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Carol Buick, Toyota, Subaru & DeLorean with Professor Corey (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's a commercial for Carol Buick, Toyota, Subaru & DeLorean in Evanston which had just moved into a larger space and so they were updating their address from the previous 1033 Chicago Avenue to 1033-1130 Chicago Avenue in Evanston.

Featuring "Professor" Irwin Corey, the comedian who also appeared on the original Svengoolie show back in the early seventies at least a few times.

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National Fashions (Commercial, 1976)

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Here's another commercial for National Clothing Fashions. With locations in the Loop at 26 West Randolph Street - West of the Oriental Theatre, 3138 North Lincoln Avenue, and 6348 South Halsted Street.

Music sounds to be an instrumental of Yes' Roundabout.

Previously we saw commercials from National Clothes from 1979,

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WLUP - The Loop FM 98 - "Lorelei's Rock Show" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for WLUP - The Loop - FM 98 (97.9), taking place at a rock concert with Lorelei the Loop Girl lip-synching to such tunes as "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin, "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush, "Refugee" by Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers, and "Who Are You?" by The Who - and backed by the station's air talent of the time including Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (on a Hofner violin-style "Beatle" bass, Bruce Carey, Mitch Michaels, and Sky Daniels, all on stage as...

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WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 6pm (Part 3, 1974)

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Here's Part 3 of a complete edition of the TV 2 News at 6pm on WBBM Channel 2 with anchor Bob Wallace. Also featuring John Coughlin. Includes:

Bob reports on at least two weather-related deaths in the Chicago area, including 37-year-old John Reid (sp?) who lost control of his car from the slippery roads and crashed into a tree, suffering fatal injuries; and 50-year-old Nathaniel Stephenson (sp?), from overexposure in a snow bank on the South Side

This le...

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Image Factory - "Demo" (1980?)

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Here's a demo reel for Image Factory, Inc., a New York-based graphics and production firm.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

Includes:

- Promo for WPLJ 95.5 FM in New York (sister station to the many times once-and-pres...

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WBBM Channel 2 - So You Think You Know Chicago? (Part 5, 1974)

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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's the fifth and final part of a special called So You Think You Know Chicago? on WBBM Channel 2. This was the third broadcast in a continuing series of shows called Chicago Alive. The hosts were legendary anchors Bill Kurtis and Wa...

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WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Day Report With Merri Dee (1980)

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Here's a complete edition of the Mid-Day Report on WGN Channel 9, here anchored by Merri Dee. Includes:

Mid-Day Report bumper

Merri Dee reads the following items:

- Iranian militants warn the 50 American hostages' lives would be placed in danger if Iraq invades Iran

- Defense officials announce U.S. preparing military equipm...

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CBS Sunday Morning - "The Metric System" (With Fuzzy Credit) (2012)

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Here are some clips from CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood that used one of our videos. Includes:

"Almanac" segment of the events of February 12th, with pertinent photos, film and video clips, and descriptions of the following:

- 1973: Ohio introduces the metric system in its highway signs, showing distances in kilometers as well as miles; a clip of a school lesson about the metric system is then shown, followed by the ultimately ill-fated atte...

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WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Break #1, 1979)

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Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! The movie presented on this day was "China Gate". TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary ques...