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WFLD Channel 32 - Illinois Lottery Drawing (1986)
Views: 2657
Here's another Illinois Lottery drawing on WFLD Channel 32 for all you lottery fans out there. (or is it just one person?) ;-)
That's Dean Richards doing the voiceover (confirmed!)
There's that background music again. You can also hear it in a 1984 Lincoln Tech commercial and in other WFLD Lottery Drawings that I have posted earlier. It's called "Power Generator" and is part of the Network Production Library of music. You can find it on an album of theirs calle...
WTTW Channel 11 - The Storyteller - "Pickle-Chiffon Pie" (1969)
Views: 3229
Here's an episode of The Storyteller on WTTW Channel 11, hosted by Val Bettin. This was Episode #53, a reading of the book "Pickle-Chiffon Pie" by Jolly Roger Bradfield (read by permission of the publisher, Rand McNally & Company), from a 3/4" dub of the original 2" quad master tape, recorded on February 22nd 1969. This was also one of WTTW's early color productions.
Includes:
Brief shot of production slate, with intermittent tone of approx. 415 Hz emitt...
Alan J. Dixon - Democrat For Secretary Of State (Political Ad, 1978)
Views: 1621
Here's a political ad for Alan J. Dixon - Democratic (incumbent) candidate for Secretary of State for Illinois. He was the one who introduced photographs on Illinois driver's licenses for the first time.
Featuring Monica McGuire, Sonja Castro, Arthur Woodard, Linda Valentino, Joann Annunzio, and James Folby. (the addresses are fake but maybe the names were real?)
Paid for by Citizens for Dixon - Roy Anthony, Chairman.
This aired on local Chicago ...
Pepe's Tacos - "Wonderful Mexican Food" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2292
Here's an amusing early commercial for Pepe's Tacos. (they were only around for 13 years when this ad was done - now they're in their 42nd year)
Do you remember when Mexican food was considered "exotic" and Pepe's was just about the only place you could get it around Chicago and suburbs? (or maybe it was just me, but I don't remember eating at any other Mexican restaurants until I was quite a bit older)
"Pepe's T...
WGN Channel 9 - People, Places & Things (1980)
Views: 1448
Here's a community calendar announcement of People, Places & Things on WGN Channel 9. Spotlighted here are Omni-House's counseling service "to solve your own problems, to be a stronger individual"; a youth lounge for teens at Mayer Kaplan; and a spook house for Halloween sponsored by the Faith Youth Group.
Voiceover by Merri Dee.
"An informal notice of community affairs in the Chicagoland area."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, Oc...
Harris Bank - "Free Hubert Alarm Clock" (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 1635
Here's a commercial (with a young red-headed girl) for Harris Bank's free offer of an alarm clock with their lion mascot Hubert, for people who put in $250 or more into their Harris bank account. Or a stuffed Hubert doll for only $4.95. Offer expires October 12th.
This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, September 30th 1979 at a couple minutes before 11:00pm.
Parker Brothers - Star Wars: Jedi Arena (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 1673
Here's a commercial for the Parker Brothers Star Wars: Jedi Arena video game for the Atari 2600 VCS.
"Parker Brothers - The Ones To Beat"
This aired on local Chicago TV in February 1983. (1982 Copyright)
The Most Important Person - "I'm Lonely" (1972)
Views: 1766
Here is a segment of the animated short "The Most Important Person". This one's called "I'm Lonely".
These aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago during the late-seventies and possibly as late as the early eighties? (And, I'm sure, on many other local stations)
Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBE.
Funded by The Office of Child Development - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Produced by...
Cheker Gas with Gale Sayers (Commercial #2, 1981)
Views: 3155
Here's another commercial for Cheker Gas (not Checker) featuring football legend Gale Sayers, here promoting their self-service stations. (The other Cheker ad featuring the onetime Chicago Bears gridiron great can be seen here.)
"Gas is good - price is right."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 27th 1981 during the 10:45pm to 11:15pm timeframe.