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K-tel - Music Machine (Record Offer, 1977)
Views: 3910
Not from a Chicago airing, but still interesting - here's a record offer commercial for the compilation Music Machine from K-tel (catalogue number TU 2560), with what looks like Robby the Robot of "Forbidden Planet" and Lost in Space fame playing the title character for this ad.
Features snippets of such hits from the late 1976 - mid-1977 period as "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb, "Keep It Comin...
WTTW Channel 11 - "Hitch Hikers Pledge" (1982)
Views: 3557
Here's the end of a pledge break segment featuring Marty Robinson as well as some other odds and ends before the latest installment of "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" begins. Includes:
Ending of pledge break with Marty Robinson
Multilingual "I subscribe to Channel 11" ad
WTTW Promo for "Casanova" airing Tuesday, December 7th 1982 and Thursday, December 9th 1982 at 10:30pm (Voiceover by Joan Kohn)
Commercial: RC 100 Cola and ...
WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (Commercial Break #1, 1973)
Views: 2223
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...
WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Mayor Jane Byrne Throws Out The First Pitch" (1981)
Views: 2690
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...
Alan Dixon - Democrat For Senate (Political Ad, 1980)
Views: 432
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 ...
SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 3, 1991)
Views: 8680
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...
Boxcar Willie - King Of The Road - 20 Great Tracks (Record Offer, 1981)
Views: 1397
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...
SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 6, 1991)
Views: 1326
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'...
WSNS Channel 44 - Chicago White Sox Baseball (Clean Opening, 1978)
Views: 3514
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...