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WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Caught in the Draft" (Opening, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break from The Morning Movie presentation of the 1941 Bob Hope comedy "Caught in the Draft" on WGN Channel 9. The same opening and theme music as on their 1975 showing of "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948) are still in use, but the color and picture are in overall better shape than the earlier clips. Includes:

WGN "Last Farewell" video animated ID (voiceover by Le...

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WCIU Channel 26 - Mulqueen's Kiddie A-Go-Go (1969)

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Note - this clip has since been reposted in a longer form as part of an almost complete episode - so check out Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Here's a segment from an episode of Mulqueen's Kiddie a-Go-Go on WCIU Channel 26. Includes:

Pandora talking to...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Stooges Rascals Hour (Opening, 1977)

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Finally, in color! Here's the opening for the Stooges / Rascals Hour on WFLD Channel 32, from an original master tape (which looks like it was transferred from 16mm film) - and therefore with no voiceover. (Previous to this we only had an off-air black-and-white recording of the opening, from 1979)

At the beginning, we briefly see the production slate showing that this was number 8856 and was crea...

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WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 3, 1979)

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Here's Part 3 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

At the start of this clip, it is still the first quarter with the Bullets leading the Bulls 10-5. After a score by Tom Henderson (#14), it is 12-5 when a CG super announcing the "Big Ten BKB" Illinois vs. Michigan State game for Saturday, Febru...

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Chatter's World - "Chatter's Forecast" (1960)

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Here's an installment of a syndicated series of shorts called Chatter's World that aired on WBKB Channel 7 weekday mornings in 1960.

Chicago historian Steve Jajkowski adds, "Chatter's World was local - it was created and produced by Sam Ventura and Ronny Born (who played "Orville" on Shock Theatre). Ronny Born also performed the voice of Chatter. Filmed at WBKB, roughly a season's worth, then sold i...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm (Promo, 1977)

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Here is a two-minute, awesomely overdone promo (in that 70s way) for WMAQ Channel 5's NewsCenter5 At 10pm, starting off with a space motif and a laser-style lightning bolt traveling around the world and then back to Chicago ("From the stars to the planets, from Chicago to the ends of the earth" - voiceover by Brad Crandall), to promote "a new age of electronic journalism" (a reference to the adoption of video-based ENG) and the resources of NBC News. Some of the clips (of news events within ...

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WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "A Matter of Life and Death" (Commercial Break #1, 1977)

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Here's the first commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Honeymooners bumper slide (with colorized line drawing based on famed 1955 photo of three of show's stars inside a GMC "Old Look" bus, and Kaiser-era 32 logo) (NOTE: This same drawing would be used for a later bumper from after Field's own logo style took over, as seen on

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Hot Fudge Show (Part 4, 1974)

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Here's Part 4 (the last part) of an episode of the Hot Fudge Show - which was produced in Detroit but also aired all over the country, including Chicago on WFLD, WSNS, and WLS, at various times during the 70's and early 80's.

This last segment features another Write-On! with the Groucho Marx type puppet and Seymour, The Mitts featuring Seymour and another puppet at the piano, and Arte Johnson and Seymour doing a final banter before the ending credits.

Hot Fudge S...

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WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 6, 1978)

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Here's Part 6 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Terry Murphy, Norman Mark, WLS Channel 7 News Director Jim McFarland(sp?), David Finney and Bob Wallace.

Mr. McFarland(sp?) accepted on behalf of Bill Jackson who won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Children's Programming: For a Ser...