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Atari - "The 1980 Atari Games" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2675

Here's a commercial for the 1980 Atari Games - Basketball, Sky Diver, Human Cannonball (it looks like Shaun White is playing), Space Invaders

Featuring "Andy Leonard".

Ending voiceover by Danny Dark.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 28th 1980.

WPWR Channel 60 - Music Video 60 - "Get Well Fast Michael" (1984)

Views: 1949

Here's a message from WPWR "Music Video 60" urging get-well wishes for Michael Jackson after he suffered severe burns to his head in an accident while filming a Pepsi-Cola commercial. This message - "Get Well Fast Michael, From WPWR-TV 60" - aired frequently on the lower-third screen during the course of the showing of the video for his massive hit "Billie Jean" (which they misspelled as "Billy Jean").

TECHNICAL NOTE: One of the audio channels of this track is missing,...

Nestle Quik - "Bunny Loves Atari" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2480

Here's a commercial for Nestle Quik chocolate milk mix featuring the Quik Bunny rabbit playing the Atari 2600 VCS.

"No one can say no to Quik" (Hmm...sounds vaguely like a threat)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 23rd 1983.

McDade's - The Catalog House - "Video Equipment" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2104

Here's another commercial for McDade's - The Catalog House, featuring some specials on video equipment. Boy, that's a lot of beans for a VHS VCR.

Featuring soap star Jed Allen, although his voice may have been dubbed in all of these.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the first week of September of 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 4, 1979)

Views: 1107

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Here's Part 4 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

Game play resumes during the 1st quarter. An additional 12 points are racked up by the Bullets, and an additional 8 points by the Bulls, to make the score 32-22 before the tape runs out.

(NOTE: The Bullets beat the Bulls, 124-11...

Vectrex (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2787

Here's a commercial for the short-lived gaming system - Vectrex, featuring all vector graphics and color overlays you put over the screen. Also notable for being portable, in that it came with it's own specialized display unit, and for a controller that slightly resembled the later Nintendo Entertainment System controller.

"(C) 1983 by Milton Bradley Company"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 21st 1983.

ABC Network - Pac-Man - "Premiere" (Promo, 1982)

Views: 2152

Here's a short bumper promo (cut off a bit at the end) for the premiere of the Pac-Man cartoon on ABC which first aired on Saturday, September 25th 1982.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982.

WFLD Channel 32 - Wonder Woman & Space Invaders (Promo, 1982)

Views: 2232

Here is a promo for Wonder Woman and "Into the Valley of the Space Invaders" (a rebroadcast of it which originally aired on April 26th) on WFLD Channel 32.

"It's a Robot!"

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 24th 1982.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 6, 1980)

Views: 1308

Here's Part 6 of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 (simulcast on WXRT 93 FM). Includes:

Video: "Listen to the Heartbeat" by D.L. Byron

Video: "Do Me" by Teddy Pendergrass (from concert performance)

Commercial: Pepsi Cola - "Catch That Pepsi Spirit" (with baton twirler practicing for parade)

Commercial: Richies Leather and Suede Sale - "Save Up to 40%" - ends O...