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Coca-Cola - "Have a Coke and a Mean Joe Greene" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's the full one-minute version of the now-famous Coca-Cola commercial from 1979 with football great Mean Joe Greene and then 12-year-old child actor Tommy Okin who offered him a Coke as he was heading towards the locker room. Then segments of a news feature on Greene are shown (voiceover by ??), including outtakes of the Coke ad.

From Wikipedia: "The campaign's art director w...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Ending Of The Gong Show & Opening of The Three Stooges - "Calling All Curs" (1979)

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(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is the ending for The Gong Show and the opening for the short "Calling All Curs" on The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. (unfortunately all the breaks were cut out of this short) Includes:

Partial end credits to The Gong Show (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Commercial: WFYR 103 and a Half FM - "Incredible Music. Credible Information."

Com...

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Emergency Broadcast System Test (1983)

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Here's a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (or as they were referred to here, "Emergency Broadcasting System") that aired on WLS Channel 7. The text was modified somewhat from this 1981 EBS test on WMAQ Channel 5:

"This is a test. This station is conducting a test of the Emergency Broadcasting [sic] System. This is only a test . . .

"This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting [...

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NBC Network - "Holiday Specials" (Promo, 1982)

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Here's a promo for some NBC Network holiday specials - "A Chipmunk Christmas", "The NBC Family Christmas Party", and "Christmas in Washington".

"The NBC Family Christmas Party" features Gary Coleman,
David Birney
Meredith Baxter-Birney

Debbie Allen

Shelley Long

and clockwise from top
Nell Carter
Meredith Baxter-Birney
Tony Danza
Melissa Gilbert
Charles Haid
Valerie Landsburg fr...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 5, 1991)

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Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 5, they discuss a new study on lefties, and how it might affect Baseball.

Includes:

SportsChannel ID promo for 76'ers Vs. Bulls - Easter...

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WLS Channel 7 - The 1981 State Street Christmas Parade (Excerpt)

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Here is the last 12 minutes of The 45th Annual State Street Christmas Parade, from 1981, hosted by Joel Daly and Diane Allen. Subtitled, "Santa's Fantasy" (?) Featuring:

Buckets The Clown (Hey, he's no Bozo, but who is?)
WCFL 1000 Personality Float
Abraham Lincoln High School Marching Band from Bloomington, Minnesota
The Chimney Sweeps
Chicago Police/American Legion Marching Band
Santa and his sleigh!
Frank Mathie getting swamped by k...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 3, 1991)

Views: 8705

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 3, they discuss the annoyances of cell phones on golf courses and whether they should be banned there.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style b...

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Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation - "Christmas Stuff" (Part 4)

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Here is Part 4 of a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

The Day After Christmas Complaint Department (must be from Dec. 1983, since this is a reference to The Day After movie that aired in November of that year and was big news.) (inc...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 6, 1991)

Views: 1346

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 6, they discuss women who fish for bass and a contest that excluded them.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style beer with Dennis Farina - "It'...