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WTTW Channel 11 - Bleacher Bums (Promo #1, 1984)

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Here's a promo for a WTTW Channel 11 airing of Bleacher Bums on Saturday, September 29th 1984 - about the lovable and quirky fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Bleacher Bums had a few people who would later go on to greater fame - Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz, to name a couple.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.

WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Swept Away" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 3171

Here is the opening for the WTTW Channel 11 - "Movie Eleven" presentation of "Swept Away". This opening features scenes from classic movies (in order): The Blue Angel, Metropolis, The Rocking Horse Winner, Alexander Nevsky, Ugetsu, The Red Shoes, Metropolis, La Strada, [?], Metropolis, Jules et Jim, Beauty and the Beast, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Black Orpheus.

Music used is a classical piece by Wendy Carlos - I think it's the same theme that the Frugal Gourmet used. ...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Punks, Junk & More" (Part 1, 1991)

Views: 3036

Here is Part One of an episode of Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. Includes:

Val's Halla in Oak Park, IL - featuring their Elvis Shrine.

Professional Wrestling at the Copernicus Center Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 21st 1991.

WTTW Channel 11 - Sneak Previews - "The Dogs Of 1981" (Promo, 1982)

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Here's a promo for Sneak Previews on WTTW Channel 11 featuring an episode with Sparky the Wonder Dog giving his "Dogs of 1981", which aired on Thursday, April 22nd 1982 at 8:00 PM.

Ending voiceover by Don Ferris.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, April 21st 1982.

WTTW Channel 11 - WTTW Auction with Val Bettin (Promo, 1970)

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Here's a promo for an upcoming fundraising auction on WTTW Channel 11, to be held from April 26th to May 2nd. Val Bettin, host of Channel 11's "The Storyteller" invites viewers to donate merchandise or services to be sold, and gives the phone number of the auction office to call to do so - 583-5000 (same one they have to this day!)

This promo (in glorious black-and-white) is preceded by a brief shot of a multiburst test pattern, accompanied by a 378 Hz tone.

Acc...

CBS Network - The Incredible Hulk (Ending & Promos, 1977)

Views: 2960

Here is the ending credits to an episode of The Incredible Hulk (with voiceover promo for Circus of the Stars and Universal logo) followed immediately by CBS Network promos for M*A*S*H, One Day at a Time, and Lou Grant.

Voiceover during end credits for The Incredible Hulk by Bob Hite, famous as the voice of the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" from 1972 until his retirement in 1979.

Voiceover during CBS Promos by ??.

This aired on local Rock...

WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Disturbing" (Part 3, 1991)

Views: 2049

"Viewer Discretion Advised"

Here is Part Three of "Disturbing" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. This was a compilation of their "darkest, most border-line tasteless segments ever done". Includes:

John's Live Poultry at 5955 West Fullerton Avenue.

Special Effects and Blood Artist Geoffrey Binns-Calvey and his wife Amy, in Oak Park.

Ending voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This air...

WTTW Channel 11 - Bleacher Bums (Promo #2, 1984)

Views: 3287

Here's another promo for a WTTW Channel 11 airing of Bleacher Bums on Saturday, September 29th 1984 - about the lovable and quirky fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Bleacher Bums had a few people who would later go on to greater fame - Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz, to name a couple.

Now I know where Ronnie Woo-Woo got his shtick. ;-)

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.

WTTW Channel 11 - Image Union (Ending, 1984)

Views: 1405

Here is the ending to WTTW Channel 11's Image Union featuring "Bob" the cardboard mascot and his gravelly intonation, "Hey! That was a pretty good show - I think I'll watch again NEXT week." :-)

Oh, don't forget the brilliant "Media Burn" by Ant Farm - the short film shown at the end with the car crashing into the burning TV's. I love the music that goes with it too. :-)

Image Union was produced by Tom Weinberg. (Who I believe was also the voice of "Bob")