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WGN Channel 9 - "Season's Greetings From The Donahue Staff" (1979)

Views: 1534

Here's a happy holidays message from the Donahue staff and WGN Channel 9 featuring Phil Donahue.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 25th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - "Season's Greetings From Andy Griffith" (1979)

Views: 2708

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring Andy Griffith and Elinor Donahue (formerly of Father Knows Best) singing "Away in a Manger" that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This clip originated from the first-season Andy Griffith Show episode "The Christmas Story," which originally aired on the CBS Network on Monday, December 19th 1960.

Also features at the end, the "WGN Season's Greetings Christmas Tree" bum...

WGN Channel 9 - "Merry Christmas/Happy Chanukah" (Bumper, 1979)

Views: 2076

Here's a combo Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah bumper slate from WGN Channel 9.

Bob Bell does the voice over. Sounds like he flubbed it a bit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 18th 1979. (28 years ago today!)

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Marshall Fields' Window Displays" (1979)

Views: 5470

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring the store window displays from Marshall Fields (with Uncle Mistletoe) and the song "The Christmas Waltz" by The Carpenters. This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 27th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "White Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2295

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen in a scene from the movie "White Christmas". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

Also features at the end, the "WGN Season's Greetings Christmas Tree" bumper slate previously posted.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 18th 1979. (28 years ago today!)

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Silver Bells" (1979)

Views: 3215

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell singing "Silver Bells". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

Features some not-quite politically correct humor from Bob Hope. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 17th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Happy Holidays" (1979)

Views: 5366

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from the movie "Holiday Inn" with Bing Crosby and others singing "Happy Holidays". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 26th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2331

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from the movie "Meet me in St. Louis" with Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 19th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 837

Here's a promo for the world premiere of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" with Mickey Rooney, on WFLD Channel 32.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 11th 1984.