![Captain Chesapeake - WBFF Channel 45 [Baltimore, MD] (Opening & Excerpts, 1979)](/img/logo.svg){kind=logo}
Not from Chicago, but still interesting nonetheless, here's the opening moments of the children's series Captain Chesapeake on WBFF Channel 45 in Baltimore, MD.
The show ran from 1971 to 1990, with George A. Lewis playing the title role.
Includes:
Station ID slide (voiceover by ??)
Opening title sequence, explaining how he came to be Captain Chesapeake, with film of him swimming to shore before cutting to the title slide and shots of him looking out at the water, presiding over the ship "Television Hull," and with such characters as Mondy the Sea Monster (voiced by Jimmy Uhrin) (theme music: a 33-1/3 RPM record of "Stumbling" by The Three Suns that was played back at 45 RPM)
The Captain comes out from inside the ship, promising a fun-filled afternoon, and segueing into [a scoped presentation of] the Tennessee Tuxedo cartoon "Snap That Picture!"
A PSA for the benefits of vegetables with bird and flower puppets - created and presented by Shirley Johannesen Levine, Columbia, Maryland, and sponsored by The Maryland Dietetic Association
Captain Chesapeake gives a reminder of where he comes from, and signals six bells meaning "more fun" - leading to:
Opening titles for the Popeye theatrical cartoon "Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo" [1944] with inserted 'a.a.p' (Associated Artists Productions) opening in place of original Famous Studios' opening, up to director, animators and story credits which, along with title, were retained
This aired on local Baltimore TV on Tuesday, June 5th 1979.
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16 апр 2017
