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WFLD Channel 32 - The Koz Zone - "The Futile Gourmet" (1989)

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Here's another great sketch from Episode 13 of The Koz Zone on WFLD Channel 32 - "The Futile Gourmet".

Some parts of this were recycled from bits the original Svengoolie, Jerry G. Bishop did - but Koz probably wrote them for him anyway. :-)

Starring Rich Koz as The Futile Gourmet with Jim Barton doing the opening voiceover.

"The missing link between dinner and the emergency ward..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday,...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 2, 1978)

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Here's Part 2 of an (incomplete) episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Sandi Freeman continuing her interview with Nicholas von Hoffman, author of the book Make Believe Presidents: Illusions of Power from McKinley to Carter. In this part, they start off by discussing President Carter's image maker Gerald Rafshoon, and the whole business of image making for presidents going back to "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," and then take phone calls from viewers on...

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Coming This Fall!" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 1861

Here is a promo for Super Cartoon Sunrise on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32.

Lineup included:

6:30am - Mighty Mouse
7:00am - Tom & Jerry
7:30am - The Flintstones
8:00am - Woody Woodpecker
8:30am - Popeye

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Fall of 1984.

Kooky Spooks Costume Kit (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1908

Here's a commercial for Kooky Spokes Costume Kits, with material to provide costumes for goblins, bats, spacemen, cats, Bonehead, Scary Spider, Owly Owl and two other scary characters - all to be worn on top of the head. Comes with matching makeup (see here for the commercial for the makeup kit), plus poncho and safety material.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, O...

WTTW Channel 11 - Image Union (Ending, 1984)

Views: 1433

Here is the ending to WTTW Channel 11's Image Union featuring "Bob" the cardboard mascot and his gravelly intonation, "Hey! That was a pretty good show - I think I'll watch again NEXT week." :-)

Oh, don't forget the brilliant "Media Burn" by Ant Farm - the short film shown at the end with the car crashing into the burning TV's. I love the music that goes with it too. :-)

Image Union was produced by Tom Weinberg. (Who I believe was also the voice of "Bob")

WLS Channel 7 - The Edge Of Night (Commercial Break, 1976)

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Here's a complete commercial break during the soap opera "The Edge of Night" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Hunt's Tomato Sauce - "You can trust every can of Hunt's"

Pay Day by Parker Brothers (voiceover by John Bartholomew Tucker)

Clorets - The Breath Deodorant (featuring actor Richard Herd)

Fry Baby Electric Deep-Fryer by Presto

This aired on local Chicago TV around mid-November 1976 during the 3pm to 3:30pm half-hour.

District Furniture & Appliances - "Come Down to the District" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1509

By request, here's an earworm-inducing commercial for District Furniture and Appliances, with banjo-infused old-timey dixieland-type music in the background and a sale offer on a Sylvania 19" color TV plus a pair of lounge chairs - all for only $379. (Golly gee! Where can you find such an equivalent deal today?)

The jingle is a takeoff on the popular old-time tune, "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee.".

District Furniture and Appliances was located at 4501 South Pul...

WTTW Channel 11 - Mystery! (Opening, 1981)

Views: 2098

Here's the opening of Mystery! on WTTW Channel 11 with host Vincent Price. Also includes a WTTW Station ID slide at the beginning with a voiceover by Don Ferris.

Features the classic opening animation based on the cartoons of Chicago-born artist Edward Gorey. It was animated by Eugene Federenko, Derek Lamb and Janet Perlman, and the music was by Normand Roger.

(Vincent Price cut-off early due to tape ending)

This aired on local Chicago TV ...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Uncivil Warriors" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 2842

Here's the opening to the Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32, airing the short "Uncivil Warriors". I also kept in the old-style Field Communications ID and a WFLD Six Million Dollar Man promo at the beginning.

Voiceover during the Six Million Dollar Man promo and Three Stooges opening is by Ron Beattie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 1st 1978 at 11pm!