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WTTW Channel 11 - Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler - "When The Earth Is Farthest From The Sun" (1987)

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Here's a segment of Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler as aired on WTTW Channel 11, in honor of Jack, who passed away at the age of 72 this past Friday. Also includes two WTTW Station IDs before and after the segment. This one was from the week of Monday, June 29th through Sunday, July 5th 1987.

"Keep Looking Up!"

Opening and closing voiceover by Big Wilson.

Theme music: "Arabesque No. 1" by Tomita (from his 1974 album Snowflakes Are Dancing)....

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Faces Of Wrigley" (1980)

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Here's a brief clip of the "Faces of Wrigley Field," aired during the middle of the seventh inning of the Chicago Cubs baseball game on WGN Channel 9 (the Pittsburgh Pirates were leading the Cubs 2-0 at this point).

Features shots of various attendees of the day's game, set to the music of The Ramsey Lewis Trio's 1965 instrumental version of "The 'In' Crowd" (Argo 5506, prior to that label's being renamed Cadet).

This is followed by the Cubs' Jerry Martin (#2...

WCFL AM 1000 - "Hot Ticket" (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's another commercial for WCFL AM 1000 during its "This Is It" days, this one featuring a promotion in coordination with White Hen Pantry stores for a "Hot Ticket" scratch-off game where you could win $1000, or prizes like a Hawaiian vacation or a new car.

Voiceover by Dave Martin, who was WCFL's program director at the time. He later held the same job at WCLR, and voiced this commercial, too.

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The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jimmy Piersall" (Part 4, 1981)

Views: 1777

Here's Part 4 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 4 includes former ballplayer and White Sox broadcaster Jimmy Piersall...

R/Greenberg Associates - "Demo Reel" (1979?)

Views: 3272

Here's a demo reel from R/Greenberg Associates (now known as R/GA Media Group Inc.), which was a New York-based graphic production house that worked in film with animation and live-action effects.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

Incl...

Milex Car Care With Jan Gabriel (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1854

Here's a commercial for Milex Car Care featuring the late, great Jan Gabriel - Mr. "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" - the voice of the U.S. 30 Dragstrip and Santa Fe Speedway.

His commercials were was parodied by the original Svengoolie Jerry G. Bishop with "Carbon Monoxide Speedway" as well as Rich Koz' Son of Svengoolie doing "

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