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WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 4, 1964)

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Here's Part 4 of a rare edition of the nightly Pulse newscast from WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, transferred from the original 2" quad videotape. This was notable in featuring future Chicago TV legend Jim Ruddle anchoring out of St. Petersburg at various points. This part features him, Tampa-based Hugh Smith, and news director Ray Dantzler in the Pulse newsroom. Includes:

Jim reports on a parliamentary maneuver in Pinellas County to block d...

WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 1, 1972)

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Here's Part 1 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7.

This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Includes:

Very brief shot of EIA RS-189A color bars with 1 kHz tone, followed by countdown and display of slate marked: "...

WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Commercial Break #5, 1981)

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Here's the fifth commercial break from the ABC Movie Special presentation of "Rudolph and Frosty" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

"Rudolph and Frosty" bumper (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Commercial: Monchhichi boy and girl dolls from Mattel (with party dress and ribbon for the girl doll, football outfit for the boy doll, and each doll all sold separately) (voiceover by ??) - (C) Sekiguchi Co., Ltd. 1980

Commercial: Kleenex Huggies diapers - fas...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Norman Mark" (1972)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features Norman Mark, who at the time was TV/Radio columnist for the Chicago Daily News. He would later go on to review films on WMAQ Channel 5 with "Norman's Mark".

Norman Mark references "Sig Sakowicz" (a popular Svengoolie gag) - he was a tv and radio per...

WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Max Headroom Pirating Incident" (1987)

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During a broadcast of the Dr. Who episode "Horror of Fang Rock" on WTTW Chicago Channel 11, on Sunday November 22nd, 1987, at around 11:15pm, a Video "Pirate" wearing a Max Headroom mask broke into the signal and transmitted one of the weirdest, unauthorized things ever to hit the Chicago airwaves.

Earlier in the evening on the same day, during the Nine O'Clock News on Channel 9 (Yes, a completely different channel) the Max Headroom Pirate also broke in - although it was for a...

NBC Network - "Elvis Has Left The Building" - "Technical Difficulties" (Part 2, 1977)

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Here is Part 2 of an NBC Special Report (on local Rockford affiliate WTVO Channel 17) from when it was first announced that Elvis Presley had died.

Here you get a FuzzyMemories Two-fer: an historical event and a technical difficulties moment all in one. The sound fades down at the end of the Brian Ross piece and doesn't return when the discussion panel segment in the studio begins featuring David Marsh of Rolling Stone Magazine, Disc Jockey Murray The K, and Steve Dunleavy of...

WGN Channel 9 - Len Johnson and the News (Part 1, 1965)

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Here's Part 1 of an incredibly rare find - an edition of Len Johnson and the News on WGN Channel 9 from 1965! This was a forerunner to their overnight Night Beat newscast that ran from the late-sixties well into the 1980s.

You'll notice that this was during that awkward transition phase from black-and-white to color with most of the broadcast appearing in black-and-white, but then interspersed by random color commercials and a few color slides.

Thi...

WFLA Channel 8 - Channel 8 Reports (Part 3, 1965)

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Here's Part 3 of an edition of Channel 8 Reports on WFLA Channel 8 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, anchored by Arch Deal. Also featuring meteorologist Jack Stir.

Includes:

Jack Stir's weather report, in which he reports the current weather conditions (warmer than normal for this time of year) and forecast; notice the old-fashioned weather meters (for Barometer, Winds, Wind Speed, Temperature, Humidity and Rainfall) and drawn maps which contrast with t...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 7, 1981)

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In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 7, the final part, features Steve and his band Teenage Radiation doing the song "Ronnie B. Goode" (parody of "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry (duh)) as well as a complete commercial break,...