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WFLD Channel 32 - Movie For A Saturday Afternoon - "The Big Broadcast of 1938" (Bumper Excerpt, 1979)

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Here's another small but rare excerpt of a bumper for the "Movie for a Saturday Afternoon" presentation of the Bob Hope and W.C. Fields movie, "The Big Broadcast of 1938" on WFLD Channel 32.

If you pause it at the right moment you can make out the "film strip" framing as well as the old "Kaiser-era" 32 logo and some kind of green-jelly like effect in the background (which was evidently used for this program as late as 1980).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sat...

WGN Channel 9 - The Scooby-Doo Show (Commercial Break, 1981)

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Here's a full commercial break for The Scooby-Doo Show on WGN Channel 9. (The episode shown was from the late 1970's period by which this title was applied.) Includes:

"Scooby-Doo - We'll Be Right Back" bumper (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Animated WGN station ID

Commercial: Millennium Falcon and Snowspeeder from the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back collection, by Kenner (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: M&M's candy...

WSNS Channel 44 - TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham - "The San Diego Chicken, Pre-Demolition" (Part 4, 1979)

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Here's a special and rare treat for the 35th Anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" event! (please excuse the ghosty picture quality and buzzy audio)

Includes:

Part 4 (the final part) of the TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham, with the San Diego Chicken (a.k.a. Ted Giannoulas) as guest, as aired on WSNS Channel 44 just before the first game of a proposed doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers that was followed by the infamous "Disco Demoli...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 3, 1979)

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Here's Part 3 of a special expanded edition of Eyewitness News at 10pm with Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly on WLS Channel 7, dealing almost entirely with the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history. This also features some other news of the day. Includes:

Joel Daly mentioning other fatal plane crashes in history, including two prior ones at O'Hare (in 1961 and 1968), plus two at Midway Airport (in 1972 and 1961 - he mentioned t...

NBC Network - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 2, 1979)

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Here's Part 2 of continuing coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history; this includes the second half of an NBC News Special Report anchored by Chuck Scarborough, as aired on WMAQ Channel 5. Featuring Jim Ruddle, Jim Tilmon, Carole Simpson. Includes:

The tail end of Jim Ruddle's interview with Jim Tilmon (Ruddle saying, "Back to New York").

Chuck Scarborough recounts numerous design proble...

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 2, 1979)

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Here's Part 2 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

A shot of the players practicing on the court as Jack states that this is being broadcast "with the express authority of the Chicago Bulls and the National Basketball Association" and prohibitions on any use without their consent. He and John s...

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 3, 1964)

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Here's Part 3 of a rare edition of the nightly Pulse newscast from WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, transferred from the original 2" quad videotape. This was notable in featuring future Chicago TV legend Jim Ruddle anchoring out of St. Petersburg at various points. This part features Hugh Smith in Tampa. Includes:

- A squabble over wrecker service rates to spill over to City Council hearing this week; Motor Club President Ridgley Jones is interviewe...

WSNS Channel 44 - Star Spangled Movie - "You're Telling Me!" (Bumper #6, 197?)

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Here is something extremely rare - some bumpers and on-screen station ID's during the "Star Spangled Movie" presentation of the W.C. Fields film "You're Telling Me!" on WSNS Channel 44.

It's too bad this person didn't go to the kitchen to make a sandwich - it would have been nice to have a complete bumper or commercial break.

No music on this bumper unlike the others.

Not sure when this aired exactly, but based on the on-screen station ID, this i...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 8, 1978)

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Here's Part 8 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features John Callaway, Karen Lee Copeland, Warner Saunders, Scott Craig, and Essee Kupcinet, with a clip of Bert Convy.

Ms. Copeland won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for a Special Event Program" [6] as producer of NBC Salutes Chic Chicago<...