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WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "More on The Death of John Lennon" (1980)

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Here's another report on the murder of John Lennon from Night Beat on WGN Channel 9, with Jack Taylor anchoring. Features reports by Independent Network News' Tim Malloy and Frank Casey in New York (they worked at WGN's sister station in that city, WPIX Channel 11, at the time; it was there that the nationally-syndicated INN originated), and a local report from WGN's own Elizabeth Brackett. Also featured in clips within the two reports from the INN feed are James...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - News 5 Chicago Night Report (Opening Segment, 1972)

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Here's a neat superVintage clip - the first three minutes of the Channel 5 10pm News from 1972! Includes:

Station ID with voiceover "This is WMAQ-TV, Chicago" by ??

Opening to the News 5 Chicago Night Report "with Floyd Kalber, Harry Volkman, Johnny Morris, and Len O'Connor" (voiceover by ??)

Floyd Kalber reports on the proposed 1973 Chicago School Budget and cuts and layoffs deemed necessary by Chicago Public Schools Superintendent James R...

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WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Opening, 1981)

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Fuzzy Claus returns with his yearly bagful of Christmas-themed goodies!!!!

Here's the opening moments of the ABC Movie Special presentation of Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph and Frosty" (originally released in 1979 as "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July," per IMDb) on WLS Channel 7. (NOTE: At the start of this clip, there is some "channel-surfing" (or more accurately commercial/pre-show c...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! (Part 4, 1979)

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Here's Part 4 of the controversial Academy Award-winning documentary Scared Straight! (hosted and narrated by Peter Falk) as aired on WFLD Channel 32. This was from an "encore presentation." Includes:

"27 Years" orders the audience members to sit up, and gets into the face of several of them, even so far as to threaten to bite off the nose of one teen; he bluntly points out that what they see on TV is "fantasy," and that in real life when one does time, they do time...

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WREX Channel 13 - "The Circus" (Take 3, 1969)

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Here's the third and final take of a (evidently lipsynced) performance from a band called "The Circus" - recorded at WREX Channel 13 in Rockford, IL. (Not sure if this ever ran on or was intended to run on WCIU Channel 26 or not.)

This came from the other Quad tape that I found in Jack Mulqueen's basement recently. (Recorded in low band, according to the slate at the opening of this clip - as accompanied by an 800 Hz tone).

I was hoping this tape might have c...

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WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "An American Christmas Carol" (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for The ABC Sunday Night Movie world premiere presentation of "An American Christmas Carol" (starring Henry Winkler of Happy Days fame - AAAAAY!) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Animated station ID/promo for Eyewitness News at 6pm & 10pm with Fahey Flynn (voiceover by Gary Gears)

The ABC Sunday Night Movie open, including promo for "An American Christmas Carol" (voiceover by Joel Crager)
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WTTW Channel 11 - Monty Python's Flying Circus - "Missing Political Choreographer Opening" (1980)

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Well this is something pretty darn rare. Here's the opening of a WTTW Channel 11 broadcast of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. It was the episode "A Book at Bedtime" (originally from 1973 - Season 3; Episode 12). Sound ordinary so far? Well, it isn't. The opening of the show includes a sketch that has essentially been lost.

The official DVD release of this episode doesn't have it (known as the "Political Choreographer" sketch) - in fact, the

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WGN Channel 9 - Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley - "A Nightbeat New Year" (Part 1, 1983)

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Here's Part 1 of Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley on WGN Channel 9. Also featuring Bill Covington (of Independent Network News) and the voice of Pat Harper (from WGN's sister station in New York, WPIX Channel 11). Includes:

Animated WGN station ID with aerial shot of Chicago skyline at sunset in background

Nightbeat opening titles (way different from what was used in 1970's and early '80's)

Marty McNeeley opens the newscast by r...

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WFLD Channel 32 - "Cartoon Odds & Ends" (1981?)

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Here's a few miscellaneous remaining odds and ends from a recent discovery, from cartoon broadcasts on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Partial stop-motion animated bumper with Loeki the Lion watching TV and clinking glasses with a hand peering out from inside the telly, seen during an airing of Casper (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose)

Clips of a Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare cartoon, which involved Tommy visiting New York City and driving through the sights of Broadwa...