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A&P Brands Open House with Price & Pride - "Hey, Look Us Over!" (Partial Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1675

Here's a partial, incomplete commercial for A&P Brands' Open House, with Price and Pride (accompanied by a marching band) spotlighting the savings on A&P and Ann Page brand products including the latter's Mandarin Oranges and the former's Eight O'Clock Coffee and an equivalent of what looks like either Cheez Doodles or frozen French fries.

Ending voiceover (with notice of A&P Private Label Sale, available at all Chicago, Springfield and Decatur stores) by ?? (halfway through b...

WFLD Channel 32 - American League Championship Series - Sox Vs. Orioles - Game 1 (Opening, 1983)

Views: 5743

Here is the opening 8 minutes of Game 1 of the 1983 American League Championship Series, which was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles.

You get to see the cool Channel 32 graphics for their Sox coverage at the time, as well as the starting lineups and opening banter by announcers Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson.

(By the way, the Sox won this game 2-1, but lost the series 3-1) :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesda...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 4, 1981)

Views: 1869

In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 4 features Steve and his band Teenage Radiation singing "Inflation" (parody of ?? by ??)

(Commercials were cut out of this segment of the broadcast)

This aire...

WGN Channel 9 - Lead-Off Man - "Bobby Murcer" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 7710

Here's the opening 30 seconds or so of Lead-Off Man on WGN Channel 9. Features Lou Boudreau talking to Bobby Murcer of the Chicago Cubs before the tape cuts off. :-(

Also features a WGN "Last Farewell" ID at the beginning (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Note: The music used as the theme to Lead-off Man is "The Billboard March", composed by John N. Klohr. The version used is performed by ??

Brought to you by Danley's Garage World.
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WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls Vs. Seattle Supersonics (Opening, 1979)

Views: 11283

Here's the opening of a broadcast of Chicago Bulls basketball on WGN Channel 9. Features Bob Costas and Johnny "Red" Kerr live from The Kingdome in Seattle, Washington for the Chicago Bulls Vs. the Seattle Supersonics. There is also a short interview with Bulls Coach Jerry Sloan.

Sponsored by: Chevrolet, Schlitz, and True Value Hardware.

Includes a "Last Farewell" WGN-TV ID at the beginning. (not sure who the announcer is)

(Quality's a little if...

Raisins from California - "Nature's Candy" with Molly Ringwald (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2240

Here's a commercial for Raisins from California, with a young Molly Ringwald (years before her becoming part of the "Brat Pack" and her breakout starring role in "Pretty in Pink") as a babysitter tending to two young kids - and feeding them raisins while extolling its virtues as an ideal snack.

Ending voiceover by ??

Sponsored by California Raisin Advisory Board.

Trivia Note: Ms. Ringwald's birthday is February 18th - the same day as that of "Lil' ...

Dion & The Belmonts - "The Dion Years" (Record Offer, 1976)

Views: 816

Here's a record offer from GRT for "The Dion Years" by Dion & The Belmonts, with 22 original recordings of both the group and Dion's early solo hits, all originally released on Laurie Records between 1958 and 1962. The album cover was a mockup of vintage Life magazine covers.

Note, on the mailing address of where to send for this album, a glaring error on the address (the zip code of 06909 would theoretically be within the perimeters of Stamford, CT!).

Main vo...

WBKB Channel 7 - Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks" (Part 3, 1964)

Views: 626

Here's Part 3 of Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks," hosted by Frank Sweeney, as aired on WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. This was transferred from the original film, and thus has no commercials. Featured in this part is the team's coach Billy Reay, with demonstrations by players Bobby Hull, Bill Hay, Elmer "Moose" Vasko, Phil Esposito, Matt Ravlich, Glenn Hall, John Brenneman, Fred Stanfield, Stan Mikita, Eric Nesterenko and Wayne Hillman. I...

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...