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Matt's Real Chocolate Chip Cookies - "Tribune Approved" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 2724

Here's a quick 10 second commercial for Matt's Real Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Features voiceover by Lynn Hauldren (The Empire Carpet Man!)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, January 21st 1984.

WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Morning Report with Merri Dee (1980)

Views: 2280

Here's an edition of the Mid-Morning Report with Merri Dee on WGN Channel 9. News items include:

- Preview of tonight's debate between Presidential candidates Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, to be held in Cleveland starting at 8:30pm (and will be nationally televised); predictions that debate's outcome could swing undecided voters one way or another, or cause those who'd already made their minds to switch

- Parliamentary debates in Tehran on fate of U.S. ...

Time-Life Books - "The Old West" (Commercial Offer, 1980)

Views: 4155

Here's a commercial offer for the Time-Life Books "The Old West" series. Did everyone's grandfathers have these books?

Ending voiceover by Carl Greyson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, August 2nd 1980.

Shaws Furniture (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 906

Here's a commercial for Shaws Furniture - at 208 South Wabash and 9501 South Western.

Voiceover by Jim Barton. (Cut off early - switcher error)

"Shaws - Your In Town Store Where Quality, Good Taste & Value Are Not Expensive" - Wow, with a catchy slogan like that I wonder why they didn't last?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 26th 1981.

Roger Whittaker - "All My Best" (Record Offer #1, 1978)

Views: 2410

Here's the longer full version of the record offer for "All My Best" of Roger Whittaker from TeeVee Records, Inc. (the shorter version is here)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 29th 1978 during the 12 noon to 1pm hour.

WCIU Channel 26 - ¡Ayuda! (Promo, 1985)

Views: 891

Here is a promo for a Spanish program called ¡Ayuda! which aired on WCIU Channel 26.

Need a translation for this - all I can make out is that the program aired on eggs at 7:30. ;-)

Tape says "Date Recorded: 3/20/85"

McDonald's - "Flip and Save Coins" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1806

Here's another commercial for McDonald's Restaurants featuring their "Flip and Save" coin promotion.

"Flip for McDonald's and Save!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, February 5th 1983 during the 5:00pm to 6:00pm timeframe.

WGN Channel 9 - Len Johnson and the News (Part 2, 1965)

Views: 5841

Here's Part 2 (the final part) of an incredibly rare find - an edition of Len Johnson and the News on WGN Channel 9 from 1965! This was a forerunner to their overnight Night Beat newscast that ran from the late-sixties well into the 1980s.

You'll notice that this was during that awkward transition phase from black-and-white to color with most of the broadcast appearing in black-and-white, but then interspersed by random color commercials and a few color slides.

Colgate With Ally Sheedy (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1893

Here's a commercial for Colgate toothpaste featuring a young Ally Sheedy. This is the earliest spot yet found featuring her.

Also has a tag at the end of the ad for the "Colgate Series Tennis Championships"

This aired on local Rockford TV on Friday, October 27th 1978.