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WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (Commercial Break #1, 1973)

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Here's the first commercial break for the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Host Ray Rayner once again explaining the program's "four commercial interruptions" format, and introducing a commercial for Bactine disinfectant, with a child who'd scraped his knee - "Helps the Hurt Stop Hurting"

Next, Ray introduces a commercial for One-a-Day Plus Iron (with ten vitamins plus i...

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WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Mayor Jane Byrne Throws Out The First Pitch" (1981)

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Here's a clip featuring Mayor Jane Byrne throwing out the first pitch at a Cubs game, followed by the singing of the National Anthem (mostly complete) by Jimmy Damon (the inspiration for Bill Murray's lounge singer character on Saturday Night Live), then the starting lineups and opening moments of the game.

Cardinal Cody can be seen sitting next to Mayor Byrne. He would pass away less than a year later on April 25th 1982. On the Mayor's left is her husband, Jay McMulle...

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Alan Dixon - Democrat For Senate (Political Ad, 1980)

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Here's a political ad for Alan J. Dixon - Democratic candidate for Senator of the State of Illinois.

From Wikipedia:

In the fall of 1970, Karl Rove, a future White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush Administration, used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Illinois State Treasurer, and stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead. Rove then printed fake campaign rally fliers promising "free ...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 3, 1991)

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Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 3, they discuss the annoyances of cell phones on golf courses and whether they should be banned there.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style b...

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Boxcar Willie - King Of The Road - 20 Great Tracks (Record Offer, 1981)

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Here's an exclusive TV record offer for the album King Of The Road - 20 Great Tracks by Boxcar Willie, "America's Favorite Hobo," with his versions of such tunes as "King Of The Road," "Mule Train," "You Are My Sunshine," "Boxcar Blues," "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes," "Kaw-Liga," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Wabash Cannonball," "Wreck Of The Old '97," "Hank And The Hobo," "I Saw The Light," "Peace In The Valley," "Hey Good Lookin'," "Move It On Over," "London Leaves," "Divorce Me C...

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SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 6, 1991)

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Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 6, they discuss women who fish for bass and a contest that excluded them.

Includes:

Commercial: Old Style beer with Dennis Farina - "It'...

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WSNS Channel 44 - Chicago White Sox Baseball (Clean Opening, 1978)

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Here's a rarity for you baseball fans out there - the clean opening for Chicago White Sox games as aired on WSNS Channel 44, as it looked before the voices of the announcers and the sponsor billboards were added on for each game.

Ronald Vasser wrote, produced and directed this opening, with editing by Ron Vasser and Mike Torchia.

This copy was dubbed by Marc Claussen and Edward Keker on June 22nd 1978, as shown at the beginning of this clip (with approx. 425 Hz t...

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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" (1972)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features Larry Lujack - "Superjock" disc jockey from (at the time) WLS-AM 890 radio.

I'm thinking that "SYT #1" as the clapboard person says, refers to the fact that it's Movie #1. (2 movies a night were shown for most of the run of SYT)

Accor...

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The Baby Doll Polka Club (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for The Baby Doll Polka Club - at 7315 South Western Avenue - Eddie and Irene Korosa's bar that featured live Polka music every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This spot aired regularly during "Eddie Korosa's Polka Party" on WCIU Channel 26.

She also advertises their radio show Sundays from 4-6pm on WOPA AM 1490. According to Wikipedia, "In the early 70s Sonderling Broadcasting bought the station WOPA-AM. The call letters WOPA stood for The Oak Park Arms,...