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WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Follow That Dream" (Commercial Break, 1983)
Views: 1473
Here's a commercial break from The 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1962 Elvis Presley film "Follow That Dream" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Animated 3:00 Movie "star" bumper (with excerpt from Ramsey Lewis' "Skippin' " as background music)
Promo for upcoming "Tune In to Fitness" series of reports for next month's editions of 4:30 Eyewitness News, with Tim Weigel - tied in with Osco Drug
Commercial: 1983 Renault Alliance from Am...
WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Christmas in Connecticut" (Opening & Break, 1979)
Views: 3621
Here's the opening and first commercial break from The Morning Movie presentation of the 1945 Barbara Stanwyck/Dennis Morgan/Sydney Greenstreet film "Christmas in Connecticut" on WGN Channel 9. Includes: WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Best of Benny Hill" (Ending, Break & Previews, 1982)
Views: 2378 Here's the ending and final commercial break from The Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "The Best of Benny Hill" (1974) on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
"Season's Greetings from the WGN Family" bumper slide (voiceover by Len Johnson)
WGN Morning Movie opening (music by ??) - with notice that the film is edited for television (voiceover by Len Johnson)
Commercial: "
Ending of the movie (with closing moments of chase sequence that originated from his March 22nd 1972 special)
Commercial: Squeezably Soft Charmin - "The Squeezing Gets You - The Softness Keeps You" (with Dick Wilson as Mr. Whipple)
Commercial: Empire Carpets - "Warehouse Tour" (as seen
WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (Opening, 1980)
Views: 2354
Here's the opening and first commercial break of The Morning Movie presentation of the 1934 W.C. Fields film "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (also starring Pauline Lord, Zasu Pitts, Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor) on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Station ID bumper slide with drawing of sun and moon sitting down watching TV and message "Open for Business 24 Hours a Day," dissolving into late 1970s video animation - with "Last Farewell" music in background (voiceover by Bob ...
WBBM Channel 2 - Hunter - "The Costa Rican Connection" (Opening, Preview Breaks & Ending, 1977)
Views: 1453
Here's the opening, preview breaks and ending moments of an episode of the TV series Hunter.
And no, folks, this is not the 1984-91 series on NBC (and thus, seen by Chicagoans on WMAQ Channel 5) with Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer, but a virtually forgotten, short-lived series - "A Lorimar Production" (the company famous at the time for The Waltons and, later, for Dallas and Knots Landing) - that ran on the CBS Network and therefore aired in Chica...
WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" (Opening, 1986)
Views: 4825
Opening moments for WGN Channel 9's Family Classics presentation of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, featuring Roy Leonard as host. Includes:
Promo for Rocker '85 to be aired Wednesday, January 15th (main voiceover by Doug Paul, ending voiceover by Merri Dee)
Animated opening title sequence for Family Classics (show title printed on cover of book which is laid out on a velvet surface), with scenes from various classics made into movi...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (Commercial Break, 1982)
Views: 2977
Here's a commercial break from The 3:00 Movie presentation of "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (1971) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
The 3:00 Movie animated bumper (with section of bridge from "Skippin' " by Ramsey Lewis)
Commercial: McDonald's "Play and Win" promotion for the Atari "Scratch & Win" cards - expires October 22nd 1982 (or as long as supplies last)
Commercial: American Business Institute Chicago - featuring personnel ...
WLS Channel 7 - News - "Armed Gunman Inside Channel 7 Building" (Part 2, 1990)
Views: 3404
Here's Part 2 of WLS Channel 7's news coverage of an armed robbery suspect who hid out for 40 hours at the 190 North State Street building that houses the station.
This part begins with a report from WGN Channel 9 on the situation, read by anchor Roseanne Tellez. She and co-anchor Robert Jordan then introduce Dan Roan's Instant Replay.
Then the tape returns to WLS's own Eyewitness News coverage on their 10pm edition, with anchor Jim Rosenfield (who...
WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 2, 1971)
Views: 1958
This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the January 2012 2" Quad Transfer Fundraiser.
Here's Part 2 of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Also featuring Janet Langhart. Includes:
Bob reading or introducing the following items:
- State Rep. Bernar...