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WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Classics - "The Three Stooges" (Closing, 1981)
Views: 2969
Here is the closing for Comedy Classics featuring The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32.
Voiceover by Jim Barton. Music used is a version of "Knock Knock" by Spike Jones (with some mysterious editing at the end)
(With a Field Communications ID at end)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 7th 1981 @ 11:30pm!
Comdates - Computer Dating Service (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 1724
Here's a commercial for Comdates - Computer Dating Service.
Voiceover by Jim Barton.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 7th 1981 @ 11:59pm!
Jim Solway Chevrolet (Commercial #1, 1980)
Views: 1875
Here's a commercial for Jim Solway Chevrolet featuring a parody of Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life. They were located at 2828 North Harlem Avenue at Diversey.
(picture's a bit fuzzy) ;-)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 20th 1980 during the 11:24am to 11:33am timeframe.
Views: 1949
Here's a commercial for Train-X - the bedwetting treatment.
Train-X
1500 Skokie Blvd.
Northbrook, IL 60062
"Bedwetting Problem? Help Keep Your Child's Bed Dry" (when not caused by organic defect or disease)
Voiceover by Jim Barton.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 23rd 1984.
WTTG Channel 5 - Panorama - News at Noon (Ending Segment, 1978)
Views: 6826
Here's the ending moments of the Panorama - News at Noon on WTTG Channel 5 in Washington, DC. The main anchor was Pat Mitchell (now the president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media), and the "Total Communication News" (for the deaf or hard of hearing) was delivered in a combination of speaking and sign language by Jim (?) Ayds - Appetite Suppressant Candy (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 3556 Here's a commercial for Ayds - Appetite Suppressant Candy - a diet aid with an unfortunate name that would probably become clear to the makers over the next year or two.
No shouting a la Garrett Morris on the early "Weekend Update" segments of Saturday Night Live, alas. It is a nice companion to
"You're eating less...Thanks to the Ayds plan!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 25th 1982.
Views: 2810
Here's an odd one - a quick flash of a bumper for something called "The All Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show" which was showing the movie "Forbidden Planet".
Here's a bigger version of the slide.
The All-Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show aired on WBBM Channel 2. This showcase ran on early Monday mornings starting in Septem...
Aronson Furniture - "Knocks Out High Prices" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2222
Here's a commercial for Aronson Furniture featuring Linn Burton (of Bert Weinman Ford fame) in person.
(picture's a bit fuzzy) ;-)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 20th 1980 during the 11:24am to 11:33am timeframe.
1st Metropolitan Builders - "Inflation Fighting Prices" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2084
Here's another commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders - before they got their well-known handyman spokesman.
(picture's a bit fuzzy) ;-)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 20th 1980 during the 11:24am to 11:33am timeframe.