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WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" (Opening, 1981)

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Here's the opening moments for The 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1966 Elvis Presley film "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

WLS' "Martin Luther King, Jr." station ID slide (voiceover by Al Parker)

The 3:00 Movie opening titles, derived from those of ABC's network movie shows as aired between 1975 and 1981, with an edited, sped-up version of the bridge from...

WGN Channel 9 - The 7 O'Clock Movie - "The African Queen" (Opening, 1987)

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Here is the opening for The 7 O'Clock Movie presentation of "The African Queen" on WGN Channel 9.

The opening features stylized renderings of scenes from "A Fistful of Dollars", "Cabaret", "The Seven-Year Itch", "The African Queen", "Rooster Cogburn", and "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 26th 1987 at 7pm!

WTTW Channel 11 - Sunday Movie Eleven - "Operation Snatch" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 1114

Here's a (mostly complete) opening of the Sunday Movie Eleven presentation of "Operation Snatch" on WTTW Channel 11. Uses a slightly different font on the "Movie Eleven" logo than the one previously seen. Also includes a Thomson Vacations tag at the beginning and a WTTW station ID slide.

The recording cut-out before the opening was completed.

All voiceovers by Marty Robinson.

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WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Best Of Benny Hill" (Opening & Break, 1982)

Views: 5947

Here's the opening and first commercial break from the Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "The Best of Benny Hill" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Opening of the Eight O'Clock Movie (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Commercial: Spectrum

Commercial: Members Only jackets with Anthony Geary - "Available at The Lark"

Commercial: La Creme whipped topping by Kraft (1981 Copyright)

Commercial: The King and I with Yul Br...

The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "21 Hours At Munich" (Opening, 1976)

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Here's the opening for The ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation of "21 Hours at Munich" including the promo for the movie. This was the premiere airing for this made-for-tv film.

This aired on local Los Angeles TV (and Chicago TV) on Sunday, November 7th 1976. (on Chicago TV at 8pm!)

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Station ID" (1975)

Views: 2574

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Here's a station ID slide and voiceover for WMAQ Channel 5. Features the curvy 5 logo that was phased out at the beginning of 1976.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 24th 1975.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 4:30 (Promo, 1980)

Views: 4001

Here's a promo for NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 on WMAQ Channel 5. Featuring Chuck Henry, Jorie Lueloff, Russ Ewing, Dick Kay, Dr. Barry Kaufman, Terry Savage, Bonnie Haynes (?), and Jerry Taft.

Voiceover by ??

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 26th 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - "The Late Night Movie" (Opening, 1985)

Views: 2569

By 1985 (perhaps earlier?), WLS and likely other ABC stations were using the same opening as "The Saturday Night Movie" for "The Late Night Movie", with just the title changed - here is an example.

(sound cut off slightly at beginning)

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1985.

WGN Channel 9 - Creature Features - "The Wolf Man" [Closing Re-Creation] (1970-1976)

Views: 5709

Here is a re-creation (not original) of the closing of the legendary Creature Features program on WGN Channel 9. Normally I don't approve of re-creations, but since this is such an important piece of Chicago TV history, and since such scant authentic material exists for this program (only off-air audio recordings and a "gag" type promo that was made for an old WGN Sales Department presentation) - I figured this was worth an exception.

It's a shame that no authentic off-...