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WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Terror Beneath The Sea" (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a rare old promo for Son of Svengoolie episode number 40, showing the movie, "Terror Beneath The Sea". This episode aired on Saturday, April 12th 1980 at 8pm.

This is the oldest off-air Sven footage we have so far, and definitely the oldest promo. This was even before they had the Son of Svengoolie theme song (written by Doug Scharf) and instead were still using the old Jerry G. Bishop Svengoolie theme, "Rumble".

This promo aired on local Chicago TV the 2...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" - "Mail Call" (1982)

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Here is the mail call segment for the Son of Sven episode number 157 featuring the film "I Was A Teenage Werewolf".

Besides reading the mail and birthday announcements, Sven mentions the big Countdown to the 3D Movie event, which took place 5 days from then on Thursday, July 29th 1982 at 8pm. He also mentions an upcoming segment of this show where a local magician named Craig Dickens does some magical feats.

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Snipets - "Skateboard Safety Rules" (1980)

Views: 3103

Here is another rare Snipets segment! These would air on Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32 in the 70's and 80's.

This one is a bit fuzzy, but it's the best we have so far. This one also features the older "patchwork" logo of Snipets as well as a different group of kids saying "Snipets!". There is also a voiceover at the end which sounds like George Takei - "Snipets are produced by Field Communications". This voiceover was dropped when the "worms" version to...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newstalk with Wanda Wells - "Psychology and the Vote" (Part 1, 1984)

Views: 2200

Here's Part 1 of an edition of Newstalk with Wanda Wells on WFLD Channel 32. This was one of the programs that survived the transition of station ownership from Field to Metromedia - although the opening titles and bumpers used the old Field-era logo while promos used the newer logos placed in effect after Metromedia assumed ownership.

Includes:

Newstalk opening titles

Wanda Wells previews the topics to be covered in this edition:

WFLD Channel 32 - The Dance Fever Christmas Special (Part 5, 1980)

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Here's Part 5 of your holiday cheese platter for this year - The 1st Annual Dance Fever Christmas Special. Hosted by Deney Terrio (with his dance group "Motion"), and featuring guest celebrity judges Robert Blake and his 14 year old daughter Delinah (now known as Delinah Blake Hurwitz), Chad Everett and his 9 year old daughter Shannon, and Connie Stevens and her 11 year old daughter Tricia Leigh (now known as Tricia Leigh Fisher). Also features David Copperfield doing a magic segment and Th...

WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 8, 1972)

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Here's Part 8 (the final part) of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show on WFLD Channel 32. This was from the original 2" quadruplex master tape. Includes:

Fenster and Mother Plumtree bickering about her cooking and his inventions, and Wally and Maynard likewise in a sour mood, due to Dr. Doompuss' nefarious machinations; B.J. seeks to change the atmosphere by drawing a happy face, but Doompuss and his partners in crime, FrankenWeird and...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Night of the Blood Monster" (Ending Excerpt, 1982)

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Here is an excerpt from the ending of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Night of the Blood Monster" on WFLD Channel 32. This was Episode #168.

Sven says, "See you at Amlings..." - must have been one of his appearances for the Halloween season.

Credits:

Son of Svengoolie

Starring Rich Koz
Written and Produced by Rich Koz and Joe Oher
Directed by Joe Oher
Studio Supervisor - Russ Hunt
Stage Manager - P...

WFLD Channel 32 - Chicago Blitz Vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (Promo, 1983)

Views: 2387

Here's a promo of an upcoming game between the Chicago Blitz vs. Tampa Bay Bandits of the now-defunct United States Football League (USFL), to air Saturday, April 2nd at 7pm.

From this, we learn that George Allen was the Blitz' head coach and that John Reeves was the Bandits' QB. The play-by-play was by Doug Buffone and Lorn Brown (the latter of whom also handled play-by-play for Chicago White Sox radio broadcasts). (Spoiler / Time-Travelling Gambler Alert: The Blitz would ...

WSNS Channel 44 - Spider-Man (Opening, 1974)

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Here's the opening for the 1967-70 animated series Spider-Man on WSNS Channel 44 - this was years before it aired on WFLD Channel 32! Includes:

"On Your Station for the Bulls Road Games" ID slide, starting off with a miscue, comprised of a brief snippet of a taped audio promo for Adventures of Superman (voiceover by Linda Frost), followed by the live voiceover (by Linda Frost) advising that Spider-Man will come next, followed by Adventures of Superman