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WTTW Channel 11 - Made in Chicago - "Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah / Bill Quateman" (Part 1, 1974)

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Here's Part 1 of a local music show, Made in Chicago, on WTTW Channel 11. This program (which was also simulcast on WBBM-FM 96.3) was a predecessor to Soundstage which was also produced by the station and aired nationally over PBS. The guests on this (re-run airing) edition were Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah (bassist Mitch Aliotta, guitarist Skip Haynes and pianist John Jeremiah) and Bill Quateman.

Note: As with other things we've found, this is actually quite ra...

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

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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...

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WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

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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...

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McDonald's - "We Do It All For You" (Commercial, 197?)

Views: 2223

Here's another vintage McDonald's commercials - a long one at 60 seconds.

Features the "We Do It All For You" jingle.

Copyright (C) McDonald's Corp. 197? (can't make it out)

Special thanks to Anthony Diaz of The Mid-American Heritage Preservation Foundation for preserving for many years the original tape this was found on, so that we could transfer it and present it to you here now.

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Donahue - "Andy Griffith & Friends" (Part 2, 1986)

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Here's Part 2 of an installment of Donahue that aired on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Phil Donahue, with Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey reminiscing about their days on The Andy Griffith Show and promoting their upcoming reunion TV-movie, Return to Mayberry, which would air on the NBC Network on April 13th 1986; this was also a few months before Griffith began a nine-year run on TV as crafty defense lawyer Ben Matlock. (By this time, Donahue ...

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Schaumburg Datsun (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for Schaumburg Datsun at 910 West Golf Road. (Now Kia of Schaumburg)

This aired on local Chicago TV on early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

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McDonald's - "Nobody Can Do It Like McDonald's Can" (Commercial, 197?)

Views: 1774

Here's another vintage McDonald's commercials - a long one at 60 seconds.

Features the "Nobody Can Do It Like McDonald's Can" jingle.

Copyright (C) McDonald's Corp. 197?

Special thanks to Anthony Diaz of The Mid-American Heritage Preservation Foundation for preserving for many years the original tape this was found on, so that we could transfer it and present it to you here now.

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FM 100 - "Beautiful Music Above The Noise" (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's another animated commercial for FM 100 ( WLOO 100.3 FM ).

(quality's a little bad, but this is the only copy I've found of this one)

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

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Jewel - "Holiday Cooking" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2445

Here's a holiday commercial for Jewel. (a little fuzzy in the middle - pretend you need to adjust your rabbit ears) ;-)

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 11th 1981.