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WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "An American Christmas Carol" (Opening & Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for The ABC Sunday Night Movie world premiere presentation of "An American Christmas Carol" (starring Henry Winkler of Happy Days fame - AAAAAY!) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Animated station ID/promo for Eyewitness News at 6pm & 10pm with Fahey Flynn (voiceover by Gary Gears)

The ABC Sunday Night Movie open, including promo for "An American Christmas Carol" (voiceover by Joel Crager)
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WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 1, 1972)

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Here's Part 1 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7.

This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Includes:

Very brief shot of EIA RS-189A color bars with 1 kHz tone, followed by countdown and display of slate marked: "...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Ginny Tiu Show (Part 2, 1969)

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Here's Part 2 of The Ginny Tiu Show which aired on WCIU Channel 26. Ms. Tiu was a child prodigy pianist whose chief claim to fame was playing by ear and not being able to read a note, and who was a familiar presence on such 1960's TV series as The Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, and a 1966 episode of I've Got a Secret (from Steve Allen's run as host), as well as appearing in the 1962 Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! In later years, ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "Episode Two!" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 3323

Hallelujah! A new (though relatively tiny) example of Nite-Owl on WFLD Channel 32 has been found! A truly rare find, indeed.

In fact, this is the first new "proper" footage of Nite-Owl discovered in about 6 years! (Even a couple tiny bleed-through excerpts were only found as recently as 4 years ago.) And what a clip! This one stands to rewrite the history of when Nite-Owl began, since all evidence before this seemed to point to the starting date as being early Mo...

WFLD Channel 32 - Tom and Jerry (Commercial Break #1, 1981)

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Here's the first commercial break of an edition of Tom and Jerry on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending moments of "Matinee Mouse" (1966), but with ending titles cut out

"Angry Tree" bumper with Loeki the Lion (A.K.A. Loeki De Leeuw), a Dutch animated character that Field Communications licensed for use on their stations (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose)

Commercial: 255 Computer Command (TM) Vette remote controlled car from LJN - 4C Batteries Not...

WGN Channel 9 - The Afternoon Movie - "The Cocoanuts" (Opening & Break, 1981)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break from The Afternoon Movie presentation of The Marx Brothers' 1929 classic "The Cocoanuts" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

'WGN Television/24 Hours a Day' ID with "Last Farewell" music (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Opening title segment of The Afternoon Movie featuring clips from various films in their library, with voiceover (Merri Dee) explaining the premise and plot of "The Cocoanuts" and advising it will start ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts (Part 1, 1979)

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Here's Part 1 of Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts, a local interview program hosted by Kathy McFarland that followed an encore presentation of the Academy Award-winning Scared Straight! on WFLD Channel 32. Also featuring a former street gang member turned straight, Ray Rowland(sp?). Includes:

A few more seconds of the Scared Straight! film are shown (with a quick zoom-in of the Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts title) as Kathy begins her comments lead...

WBBM Channel 2 - TV2 News at 10 (Part 3, 1972)

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Here's Part 3 of an edition of the TV2 News at 10 on WBBM Channel 2, with Bob Wallace substituting for then-regular anchor Bob McBride. Also featuring weatherman John Coughlin.

This edition was transferred from the original 2" Quad tape.

Includes:

Bob introducing John as "Uncle Louie's favorite nephew," leading into Mr. Coughlin's weather report which changed considerably from the past 24 hours - with no precipitation projected for the Chica...