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Guy Lombardo 50th Anniversary Album (Record Offer, 1978)

Views: 1564

This is appropriate for New Years - a commercial for a Guy Lombardo 50th Anniversary Album offer.

Main voiceover by Fred Foy. Ending voiceover by Gene Edwards.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 20th 1978.

La Margarita Restaurants (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1422

Here's a commercial for La Margarita Restaurants - a popular Mexican restaurant chain run by Cesar Dovalina.

They had locations in Morton Grove, Bolingbrook, Schaumburg, and in Chicago at 868 North Wabash and 3137 West Logan Blvd.

Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

"This is my country..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 1st 1981.

Magikist Carpet & Rug Cleaners (Commercial Excerpt, 1982?)

Views: 3431

Here's an excerpt of a rare commercial for Magikist - whose signs of red lips we all remember seeing around Chicago at different spots - I personally remember seeing the one on the Eisenhower.

Magikist Carpet & Rug Cleaners - Chicago and Suburbs.

Not sure when this aired exactly yet, but I believe it's from 1982.

WBBM Channel 2 - The Best Of CBS - "Chinatown" (Partial Bumpers, 1984)

Views: 2149

Here's a couple partial commercial bumpers (the only left intact) for the Best of CBS presentation of "Chinatown". We see most of the pre-break bumper and then the last part of the post-break bumper since the commercials were edited out.

Voiceover by Jerry Harper.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 13th 1984.

Creative Mirror Designs - "Magic Of Mirrors" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1917

Here's a commercial for Creative Mirror - demonstrating their "magical" properties at creating the illusion of more space in your house. I guess they also had locations in Houston, IL (about as far south as Champaign) and one in Indiana? Dial M-I-R-R-O-R-S.

Featuring Pam. (heiress to the Creative Mirrors fortune) ;-)
They're still around, and she's still with the company! :-)

This aired on ...

Grover's Oyster Bar - "Soon to Be Famous" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2167

Here's a commercial for Grover's (Soon to Be Famous) Oyster Bar, advertised as "the only restaurant in Chicago that nobody ever steals anything from." With illustration slides. At 2256 West Irving Park Road in Chicago and 5646 St. Charles Road in Berkeley, IL.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 28th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Al Lerner Sports - "So Long..." (Part 4, 1971)

Views: 768

Here's Part 4 (the last part) of the final episode of Al Lerner Sports on WSNS Channel 44. Lerner was the station's first sportscaster, and would go on to a long career with such stations as WLS Channel 7, WMAQ Channel 5, WGN Radio 720 and WSCR-AM, as well as being a wrestling announcer. Also featuring a young (and at this point, moustacheless) Tim Weigel, then a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, who himself would become a familiar face on Chicago television, worki...

Aldi Discount Foods (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2491

Here's a commercial for Aldi Discount Foods (A.K.A. Aldi's or Aldi Foods) featuring some testimonials from shoppers, as interviewed by none other than veteran voiceover announcer Al Parker. You also get to see some vintage shots of the outside and inside of the store, as well as the old logo sign.

They must have changed their name from Aldi Discount Foods to just Aldi Foods sometime within the next year.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February ...

WBBM Channel 2 - Two On Two - "Remembering Riverview" (1981?)

Views: 3600

Here's a segment from the show Two on Two on WBBM Channel 2 about Riverview Park - for 63 years located at Belmont and Western on the Northwest side.

Bob Wallace reporting. (We also see a few moments of Harry Porterfield during the tag at the end)

Features Chuck Wlodarczyk - author of the book "Riverview: Gone but Not Forgotten. 1904-1967" and others reminiscing about the park.

Not sure when this aired exactly but it was likely Fall of 1981.