political observer," and syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Nicholas von Hoffman, who is on to promote his latest book,

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