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Community Family Centers - "Meet The Lone Ranger" (Partial Commercial, 1976)

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Here's a really old (and unfortunately incomplete) commercial for Community stores featuring a promotion at the end for a live event where you could come out and meet the original Lone Ranger - Clayton Moore in person, on Saturday, June 19th 1976! Pretty cool. (this was before the famous lawsuit that tried to prevent Clayton Moore from wearing the mask)

"The Lone Ranger Ride...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Mubembubershubip Ubappubeal" (1973)

Views: 2584

Here's an appeal for membership on WTTW Channel 11 (from an original 2" quad master tape), with longtime staff announcer Marty Robinson speaking in the language associated with the TV series Zoom ("Ubbi Dubbi") - and his son Paul (shown in inset on the upper left side of the screen) translating for him.

Even the address is shown in "Zoom" language on the lower-third of the screen at first (set in Microgramma Bold Extended - or is that Mubicrubogrubammuba Bubold Ubextub...

WGN Channel 9 - The Late Movie - "Destination Moon" (Ending Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 1379

Here's the ending bumper and beginning of the first commercial for the Late Movie presentation of "Destination Moon" on WGN Channel 9.

Ending of "Destination Moon" - This is the End of the Beginning

"Kaleidoscope" bumper for the WGN Late Movie

Beginning of Record offer for "Disco Hustle" by Adam VIII Ltd. ‎

Recording cuts out, sadly...

This (most likely) aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, January 1...

WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #2, 1977)

Views: 2379

Here's another Star Trek bumper from one of WFLD's sister-stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit - this one with a different font for the show name than the first one. The others can be seen here (January 1977) and here (June 1977).

This aired on local Detroit TV on Monday, April 25th 1977. (not Chicago, but still cool)

Large Size Boba Fett & Darth Vader Action Figures By Kenner (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1045

Here's a commercial for the 12" large-size Star Wars Action figures of Boba Fett and Darth Vader - by Kenner. Interesting, since Boba Fett hadn't even been introduced as a character until Friday, November 17th 1978. (the date of the airing of the Star Wars Holiday Special)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 12th 1979.

GK Chevrolet Of Downers Grove - "General Motors Raises Prices" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2153

Here's another commercial for GK Chevrolet in Downers Grove. The last time we saw one it had a really bad technical difficulty moment in it.

GK Chevrolet is now Bill Kay Chevrolet - part of the Bill Kay Automotive Group - still at the same place, 1601 Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove - even has the same phone number, except the area code is now 630 of course. :-)

Ending voiceover by J...

WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3321

Here's another commercial for a long-gone Chicago radio station - WJPC AM 95 (950 AM) - where Tom Joyner got his start in Chicago. (Along with LaDonna Tittle and BeBe D'Banana)

Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. doing an impression of Humphrey Bogart.

Is that Tom Joyner doing the voiceover at the end?

WJPC was apparently owned by Johnson Publishing Company, who put out Jet and Ebony magazines.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Su...

WYEN FM 107 - "Request Radio" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3213

Here's a commercial for WYEN FM 107 ("Request Radio," licensed to neighboring Des Plaines - and today Spanish-language WPPN, "Amor 106.7"), featuring snippets of such tracks as "No Tell Lover" by Chicago, "Last Time I Saw Him" by Diana Ross, "Forever In Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond, and "Too Much Heaven" by the Bee Gees.

The "Request Radio" slogan referred to the station playing music requested by listeners.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 22...