WBBM Channel 2 - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Excerpts, 1975)

Here's some excerpts of the 1975 airing of the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Christmas on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Tail end of WBBM ID bumper slide with shot of Christmas lights in front of Chicago skyline - a slightly different station logo than would be used a few years from here, with the "2" in Serif Gothic Heavy and call letters and city in Serif Gothic Bold (same font as used by sister station WCBS Channel 2 in New York from 1973 to 1985, and by KNXT Channel 2 [now KCBS] in Los Angeles from 1978 to 1984 - except here the CBS Eye was in the same size as the "2") (voiceover by ??) - followed by CBS "bong"

Rhoda preemption notice (voiceover by ??)

Animated "A CBS Special Presentation" bumper (with "Call to Danger" music cue by Morton Stevens)

Opening and first scene of A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas sponsor billboard (by Dolly Madison -"All Kinds of Cakes for All Kinds of Tastes," and Coca-Cola - "Look for the Real Things") (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Coca-Cola - goes with all different foods offered from all different places - "Look for the Real Things"

Final scene and closing credits of A Charlie Brown Christmas (with voiceover promos by Bob Hite)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 15th 1975.

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