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U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Ant - "America Runs On Energy" (PSA, 1980)

Views: 1246

Here's an animated public service announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy featuring Energy Ant.

Finally! Another Energy Ant PSA! This one talks about how America is like a wind-up toy - without energy it stops.

"The Difference You Make - Makes All The Difference"

This aired on local Chicago TV in the second week of April 1980.

Parker Brothers - ROM : The Space Knight (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1383

Here's a commercial for ROM: The Space Knight by Parker Brothers - the electronic robot toy which they also made a comic book of if I recall correctly.

Now that Rahm Emanuel is in charge of Chicago, maybe he can come up with a slightly-modified version of this toy - RAHM : The Space Mayor.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 28th 1979.

Activision - Spider Fighter (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1352

Here is a commercial for the Activision video game "Spider Fighter" for the Atari 2600. Game designed by Larry Miller.

Voiceover by William Woodson.

Available at:

Osco Drugs
Center Video
Minnesota Fats

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 14th 1983.

Bubblicious Gum - "Video Game" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1926

Here's an animated commercial for Bubblicious bubble gum featuring a video game theme.

"The Ultimate Bubble has the Ultimate Flavors."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 31st 1982.

Scrabble Brand SENSOR, Electronic Word Game (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1580

Here's a trippy commercial for Scrabble Brand Sensor, Electronic Word Game.

From Selchow & Righter - "Another Name for Fun & Games"

Voiceover by ??

"When the word is out, everyone knows it!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 3rd 1979.

WBBM Channel 2 - News - "Marvin Glass, Toy Designer" (1972)

Views: 7499

Here's a vintage report from WBBM Channel 2's Bob Wallace about Marvin Glass and Associates - a famous Toy Design company based in Chicago.

His company created many famous toys including Mr. Machine and Rock'em Sock'em Robots.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 15th 1972.

Alberto VO5 Hair Spray With Rula Lenska (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 5346

Here's a commercial for Alberto VO5 hair spray with English television and theater "star" Rula Lenska. Also features an Alberto-Culver Silver Anniversary Sweepstakes offer at end where you can win $25,000 in Tiffany money (?)

Relevant Factoid: Son of Svengoolie loved to use her name as a punchline many times, especially in the early years of the show.

"Offer ends August 11, 1979."

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th ...

Odyssey2 (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1449

Here's a commercial for the ill-fated Odyssey 2 game system, featuring "The Wizard of Odyssey".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 7th 1982.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Dating Game - "Joey D'Auria" (Part 4, 1980)

Views: 4099

Here's Part 4 of an episode of The Dating Game on WSNS Channel 44.

In this Part we have Game 2 featuring the lovely Lisa.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 24th 1980 during the 5:30pm to 6:00pm timeframe. (the show itself has a Copyright of 1979 though)