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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...

NBC News Update With Chuck Scarborough (1976)

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Here's a vintage NBC News Update with Chuck Scarborough. Includes:

President-Elect Carter has made no statement yet about how he'll stimulate the economy.

Jim Wright will be the House Democratic leader in the next session of Congress.

Thomas "Tip" O'Neill is the new Speaker of the House.

Supreme Court rules that a man on death row in Texas cannot be executed until his case is appealed.

Gunman holds man hostage ...

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

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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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Members Only Jackets With Anthony Geary (Commercial, 1982)

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Here is a commercial for those cheesy 80's fashion staples - the Members Only Jacket - with Anthony Geary of General Hospital fame.

Love that Members Only "Tux" look...

"When you put it on...something happens"

This was the featured video on the "Surfin' The Net" segment of the Monday, March 19, 2007 edition of the WGN Morning News. (My thanks to Andrew Lennie for recommending it to them)

This commercial aired on local Chicago ...

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Friday Night Movie - "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (Commercial Break, 1980)

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Here's a commercial break during the WGN Friday Night Movie presentation of "The Incredible Shrinking Man" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

All Temperature Cheer - "Dad's Old Sweater"

Ball Park franks - "Summer at the Lake"

WGN Weather Break with Tom Skilling

WGN Friday Night Movie bumper (voiceover by Clif Mercer)

Robitussin cough syrup

Charmin toilet tissue with Mr. Whipple - "The Soft...

WSNS Channel 44 - "Afternoons Are Fun On 44" (Promo, 1974)

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Here's a very cool glimpse at some very old TV-44 - from 1974!

It's a slides-only promo of the afternoon lineup of WSNS Channel 44, which ranged "from cartoons to action" and at the time of this airing consisted of:

- 3pm - Robin Hood (presumably the 1950's British-made TV series with Richard Greene in the title role)

- 3:30pm - Popeye on 44 with Steve Hart (a what-ful of surprises?) ;-)

- 4pm - Spider-Man (...