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120 Music Masterpieces (Record Offer, 1982)

Views: 8998

Here's a special Christmas present for one of our regular viewers here..."W.B.". This is one he has been wanting to see for a long time...just found it. :-)

Here's a record offer commercial for "120 Music Masterpieces" along with "30 Piano Masterpieces" by Vista Marketing. Features the actor John Williams.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 12th 1982.

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 1, 1991)

Views: 3623

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 1, they discuss Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens.

Includes:

SportsChannel ID at beginning - "Our Season Never Ends!"

Commerci...

Snipets - "Come Back Here" (1981)

Views: 5126

Well, at long last - here it is - Fuzzy's #1 most-wanted clip. Remembered by most people who watched *ANY* WFLD in the late-70s / early 80s (and on other Field affiliates and syndicated stations) - the infamous "Come Back Here" Snipets segment (A.K.A., the "Come Back Can" as I wrongly dubbed it for many years).

As with a lot of things that are looked for and eventually found, there is a bit of "That's it, is it?" underwhelming sentiment - it's only 60 seconds long, after all -...

WMAQ Channel 5 - The Fugitive - "Ballad For A Ghost" (Commercial Break, 1978)

Views: 1943

Here is a complete commercial break from an airing of The Fugitive on WMAQ Channel 5 (the episode was "Ballad for a Ghost"). Includes:

WBBM-FM 96 - "The Mellow Sound Of Chicago"

Welcome Chevrolet - "Monte Carlo Madness" (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Spelson Insurance Agency

Best Interiors (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

"National Foundation March of Dimes Metro. Chicago" bumper slide PSA (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
...

Bert Weinman Ford With Linn Burton (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 7316

Here is a commercial for Bert Weinman Ford with Linn Burton, during a commercial break for WGN Channel 9's showing of "The Glass Key" (probably The Late Movie). Includes:

"The Glass Key" bumper slide

Bert Weinman Ford commercial (A Deluxe One - 2 minutes long!)

"The Glass Key" bumper slide

I am dating this to 1982, although it's possible it could be from late 1981 - what do you guys think?

Bert Weinman - Your TV Ford ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Break #4, 1971)

Views: 2647

Here's Commercial Break #4 for the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Chicago Sun-Times - The Bright One

Chevrolet Impala

Nelson Brothers - "Nelson Brothers Loves Me - and they'll love you too!" (probably the earliest NB commercial existing) (Al Parker voiceover)

Movie 32 bumper (in color) with voiceover - "Now back to tonight's feature...". (by Del Clark)

Th...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Trog" (Break #7, 1985)

Views: 1591

Here's Break #7 for another episode of Son of Svengoolie that hasn't been seen in over 24 years! This was number 287 where he was presenting the movie "Trog". Includes:

Trog kidnaps a kid
Sven bumper
Commercial: First Metropolitan Builders (again)
Commercial: Snuggle Fabric Softener (again)
Commercial: Stove Top stuffing

(sounds like a slight audio glitch)

Commercial: Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet - "Where you always save ...

McDonald's - "Play and Win" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2066

Here's another commercial for McDonald's promoting their Atari "Scratch & Win" cards, with dramatized examples of past winners: the Baldwin family (presumably not including Alec or Billy) with an Atari home computer center (playing video games on the TV screen); Mike Jr. teaching his dad how to use the Atari 800 home computer; and the Murray family playing and winning an Atari home video game. Must be 13 or older to play. Expires October 22nd 1982 - or as long as supplies last. Void where...

WSNS Channel 44 - Fútbol (On-Screen Station ID, 1986)

Views: 1807

Here's an on-screen station ID for WSNS Channel 44 during a broadcast of Futbol (Soccer - not sure what match it is - World Cup?). I thought it was interesting that they're using the same station ID as long before the Spanish transition.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, June 5th 1986.