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Abel and Associates - "Demo Reel" (Part 1, 1978?)

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Here's Part 1 of a demo reel from Abel and Associates, a Hollywood-based production and graphics firm headed by Robert Abel.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

This part includes:

- A segment resembling a travel through a...

WGN Channel 9 - The SFM Holiday Network - "Margie" (Promo, 1981)

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Here's a promo for the film "Margie" as part of the SFM Holiday Network shown on WGN Channel 9. Features a different logo animation than we saw in previous SFM clips. The movie aired on Sunday, June 14th 1981 at 6pm.

Ending voiceover by Merri Dee. (Not sure who the main announcer was)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, June 12th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Fernwood 2 Night (Partial Break #3, 1977)

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Here's another tantalizing glimpse into what WFLD Channel 32 looked like in 1977! Another partial commercial break from an airing of Fernwood 2 Night - back in the Kaiser era!

Includes:

American Consumer Tummy Trimmer - Genuine Deluxe Model! (For Fat American Consumers) (ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July 12th 1977.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Holiday Giving (PSA, 1975)

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Here's a brief WMAQ Channel 5 station ID/PSA slide for CARE Chicago, advising viewers to give to help the hungry and needy for the holidays.

Voiceover by Henry Cooke.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 23rd 1975 around 7:30am.

Panos Productions (Demonstration Reel, 1978)

Views: 1571

Here's a promo demo reel for Panos Productions, a local Chicago video production house that produced some local TV commercials and at least one program. (Outdoor Sportsman on WCIU Channel 26)

The fonts seen here are from a very primitive CG system, along the lines of 3M Datavision (but different from what was used by WSNS Channel 44).

Includes:

Roughly two seconds of EIA RS-18...

WCIX Channel 6 - Snipets - "Handicapped Kid" (1984)

Views: 1775

Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 70s and early 80s. However, with the sale and dissolution of Field starting in 1982, for whatever reason Snipets segments popped up on a few other non-Field or former-Field stations, even as late as 1986!

This particular a...

WFLD Channel 32 - American League Championship Series - Sox Vs. Orioles - Game 1 (Opening, 1983)

Views: 5925

Here is the opening 8 minutes of Game 1 of the 1983 American League Championship Series, which was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles.

You get to see the cool Channel 32 graphics for their Sox coverage at the time, as well as the starting lineups and opening banter by announcers Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson.

(By the way, the Sox won this game 2-1, but lost the series 3-1) :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesda...

Dolphin Productions - "Demo Reel" (1978)

Views: 6099

Here's a neat demo reel with a lot of vintage clips from Dolphin Productions, a legendary New York-based production company of the 1970's and early '80's that was one of three such firms in the country to use an early, analogue-based video animation system called "Scanimate." (The others were Image West Ltd. of Hollywood, CA and the company that first invented this process, Computer Image Corp. of Denver, CO; a history of the technology can be seen on

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