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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 4, 1991)

Views: 1385

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 4, they discuss the job of coach of the Notre Dame basketball team and why no one wants it.

Includes:

Commercial: True Value Hardware St...

WGN Channel 9 - The Daily Game & Lotto Drawing (1983)

Views: 4169

Here's a complete Daily Game and Lotto drawing on WGN Channel 9 featuring Karen Smith and lottery official Linda Borsem (sp?) (CPA with Arthur Young.)

Main voiceover by Paul Rogers. Ending voiceover by Merri Dee. Music is a jazzy instrumental version of "Over The Rainbow".

Also includes a WGN Station ID at the end.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 30th 1983 @ a little before 7pm.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Gong Show (Ending & Break, 1978)

Views: 4461

Here's the ending and after show break for The Gong Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Gene-Gene, The Dancing Machine!

Ending credits for The Gong Show (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie - with promo for 10:30am Saturday movie - Laurel & Hardy in "Air Raid Wardens" (good for a double check on the date)

Bigsby & Kruthers

Loc Blocs - "Lego Vs. Loc Bloc"

The Egg Scrambler by Ronco (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie)

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "A Merri Goodbye" (Part 5, 1981)

Views: 9185

Here is Part 5 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Date, Weather, and Sports report shown

A Visit with Cuddley Dudley (Roy Brown)

Merri Dee comes by to say farewell to Ray and give Cud a scratch on the ears

Time shown (Merri Dee voiceover)

Ray Rayner bumper slate

Thi...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Bill Gleason" (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 1432

Here's Part 3 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 3 includes Bill Gleason (of "Sportswriters (Sports Writers) on TV" fa...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jack Brickhouse" (Part 2, 1981)

Views: 2269

Here's Part 2 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 2 includes Al Lerner as M.C. and Jack Brickhouse giving Tim a good jo...

WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus (Commercial Break #1, 1977)

Views: 5040

Here's Commercial Break #1 from an episode of Bozo's Circus on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Bozo's Circus bumper featuring Garfield Goose and Macintosh Mouse (voiceover by Frazier Thomas)

Micronauts Space Vehicles by Mego

Barbie Townhouse by Mattel (1976 Copyright)

Batman and Robin Bat Coders - Walkie-Talkies by Mego

Farrah doll by Mego (Farrah Fawcett-Majors)

Bozo's Circus return bumpe...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Rise Of 60" (1984)

Views: 4302

Here's a segment of the Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 with anchors Linda Yu and Joel Daly.

Media Columnist and critic Gary Deeb (whatever became of him?) reports on the rise of WPWR Channel 60, lead by their wunderkind, "the boy genius in a beard", program director Neal Sabin. :-)

How in the world did he swing such great free advertising on a competing station??

"That refugee from the glue factory - Mr. Ed..."

This aired on local...

WTTW Channel 11 - Mystery! (Opening, 1981)

Views: 1916

Here's the opening of Mystery! on WTTW Channel 11 with host Vincent Price. Also includes a WTTW Station ID slide at the beginning with a voiceover by Don Ferris.

Features the classic opening animation based on the cartoons of Chicago-born artist Edward Gorey. It was animated by Eugene Federenko, Derek Lamb and Janet Perlman, and the music was by Normand Roger.

(Vincent Price cut-off early due to tape ending)

This aired on local Chicago TV ...