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Coleco - Smurf - "Smurf 'Em All" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1643

Here's a commercial for the videogame Smurf by Coleco. Features Joey Lawrence of "Gimme a Break!" fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 18th 1982.

Santa's Village with Larry Lujack - "Just a Kid At Heart" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2423

Here's a commercial for The Three Worlds of Santa's Village in Dundee, Illinois featuring legendary radio legend Larry Lujack, the charming and delightful ol' Uncle Lar.

Superjock is wearing a #89 jersey, which likely was a subtle (?) nod to his longtime home station WLS-AM 890 ("The Big 89").

Is there something in this ad that is slightly unsettling?

This aired on local Chicag...

WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3314

Here's another commercial for a long-gone Chicago radio station - WJPC AM 95 (950 AM) - where Tom Joyner got his start in Chicago. (Along with LaDonna Tittle and BeBe D'Banana)

Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. doing an impression of Humphrey Bogart.

Is that Tom Joyner doing the voiceover at the end?

WJPC was apparently owned by Johnson Publishing Company, who put out Jet and Ebony magazines.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Su...

Schaumburg Datsun (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1299

Here's a commercial for Schaumburg Datsun at 910 West Golf Road. (Now Kia of Schaumburg)

This aired on local Chicago TV on early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

FM 100 - "Beautiful Music Above The Noise" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3461

Here's another animated commercial for FM 100 ( WLOO 100.3 FM ).

(quality's a little bad, but this is the only copy I've found of this one)

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

Jewel - "Holiday Cooking" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2433

Here's a holiday commercial for Jewel. (a little fuzzy in the middle - pretend you need to adjust your rabbit ears) ;-)

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 11th 1981.

Q101 - "Crazy About The Music" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 2501

Here's a memorable commercial that they did a few of if I recall correctly - Robert Murphy in the Morning - in a straitjacket walking along a street downtown asking people why they switched to Q101.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 15th 1984.

Venture - "Save with Style" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2600

Here's a neat commercial for Venture.

This aired on local Chicago TV in September of 1982.

Marriott's Great America - "What A Day!" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4334

Here's another commercial for Marriott's Great America.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, July 13th 1980.