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WJYS Channel 62 - Home Shopping Club (1993)

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Here's some footage from WJYS Channel 62 and their Home Shopping Club. Would this also be considered a sign-on? Their doesn't seem to be any edits in the video but that's how it looks - with static, and then that Video Magic credit before it smoothly transitions into a promo. Any idea?

If anyone is clamoring for more of this footage I could post a few more parts.

Based on what the lady says in the promo near the beginning, this likely aired on local Chicago TV...

Play-Doh Fun Factory - "Frogger Fun Kit"(Commercial, 1983)

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Here's a commercial for the Kenner Play-Doh Fun Factory with free Frogger Fun Kit.

(If they had a Simpsons-themed set it would be called Play-D'oh!) :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV in February 1983. (1982 Copyright)

WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus - "Bozo's Tv POWWW!" (1979)

Views: 3395

Here's a segment of Bozo's Tv POWWW! A game meant to capitalize on the increasing popularity of video games. Ray Rayner also used to feature it on his show around 1979.

Here's some background information on the game:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Powww

I wonder whatever became of "Chi Chi Heath"?

Also includes the commercial break featuring ads for the Mickey Mouse Loop the Loop toy by iLLCO and Lucky Charms cereal.

This ai...

WFLD Channel 32 - Kenny Everett Video Show (Promo, 1981)

Views: 1873

Here's a promo for the Kenny Everett Video Show on WFLD Channel 32 - Saturday nights at 10:30 PM.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 11th 1981.

Pac-Man Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron with Fred Savage (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 3313

Here's a commercial for Pac-Man Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Plus Iron, which had no sugar or additives among its ingredients - unlike Flintstones Multi-Vitamins which had 70% sugar.

Featuring a very young Fred Savage, years before he shot to fame as the star of the TV series The Wonder Years.

(C) 1983 Rexall Corporation

"Goodbye, Fred - Hello, Pac-Man."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 28th 1983 d...

WFLD Channel 32 - "Video Voyage" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 871

Here's a promo for WFLD Channel 32's "Video Voyage" contest, in which winners could win a trip to Hawaii or a "home video tape recorder" (that's VCR to the rest of us), during which the viewer on the screen gets repeatedly hit on the head by a coconut.

Features clips from such Channel 32 staples as All in the Family (from the "Gloria's Pregnancy" episode which originally aired on February 16th 1971) and M*A*S*H (with Klinger's "big plan" consisting of guard duty...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 1, 1982)

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Here's Part 1 of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mom" (not sure o...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 2, 1982)

Views: 1324

Here's Part 2 of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mom" (not sure of ...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 3, 1982)

Views: 1866

Here's Part 3, the last part, of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mo...