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"New Coke Vs. Classic Coke" With William Perry & Jim McMahon (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 2809

Here's a commercial for New Coke and Classic Coke starring William "Refrigerator" Perry and Jim McMahon of the Chicago Bears.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 26th 1986.

WLS Musicradio 89 - Rodney Dangerfield & Larry Lujack (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 2368

Here's a classic commercial for WLS Musicradio 89 - "The Big 89" with Rodney Dangerfield and Larry Lujack.

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Friday, August 28th 1981.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 5, 1978)

Views: 1587

Here's Part 5 of an (incomplete) episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Robb Weller at Ski Show '78, briefly talking with "Bunny Jennifer" (a skier from Lake Geneva) who will be at the Playboy booth all weekend, before going back to the studio for another live commercial for Gloria Marshall Figure Salons, with Wilma Stevens (sp?) who attends their Merrillville branch, and gives her testimonial as to how and why she joined. This spot shows the addresses of th...

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart - "Animal Corner" (1975)

Views: 415

Here's the "Animal Corner" segment of Popeye with Steve Hart which aired on WSNS Channel 44. This segment was hosted by Bob Hoffman. This was from the original master tape, recorded on August 12th 1975. Includes:

"Animal Corner" bumper and intro (voiceover by Steve Hart)

Bob Hoffman shows a baby pigeon, who is technically called a "squeaker" as he emphasizes. Even with background music, we can still hear this baby pigeon squeak, which is how they got t...

WPWR Channel 50 - "Off The Air Testing" (1990?)

Views: 3295

Here's something probably not very interesting unless you like color bars and static - found this at the end of a tape long after a movie had finished and the station was off the air for the night - looks like they were doing some sort of testing - picture goes from a strange color bars with a black square in the middle, to static, then a Station ID slide, then more static and then the color bars again. This went on for a long time but this is the most exciting 6 minutes of it. ;-)
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WFLD Channel 32 - "Oh Jeez - Look At The Time..." (Sign-Off, 1988)

Views: 4105

Here is a really brief station sign-off from WFLD Channel 32. We see the ending of a Ma & Pa Kettle movie (Ma & Pa Kettle at Home, based on the cast), Latenight 32 ending (with the circa 1984 Metromedia-era logo), the Fox 32 logo animation, and a quick cut to color bars with date and time. No national anthem or anything - must have been too late. zzzzzzz

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 22nd 1988 @ about 5:10am!

Hooray for Reading - "The TV Kid" (#6, 1979)

Views: 718

Here is the sixth in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.

These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.

This one is based on the book "The TV Kid" by...

Hooray for Reading - 'Then Again, Maybe I Won't' (#4, 1979)

Views: 962

Here is the fourth in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.

These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.

This one is based on the book "Then Again, M...

Hooray for Reading - "The Glad Man" (#1, 1979)

Views: 563

Here is the first in a series of 10, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.

These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.

This one is based on the book "The Glad Man" ...