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Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 1, 1982)

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Here's Part 1 of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mom" (not sure o...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 2, 1982)

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Here's Part 2 of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mom" (not sure of ...

WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System - "This is NOT a Test" (1985)

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Here's a pretty spooky clip - transferred from an RCA Quad cart (for playing on model TCR-100 cart machines) loaded with 2" videotape.

A Fuzzy Personal Note: "I grew up at the height of the 2nd great nuclear war scare period (the first being the Cuban Missile Crisis of course), having been chilled to the bone from seeing movies like “The Day After” in 1983 when I was nine years old. So this clip was very fascinating to me, and seems to be a glimpse at what we might ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Fernwood 2 Night (Ending #2, 1977)

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Here's another small but juicy rarity - another ending credits for an airing of Fernwood 2 Night on WFLD Channel 32 - back in the Kaiser era!

You can hear 32's staff announcer give you a short promo of the upcoming episode of "All That Glitters" (a short-lived Norman Lear series) that was next, as well as a promo for tomorrow night's episode of Fernwood. Lastly, you get to see the old Kaiser-era WFLD logo and another partial ID!

I think the announcer may be 32's...

WTTW Channel 11 - Dr. Who Ending & The Two Ronnies Open (1984)

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Here is the ending of Dr. Who and the opening of The Two Ronnies on WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago. Includes:

Marty Robinson voice over during credits: "We've all heard of the City by the Bay, the City in a Garden, the City of Angels, the Eternal City, the City of Light. All lovely and descriptive appellations. Next week, the Doctor and Romana will leave for a holiday in the City of Light, but will find instead... the City of Death."

Nova promo - "The Case of ESP"<...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Warren Freiberg Show (Part 3, 1981)

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Here's Part 3 of an episode of The Warren Freiberg Show on WCIU Channel 26. In case you weren't familiar with him, Warren Freiberg had some rather "extreme" and "fringe" opinions. He had a radio show, and you may also remember him turning up in little vignettes on Steve Dahl's "It's Too Early" show from 1983.

This part features Warren and Libby talking with video-recording pioneer (and comic book store pioneer) Larry Charet (yes, the legendary man who accidently recorded the Th...

WGN Channel 9 - The Daily Game Lottery Drawing (1981)

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Here's a complete Daily Game Illinois state lottery drawing on WGN Channel 9, featuring Karen Smith and lottery official Bob Houck(sp?).

The winning number that night was 039.

Main voiceover by Marty McNeeley.

The Daily Game - (C) 1981, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.

Also features a WGN Station ID with the "Last Farewell" music and "24 Hours a Day" slogan (voiceover by Marty McNeeley)

This aired on loca...

CBS Sunday Morning - "The Metric System" (With Fuzzy Credit) (2012)

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Here are some clips from CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood that used one of our videos. Includes:

"Almanac" segment of the events of February 12th, with pertinent photos, film and video clips, and descriptions of the following:

- 1973: Ohio introduces the metric system in its highway signs, showing distances in kilometers as well as miles; a clip of a school lesson about the metric system is then shown, followed by the ultimately ill-fated atte...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 3, 1982)

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Here's Part 3, the last part, of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mo...