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WMAQ Channel 5 - "Elsewhere On The Day After" (1983)
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On the night that The Day After - an ABC presentation about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States (and one of the most-watched movies for television) aired, NBC Sunday Night at the Movies aired Part 1 of the mini-series Kennedy. Here's the ending of it and the post-show commercial break. Incidently, the creators of The Day After originally envisioned the movie to also span over multiple nights, but they decided against it after consideri...
WGN Channel 9 - The Wall Street Journal Business Report with Floyd Brown (1981)
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Here's an edition of The Wall Street Journal Business Report on WGN Channel 9, anchored by longtime WGN voiceover announcer, Floyd Brown. (pretty cool to see him here in his prime!) Includes:
Opening titles and sponsor billboard for Amtrak ("America's Getting Into Training - Training the Amtrak Way") (voiceover by Merri Dee)
Floyd Brown reading the following business items:
- A revision to a measurement of the Consumer Price Index, with a ...
WGN Channel 9 - Here's Looking At You Kid Theater (Promo, 1981)
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Here's a promo for 'Here's Looking At You Kid' Theater on WGN Channel 9, which aired late-night Saturdays showing Humphrey Bogart films.
According to Chris Tufts, this movie show only ran for a few months before being resumed again by the standard WGN Presents. Here are the movies and airdates:
1) November 15th 1980 11:00 PM The Maltese Falcon (1941)
2) November 22nd 1980 11:00 PM The Roaring Twenties (1939)
3) December 6th 198...
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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...
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...
WTTW Channel 11 - Made in Chicago - "Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah / Bill Quateman" (Part 3, 1974)
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Here's Part 3 of a local music show, Made in Chicago, on WTTW Channel 11. This program (which was also simulcast on WBBM-FM 96.3) was a predecessor to Soundstage which was also produced by the station and aired nationally over PBS. The guests on this (re-run airing) edition were Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah (bassist Mitch Aliotta, guitarist Skip Haynes and pianist John Jeremiah) and Bill Quateman.
Note: As with other things we've found, this is actually quite ra...
WBBM Channel 2 - So You Think You Know Chicago? (Part 1, 1974)
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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.
Here's Part 1 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. Al...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Northwest Mounted Police" (Promo, 1972)
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Here's something very rare - a [sound modified] promo for an upcoming 3:30 Movie presentation (in two parts) of the 1940 film "Northwest Mounted Police" (directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard) on WLS Channel 7, from within the venerable afternoon movie showcase's early years.
Pretty neat find, showing different 3:30 Movie title graphics than we've seen before. Anyone remember this version? Could it have only been used for the...