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Riceland Rice - "Rice-A-Riffic!" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 574

Here's an animated commercial for Riceland Rice, featuring the Riceland Riceman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

Chicagoland Sport Fishing Travel & Outdoors Show (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 742

Here's a commercial for the Chicagoland Sport Fishing Travel & Outdoors Show at the O'Hare Expo center January 23rd to February 1st 1981.

Voiceover by Clif Mercer.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

Harris Bank - "You Should Have a Harris Banker" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3285

Here's a commercial for Harris Bank with an animated version of Hubert the Lion at the end. (Also, local banker Betty Ocarma?)

Frank Nelson does the voice of Hubert the Lion.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

Confident Auto Body (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 677

Here's a commercial for Confident Auto Body at 3838 North Kedzie.

Voiceover by Clif Mercer.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

Crest Toothpaste - "Look Ma, No Cavities!" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1039

Here's a classic Crest toothpaste ad. Boy, did kids ever run home excitedly to their parents with their dentist "report card"? Or did this only happen in TV land?

One other thing - this commercial was 45 seconds long - was this normal back then?

Smile America. Smile.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

Palmolive - "You're Soaking In It" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1124

Here's a vintage commercial for Palmolive dishwashing liquid.

Remember, Madge the manicurist says, "Palmolive softens hands while you do dishes."

Boy, I hope her and Mr. Whipple are making babies up in heaven.

Starring Jan Miner as Madge.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

Long Chevrolet - "Timmy's All Grown Up" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 5011

Here's a commercial for Long Chevrolet in Elmhurst featuring that annoying Little Timmy kid - no longer in his newsboy outfit shouting "Extra, Extra!, but now a cultured, sophisticated man about town.

CHEVETTE! CHEVETTE! SHUT-UP! SHUT-UP! ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

Primatene Mist & Tablets (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1721

Here's a commercial for Primatene mist and Primatene tablets for bronchial asthma.

Boy, I remember my Dad sucking down that Primatene mist like it was nothing. This was years before Albuterol, Flovent, or Advair.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - The 7 O'Clock Movie - "The African Queen" (Opening, 1987)

Views: 5357

Here is the opening for The 7 O'Clock Movie presentation of "The African Queen" on WGN Channel 9.

The opening features stylized renderings of scenes from "A Fistful of Dollars", "Cabaret", "The Seven-Year Itch", "The African Queen", "Rooster Cogburn", and "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 26th 1987 at 7pm!