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WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "International House" (Opening, 1981)
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Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "International House" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
WGN Globe-Logo Station ID (voiceover by Paul Rogers)
Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction (voiceover by Paul Rogers). This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.
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WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns Of Diablo" (Opening, 1981)
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Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
WGN Globe-Logo (slightly different one) Station ID (Featuring Clif Mercer as the announcer)
Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction by Clif Mercer. This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.
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WGN Channel 9 - The 9 O'Clock News - "Roy Leonard Reviews Santa Claus: The Movie" (1985)
Views: 2763
Here's an excerpt from the 9 O'Clock News on WGN Channel 9 - Rick Rosenthal introducing Roy Leonard for his review of "Santa Claus: The Movie". (The anchor at the end is Pat Harvey)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 29th 1985.
WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Christmas In Connecticut" (Opening, 1981)
Views: 4980
Here's the opening for Movie Greats on WGN Channel 9 - presenting the movie "Christmas in Connecticut".
Voiceover by Jack Taylor.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981 at 1:30pm.
WGN Channel 9 - "Season's Greetings From The Hulk At Wrigley Field" (Short Promo #1, 1981)
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Here's a short version of the goofy holiday greeting/promo featuring The Incredible Hulk running around Chicago holding a giant WGN ball (ornament?). I guess this was supposed to promo the fact that WGN was getting re-runs of the Incredible Hulk show soon. Here he is seen loitering around Wrigley Field in the winter, with his... ball.
Playing the part of the Incredible Hulk is Bob Foal.
Additional information by Mr. Joey D'Auria (Bozo #2) - "Funny story about...
WGN Channel 9 - Fright Night (Promo, 1986)
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Here's a promo for what must have been a very short-lived program on WGN Channel 9 - Fright Night - a horror and suspense movie show that was probably their attempt to revive the old Creature Features tradition. Aired Friday Nights at 11:30pm - sponsored by Budweiser.
"Terrifying stories from the supernatural, brought to you by Budweiser."
Voiceover by Merri Dee.
This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1986.
WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns of Diablo" (On-Screen Alert, 1981)
Views: 3245
During the the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9, there was an on-screen message crawl regarding the arrival in the U.S. of freed American Hostages from Iran. Very cool historical tie-in here... So, based on this new information,
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.
WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "Charlie Chan At The Opera" (Opening, 1981)
Views: 12099
Here is the opening for the Sunday Matinee presentation of "Charlie Chan at the Opera" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
WGN "Last Farewell" Globe-Logo Station ID (Clif Mercer as the announcer)
Sunday Matinee opening with instrumental of "Groovin'" made popular by The Young Rascals. Anyone know who does this instrumental version? Features the filmstrip and old-time movie camera graphics as well as voice over announcement of film (again, Clif Mercer as announcer)
WGN Channel 9 - The 7 O'Clock Movie - "The African Queen" (Opening, 1987)
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Here is the opening for The 7 O'Clock Movie presentation of "The African Queen" on WGN Channel 9.
The opening features stylized renderings of scenes from "A Fistful of Dollars", "Cabaret", "The Seven-Year Itch", "The African Queen", "Rooster Cogburn", and "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid".
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 26th 1987 at 7pm!