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WGN Channel 9 - Family Theatre - "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (Opening, 1972)

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

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...

Gigglesnort Hotel (Ending)

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Here is the closing from one of the best and most remembered Chicago children's shows (although it was eventually syndicated to other markets) - Gigglesnort Hotel.

Even though it was seen for many years after it was produced, the show was only in production for 3 years - 1975, 1976, and 1977. In Chicago, it aired on Sunday mornings on WLS Channel 7.

Show Credits:

Written and Produced by Bill Jackson

Directed by Carl Tubbs

WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine Chicago - "Son Of Svengoolie - Off-Air Footage" (1981)

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Here's some of the extra off-air footage that was part of the Son of Svengoolie piece on PM Magazine Chicago. Includes:

The Richard Simmons Show bumper promo (with voiceover by Jim Barton instead teasing the upcoming Sven appearance on PM Magazine)

PM Magazine Chicago show opening

Hosts Mike Leiderman and Jo Ann Williams introduce the show with some extra footage of Sven at a little-league baseball game.

(I cut out the story since y...

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour (Partial Break #2, 1979?)

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Here's a partial commercial break for the Super Cartoon Sunrise Popeye Hour on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending of the Popeye short "The Mighty Navy"

WFLD Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour bumper with theme song snippet (a jazzy, funky, disco-fied, Hammond B3 organ-heavy instrumental arrangement (with a bank of trumpets at the end) of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here". (anyone know where it came from or who played on it?)

Commercial: Micronauts ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Star Trek Triad - "TREKnical Difficulties" (1984)

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Here's a technical difficulties moment from Star Trek Triad - a several hours long block of Star Trek episodes combined with commentary from Leonard Nimoy and trivia questions. This special was created for the promotion of the new movie Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. Includes:

Leonard Nimoy Star Trek Triad commercial bumper

About 20 seconds of black

A couple second flash of the WFLD on-screen station ID

WFLD Special Presentat...

WGN Channel 9 - Bugs Bunny & Friends (Commercial Break #2, 1981)

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Here's the second commercial break for Bugs Bunny & Friends on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Ending moments of "Swooner Crooner" (1944)

Bugs Bunny & Friends "We'll Be Right Back" bumper slide (voiceover by Merri Dee)

"Superman" Station ID bumper slide

Record offer for Lolliwinks from K-tel (also seen during a commercial break on this clip)
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WFLD Channel 32 - The Addams Family - #2 (Break #2 & Ending, 1971)

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Here's the last full commercial break (in all black and white) as well as the ending credits from a different episode of The Addams Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Dancing Dawn and her Dancing friends dolls for girls (longer version and better quality than previously posted one)

Chicken Unlimited Family Restaurants - "We're Not Happy Until You Are" (Just like FuzzyMemories!) ;-)

ACLD (Association of Children with Learning Disabilities) Confere...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Opening, 1978)

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Well, here it is - the opening to The 3:30 Movie on WLS Channel 7!! The movie was "Jason and the Argonauts" - unfortunately the beginning of the film cuts off the last couple seconds of the theme song - which you can hear in the bumpers, which I will post.

Funny, but I've seen these graphics elsewhere - they were also used for the same era's The Late Movie on WLS - except of course for the title change, everything else was the same - same swirling star graphics, ...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "Clock Excerpts #1" (1971)

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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...