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WSNS Channel 44 - The 1 O'Clock Movie - "Gulliver's Travels" (Break #3, 1979)
Views: 2242
Now for some more neat old TV-44 footage!
Here is Commercial Break #3 for The 1 O'Clock Movie presentation of the animated "Gulliver's Travels" on WSNS. Includes:
The 1 O'Clock Movie bumper slide
The Knitting Machine (ending voiceover by WSNS' former General Manager and sometimes announcer Mal Wyman)
TV-44 It Takes a Thief promo - Monday through Thursday nights at 10:30 (ending voiceover by Don Ferris)
The 1 O'Clock M...
WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "The Walking Dead" (Break #3, 1985)
Views: 1831
Here's Break #3 to an episode of Son of Svengoolie that hasn't been seen in close to 24 years! This was number 318 where he was presenting the movie "The Walking Dead". Includes:
Sven bumper
Commercial: Tic-Tac breath mints
Movie Trailer for TV: "City Limits" (ending voiceover by Jim Barton) (again)
Commercial: Empire Carpets
"Tombstone's Strike-Time School Supplement" sketch
Commercial: Eagle Food Sto...
WSNS Channel 44 - "Afternoons Are Fun On 44" (Promo, 1974)
Views: 1662
Here's a very cool glimpse at some very old TV-44 - from 1974!
It's a slides-only promo of the afternoon lineup of WSNS Channel 44, which ranged "from cartoons to action" and at the time of this airing consisted of:
- 3pm - Robin Hood (presumably the 1950's British-made TV series with Richard Greene in the title role)
- 3:30pm - Popeye on 44 with Steve Hart (a what-ful of surprises?) ;-)
- 4pm - Spider-Man (...
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Wilderness Road" - Sven's Poem of Love (Transition, 1973)
Views: 705
Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.
This transitional segment is from Show #59 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.
This segment is devoted to Svengoolie's "Poem o...
WSNS Channel 44 - Thing Theatre - "Attack Of The Robots" (Opening, 1978)
Views: 5045
Here's a special Halloween & 2nd Anniversary treat -
Another faint and fuzzy memory rescued from the trashbin of obscurity - the opening to Thing Theatre on WSNS TV-44!
Thanks to a helpful YouTube commenter, we now know what the theme song for Thing Theatre is, where it came from and who it's by. You'll never believe it!
It's from the soundtrack to the movie "Car Wash" (released in 1976), performed by Rose Royce, and the exact title is Cut...
WGN Channel 9 - Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley "A Nightbeat New Year" (Part 2, 1983)
Views: 2368
Here's Part 2 of Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley on WGN Channel 9. Also featuring Muriel Clair and Robert Jordan. Includes:
A yellow cab driver, 30-year-old Harry Savalas (sp?), shot and seriously wounded after an incident on New Year's Eve at 7421 South Harvard Street; he is being treated for wounds to the chest at St. Bernard's Hospital.
A report from Muriel Clair at 600 West Washington about a New Year's Eve Day tradition dating back 125 years, a dinner...
WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Break #5, 1971)
Views: 3466
Here's Commercial Break #5 for the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
McDonald's (in color) (can't make out the copyright date)
Munson Marine of Lisle (in color)
Zip-Away (in color)
Announcement (in color) - "Channel 32 welcomes the more than 5,000 broadcasters attending the 49th annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. WFLD-TV Chicago." (voiceover by Del Clark)
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WGN Channel 9 - WGN Friday Night Movie - "Holiday Inn" (Ending + News Promo, 1981)
Views: 5693
Here is the ending from a WGN Channel 9 Friday Night Movie presentation of "Holiday Inn" (I had to edit it down) followed immediately by a promo for The 9 O'Clock News featuring Marty McNeeley, Robert Jordan, and Tom Skilling. Stories previewed:
- 5 killed in a Loop Construction Accident
- Breakthrough in the Deep Tunnel Project
- Chicago City Council OK's Mayor Byrne's City Budget
- Northwest Suburban man-turned-hero is rewarded
- Clear skie...
WSNS Channel 44 - Partial Break, Sox Slide & Partial Movie Open (1980?)
Views: 2727
Here's some more cool & rare TV-44 footage! A partial commercial break, going into a Chicago White Sox slide promo, and ending with a partial opening to a WSNS Movie Show - could it be the 1:00 Movie? Because we've see that opening before, but this time it's in color! (too bad it's incomplete) (they may have used this opening for several different movie shows) Includes:
Slide PSA for the Bob Kennedy M...