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Hamm's Beer - "Duck Trouble" (1980)

Views: 4196

Here's one of the memorable animated commercials (in color) for Hamm's, the beer refreshing, starring the Hamm's bear and a duck family that gets sucked into some rapids.

Ah, the days when you could use a cartoon to advertise beer.

Featuring the "From the land of sky-blue waters..." jingle.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, April 2nd 1980.

WBFF Channel 45 (Baltimore, MD) - Captain Chesapeake (Opening & Excerpts, 1979)

Views: 946

Not from Chicago, but still interesting nonetheless, here's the opening moments of the children's series Captain Chesapeake on WBFF Channel 45 in Baltimore, MD.

The show ran from 1971 to 1990, with George A. Lewis playing the title role.

Includes:

Station ID slide (voiceover by ??)

Opening title sequence, explaining how he came to be Captain Chesapeake, with film of him swimming to shore before cutting to the title slide and...

WFLD Channel 32 - Afternoon Fun - "Mighty Mouse" (Bumper Excerpt, 1981?)

Views: 1579

Here is the ending of a Heckle & Jeckle cartoon and a snippet of a bumper from Mighty Mouse on WFLD Channel 32. Not sure on the year, but probably from 1981-1982. Announcer is Dr. Don.

Spectrum - "Coming Attractions" (1982)

Views: 2720

Here are some coming attractions on Spectrum - includes: The Border, Flash Gordon, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and "Super Fights of the Month" boxing.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1982.

Pacific Stereo - "Go Bears!" (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 837

Here's a commercial for Pacific Stereo featuring a whale and promoting excitement over the Bears' Super Bowl appearance.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 24th 1986. (Two days before the big game!)

Ronco Albums at Woolworth (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2373

Here's a commercial for various Ronco albums available at Woolworth & Woolco - Starfire, Solid Gold, Pure Disco, Star Time, Funky Favorites, and Super-Sonic.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 13th 1981.

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

Views: 2168

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.

Sweet Pickles - TV Guide Offer (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1462

Here's a commercial for an offer from TV Guide for those great children's books that I grew up with - Sweet Pickles.

Features scenes of what appears to be a Sweet Pickles cartoon of some sort (never knew one existed).

Most people ignore the pickle. Don't be one of those people. Circle that pickle. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 14th 1982.

Atari 5200 SuperSystem (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2277

Here's a commercial for the Atari 5200 SuperSystem - the descendant of the Atari 2600.

"Adapter coming soon."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982.