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Mr. Pop! By Lakeside (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1604

Here's a commercial for a bit more obscure game for kids - Mr. Pop! - by Lakeside.

Mr. Pop! - The Game Where Girls Are Only Allowed To Be Spectators...

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 30th 1981.

Twister by Milton Bradley (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 810

Here's a commercial for the legendary game Twister by Milton Bradley. The lyrics of the jingle tell the object of the game.

"Twister can tie you up in a knot."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 4th 1981 during the 4:00pm to 4:30pm timeframe.

Video Club Of America (Commercial, 1985)

Views: 600

Here's a commercial for Video Club of America.

This aired on local Chicago TV in January 1985.

Atari Video Computer System (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1799

Here is a cool commercial for the Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS).

"Have you played Atari today?"

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday September 18th, 1982.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Dating Game - "Joey D'Auria" (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 1307

Here's Part 2 of an episode of The Dating Game on WSNS Channel 44.

In this part we get to hear the bachelors answer questions from the lovely Autumn.

Commercial: ON TV - A neat "Coming Soon" early promo that features some logo animation that I haven't seen before (voiceover by Don Ferris)

Commercial: Record offer for Waylon's Greatest Hits - a compilation of Waylon Jennings' best songs on RCA Records and Tapes, offered by Hall of Musi...

WSNS Channel 44 - Summit Series Game 8 (Commercial Break, 1972)

Views: 9531

Here's something pretty darn rare - no idea how this was recorded or on what format (it was transferred from some other format onto Beta) – it's a partial commercial break during the broadcast on WSNS TV-44 of Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series. It was Canada at U.S.S.R. Includes:

Commercial: Iwan Ries & Co. Tobacco at 17 South Wabash Avenue (voiceover by Mal Wyman)

Commercial: Nationa...

Illinois Lottery - "The Daily Game" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1343

Here's a commercial for the Illinois State Lottery's new Daily Game.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 27th 1980.

WPWR Channel 60 - Music Video 60 - "Get Well Fast Michael" (1984)

Views: 1950

Here's a message from WPWR "Music Video 60" urging get-well wishes for Michael Jackson after he suffered severe burns to his head in an accident while filming a Pepsi-Cola commercial. This message - "Get Well Fast Michael, From WPWR-TV 60" - aired frequently on the lower-third screen during the course of the showing of the video for his massive hit "Billie Jean" (which they misspelled as "Billy Jean").

TECHNICAL NOTE: One of the audio channels of this track is missing,...

WSNS Channel 44 - TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham - "The San Diego Chicken, Pre-Demolition" (Part 4, 1979)

Views: 594

Here's a special and rare treat for the 35th Anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" event! (please excuse the ghosty picture quality and buzzy audio)

Includes:

Part 4 (the final part) of the TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham, with the San Diego Chicken (a.k.a. Ted Giannoulas) as guest, as aired on WSNS Channel 44 just before the first game of a proposed doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers that was followed by the infamous "Disco Demoli...