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The Star Wars Holiday Special - "Let's Blow This Thing And Go Home" (Part 12, 1978)

Views: 4106

Here's Part 12, the last part, of The Star Wars Holiday Special. Thank the maker, it's over.

(Part 11, the penultimate part, was previously posted here)

End credits voiceover by Bill Martin.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

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WKBD Channel 50 - NBC Saturday Night (Bumper Promo, 1977)

Views: 2890

How many people knew Kaiser/Field affiliate WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit showed NBC Saturday Night (A.K.A. Saturday Night Live) first-run before the NBC affiliate did? Here's a bumper promo for the episode featuring Steve Martin and The Kinks.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV on Saturday, February 26th 1977 at 5pm. (not Chicago TV, but still cool)

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WKBD Channel 50 - "The Choice Is Yours" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2007

Here's a version of "The Choice Is Yours" jingle/slogan and animation as used by WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit, starting off with shots of a sculpture with the General Motors building at Renaissance Center in the background, a local pastry shop, and a young child walking a dog, before that stack turns around to show the Field-era '50' logo.

Animation was done using the analog Scanimate video process.

"In Detroit, the choice is yours on TV-50!"
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WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "So Long Mr. Chumps" (Commercial Break #3, 1979)

Views: 954

(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is Commercial Break #3 for the short "So Long Mr. Chumps" during an episode of The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Three Stooges bumper

Record offer for The Temptations Greatest Hits by Sessions

WFLD Three Stooges bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 17th 1979.

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WFLD Channel 32 - "The Choice Is Yours" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2054

Here's a station ID for WFLD Channel 32 with "The Choice Is Yours" slogan/jingle, showing two different shots of the Chicago skyline at top and bottom and a young child with a Chicago Cubs hat shown at center (I wonder where the kid with the Cubs hat is today?), before the stack of images turns around to show the new Field-era '32' logo.

Animation was done using the analog Scanimate video process.

"In Chicago, the choice is yours on Channel 32!"<...

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Grand Elm AMC/Jeep - "The Big Guys" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1804

Here's a commercial for Grand Elm AMC/Jeep at 6940 West Grand in Chicago. 2 blocks east of Grand and Harlem.

"The Big Guys with the Right Car Buys."

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th 1979.

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WFLD Channel 32 - The Partridge Family - "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa" (Ending, 1979)

Views: 1491

Here's the ending from the episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa" of The Partridge Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

End Credits (Voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Field Communications ID

WFLD Benny Hill bumper promo

Start of Green Acres opening

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 24th 1979.

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Rolling Stone...The 10th Anniversary - "A Day In The Decade" (1977)

Views: 7067

Here's something that's pretty awful and bizarre, a segment from the Rolling Stone 10th Anniversary special - a Beatles tribute medley called "A Day in the Decade". It goes on for over 14 minutes, and mercifully perhaps the person recording it decided that was enough. (I think it was almost over anyway)

Local Trivia Note: This special was stereo simulcast (simulcasted?) in the Chicago area on WBBM-FM 96.3.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Friday, November ...

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WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News - "You Never Know Who's Going To Drop By" (Promo, 1976)

Views: 4651

Here's a neat promo for Channel 2 News on WBBM Channel 2 featuring a host of celebrities that have stopped by to chat on the news at Channel 2.

Including: John Wayne, Michael Caine, Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Gloria Steinem, Andre the Giant, Sean Connery, Gregory Peck, Walter Payton, and others which I am sure you will help ID. :-)

Voiceover by ??

"When people in the news talk, they talk to Channel 2 News..."

This promo air...