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Here's a complete episode of Made in Chicago (which was a forerunner of what became the nationally-aired SoundStage) as aired over WTTW Channel 11, spotlighting The Greater Chicago Bluegrass Band.
This group, established in 1973, recorded two albums on the Fargo label, released in 1975 and 1980, respectively. Interestingly, the font used on the opening titles and closing credits - Bookman Bold Italic with Swish - matched that for the cover of their 1975 self-titled album. (The band members at the point of this show are mentioned near the end credits as below.)
Show voiceover by Marty Robinson, "The Voice of WTTW."
This was from the original ¾" Umatic master tape in living stereo, and thus no promos or station ID's are part of this representation.
(At this point in time, this program was a half hour, as opposed to the hour length of SoundStage.)
Includes:
Last 3 - 4 seconds of production slate, with ID number W-37470, director and recording date (1-24-77, with the '7's' being upside-down 'L's')
Opening description of coming program, with opening titles
Group starts off with "Hard Hearted," then over the course of the show they perform "Rawhide" (this and other numbers introduced by mandolinist Chuck Kling), "Flood of '72" (an original composition by Richard Hood), "Sing, Sing, Sing" (not the swing-era number performed by the likes of Benny Goodman and Louis Prima, but a gospel tune), "Free Wheeling," "Cry, Cry Darlin' " (sung by Mose Foy), "My Little Girl In Tennessee" (which Chuck introduces as "That Little Girl Of Mine In Tennessee"), followed by Chuck introducing the other band members, and closing with "Y'all Come"
Ending credits:
The Greater Chicago Bluegrass Band
Roger Bellow - Fiddle
Mose Foy - Vocals
Richard Hood - Banjo
Scott Kieffer - Bass
Chuck Kling - Mandolin
Greg Trafidlo - Guitar
For Made in Chicago
Producer - Peter Hawley
Director - Dave Erdman
Assistant Director - Cynthia Southon
Floor Director - Marvin Pienta
Set Director - Michael Loewenstein
Lighting - James Gedwellas
Audio - John Kennamer
Video - Jerry Hanna
Cameras - John Hampson, Jerry Binder, Susan Smeyak
Video Tape - Vorce McIntosh
Technical Supervisor - Tim Snell
Photographs Courtesy of J. Mark Bade
A Production of WTTW / Chicago
(C) 1977 Chicago Educational Television Association
(As this was a local program, there was no PBS logo or notice of funding sources at the end.)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, February 1st 1977 during the 9:30pm to 10:00pm timeframe, and repeated on Sunday, February 6th 1977 during the 3:30pm to 4:00pm timeframe and again on Saturday, July 9th 1977 during the 10:00pm to 10:30pm timeframe. (Recorded on January 24th 1977.)
This was from a tape donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television by the estate of John Kennamer.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's a complete episode of Made in Chicago (which was a forerunner of what became the nationally-aired SoundStage) as aired over WTTW Channel 11, spotlighting The Greater Chicago Bluegrass Band.
This group, established in 1973, recorded two albums on the Fargo label, released in 1975 and 1980, respectively. Interestingly, the font used on the opening titles and closing credits - Bookman Bold Italic with Swish - matched that for the cover of their 1975 self-titled album. (The band members at the point of this show are mentioned near the end credits as below.)
Show voiceover by Marty Robinson, "The Voice of WTTW."
This was from the original ¾" Umatic master tape in living stereo, and thus no promos or station ID's are part of this representation.
(At this point in time, this program was a half hour, as opposed to the hour length of SoundStage.)
Includes:
Last 3 - 4 seconds of production slate, with ID number W-37470, director and recording date (1-24-77, with the '7's' being upside-down 'L's')
Opening description of coming program, with opening titles
Group starts off with "Hard Hearted," then over the course of the show they perform "Rawhide" (this and other numbers introduced by mandolinist Chuck Kling), "Flood of '72" (an original composition by Richard Hood), "Sing, Sing, Sing" (not the swing-era number performed by the likes of Benny Goodman and Louis Prima, but a gospel tune), "Free Wheeling," "Cry, Cry Darlin' " (sung by Mose Foy), "My Little Girl In Tennessee" (which Chuck introduces as "That Little Girl Of Mine In Tennessee"), followed by Chuck introducing the other band members, and closing with "Y'all Come"
Ending credits:
The Greater Chicago Bluegrass Band
Roger Bellow - Fiddle
Mose Foy - Vocals
Richard Hood - Banjo
Scott Kieffer - Bass
Chuck Kling - Mandolin
Greg Trafidlo - Guitar
For Made in Chicago
Producer - Peter Hawley
Director - Dave Erdman
Assistant Director - Cynthia Southon
Floor Director - Marvin Pienta
Set Director - Michael Loewenstein
Lighting - James Gedwellas
Audio - John Kennamer
Video - Jerry Hanna
Cameras - John Hampson, Jerry Binder, Susan Smeyak
Video Tape - Vorce McIntosh
Technical Supervisor - Tim Snell
Photographs Courtesy of J. Mark Bade
A Production of WTTW / Chicago
(C) 1977 Chicago Educational Television Association
(As this was a local program, there was no PBS logo or notice of funding sources at the end.)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, February 1st 1977 during the 9:30pm to 10:00pm timeframe, and repeated on Sunday, February 6th 1977 during the 3:30pm to 4:00pm timeframe and again on Saturday, July 9th 1977 during the 10:00pm to 10:30pm timeframe. (Recorded on January 24th 1977.)
This was from a tape donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television by the estate of John Kennamer.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
![Electronic Detective - The Computerized Whodunit Game by Ideal [with Don Adams] (Commercial, 1979)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KsB5nmZr-7g/mqdefault.jpg "Electronic Detective - The Computerized Whodunit Game by Ideal [with Don Adams] (Commercial, 1979)
Heres a commercial for Electronic Detective (The Computerized Whodunit Game) from Ideal (very similar to another game from the era, Stop Thief), featuring Don Adams of Get Smart fame, quizzing players about a murder involving a woman named Lucy, Dino Vachetti, Lenny Little and Eileen Stella (sp?).
(commercial for Stop Thief can be found here: https://youtu.be/Qx7vvHOCLzg)
This aired on local Boston TV on Friday, November 23rd 1979 during the 12:00pm to 2:00pm (Eastern) timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!")
