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Promo for Captain Filmo’s Fantastic Flicks which aired on KVDO-TV, Ch. 3, in Salem, Oregon in 1974.

My first job out of college was at KVDO-TV, a small independent tv station in Salem, Oregon. The station was on the air from 1969 to 1975 and not much of those days survives. This clip is a promo for “Captain Filmo’s Fantastic Flicks” which aired in 1974 for about a month. I playe…d the part of the Captain (and was the manic announcer), my friend Syd Bates was my side kick, and Dave Larson played the “little person” in this promo and was the sane announcer at the end.

This piece was originally recorded on 2 inch quad tape. It was later transferred to 3/4 inch tape and then to VHS tape. I digitized the VHS version on my MacBook through an EyeTV Hybrid and did a bit of clean up in iMovie HD.

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Here’s a classic blooper video. This is the “Funny Weather” where I cracked up on live tv.

I was the weatherman on KVDO-TV in Salem, Oregon for about a year (1974-1975). I had no training and got my information off the AP Weather wire until the station (as a cost saving measure) removed the AP machine. I then got my information by walking out the back door and looking up and West. I also extrapelated from the weather section of the day before’s local newspaper. The funny part was that I think I was more accurate than the Portland stations.

As I recall, we had taped three religious shows that day and I was ready to laugh at anything. Watch for when I say “Hail in Kentucky”. At that point Syd, our cameraman gave me a “Sieg Heil” from behind the camera. Things went down hill from there.

The newsman with me was Lee jackson who later went to work for the 700 Club.

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