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WSNS Channel 44 - Sports Spotlight - "Sleeper Hold" (1979?)

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Here's a rare clip from Sports Spotlight on WSNS Channel 44 featuring wrestler Verne Gagne demonstrating a sleeper hold move on a couple of TV-44 staffers. Not sure who the first guy is, but the guy with the beard is John Dickinson (who was also the producer on the Money Movie)

Also features Dave Condon - columnist for the Chicago Tribune.

Not sure when this aired -...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Late Show II - "The Name Of The Game" (Bumper Excerpt, 1980)

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Here is a brief bumper excerpt from an airing of an episode of "The Name of the Game" during The Late Show II on WBBM Channel 2. The episode was titled "The Bobby Currier Story," and it starred Robert Stack and Brandon de Wilde.

Thanks to W.B., betamax75, and Phantom for their help in playing "Name That Fuzz!" :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 15th 1980. (Movie started at 3:35am! And yet the guy still cut out commercials! Now that's d...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Cubs Clinch" (Segments, 1984)

Views: 5689

Here are some segments from Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 from the night the Cubs clinched the NL East division title with a 4-1 win in Pittsburgh. Featuring Mike Adamle, Tim Weigel, Jim Frey, Dallas Green, Joel Daly at Murphy's Bleachers bar, Cubs fans Dick O'Connor and Larry Wilson, Jay Levine, and Jerry Pritikin, the "Voodoo Man".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 24th 1984.

Star Wars Droid Factory by Kenner (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1054

Here's a commercial for the Star Wars Droid Factory by Kenner. A "non-canon" toy that was a bit of a rare oddity back then since there was no "droid factory" in the original movie. Notable for allowing you to make an R2-D2 that actually looks like R2 (more so than the actual action figure) since it includes Artoo's middle extendable leg.

Voiceover by Norman Rose.

This aired on local Kansas City TV on Saturday, December 29th 1979. (1977 Copyright, Twentiet...

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

Views: 5336

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 ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase - "Forbidden Planet" (Break 1, 1986)

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32 Sunday Showcase Commercial Break with show bumper. (the movie was Forbidden Planet) From November of 1986. Commercials include:

First Metropolitan Carpets (282-8600!)
(What great free gifts!) ;-)

Harlem Furniture (You'll Like Our Style!)

Promo for Movie 32 (White Christmas, Singin' in the Rain, The Hobbit, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Yogi's First Christmas)

WFLD Channel 32 - Lunchtime Fun - "The Monkees" (Ending, 1982)

Views: 971

Here's the ending for the Lunchtime Fun presentation of The Monkees on WFLD Channel 32.

No voiceover, but thought I'd include it anyway. There is a snippet of the Lunchtime Fun graphics at the end before the recording cuts out. I think it was rather rare for WFLD to have ending credits without a voiceover, no?

All in all, these were some fairly disappointing commercial breaks. For "Lunchtime Fun", which is supposed to be kids programming,...

WKBS Channel 48 - The $50,000 Pyramid (Break #1, 1981)

Views: 2631

Here are a couple items from the Field Communications station WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia which shut down in 1983. This aired during a broadcast of the $50,000 Pyramid game show with Dick Clark. Includes:

A movie promo for Farewell to the Planet of the Apes - More Movie - Fewer Commercials!

Local commercial for automotive and electronics training at Pennco Tech of Pennsauken, New Jersey.

This aired on local Philadelphia TV on Thursday, Februa...

18 Golden Hits of 1976 (Record Offer, 1977)

Views: 3760

Here's a record offer for "18 Golden Hits of 1976" with songs performed by "The Sound Effects" (or "The original Sound Effects" as the announcer helpfully mentions). It's another album of knock-offs (although at least from this ad, not quite as bad as the infamous "Muskrat Love" collection)

"After you forget all about the Bicentennial, this is what you'll remember 1976 for..."

This aired o...