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WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 3, 1972)

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Here's Part 3 of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

The Thumptwangers (featuring Maynard the crow) lip-synching to Ray Stevens' novelty record "Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five-Piece Band)" (originally released in 1966 on Monument single #45-946, but in this form with dubbed applause came off his 1969 album Gitarzan [SLP-18115]).

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - The Popeye Hour/Battle Of The Planets (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2948

Here's a promo for some of the Super Cartoon Sunrise lineup on WFLD Channel 32 - The Popeye Hour (7am-8am) and Battle of the Planets (8am-8:30am).

Voiceover by Dr. Don.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart (Ending, 1974)

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Here's the ending segment of another rare surviving edition of Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44. This was from the original master tape. Includes:

CG VTR slate with tone and countdown - "VTR: 8I0 - Cut: 16 {which blinks on and off} - Air: Fri. 10/4 - "Popeye" - Dir. M.T. - Eng. P.Mc."

Steve, Little K and Captain Salty saying their goodbyes. As the music is played in the background, Steve's voiceover is heard promoting Spider-Man which fo...

KOCO Channel 5 - Lunch With Ho Ho (Promo #2, 1965)

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Here is a promo for "Lunch With Ho-Ho" on KOCO-TV Channel 5 in Oklahoma City. This was a children's program featuring HoHo the Clown (played by Ed Birchall) and Pokey the Puppet (played by Bill Howard, the station's long-time stage manager wearing a sock-puppet on his arm).

We can probably assume that this was recorded at the same session as the first promo, i.e., on Wednesday, August 11th 1965. The Director was "Thrash" with Camera by "Rose and Waters".

This l...

WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Festival (Opening Excerpt, 1984)

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Here is the opening (Sadly, incomplete) from WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Comedy Festival program. This dates to around May 1984. Includes:

Ending of some Secretary training program commercial on another channel

Quick flash of "WBBS-TV West Chicago and Chicago - Stay Tuned for the WPWR-TV Movie at 2:30 am on Channel 60" (also repeated in Spanish)

Our Miss Brooks - Weekdays at 10:30 am (from unknown channel)

WFLD Channel 32 Comedy Fes...

Jewel - "I Made It All By Myself" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 4927

Here's a commercial for Jewel Food Stores about a girl who shops with her Mom to make her Dad a meal all by herself.

Features Shannon Grimes (now Shannon Bobillo) as the little girl.

As her husband Patrick recounts, "She and her sister did some modeling for print-ads and a bit of commercial acting just for fun when they were kids. They enjoyed it but both gave it up when they started high school and, apart from roles in school plays, neither pursued acting aft...