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WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Dr. Who" (Intermission Ending, 1976)

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Here's the ending of an Intermission during Movie Eleven's presentation of the Doctor Who story "The Claws of Axos". We see just a smidge of a WTTW ID slide and the ending of Don Ferris' voiceover and a Movie Eleven Intermission slide before they fade up with Part 3.

Previous to this we saw the opening with the snazzy music from the same broadcast.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

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WTTW Channel 11 - Auction '77 - "Creative Mirror Designs Original Ad with Pam" (1977)

Views: 1107

Here's a segment of WTTW Channel 11's Auction '77, featuring Creative Mirror Designs auction #9415 with Pam the "Creative Mirrors Girl." (the daughter of the owner)

We start with a countdown and paper written down:
"Special Pres. - 4-17-77 - Creative Mirrors 9415"

What follows next was actually the original Creative Mirrors commercial (or at least the first 13 seconds of it before Don Ferris takes over for the actual Auction segment). This a...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Mubembubershubip Ubappubeal" (1973)

Views: 2738

Here's an appeal for membership on WTTW Channel 11 (from an original 2" quad master tape), with longtime staff announcer Marty Robinson speaking in the language associated with the TV series Zoom ("Ubbi Dubbi") - and his son Paul (shown in inset on the upper left side of the screen) translating for him.

Even the address is shown in "Zoom" language on the lower-third of the screen at first (set in Microgramma Bold Extended - or is that Mubicrubogrubammuba Bubold Ubextub...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Christmas Sign-Off" (1978)

Views: 5999

Here's something pretty cool - the ending of "Sing We Noel" followed by a Christmas Day Station Sign-off on WTTW Channel 11. Also includes:

PBS - Public Broadcasting Service animated logo

WTTW promo for New Year's at Pops (main voiceover by William Pierce) (secondary voiceover by Marty Robinson)

PSA: Yule Connection (with Phil Donahue) (and they were still using the same ad a...

Dave Allen At Large (Opening, 1984)

Views: 2817

And now for a special treat, let's all enjoy a bit of vintage Dave Allen At Large - as seen on WTTW Channel 11. 8-)

Theme song by the awesome (even if he never wrote another thing) Alan Hawkshaw.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 16th 1984.

Image Union (Opening, 1991)

Views: 1697

Here is the opening for WTTW Channel 11's long-running independent films show "Image Union". This version of the opening is from circa 1991.

Featuring "Bob" the cardboard mascot guy.

WTTW Channel 11 - "Profane Pledge" (1980)

Views: 3470

Here's the ending of The Great Radio Comedians (end credits cut off early) followed by a neat vintage pledge break on WTTW Channel 11. Features Michael Hirsh, who was also the producer of the highly-regarded documentary special "Making M*A*S*H". In between asking for donations, Mike shows some blooper outtakes from M*A*S*H, including a couple with a few bad words, which necessitates the standard disclaimer:

**Warning: May be slightly inappropriate for some environme...