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Jewel Food Stores - "Midnight Jewels" (Commercial, 1972)

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Here's a pretty awesome super-vintage commercial for Jewel Food Stores (A.K.A., "Jewels" as we called them back in de olde neighborhood), advertising their "Midnight Jewel" service with over 70 stores open until midnight seven days a week.

Features three people with differing stories - a man who ran out of food while throwing a party (Dick Orkin), a woman who works days and thus can't shop until the evening (Cherie Mason), and a younger woman on the hunt for Corn Flakes for h...

WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Commercial Break #4, 1975)

Views: 1141

Here's Commercial Break #4 during The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on WGN Channel 9. Quality varies due to reception and tape degradation issues. Includes:

The Morning Movie bumper slide (with music from "Sorry, Wrong Number")

Western Winter Pears - at your favorite supermarket

Plywood Minnesota - "Fall Sale!"

Mark V Auto Insurance Services

Iggy & Sandy (Snow & Sand-building bloc...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Pied By Coppock" (1972)

Views: 2313

Here's another 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 is from Show #43 - Movie 1, Break 3. It was directed by Dave Dillman. And that's Joe Oher doing the clapboard, who later also produced and directed (and did some writing) on the Son of Svengoolie show.

This one features an appearance by Chet Coppock - giving a pie in the face to Svengoolie during the "Sc...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "A Matter of Life and Death" (Commercial Break #2, 1977)

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Here's the second commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Honeymooners bumper slide

Commercial offer for the book set World War II from Time-Life Books, spotlighting such major events as the Battles of Britain and the Atlantic, the Blitzkrieg, and the Rising Sun (main voiceover by Jackson Beck, a.k.a. "Bluto" of the theatrical "Popeye" cartoons aired on WFLD,...

Hooray for Reading - "Life on a Plastic Planet?" (#7, 1979)

Views: 1336

Here is the seventh in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.

These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.

This one is based on the book "Is There Lif...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "A Matter of Life and Death" (Commercial Break #3, 1977)

Views: 1145

Here's the third commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Honeymooners bumper slide

Commercial for TV Guide, previewing the November 5th - 11th issue, with a look at pro football and a profile of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries' Shaun Cassidy (and, on the cover, him and Parker Stevenson) (voiceover by Taylor Grant)

Commercial: Smooth ...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Wilderness Road" - Swami Heybebopareebop (Segment #1-1, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This segment (#1-1) is from Show #59 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

In this segment, Svengoolie introduces the rock band ...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Generic Film Intro #32" (1971)

Views: 1893

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.

As it states this is a "generic" film intro (#32), with Sven goofing around with some video effects. In the early days of the show, SYT consisted mainly of voiceover announcements for the movie, which was eventually expanded into full appearances by Svengoolie. Though it's from after that era, this clip gives you a...

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

Views: 3526

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...