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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm - "The Blizzard of '79" (Part 2, 1979)

Views: 3242

Here's Part 2 of NewsCenter5 at 10pm on WMAQ Channel 5 - the top story being the blizzard of 1979. Includes:

Mike Jackson anchoring; Lynn Scott reports on a roof collapse due to the snow at the Lakeshore Raquetball Club (with eyewitness Richard Donath and his friend Pam); Stephen Ray reports on the closure of O'Hare airport (featuring American Airlines employee Del Haagen, and speaker and author Elizabeth Kübler-Ross); Chuck Henry reports on the problems of getting out...

WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus - "4th of July Spectacular" (1978)

Views: 2434

Here's a special Independence Day treat - a Bozo's Circus salute to the 4th of July as aired on that day in 1978 on WGN Channel 9. Introduced by Frazier Thomas, with performers from The Diana School of Dance, (and featuring a patriotic Cooky and Bozo cameo appearance at the end!)

An amazing time-capsule! Just when you think it's over, it continues. ;-) Watch the baton-twirler boy as he misses his mark a few times, but recovers nicely.

For the ke...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Warren Freiberg Show (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 2571

Here's Part 3 of an episode of The Warren Freiberg Show on WCIU Channel 26. In case you weren't familiar with him, Warren Freiberg had some rather "extreme" and "fringe" opinions. He had a radio show, and you may also remember him turning up in little vignettes on Steve Dahl's "It's Too Early" show from 1983.

This part features Warren and Libby talking with video-recording pioneer (and comic book store pioneer) Larry Charet (yes, the legendary man who accidently recorded the Th...

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 2, 1991)

Views: 1808

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 2, they discuss David Robinson and other basketball centers.

Includes:

SportsChannel promo featuring Johnny "Red" Kerr and Tom Paciorek ...

WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 5, 1972)

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Here's Part 5 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7. This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Featured in this part are Fahey's longtime co-anchor Joel Daly, "Action 7" reporter Frank Mathie, Suzy Streetnoise, and the puppets Mike Raphone and M...

WFLD Channel 32 - Joker's Wild/Tic Tac Dough/To Tell The Truth (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a cool promo for the game shows The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough, and To Tell The Truth on WFLD Channel 32. The lineup was:

7:30pm - The Joker's Wild
8:00pm - Tic Tac Dough
8:30pm - To Tell The Truth

Also includes a WFLD Channel 32 bumper for the presentation of the movie "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" which was sort of included in the end of the game shows promo.

You can hear some neat variations of the Field Communications theme use...

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 4, 1991)

Views: 1381

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 4, they discuss the job of coach of the Notre Dame basketball team and why no one wants it.

Includes:

Commercial: True Value Hardware St...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Gong Show (Ending & Break, 1978)

Views: 4457

Here's the ending and after show break for The Gong Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Gene-Gene, The Dancing Machine!

Ending credits for The Gong Show (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie - with promo for 10:30am Saturday movie - Laurel & Hardy in "Air Raid Wardens" (good for a double check on the date)

Bigsby & Kruthers

Loc Blocs - "Lego Vs. Loc Bloc"

The Egg Scrambler by Ronco (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie)

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "A Merri Goodbye" (Part 5, 1981)

Views: 9178

Here is Part 5 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Date, Weather, and Sports report shown

A Visit with Cuddley Dudley (Roy Brown)

Merri Dee comes by to say farewell to Ray and give Cud a scratch on the ears

Time shown (Merri Dee voiceover)

Ray Rayner bumper slate

Thi...