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The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jimmy Piersall" (Part 4, 1981)

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Here's Part 4 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 4 includes former ballplayer and White Sox broadcaster Jimmy Piersall...

WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Commercial Break #6, 1975)

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Here's Commercial Break #6 during The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on WGN Channel 9. Quality varies due to reception and tape degradation issues. Includes:

The Morning Movie bumper slide (with music from "Sorry, Wrong Number") (slightly cut-off by change of tape during recording)

(a tape change by the person recording this broadcast occurred here, not sure what commercials (or how many) were cut during the change)

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 5pm - "The Blizzard of '78" (Part 2, 1978)

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Everyone remembers the great Blizzard of '79 - but how many people remember the Blizzard of 1978? Before the big snow in 1979 hit, this seemed fairly significant I guess, although not as bad as the Big Snow of 1967. Was this just a case of snow-perbole? You decide.

Here is Part 2 of some footage from the NewsCenter5 airing at 5pm on WMAQ Channel 5, with Mike Jackson, Ron Hunter, and Jerry Taft.

This part features the "5 Minutes" segment with guest Dr. Edward W...

WTTW Channel 11 - Medical Self-Help Training - "Infant and Child Care" (Part 2, 1963)

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Here's Part 2 of an edition of Medical Self-Help Training on WTTW Channel 11. This, the ninth of a total of 16 installments of an ongoing course about maintaining life and health in times of national disaster or emergencies, deals with the topic of "Infant and Child Care" and is hosted by Dr. Max Klinghoffer, Chairman of the Illinois State Medical Society's (ISMS) Disaster Medical Care Committee.

This was transferred directly from a 2" Quad tape, and was recorded on Oct...

Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits (Record Offer, 1981)

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Here's a record offer for the compilation album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits, (from C & L Marketing, Inc.) which featured one of his biggest hits, "Lady."

Also on this set were re-recordings (from his 1977 album Ten Years of Gold, United Artists UA-LA835-H) of two hits from his days with The First Edition, "Ruby" (full title: "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town") and "Reuben James," plus his other solo hits "The Gambler," "Lucille," "Long Arm of the Law," "Love ...

Columbia Record & Tape Club - "Dick Clark's Superstars" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's another commercial featuring Dick Clark promoting the latest albums from Linda Ronstadt (Mad Love), Supertramp (Breakfast in America), Billy Joel (Glass Houses), and other superstars that are being offered at 13 albums for a penny (plus a bonus "Gold Box" album) by the Columbia Record & Tape Club. Can be found in your latest issue of TV Guide, Parade and Family Weekly.

Other albums seen in this ad, either in vinyl, 8-track or ca...

WGN Channel 9 - Five Minutes to Live By, Station Sign-On & Opening of The Westerners (1982)

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Here's a complete sign-on segment from WGN Channel 9, including a Five Minutes to Live By sermonette and opening moments of a Zane Grey Theatre episode aired under the syndicated umbrella title The Westerners. Includes:

Station ID / Promo for A Woman Called Golda starring Ingrid Bergman for Tuesday, April 27th at 7pm

Five Minutes to Live By with Father Ronald Turcich, Principal of Saint Rita Elementary School in Chicago - a ser...

K-tel - Music Machine (Record Offer, 1977)

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Not from a Chicago airing, but still interesting - here's a record offer commercial for the compilation Music Machine from K-tel (catalogue number TU 2560), with what looks like Robby the Robot of "Forbidden Planet" and Lost in Space fame playing the title character for this ad.

Features snippets of such hits from the late 1976 - mid-1977 period as "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb, "Keep It Comin...

WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (Commercial Break #1, 1973)

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Here's the first commercial break for the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Host Ray Rayner once again explaining the program's "four commercial interruptions" format, and introducing a commercial for Bactine disinfectant, with a child who'd scraped his knee - "Helps the Hurt Stop Hurting"

Next, Ray introduces a commercial for One-a-Day Plus Iron (with ten vitamins plus i...