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The Star Wars Holiday Special - "You're Like Family To Me" (Part 10, 1978)

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Here's Part 10 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Han Solo (Harrison Ford) expressing his love for the Wookie family (and doing one of the best acting jobs ever).

(Part 11, the penultimate part, was previously posted here)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Addams Family - #1 (Break #1, 1971)

Views: 2011

Here's a full commercial break (in black and white) from The Addams Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Dancing Dawn and her Dancing friends dolls for girls

Dawn's Fashions and Outfits

Charms Big lollipops

Volo Bog - North of Elgin - preservation PSA by Illinois Division of Highways (Illinois Public Works)

(I was able to adjust the audio level down on this one - I will go back and fix the other ones soon)

WFLD Channel 32 - All in the Family (Bumpers, 1981)

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Here are two more examples of the old WFLD Field-style Zoomin' bumpers that I edited together - this time for All in the Family on WFLD Channel 32, both of which have a snippet of the closing theme "Remembering You" (written by series star Carroll O'Connor and Roger Kellaway). The first bumper has a still of Archie (O'Connor) and Edith (Jean Stapleton), and the second has a still of Archie and Edith with Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers); both stills date to the mid-1970'...

WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (Extended Break, 1980)

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Here's an extended break from The Morning Movie presentation of the 1934 W.C. Fields film "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

The Morning Movie bumper (with Merri Dee voiceover advising of her upcoming Mid-Morning Report to come after commercials)

Commercial: Lincoln Upholstery & Carpet Co. - "Carpeting of the 80's - Priced Like the 50's" - 3 rooms of carpeting for only $169 - less than $10 a month - with free bonu...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newstalk With Naurice Roberts (Ending, 1979)

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(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is the last few minutes of an episode of Newstalk with Naurice Roberts.

This program came on at 6am before Comedy Classics at 6:30am. What a scary piece of music to start your morning with.

(The end voiceover by Ron Beattie also references a memorial mass for Dr. Martin Luther King - whose birthday is January 15th.)

This aired on local...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Addams Family - #2 (Break #1, 1971)

Views: 1762

Here's the full Commercial Break #1 (in black and white) from a different episode of The Addams Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Charms Big lollipops (better quality than previously posted)

McDonald's - "A Trip To McDonald's Land" (1970 Copyright)

Shamrock Shakes from McDonald's - Just For The Fun Of It! (I think it's a 1971 copyright) (with Shamrock Shake slate and voiceover - who's the announcer?) (actor sounds like the voice of the guy tha...

WMAL Channel 7 (Washington, D.C.) - Money Movie 7 - "State Fair" (Commercial Break, 1976)

Views: 1075

Here's an almost 40-year-old clip (to the day!) that I found randomly at the end of a Umatic videotape. Thought not from Chicago TV, it's still interesting. (of course)

It's a rare clip from WMAL Channel 7 out of Washington, D.C. which became WJLA-TV Channel 7 less than a year later. It's from something called "Money Movie 7" where they were airing the film "State Fair" [1962] starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret, Sadly, this was the only break that survived. Includes:
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The Family And Other Living Things (Ending Excerpt, 1978)

Views: 2382

Here's the last few minutes and ending of an obscure special called "The Family and Other Living Things" created by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (The Mormons). Features Elinor Donahue, Bill Bixby, Ronnie Graham, Ruth Buzzi, Bill Daily, the Lennon Sisters, Donny, Marie, Jimmy and the rest of the Osmond Brothers, Gary Burghoff, Melissa Sue Anderson, Marcia Wallace and possibly some others we haven't ID'ed yet.

"Isn't it great when people communicate?"
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WFLD Channel 32 - The Addams Family - #3 (Break #1, 1971)

Views: 3355

Here's the full Commercial Break #1 (in black and white) from yet another different episode of The Addams Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Kraft Fudgies (animated)

McDonald's - "Mayor McCheese's Problem" (1970 Copyright)

Shamrock Shakes from McDonald's - Just For The Fun Of It! (again) (I think it's a 1971 copyright) (with Shamrock Shake slate and voiceover - is that Jerry G. Bishop?)

WFLD slate promo for Speed Racer - Weekdays a...