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WPWR Channel 50 - Ultraman (Opening & Break, 1991)

Views: 6450

Here's the opening and first commercial break for Ultraman on WPWR Channel 50. Includes:

WPWR Brady Bunch bumper promo (voiceover by ??)

Opening to Ultraman (what a wimpy theme song - it's like Pat Boone compared to Spectreman's rockin' tune) (which one day I will learn how to play the bass line to) :-)

WPWR 50 Kid's Club "Summertime Place" lineup promo - The Jetsons at 2:30pm...

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 6, 1991)

Views: 1341

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 6, they discuss women who fish for bass and a contest that excluded them.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style beer with Dennis Farina - "It'...

WPWR Channel 50 - Nanny And The Professor - "1-900 Hall of Shame" (Opening & Break, 1991)

Views: 5342

Here is the opening to an airing of Nanny and the Professor (presenting the episode "The Astronomers") on WPWR Channel 50 and the commercial break that follows, with a sequence of hilariously bad and over-the-top 1-900 phone line commercials - each one more cheesy than the last.

Includes:

WPWR Star Trek: The Next Generation bumper promo (ending voiceover by ??)

Opening to Nanny and the Professor

Girl's Talk - 1-900-230-1700 ($...

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 1, 1991)

Views: 3619

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 1, they discuss Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens.

Includes:

SportsChannel ID at beginning - "Our Season Never Ends!"

Commerci...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Punks, Junk & More" (Part 3, 1991)

Views: 2909

Here is Part Two of an episode of Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. Includes:

Jim Skafish & His Unique Musical Stylings - at The Avalon - Belmont & Sheffield.

Mr. Condom in Winthrop Harbor.

"If there were guests of Wild Chicago..." voiceover by Don Ferris.

Wild Duds - I think these were originally called "Wild Wear" but maybe they decided to rename them f...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Islands" (Part 4, 1991)

Views: 1825

Here is Part Four, the last part, of an "Islands" themed episode of Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with an islands-related theme. Includes:

Goose Island on the Near Northwest side. Including Goose Island Shrimp House at 1013 West Division.

Lonski's Inn (Lonski's Cafeteria) at 1115 North Branch and 1117 North Branch.

Special annoucement regarding Wil...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Good Health" (Part 3, 1991)

Views: 1594

Here is Part Three of "Good Health In" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with a health-related theme. Includes:

Psychic Mike Kurban at 4328 North Lincoln Avenue.

Lincoln Turners Gymnasium and Pool at 1019 West Diversey. [note: Al Beradino writes in to add, "Today the gym is called the Lincoln Park Athletic Club. Before Lincoln Turner it was the American Colleg...