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WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System - "This is NOT a Test" (1985)

Views: 3002

Here's a pretty spooky clip - transferred from an RCA Quad cart (for playing on model TCR-100 cart machines) loaded with 2" videotape.

A Fuzzy Personal Note: "I grew up at the height of the 2nd great nuclear war scare period (the first being the Cuban Missile Crisis of course), having been chilled to the bone from seeing movies like “The Day After” in 1983 when I was nine years old. So this clip was very fascinating to me, and seems to be a glimpse at what we might ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Late Show - "Strangers On A Train" (Commercial Break #1, 1978)

Views: 1202

And now, a FuzzyInsti-Request for our lead researcher Phantom (Chris Tufts) -

Here's Commercial Break #1 from The Late Show presentation of "Strangers On A Train" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

The Late Show "Clown" bumper

Commercial: Youth For Understanding Exchange Program (featuring actor Hugh O'Brian) - my nominee for the most unintentionally hilarious ad of late. :-)

PSA: Mayor Bilandic's Fire Prevent...

WFLD Channel 32 - Tom and Jerry (Commercial Break #2, 1981)

Views: 1090

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

Ending moments (minus ending titles) of "Tom and Cherie" (1954)

Tom and Jerry bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose)

Commercial: Power Command Radio Controlled Fat Wheels from Remco - with inflatable wheels you can blow up yourself - 2-9 Volt and 4 C batteries not included (voiceover by Les Marshak)

Commercial: Call-Me-Back T...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Homework First" (1983)

Views: 1080

Not from Chicago, but rather from a sister Field station in Philadelphia - WKBS Channel 48 - that was at the time a few weeks away from leaving the air permanently, a victim of the implosion of Field Communications.

This is an installment of Snipets which we're entitling "Homework First." The later animated Snipets open is used with the worms materializing and ending up inside a circle with the title atop them, and a 1974 copyright date is listed; though credited...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 Weekend News (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 1921

Here's Part 3 of a complete edition of the Channel 2 Weekend News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace (substituting for Harry Porterfield). Also featuring Irene Rodriguez. Includes:

Bob reports on the following items:

- Harvey police officer Bruce Warrow (sp?) is set to meet with prosecutors over his refusal to name a source who provided him with information on a drug deal, a refusal that landed him in jail for the past week; he wants to provide s...

Motor Map International (Commercial, 1975)

Views: 1721

Opportunists! Are you ready to make more money? Sure, we all are! That's why you need to enter the exciting world of Map Vending Machines from Motor Map International! Unlimited earning potential!

Our analysts' forecasts predict a stunning 2000% growth rate for the period of 1975-1995 (for some reason it drops off quickly after that).

Make financial independence with maps your personal "quest" - a MapQuest, if you will. The capital flow will...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter 5 at 6pm (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 2653

Here is Part 3 of NewsCenter 5 at 6pm on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Jim Ruddle and Carol Marin. Includes:

Weather with Terry Burhans - 1st half

Commercial: Rex Harrison stars in My Fair Lady at the Arie Crown Theatre

Commercial: Bon Jour jeans available at Wieboldt's (Jim Hill voiceover)

2nd half of weather with Terry Burhans

Carol Marin gives the market closing numbers

Moneywatch with Terry Savage - Terr...

WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Spooky Lottery Hijinx" (1980)

Views: 5467

Here's an excerpt from an episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 where the news story was about a lottery fraud and scandal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that took place on Thursday, April 24th 1980, in which people tampered with and rigged the "Daily Number" game by injecting liquid into the ping-pong balls, in order to weigh them down and produce a desired outcome.

Seen selecting the balls is "senior citizen witness" Violet Lowery (not implicated in the scheme). The m...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "The Death of John Lennon" (Part 5 - Sports & Ending, 1980)

Views: 2093

Here's Part 5, the final part, of The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2 from the day after John Lennon was murdered. Includes:

Sports with Johnny Morris - Chicago Cubs lose Bruce Sutter in exchange for Leon Durham and Ken Reitz. The San Francisco Giants fire manager Dave Bristol; sports highlights. Johnny Morris leaves his hand extended with a pen in it for an uncomfortably long time.

Commercial: Olympus OM10 camera with Cheryl Tiegs

Ending to Th...