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WFLD Channel 32 - Premiere Movie - "Rhapsody" (Promo, 1983)

Views: 1962

Here's a promo for the "Premiere Movie" on WFLD Channel 32 featuring the opening graphics. Today's movie was "Rhapsody".

Voiceover by ?? (Not Jim Barton - anyone know?)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 2nd 1983.

WFLD Channel 32 - Monstrous Movie - "The House of Fear" (Opening Excerpt, 1982)

Views: 4581

Here is the opening (sadly, cut slightly in the middle) for the WFLD Channel 32 Monstrous Movie. The movie was "The House of Fear".

Music used in the opening is by Dick Jacobs - from the album "Themes From Horror Movies", and the track is "This Island Earth" (thanks to Dan Siciliano for the info)

The announcer is Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 5th 1982.

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie at Noon - "Six of a Kind" (Tiny Ending Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 1301

Here's a tiny excerpt of another long-lost WFLD movie show bumper, during the ending of a presentation of "Six of a Kind" - the Movie at Noon.

Thanks to Phantom (Chris Tufts) for researching this.

This aired on local Chicago TV roughly sometime in the latter half of 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Break #2, 1971)

Views: 4162

Here's Commercial Break #2 for the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

HFC (Household Finance Corporation) Mortgages (in color)

What's Happening!? WFLD promo (in color) featuring Jerry G. Bishop (in his Svengoolie-era days) along with someone else. (Little did WFLD know that years later they would be showing another (unrelated) show with the same name) ;-) "Every day at 2:10" (?) Why not 2:23 or 12:56? ;-)

WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Movie - "Here Come The Nelsons" (Bumper, 1982)

Views: 2569

Here's another long-lost WFLD movie bumper, this one for their "Comedy Movie" (wow, original name) during an airing of "Here Come The Nelsons". Features stills of Dagwood & Blondie and the East Side Kids.

Music during the bumper is an excerpt from "Der Fuehrer's Face" by Spike Jones & His City Slickers.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 10th 1982 during the 12 noon to 1:30pm timeframe.

WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "Wally Phillips' Mystery" (1982)

Views: 6689

Here's a segment from The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2 featuring Bob Sirott reporting - regarding the revealing of Wally Phillip's eight year mystery name, kept in a locked black box (or safe, really) that he used as a way to test psychic's abilities. No one ever guessed it to win the cash prize. He finally revealed the name on his WGN radio show - it was actress Jean Rogers, who played Dale Arden on the old Flash Gordon serials.

Also features Bill Kurtis and an introduc...

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Friday Night Movie - "Holiday Inn" (Ending + News Promo, 1981)

Views: 5659

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...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "The Death of John Lennon" (Part 5 - Sports & Ending, 1980)

Views: 1983

Here's Part 5, the final part, of The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2 from the day after John Lennon was murdered. Includes:

Sports with Johnny Morris - Chicago Cubs lose Bruce Sutter in exchange for Leon Durham and Ken Reitz. The San Francisco Giants fire manager Dave Bristol; sports highlights. Johnny Morris leaves his hand extended with a pen in it for an uncomfortably long time.

Commercial: Olympus OM10 camera with Cheryl Tiegs

Ending to Th...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The 3-D Movie" (Ending, 1982)

Views: 2509

Here's a piece lost until now - the ending to The Son of Svengoolie 3D Movie showing of "The Revenge of the Creature" on WFLD Channel 32. Still haven't found the entire movie complete with commercials, but at least now we have the closing.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 29th 1982.