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Union 76 - "Murph's 76 Station" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 5114

Here's a commercial for the Union 76 gas stations featuring "Murph" and their famous jingle, advertising their new 5-Star gas-saving radial tires.

"Go with the Spirit...The Spirit of 76!"

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

CBS Network - "Wednesday Lineup" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 2703

Here are some promos for shows on CBS' lineup airing on Wednesday, March 14th 1979. Includes:

Married: The First Year
One Day at a Time
The Jeffersons - Billy Dee Williams
An All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 12th 1979.

Illinois Lottery - "Illinois Double" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1019

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery's "Illinois Double" game.

The green star guy was played by Joey Cory.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

Message From Space (Trailer For TV, 1978)

Views: 1557

Here's a theatrical movie trailer for TV for the Star Wars rip-off film Message From Space. (even the music sounds like "Leia's Theme")

Main voiceover by Jackson Beck. Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 31st 1978 during the 3:30pm to 5pm timeframe.

McDade's - The Catalog House - "Video Equipment" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2114

Here's another commercial for McDade's - The Catalog House, featuring some specials on video equipment. Boy, that's a lot of beans for a VHS VCR.

Featuring soap star Jed Allen, although his voice may have been dubbed in all of these.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the first week of September of 1981.

ABC Network - Ripley's Believe It Or Not! - "Premiere" (Promo, 1982)

Views: 1641

Here's an ABC "Come On Along" promo for Ripley's Believe It Or Not - which premiered on Sunday, September 26th 1982. Jack Palance was the host.

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

(Also included is an ABC Sunday Night Movie "Star Tunnel" bumper for an airing of the movie "Goldfinger")

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982.

Aarco-American Auto Insurance (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1194

Here's a commercial for Aarco-American - Auto Insurance Specialists. Counselors on all types of insurance.

ES9-4677 (wasn't that the name of a Star Wars robot?) ;-)

Voiceover by Jack Taylor.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, May 30th 1982.

WLS Channel 7 - Fridays (Promo #2, 1980)

Views: 2535

Here's another promo for the next edition of ABC's Fridays on WLS Channel 7, with musical guests Devo (repeated from May 23rd 1980). Features clips with a pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards, as well as of a "Star Wars" parody.

Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson. Ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 28th 1980.

The Reluctant Robot (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 491

Here is Part 2 from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on...