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WGN Channel 9 - Creature Features - "The Raven" (Opening & Bumper Excerpts, 1978)

Views: 15206

Question: When did WGN's Creature Features program end? If you said 1976, then here's another FuzzyMemories discovery that will rewrite history! (read more about it in the latest edition of Fuzzy's News & Views)

Two years after its supposed end, here's the opening and bumper excerpts from the Creature Features presentation of the 1935 Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi...

Liberace Big Note Song Book (Commercial Offer, 1977)

Views: 1741

Here's a commercial for Liberace's Big Note Song Book commercial featuring Mr. Liberace himself - yep, you guessed it - Liberace.

Ending voiceover by Bud Kelly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 7th 1977 during the 10:30pm to 11pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Assignment Terror" (Ending, 1982)

Views: 720

Here is the ending for Son of Sven episode number 134 featuring the film "Assignment Terror".

Special guest appearance by Dick Haylor (?) of the Channel 32 Promotions Department.

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, February 6th 1982.

WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose And Friends (Break & Ending, 1975)

Views: 3015

Here's a first - the first off-air recording of Garfield Goose and Friends that has ever been found (to my knowledge). Considering the program went off the air in 1976, this is not entirely surprising. (Some apparently erroneous TV listings had it showing again for short periods around 1982, but those have never been shown to be accurate)

This recording was ostensibly made for The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" but luckily for us they started tapin...

WSNS Channel 44 - Get Smart (Promo, 1977)

Views: 1848

Here's another old promo for Get Smart on WSNS Channel 44 - airing weeknights at 6:30pm. This promo shows a clip of the first-season episode "Washington 4, Redskins 3" (originally aired on the NBC Network on October 23rd 1965, and directed by future Superman {The Movie} director Richard Donner).

Voiceover by Linda Frost.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (On-Screen ID, 1986)

Views: 686

Here is an on-screen station ID during WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. This was probably the last on-screen station ID version seen before Fox took over completely. :-(

WFLD Channel 32 - "Catch 32!" (Radio Spot Music Bed, 1972)

Views: 1917

Here's another something interesting - the music bed for a radio spot that apparently aired on WCFL for WFLD Channel 32 - "Catch 32!" was the slogan, promoting their movie airings.

The "Catch 32!" slogan was used on February 25, 1972 according to newspaper records.

Polaroid with James Garner & Mariette Hartley - "Gift Guessing" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1780

Here's a Christmas themed commercial from Polaroid featuring longtime spokes-team James Garner and Mariette Hartley touting the Polaroid Instant camera with "Time Zero" film.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 8pm to 10pm timeframe.

Illinois Lottery - "What's Your Lucky Number?" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1020

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery featuring Mary Gross (of SNL fame), George Wendt (of Cheers fame), Jobe Cerny (the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy) as the spokesperson, Lynwood Jones (the one uttering "430") and Tim Kazurinsky (of SNL and "Police Academy" movies fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.