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Shaws Furniture (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 912
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.
Activision For Intellivision (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 2318
Here's a commercial promoting the new Activision games for Intellivision - Stampede and Pitfall!
Features Kevin Seal - an early MTV VJ - as one of the clerks behind the counter.
"We Put You In The Game."
Available at:
Video Variety
Video Dynamics
Peaches Records
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 11th 1982.
WGN Channel 9 - Bugs Bunny & Friends (Commercial Break #2, 1981)
Views: 2082
Here's the second commercial break for Bugs Bunny & Friends on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Ending moments of "Swooner Crooner" (1944)
Bugs Bunny & Friends "We'll Be Right Back" bumper slide (voiceover by Merri Dee)
"Superman" Station ID bumper slide
Record offer for Lolliwinks from K-tel (also seen during a commercial break on this clip)
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WCIU Channel 26 - ¡Ayuda! (Promo, 1985)
Views: 903
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: 1816
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.
WSNS Channel 44 - Chicago White Sox - The 7th Inning Stretch With Harry Caray (1980)
Views: 12435
From the game on Wednesday, July 30th 1980 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Harry Caray leads the Sox fans in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the "Seventh Inning Stretch".
WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus - "Skylab Synchronicity" (1979)
Views: 2788
Here's an excerpt of Bozo's Circus on WGN Channel 9, featuring a news bulletin crawled on the lower-third section of the screen during a showing of the Huckleberry Hound cartoon "A Bully Dog" (from Season #2, Episode #5, originally aired on November 2nd 1959).
In another case of synchronicity, a message about the satellite space station Skylab falling back to earth was given during the point in this episode where Huck, playing the role of a messenger boy, attempts to d...
Dominick's Finer Foods with Elaine Mulqueen (Commercial #1, 1973)
Views: 4902
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Here's a commercial for Dominick's Finer Foods, with Elaine Mulqueen appearing in glorious color after years of being seen in black-and-white on Mulqueen's Kiddie A-Go-Go. Here, she spotlights the 50 stores located throughout Chicagoland (25 of which are now open Monday - Saturday until midnight and Sunday from 9am to 9pm), with various photo slides inside the numerous sections of each of the Dom...
WBBM Channel 2 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1976)
Views: 2907
Here's the opening and first commercial for the 1976 airing of that perennial Halloween classic, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" as aired on WBBM Channel 2. Previous to this, we saw the opening for the 1980 airing.
Includes:
WBBM-TV animated Station ID (voiceover by Jerry Harper)
CBS Pre-emption notice for "Doc" (voiceover by ??)
A CBS Special Presentatio...