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WFLD Channel 32 - Movie For A Saturday Afternoon - "The Kettles On Old McDonald's Farm" (Ending, 1980)

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Here's something pretty rare - some footage from WFLD Channel 32's Movie for a Saturday Afternoon featuring the Kaiser-era 32 logo, so this must have dated to at least early 1977 (Previous to this we only had a tiny excerpt of this bumper). Most of it was taped over unfortunately, but this is what remains. This last segment, with complete commercial break and ending sequence, includes:

Ending of "...

WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Morning Movie - "The Bowery Boys in Jail Busters" (Opening & Break, 1980)

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Here's the opening and pre-movie break for the Saturday Morning Movie presentation of The Bowery Boys in Jail Busters on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Television 9 "Twilight" Station ID Slide (voiceover by Len Johnson)

Opening to the Saturday Morning Movie with the Sun & Filmstrips motif (voiceover by Len Johnson) - theme music is "Cop...

WAVE Channel 3 - Celebrity Sweepstakes (Opening, 1975)

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Here's the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds or so of an episode of the game show "Celebrity Sweepstakes" as aired on WAVE-TV Channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky. Only a couple episodes of this show still exist apparently, so it's likely this is the only existing clip of this episode, which featured celebrities Darren McGavin, Jim Nabors, Dan Rowan, Betty White and regulars Joey Bishop and Carol Wayne. Jim McKrell was the host of this daytime game show.

Features a recap of the Sha...

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

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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 ...

Various Stations - "TV DX Potpourri" (1979/1980)

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Here are some clips from as far away as Detroit and Cleveland that were recorded in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago using a tall antenna - "TV DXing" as it was known.

As described by Wikipedia, TV DX is a term referring to the active search for distant television stations received during unusual atmospheric conditions. The term DX is an old telegraphic term meaning "long distance." TV DX aficionados would at...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "The Mark Of Zorro" (Opening, 1985)

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Here is the (mostly complete) opening to the Family Classics presentation of "The Mark of Zorro" on WGN Channel 9.

Featuring Joseph T. Loughlin, Vice-President and General Manager of WGN-TV, as host. This was the first episode of Family Classics that aired after the death of Frazier Thomas, who passed away on Wednesday, April 3rd 1985. Mr. Loughlin says a few words about Frazier and the future of Family Classics.

There was a transitional pe...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Moby Dick" (Opening, 1985)

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Here's the (mostly complete) opening of the Family Classics presentation of Moby Dick on WGN Channel 9.

Includes:

"Family Classics" opening title sequence and book motif with film title on cover (voiceover by Floyd Brown)

First minute of film, with opening credits

Note: Floyd Brown announced the movie since Frazier Thomas had died earlier that month on April 3rd. This was during a transitional period before Roy...

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie For A Saturday Afternoon - "The Kettles On Old McDonald's Farm" (Break #3, 1980)

Views: 2025

Here's something pretty rare - some footage from WFLD Channel 32's Movie for a Saturday Afternoon featuring the Kaiser-era 32 logo, so this must have dated to at least early 1977 (previous to this we only had a tiny excerpt of this bumper). Most of it was taped over unfortunately, but this is what remains. This third segment, with complete commercial break, includes:

WFLD Movie for a Saturday A...