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WFLD Channel 32 - Screaming Yellow Theater - "Corridors of Blood / Slaughter of the Vampire" (Opening Excerpt, 1971)

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Here's a brief excerpt of the opening to Screaming Yellow Theater on WFLD Channel 32. This was Episode #30, showing the films Corridors of Blood and Slaughter of the Vampires.

Voiceover by the original Svengoolie - Jerry G. Bishop.

"It's 10 and 30 - the time is here - Come now kiddies and have no fear -"

Too bad the recording ended there. If only we got about 30 seconds more. :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV on Fri...

ABC News Viewpoint - The Day After (Part 4, 1983)

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Here is Part 4 of the live ABC News Viewpoint special on "The Nuclear Dilemma". This aired after The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Hosted by Ted Koppel.

Panel of guests were Dr. Henry Kissinger, Carl Sagan, Brent Scowcroft, William F. Buckley, Jr., Elie Wiesel, and Robert McNamara.

This part features an on-screen crawl promoting WLS-TVs News Coverage of the mo...

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Break #3, 1986)

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Here is break #3 of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. Includes:

Pulsar Watches

Pine Sol

Opryland USA Passport

Kingsford with Mesquite (Ken Nordine voice over)

Dominick's Finer Foods

Sunday Showcase bumper (with Jim Barton voice over)

MGM Musicals Great Musicals

Pearle Vision Center

Eckrich Fran...

Sears Bank & Trust - "Fastest Bank in Town" with Bobby Hull (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial featuring hockey great Bobby Hull for Sears Bank & Trust - offering such services as savings and checking accounts, and Deposit Credit (maximum credit limit $5,000) to write yourself an "instant loan" - "Out to Be the Fastest Bank in Town".

Features Alexander Calder's The Universe sculpture / artwork in the background near the end of the commercial, which was located in the lobby of the Sears Tower building. (and still is today - at least for n...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics With Frazier Thomas - "Kidnapped" (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a promo for the Sunday, April 13th 1980 Family Classics With Frazier Thomas airing of "Kidnapped" on WGN Channel 9.

Voiceover by Frazier Thomas.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 12th 1980 during the 7:30am to 8:30am timeframe.

ON TV - Adults Only (Ending & Beginning of Short Subject, 1981)

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Here's the ending of the "Optional Service" of Adults Only mode, which was presenting the movie "The World of Henry Paris". Includes:

Ending of "The World of Henry Paris"

Ending of Optional Service mode with woiceover by WSNS' former General Manager/Announcer Mal Wyman.

ON TV "Short Subject" opening graphic

Opening of short film from The National Film Board of Canada - "A Phantasy" by Norman McLaren

This aired on loca...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Koz Zone - "The Astro-Zombies" - "Beginnings..." (1989)

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Here's the first few minutes of the very first Koz Zone episode (before it had a name even) - back when he was really playing up the idea of being a video pirater. The first movie he showed was "The Astro-Zombies" (which he also showed on Son of Svengoolie at one point).

It was an exciting time - waiting for this to come on. It had been years since I had seen Son of Svengoolie or any Rich Koz Komedy at that point, and it was starting to become a fuzzy childhood memory ...

Pac-Man Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron with Fred Savage (Commercial, 1983)

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Here's a commercial for Pac-Man Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron, which had no sugar or additives among its ingredients - unlike Flintstones Multi-Vitamins which had 70% sugar.

Featuring a very young Fred Savage, years before he shot to fame as the star of the TV series The Wonder Years.

(C) 1983 Rexall Corporation

"Goodbye, Fred - Hello, Pac-Man."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 28th 1983 d...

WTTW Channel 11 - Sneak Previews - "Blade Runner" (Review & Ending, 1982)

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Here is another clip from WTTW Channel 11 Sneak Previews with a review of Blade Runner, Pranks (A.K.A. Death Dorm), the Pheobe Cates - Willie Ames movie "Paradise", and the ending credits to the show.

I can't believe they didn't have thumbs up or down back then. When the heck did they start that? I thought it was with them from very early on!

It's a shame neither Siskel or Ebert seemed to "get" Blade Runner, which is considered a classic by most people nowada...