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Sega - Carnival (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2841

Here's a commercial for the video game Carnival by Sega. Available on the ColecoVision, Atari 2600 VCS, and Intellivision.

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

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Helping Chicagoland Families" with Peter Lawford (Commercial #1, 1979)

Views: 766

Here's a commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders featuring legendary actor Peter Lawford outside and inside a Chicago area mansion, explaining how 1st Metropolitan helps "thousands of families" in and around the Chicago area remodel their homes to suit their changing needs.

This ad was produced five years before the co-star of such now-classic films as "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Good News" and "Royal Wedding," and onetime member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack," died, on Dece...

Parker Brothers - Wildfire (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2133

Here's a commercial for the handheld electronic pinball game "Wildfire" by Parker Brothers.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 23rd 1980.

National Fire Protection Association - "Have 2 Ways Out" (PSA, 1988)

Views: 1348

Here's another Public Service Announcement from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) featuring Dick Van Dyke - one of the "Learn Not To Burn" series. In this one, Dick shows us how a gopher has two ways out and that we should too.

This aired on local Chicago TV around February 1988.

The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "Star Marquee" (Ending, 1981)

Views: 3875

Here is the ending for the older-style ABC Sunday Night Movie - the "Star Marquee" version. (Has slightly different music than the opening) This was used for a good portion of the seventies up until the Fall of 1981. (at which point it was replaced with the "Star Tunnel" version, also found here)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 1st 1981.

Donkey Kong (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1654

Here's a commercial for Donkey Kong - the video game available on Colecovision, Atari 2600 VCS, or Intellivision.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 11th 1982.

Imagic - Dragonfire (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1337

Here is a commercial for the Imagic video game "Dragonfire" for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision.

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, January 15th 1983. (Has a 1982 Copyright)

Odyssey2 - "Another Bright Idea" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1794

Here's a commercial for the Odyssey2 (Odyssey 2) home video game computer system by Magnavox.

Includes a tag at the end for Polk Bros with voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 30th 1980.

The Reluctant Robot (Part 8, 1980)

Views: 2286

Here is the 8th and final part from another all but forgotten Field Communications special production - The Reluctant Robot. It was produced to get kids interested in Astronomical Science; pulsars, planets, space travel, etc. You can definitely see the influence from Star Wars a couple years earlier. The budget must not have been too great because the whole thing comes off as feeling like an episode of Dr. Who. (not that there's anything *wrong* with that) ;-)

Ending Credits: