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WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2317

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from the movie "Meet me in St. Louis" with Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 19th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Tic-Tac-Dough & The Joker's Wild (Promo, 1984)

Views: 2446

Here is a promo for the game shows Tic-Tac-Dough & The Joker's Wild on WFLD Channel 32.

Background music is "Route 101" by Herb Alpert.

Voice over by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago in February of 1984.

WGN Channel 9 - "Happy Halloween" (Bumper, 1979)

Views: 3304

Here's a bumper featuring a Halloween theme for WGN Channel 9. Merri Dee as the announcer also mentions that Bozo's Circus is next. Featuring the "pre-circle-9" WGN-TV logo.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 31st 1979 at 12:00 Noon.

Hallmark Cards - "The Christmas Card" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1008

Here's a Christmas themed commercial from Hallmark Cards featuring a young boy who buys a Christmas Card for Santa Claus.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 8pm to 10pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Merry Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2315

Here's a rare WFLD Channel 32 "Merry Christmas" montage, with clips from All in the Family, Happy Days, and M*A*S*H, and some Chicago street scenes. Featuring the song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1979.

Kellogg's Cereals - "It's Gonna Be A Great Day" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2568

Here's a neat animated commercial for Kellogg's cereals (Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran, Sugar Smacks, and Apple Jacks) featuring all of their mascots - Tony the Tiger, Snap Crackle and Pop, The Raisin Bran Sun, Toucan Sam, Dig'em the Frog, and...?

What's the name of the little elephant and mini-Tony the Tiger? What cereals were they related with?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 28th 1980 at a little after 7pm. :-)

Shake-An-Egg Coloring Kit (Commercial #2, 1984)

Views: 1382

Here's another commercial for the Shake-An-Egg line of Easter Egg Coloring products such as Swirl-An-Egg, Design-An-Egg, and Dip-An-Egg.

Personally, I prefer Cheese-An-Egg.

Featuring Dudley Rabbit.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, April 4th 1984.

The Christian Children's Fund - "The Appleby's Christmas" (Incomplete) (1979)

Views: 501

Here is an (unfortunately, incomplete) charity solicitation from The Christian Children's Fund called "The Appleby's Christmas", asking you to donate to help needy children.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 25th 1979.

Jewel - "I Made It All By Myself" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 4927

Here's a commercial for Jewel Food Stores about a girl who shops with her Mom to make her Dad a meal all by herself.

Features Shannon Grimes (now Shannon Bobillo) as the little girl.

As her husband Patrick recounts, "She and her sister did some modeling for print-ads and a bit of commercial acting just for fun when they were kids. They enjoyed it but both gave it up when they started high school and, apart from roles in school plays, neither pursued acting aft...