WBFF Channel 45 (Baltimore, MD) - Captain Chesapeake (Opening & Excerpts, 1979)
Not from Chicago, but still interesting nonetheless, here's the opening moments of the children's series Captain Chesapeake on WBFF Channel 45 in Baltimore, MD.
The show ran from 1971 to 1990, with George A. Lewis playing the title role.
Includes:
Station ID slide (voiceover by ??)
Opening title sequence, explaining how he came to be Captain Chesapeake, with film of him swimming to shore before cutting to the title slide and shots of him looking out at the water, presiding over the ship "Television Hull," and with such characters as Mondy the Sea Monster (voiced by Jimmy Uhrin) (theme music: a 33-1/3 RPM record of "Stumbling" by The Three Suns that was played back at 45 RPM)
The Captain comes out from inside the ship, promising a fun-filled afternoon, and segueing into [a scoped presentation of] the Tennessee Tuxedo cartoon "Snap That Picture!"
A PSA for the benefits of vegetables with bird and flower puppets - created and presented by Shirley Johannesen Levine, Columbia, Maryland, and sponsored by The Maryland Dietetic Association
Captain Chesapeake gives a reminder of where he comes from, and signals six bells meaning "more fun" - leading to:
Opening titles for the Popeye theatrical cartoon "Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo" [1944] with inserted 'a.a.p' (Associated Artists Productions) opening in place of original Famous Studios' opening, up to director, animators and story credits which, along with title, were retained
This aired on local Baltimore TV on Tuesday, June 5th 1979.
Date Uploaded: 04/17/2017
Tags: 1970s Kids' Stuff
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Smctopia 04/18/2017 Reply
Very cool!
GHilbrich 04/25/2017 Reply
One thing I liked about vacationing was we always drove. If we were driving to Florida or Minnesota or wherever, it meant that we were staying in some town or city at least one night before reaching our destination....so before we got to a hotel, I would beg my mom or dad to stop somewhere and get a TV GUIDE. First thing I did was scan the page of the next morning lineup...then like some kind of weirdo, I'd make sure I was up earlier than the first show I wanted to watch...seeing cartoons in other viewing areas outside of Chicago seemed like a real treat...many stations still ran things like Woody Woodpecker or Tom and Jerry with the full opening/ending titles (something WFLD cut in the late 70's...yet they left the openings to Popeye). Another treat for me, like this example, some had generic blanket titles like CARTOON CARNIVAL and you never knew what was coming up.