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NBC News Special Report - John Lennon - The Man And His Music (Part 1, 1980)

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Here's Part 1 of an NBC Special Report on John Lennon: The Man and his Music, which aired the day after his murder, hosted by Jane Pauley. (who seems to have too smirky an attitude for this) Includes:

NBC News Special Report opening (voiceover by Fred Facey)

Stephen Frazier reports outside the Dakota apartment building.

John Cochran reports from Liverpool. (Manager George Martin?)

(reception is a little ghosty)
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WFLD Metromedia 32 - National Alcoholism Test (Promo, 1985)

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Here's a promo for the upcoming National Alcoholism Test to be aired at 8pm on WFLD Metromedia 32. This promo features a rare on-camera appearance by Cathy Mustari, who was the station's art director from 1974 to 1987.

Voiceover by Peter Thomas.

"If you can make it through the hour without a drink, it could be your last."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 9th 1985.

Herschel Bernardi in Fiddler on the Roof at the Auditorium Theatre (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for Herschel Bernardi in Fiddler on the Roof at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. With excerpts of reviews from the Sun-Times and the Tribune.

Main voiceover by Peter Thomas(?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 28th 1980.

Squoze (Commercial, 1976)

Views: 3330

Here's a commercial for family soft drink mix Squoze by Pillsbury - with half the sugar.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, June 18th 1976.

Toys "Я" Us - "Discotheque" (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's another commercial for Toys "R" Us featuring Geoffrey the Girafee and the rest of his family dancing to some disco.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 16th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts (Part 2, 1979)

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Here's Part 2 of Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts, a local interview program hosted by Kathy McFarland that followed an encore presentation of the Academy Award-winning Scared Straight! on WFLD Channel 32. Also featuring Gayle Franzen, Chief of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Harold Thomas of the Chicago Police Department's Youth Division. Includes:

Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts bumper (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

In this part, K...

NBC News Special Report - John Lennon - The Man And His Music (Part 3, 1980)

Views: 765

Here's Part 3, the final part, of an NBC Special Report on John Lennon: The Man and his Music, which aired the day after his murder, hosted by Jane Pauley. (who seems to have too smirky an attitude for this) Includes:

Jann Wenner, Editor and Publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine, speaks about Lennon and his impact.

Stephen Frazier talks with some Lennon fans standing outside in the rain near the Dakota - Sheila Kelly of Manhattan and Frank Mayorano.
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The Reluctant Robot (Part 1, 1980)

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Here is Part 1 from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)

Once again, I am pretty sure...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Theatre - "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (Opening, 1972)

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Here's something incredibly rare (tape-tracking problems notwithstanding) - another local movie show opening yanked from the dustbin of TV history! Tracking is kind of rough, but here is the opening of the Family Theatre presentation of "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" on WGN Channel 9. We see a dancing man with a hat and cane, who eventually gets yanked by the hook, as in the vaudeville days...