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Lincoln Carpeting (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2501

Here is a vintage Lincoln Carpeting commercial from 1979 - starring the legendary Al Parker - the voice of WLS-TV for most of the 1980's.

Notice there's no Lincoln jingle - had they started using it yet?

"Bright Orange Carpeting - for the Living Room!" :-)

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979. (28 years ago today!!!)

Long Chevrolet - "Open July 4th Weekend" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2975

Here's another commercial for Long Chevrolet. Sorry, no Timmy.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 4th 1981.

Talro Insurance with Roland Harper (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2929

Here's a commercial for Talro Insurance featuring Chicago Bears player Roland Harper.

"Talk to Talro"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 25th 1982.

Fox Valley Center - "Lifestyles Exhibit" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2102

Here's another of the goofy commercials featuring the Sesame Street reject puppets, for the Fox Valley Center mall (now known as Westfield) in Aurora, Illinois. That week featuring "Lifestyles Exhibit". (are they showing people how to live or a bunch of condoms?)

"Where the good times hide..." (??)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 9th 1983.

Boushelle Featuring Cecil Treadway (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 2760

Here's a commercial for General Boushelle carpet cleaning services featuring the President of the Company, Cecil E. Treadway.

Recognize that voice? That's him - the same guy who does the main voiceovers in the other commercials (not the "HUdson 3-2700" though! I wonder who that was?). How's that for an efficient operation?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 31st 1978 durin...

WGN Channel 9 - NewsNine - "Dart Gun Fun" (Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 4626

Here's an excerpt of an edition of NewsNine on WGN Channel 9, anchored by Jack Taylor. Also featuring Frank Rios, with brief appearances by Harry Volkman and Jack Brickhouse(?). Includes:

Jack introduces a piece by Frank Rios about toys that could be considered dangerous for children - and Rios finds that the toy he's holding (a dart gun) is dangerous for him - something which takes several takes for him to find out. Jack then signals the end of the filmed piece by sp...

La Preferida Foods With Harry Caray (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 6433

What comes to mind when you think of Harry Caray? If you said Mexican Food products, you'd be correct! Here's a commercial for La Preferida Foods featuring the late, great Sox and Cubs broadcaster.

(Remember, "La Preferida" backwards is "Adireferp Al")

Question for everyone: "If you were a taco, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?" I know I would!

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

Long Chevrolet - "Timmy's All Grown Up" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 5009

Here's a commercial for Long Chevrolet in Elmhurst featuring that annoying Little Timmy kid - no longer in his newsboy outfit shouting "Extra, Extra!, but now a cultured, sophisticated man about town.

CHEVETTE! CHEVETTE! SHUT-UP! SHUT-UP! ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

WLS Musicradio 89 - Rodney Dangerfield & Larry Lujack (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 2380

Here's a classic commercial for WLS Musicradio 89 - "The Big 89" with Rodney Dangerfield and Larry Lujack.

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Friday, August 28th 1981.