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WFLD Channel 32 - Promotional Sales Film (Part 1, 1970)

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Here's a terrific piece of local history and the next best thing to a guided tour of WFLD's facilities circa 1970 for you broadcast equipment junkies out there (W.B. I'm looking in your direction...) ;-)

This is Part 1 of a WFLD promotional film for (I assume) the sales department, meant to be shown to prospective advertisers on why WFLD was such a kick-arse station to buy time on. And they do take their time - in the first part showing the aforementioned equipment spread, as...

Liberace Big Note Song Book (Commercial Offer, 1977)

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Here's a commercial for Liberace's Big Note Song Book commercial featuring Mr. Liberace himself - yep, you guessed it - Liberace.

Ending voiceover by Bud Kelly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 7th 1977 during the 10:30pm to 11pm timeframe.

WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose And Friends (Break & Ending, 1975)

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Here's a first - the first off-air recording of Garfield Goose and Friends that has ever been found (to my knowledge). Considering the program went off the air in 1976, this is not entirely surprising. (Some apparently erroneous TV listings had it showing again for short periods around 1982, but those have never been shown to be accurate)

This recording was ostensibly made for The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" but luckily for us they started tapin...

WFLD Channel 32 - "Catch 32!" (Radio Spot Music Bed, 1972)

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Here's another something interesting - the music bed for a radio spot that apparently aired on WCFL for WFLD Channel 32 - "Catch 32!" was the slogan, promoting their movie airings.

The "Catch 32!" slogan was used on February 25, 1972 according to newspaper records.

Polaroid with James Garner & Mariette Hartley - "Gift Guessing" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a Christmas themed commercial from Polaroid featuring longtime spokes-team James Garner and Mariette Hartley touting the Polaroid Instant camera with "Time Zero" film.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 8pm to 10pm timeframe.

Illinois Lottery - "What's Your Lucky Number?" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 997

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery featuring Mary Gross (of SNL fame), George Wendt (of Cheers fame), Jobe Cerny (the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy) as the spokesperson, Lynwood Jones (the one uttering "430") and Tim Kazurinsky (of SNL and "Police Academy" movies fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Mad Ghoul" (Short Promo, 1983)

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Here's a quick 10-second promo for Son of Svengoolie airing the movie, "The Mad Ghoul" on WFLD Channel 32. This is when he was on Saturdays at 10am. (Yeeeeeechhh)

"Gary Deeb..."

This promo aired on local Chicago TV Thursday, December 8th 1983 at 5pm.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "A Matter of Life and Death" (Commercial Break #1, 1977)

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Here's the first commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Honeymooners bumper slide (with colorized line drawing based on famed 1955 photo of three of show's stars inside a GMC "Old Look" bus, and Kaiser-era 32 logo) (NOTE: This same drawing would be used for a later bumper from after Field's own logo style took over, as seen on

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