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Chatter's World - "Chatter's Forecast" (1960)
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Here's an installment of a syndicated series of shorts called Chatter's World that aired on WBKB Channel 7 weekday mornings in 1960.
Chicago historian Steve Jajkowski adds, "Chatter's World was local - it was created and produced by Sam Ventura and Ronny Born (who played "Orville" on Shock Theatre). Ronny Born also performed the voice of Chatter. Filmed at WBKB, roughly a season's worth, then sold i...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm (Promo, 1977)
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Here is a two-minute, awesomely overdone promo (in that 70s way) for WMAQ Channel 5's NewsCenter5 At 10pm, starting off with a space motif and a laser-style lightning bolt traveling around the world and then back to Chicago ("From the stars to the planets, from Chicago to the ends of the earth" - voiceover by Brad Crandall), to promote "a new age of electronic journalism" (a reference to the adoption of video-based ENG) and the resources of NBC News. Some of the clips (of news events within ...
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Here's Part 4 (the last part) of an episode of the Hot Fudge Show - which was produced in Detroit but also aired all over the country, including Chicago on WFLD, WSNS, and WLS, at various times during the 70's and early 80's.
This last segment features another Write-On! with the Groucho Marx type puppet and Seymour, The Mitts featuring Seymour and another puppet at the piano, and Arte Johnson and Seymour doing a final banter before the ending credits.
Hot Fudge S...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 6, 1978)
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Here's Part 6 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features Terry Murphy, Norman Mark, WLS Channel 7 News Director Jim McFarland(sp?), David Finney and Bob Wallace.
Mr. McFarland(sp?) accepted on behalf of Bill Jackson who won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Children's Programming: For a Ser...
WTTW Channel 11 - The Channel Eleven Moviebreak - "Banana Peel" (Opening, 1980)
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Here's the opening of The Channel Eleven Moviebreak presentation of the 1963 film "Banana Peel" (starring Jeanne Moreau and Jean Paul Belmondo, with Claude Brasseur, Jean Pierre Marielle, Alain Cuny, and Gert Frobe) on WTTW Channel 11. Includes:
"Made possible by" notice, with billboard for LaSalle National Bank (voiceover by Marty Robinson)
"11 Chicago" station ID with picture of yellow flower (voiceover by Don Ferris)
The Channel Eleve...
WGN Channel 9 - The Late Movie - "The Cocoanuts" (Opening & Break, 1987)
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Here's the opening moments and first commercial break of The Late Movie presentation of the Marx Brothers' first feature, "The Cocoanuts" (1929), on WGN Channel 9. This screening marked the last time WGN aired a Marx Brothers movie on New Year's Day. Includes:
WGN Station ID - with Bob Vorwald of WGN's sports department wishing everybody a happy holiday season (background music: "Deck the Halls" by Mannheim Steamroller)
The Late Movie CGI open wi...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 6, 1989)
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Here's Part 6 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.
This part features John Herrera singing "Wind Beneath My Wings," Jose Lamas, Marty Robinson, Warner Saunders, Carol Marin, Bruce Rheins, and Don Mosely.
Mr. Saunders accepted the "Informational Programming - Public Affairs Series" award for Race Relations Project on WMAQ Channel 5, which he and Ron Magers co-hosted and for which Deloris MeBain, David Finney, Car...
WBBM Channel 2 - So You Think You Know Chicago? (Part 2, 1974)
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Here's Part 2 of a special called So You Think You Know Chicago? on WBBM Channel 2. This was the third broadcast in a continuing series of shows called Chicago Alive. The hosts were legendary anchors Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson, and...
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Here's Part 1 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, from five days after the city was socked by a massive snowstorm that went up to 20 inches and brought everything to a standstill (and ultimately cost Michael Bilandic his job as Mayor). Also featuring Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire...