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ON TV - "Forget About the Weather" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1377

Here's a commercial for ON TV, Chicago's first pay TV subscription service, inviting people to "forget the weather" and see over 30 movies a month (clips from such recent films as "Superman," "10," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Every Which Way But Loose," and "Slap Shot" are shown).

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 17th 1981.

WSNS Channel 44 - "DePaul Basketball" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2270

Here's a station ID slide from WSNS Channel 44, with a promo for DePaul basketball.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978.

The Magic Box With Marshall Brodien (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 5557

Here's a neat commercial for The Magic Box with Marshall Brodien (Wizzo of Bozo's Circus fame)

Only $3.98 - available at all Walgreens.

Ending Voiceover by ??

"Most magic tricks are easy, once you know the secret..."

This aired on local Milwaukee TV on Sunday, December 23rd 1979. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "Clock Excerpts #3" (1974?)

Views: 3032

The transfer of this video clip made possible by your generous donations!

Here's the good news - someone recorded The Ray Rayner Show at various times in the early seventies! Now the bad news - they only recorded the cartoons, and cut out nearly everything else. :-( I bring you the only snippets left - a few excerpts of the clock that they would show the time on, and in some cases, the chalkboard with the date, weather, and sports scores. Some might wonder why...

WGN Channel 9 - Cubs Vs. Pirates (Promo, 1981)

Views: 5228

Here's a promo for a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates on WGN Channel 9.

Voiceover by Len Johnson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, May 26th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Joker's Wild (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 1972

Here's a quick bumper promo for The Joker's Wild on WFLD Channel 32 - weeknights at 7pm.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Show #5 - Song Time" (1972)

Views: 1139

Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

With no clapboard segments, we can only guess that this was Break #3 (from "Show #5") - although on these master tapes sometimes they didn't save all of the breaks, so this could be Break #4 or Break #5 for all we know. This one features "Svengoolie Song Time" with Sven doing a parody of "You Don't Mess Around With ...

WREX Channel 13 - Dateline Weather (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2430

Here's a rare promo for WREX Channel 13 - Dateline Weather on Dateline Thirteen News. Featuring ??

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, January 9th 1978 at a little before 8pm! (not Chicago, but close enough)

NBC Network - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - "The Royal Wedding" (Excerpt, 1981)

Views: 2998

In commemoration of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, here are the opening moments of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson where the 1981 Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana was the main theme. Includes:

Excerpt of promo slide for upcoming outdoor "Shakespeare in the Park" presentation of "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Geneva Summer Theatre Festival, Thursday-Sunday through August 2nd (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Opening of The Tonight...