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Old Chicago - "Charlie Baffle" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 19158

Here's a rare commercial (one of only two I've found so far) for the combination shopping mall & indoor amusement park called Old Chicago! This one features Charlie Baffle - "Mayor" of Old Chicago.

Old Chicago was located in Bolingbrook.

This aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.

WJMK Magic 104 FM - "The Greatest Hits of All Time!" (Commercial, 1985)

Views: 2141

Here's a commercial for WJMK "Magic" 104 FM (104.3 FM) - "The Greatest Hits of All Time!" - featuring songs by Bill Haly & The Comets, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Dion.

This aired on local Chicago TV in October 1985.

WPWR Channel 60 - MV3 (Opening, 1983)

Views: 4025

Here is the opening for MV3 - New Music TV on WPWR Channel 60. MV3 was a syndicated music video show for people who didn't have MTV. Starring David Maples and Karen Scott. And featuring Richard Blade. Includes:

Ending of FNN - Financial News Network

A rare early animated WPWR Station ID.

Sponsorship slide for WLS AM 89 & FM 95

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 26th 1983.

WBBM FM 96 - "Win A Radio Radio" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 2348

Here's a quick bumper promo for a contest on WBBM-FM 96 where you could win a radio shaped like the word radio. Wow, trippy.

Hurry! Contest ends November 16th 1979!

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

Activision - Pitfall! With Jack Black (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 7527

Here's a commercial for the videogame Pitfall! by Activision and featuring at the beginning a very young-looking appearance of the actor Jack Black - rockin' the pith helmet.

That girl at the end - I remember her from Twilight Zone: The Movie too - but I know she's been in lots of other stuff from the time period.

Available at: Walgreen's and Video Etc.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 30th 1983.

WEFM 99.5 FM - "Serious Music" (Commercial, 1971)

Views: 2333

Here's a rare commercial for an old Chicago radio station - WEFM 99.5 FM - Classical Music. (Featuring excerpt from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony)

(Voiceover from previous commercial overlaps the beginning of this commercial a bit)

"Serious Music for the Serious Listener."

(Again, sorry for the loud volume - this is the lowest setting I could get it without a lot of hassle)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 28th 1971.

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

Views: 2452

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: 3322

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...

Zaxxon - "It'll Blow You Away" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2092

Here's a commercial for Zaxxon for the Colecovision and coming soon on the Atari 2600 VCS and Intellivision.

Zaxxon. Zaxx-off.

This aired on local Chicago TV either Saturday, January 15th or Sunday, January 16th 1983.