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WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 8, 1972)

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Here's Part 8 (the final part) of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

Fenster and Mother Plumtree bickering about her cooking and his inventions, and Wally and Maynard likewise in a sour mood, due to Dr. Doompuss' nefarious machinations; B.J. seeks to change the atmosphere by drawing a happy face, but Doompuss and his partners in crime, FrankenWeird and...

WGN Channel 9 - Donahue - "Adult Kids Living at Home" (Opening, 1980)

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Here's the opening moments of an installment of Donahue on WGN Channel 9 which examined adult kids living at home (this was some twelve years before Jerry Springer's look at "adult babies"). Includes:

Station ID bumper slide with drawing of sun and moon sitting down watching TV and message "Open for Business 24 Hours a Day" (set in Lubalin Graph Bold - a serif version of ITC's famed Avant Garde fon...

Various Stations - "TV DX Potpourri" (1979/1980)

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Here are some clips from as far away as Detroit and Cleveland that were recorded in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago using a tall antenna - "TV DXing" as it was known.

As described by Wikipedia, TV DX is a term referring to the active search for distant television stations received during unusual atmospheric conditions. The term DX is an old telegraphic term meaning "long distance." TV DX aficionados would at...

Channel 6 (Nashville) - "A Primitive Weather Channel Christmas" (Excerpt, 1975)

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Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: a weird oddity - an excerpt from cable Channel 6 in Nashville, Tennessee (broadcasting in black and white), with what amounts to a primitive version of The Weather Channel, with readings of Wind Direction, Wind Velocity, Barometric Pressure, Temperature, Time, and Current Speed in MPH (just kidding). Plus, it includes a (literal) community bulletin board (including, at one point, a notice for town carolers). All this with a hypnotic, end...

WDCA Channel 20 - Snipets - "Pigpen Cipher" (1980)

Views: 833

Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and [primarily] aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 1970's and early '80's. However, in a discovery that is sure to change SnipetsHistory forever - this one was discovered on a Betamax recording of a broadcast of the Star Trek episode "The Savage Curtain" on WDCA Channel 20 (Washington, D.C.) from April of 1980!

At this time the Field ...

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H - "Operation Friendship" (Opening & Break, 1982)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break from a repeat of the M*A*S*H episode "Operation Friendship" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Benny Hill promo and Station ID (voiceover by Jim Barton)

M*A*S*H opening titles (from the 1980-81 season)

Commercial: Jewel grocery stores ("Friend of the Family for 50 Years")

Commercial: WFYR 103 1/2 FM - "Great Oldies . . . and More!" (people singing along to various ...

Inside Out - The Magic Of TV (Part 4 - Last, 1981)

Views: 3470

Here's Part 4, the last part, of a neat WBBM special, ostensibly for kids but which everyone can enjoy and learn something from - Inside Out - The Magic of TV. Reviews some of the basic tools of a television station including Chroma Key, TelePrompTer, CG, Editing Consoles, Electronic Still Store, and more.

Includes lots of behind-the-scenes footage in WBBM-TV's studios, newsroom, mini-cam vans, and production facilities. Features cameos by lots of famous Channel 2 people incl...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Ginny Tiu Show (Part 4, 1969)

Views: 906

Here's Part 4, the last part, of The Ginny Tiu Show which aired on WCIU Channel 26. Ms. Tiu was a child prodigy pianist whose chief claim to fame was playing by ear and not being able to read a note, and who was a familiar presence on such 1960's TV series as The Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, and a 1966 episode of I've Got a Secret (from Steve Allen's run as host), as well as appearing in the 1962 Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! ...

WGN Channel 9 - The Groovie Goolies and Friends (Opening & Break, 1980)

Views: 4617

Here's the opening for The Groovie Goolies and Friends on WGN Channel 9, followed by a commercial break. Includes:

WGN "Last Farewell" animated station ID (voiceover and time check by Bob Bell)

Opening of The Groovie Goolies and Friends (the main show was originally run as part of Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies, which aired on the CBS Network from 1970 to 1971, and then aired on its own from 1971 to 1972); this umbrella also includes Las...