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WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart (Opening, 1975)

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Here's a rare bit of Chicago Kids TV History - seen publically for the first time in over 35 years - footage from TV-44's Popeye with Steve Hart! Includes:

The opening titles and first segment of Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44. This was from an original studio tape, recorded on August 12th 1975.

CG VTR slate with message: "VTR: 770 - Cut: 1 / Air: Mon. 8/18 - Popeye Show Inserts - Steve Hart Productions - Rec: 8/12/75 - M. T....

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts (Part 1, 1979)

Views: 863

Here's Part 1 of Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts, a local interview program hosted by Kathy McFarland that followed an encore presentation of the Academy Award-winning Scared Straight! on WFLD Channel 32. Also featuring a former street gang member turned straight, Ray Rowland(sp?). Includes:

A few more seconds of the Scared Straight! film are shown (with a quick zoom-in of the Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts title) as Kathy begins her comments lead...

WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus - "Skylab Synchronicity" (1979)

Views: 2777

Here's an excerpt of Bozo's Circus on WGN Channel 9, featuring a news bulletin crawled on the lower-third section of the screen during a showing of the Huckleberry Hound cartoon "A Bully Dog" (from Season #2, Episode #5, originally aired on November 2nd 1959).

In another case of synchronicity, a message about the satellite space station Skylab falling back to earth was given during the point in this episode where Huck, playing the role of a messenger boy, attempts to d...

WBBM Channel 2 - TV2 News at 10 (Part 1, 1972)

Views: 6225

Here's Part 1 of an edition of the TV2 News at 10 on WBBM Channel 2, with Bob Wallace substituting for then-regular anchor Bob McBride, and featuring brief appearances by sportscaster Brent Musburger and weatherman John Coughlin during the opening.

This edition was transferred from the original 2" Quad tape.

Includes:

Tail end of commercial for A&P supermarkets - "WEO" (Where Economy Originates)

TV2 News at 10 opening, ...

WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 6, 1978)

Views: 1555

Here's Part 6 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.

This part includes:

Long shot of anniversary audience and show title on screen, with intro of preview of films to be shown on ABC's movie shows in the 1978-79 season (introductory voiceover by Gary Gears)

"The Movies on ABC" promo (voiceover by Ernie Anderson), with clips from t...

The ABC Saturday Preview Special (Part 4 - Last, 1983)

Views: 1727

Here is Part 4, the last part, of The ABC Saturday Preview Special - a look at ABC's Saturday Morning programs of the past and present. Includes clips of: Sky King, Space Patrol, On Your Mark..., Super Circus, Cartoonies, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Hong Kong Phooey, Lassie's Rescue Rangers, Mighty Man and Yukk, Mumbly, Marmaduke, Rocky and his Friends, Dynomutt, Richie Rich, The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The Puppy's Further Adventures, The Littles, The Little Rascals, Pac-Man, Disn...

WBBM Channel 2 - Partial Commercial Break (1976)

Views: 2633

Here's a partial commercial break as aired on WBBM Channel 2 - what show it was during or at the end of, we do not know. Includes:

Tail end of Bicentennial Minute with Darren McGavin (formerly of Kolchak: The Night Stalker) (ending voiceover by Ernie Anderson, with sponsor billboard for Shell gasoline)

CBS "Eye" ID (voiceover by Don Robertson)

Commercial: Kentucky Fried Chicken - with voiceover (by Jerry Harper) offering lunch speci...

WSNS Channel 44 - Ending of Leave It To Beaver & Promos (1980)

Views: 1677

Here are the ending credits to Leave it to Beaver (voiceover by Lloyd Hanson) on WSNS Channel 44 - followed by a promo for the Gong Show (Don Ferris voiceover) and then a bumper promo for Dinah! & Friends. (Linda Frost voiceover)

This aired on local Chicago television Thursday, February 21st 1980.

WAVE Channel 3 - Celebrity Sweepstakes (Opening, 1975)

Views: 12585

Here's the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds or so of an episode of the game show "Celebrity Sweepstakes" as aired on WAVE-TV Channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky. Only a couple episodes of this show still exist apparently, so it's likely this is the only existing clip of this episode, which featured celebrities Darren McGavin, Jim Nabors, Dan Rowan, Betty White and regulars Joey Bishop and Carol Wayne. Jim McKrell was the host of this daytime game show.

Features a recap of the Sha...