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WFLD Channel 32 - All in the Family - "The Best of All in the Family: Part 1" (Commercial Break, 1981)

Views: 1059

Here's a commercial break which aired during "The Best of All in the Family: Part 1" episode of All in the Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

All in the Family bumper with still of Archie and Edith

Commercial: Hawaiian Punch with Donny & Marie Osmond

Theatrical trailer for the movie "Dirty Tricks" starring Elliott Gould, Kate Jackson (she left Charlie's Angels for this?!) and Rich Little (main voiceover by ??) (endin...

K-tel - 24 Greatest Dumb Ditties (Record Offer, 1977)

Views: 2793

Not from a Chicago airing, but still interesting- here's a record offer commercial for the compilation 24 Greatest Dumb Ditties from K-tel (catalogue number NU 9330).

Features such novelties as "My Ding-a-Ling" by Chuck Berry, "Monster Mash" by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt Kickers, "Beans in My Ears" by The Serendipity Singers, "I'm a Nut" by Leroy Pullins, "Pink Shoe Laces" by Dodie Stevens, and "On Top of Spaghetti" by Tom Glazer and The Children's Chor...

Tru-Link (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 529

Here's another commercial for Tru-Link Fences.

Voiceover by Clif Mercer.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Bride of Frankenstein" (Ending, 1983)

Views: 1172

Here's the ending and final commercial break for the Son of Svengoolie presentation of the 1935 film "Bride of Frankenstein" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

"Movies in June" promo for upcoming 7 O'Clock Movie airings of the 1950 Bing Crosby film Mr. Music (for Tuesday, June 14th) and the 1957 Elvis Presley film Jailhouse Rock (for Wednesday, June 15th) (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Son of Svengoolie bumper

Commercial: ...

Battlestar Galactica (Bumper, 1978)

Views: 1617

Here's a commercial bumper for Battlestar Galactica.

Voiceover by Lorne Green.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 19th 1978.

Best Interiors (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1554

Here is a commercial for Best Interiors. Call 463-0666.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV in January 1978.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Mike Royko" (Part 2, 1982)

Views: 793

Here's Part 2 of an episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7 featuring famed sports reporter and anchor Tim Weigel as host (were they going through a different host each week at this point?). This was at the point when the show had been reduced to only a half-hour in length. The guest on this episode was legendary Chicago newspaper columnist and author, Mike Royko, who was 49 years old at the time. Includes:

Tim and Mike discuss ERA protesters, Mike's love of 16-inch so...

Zenith - "Do It Now!" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1634

Here's a commercial for Zenith's "Do It Now!" sale, with your choice of 23" (diagonal) color TV consoles (in simulated wood grain finish) for only $548.88 - all this, to beat inflation.

Voiceover by Bud Kelly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 2nd 1979.

WTTW Channel 11 - The Storyteller - "Pickle-Chiffon Pie" (1969)

Views: 3223

Here's an episode of The Storyteller on WTTW Channel 11, hosted by Val Bettin. This was Episode #53, a reading of the book "Pickle-Chiffon Pie" by Jolly Roger Bradfield (read by permission of the publisher, Rand McNally & Company), from a 3/4" dub of the original 2" quad master tape, recorded on February 22nd 1969. This was also one of WTTW's early color productions.

Includes:

Brief shot of production slate, with intermittent tone of approx. 415 Hz emitt...