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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 ...

Mrs. Claus - "976-3333" (Commercial, 1984)

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Here's Santa Claus, shown here holding a book with children gathered around him, promoting a 976 phone number in which Mrs. Claus would speak with children on the phone while he's out delivering toys. Mrs. Claus is heard by voiceover near the end, going on about how busy Santa is.

Disclaimer shown at end: "Call Rates To Downtown Chicago Apply - By Phone Programs, Illinois." Another voiceover (by ??) advises children to get their parents' permission before calling.

Shedd Aquarium - "Caribbean Coral Reef" (Commercial, 1973)

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Here's a commercial for the John G. Shedd Aquarium at 12th Street and South Lake Shore Drive.

The "Ocean By The Lake" tag line wasn't seen or spoken in this ad - but quite a few of the sea life were, including moray eels, burrfish, triggerfish, fighting bonefish, and "dangerous" stingrays. Also seen is the then-new Caribbean coral reef section with a diver hand-feeding spadefish, sheepshead fish, tarpon...

Galaxy Disco (Commercial, 1976)

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FuzzBeat Presents What's Happening... ;-)

Here's a totally groovy commercial for the Galaxy Discotheque, located at 37 East Lorraine Road in Addison, IL. $1 per person cover charge on Fridays and Saturdays! It was a "million dollar discotheque", had an "exciting sound activated dance floor", "ultrasonic" sound system, free dance instructions Sundays and Mondays at 9pm, "plenty of free parking", and was "adjacent to the Stardust Bowl" (which is still open!). What's no...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 5pm - "The Blizzard of '78" (Part 1, 1978)

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Everyone remembers the great Blizzard of '79 - but how many people remember the Blizzard of 1978? Before the big snow in 1979 hit, this seemed fairly significant I guess, although not as bad as the Big Snow of 1967. Was this just a case of snow-perbole? You decide.

Here is Part 1 of some footage from the NewsCenter5 airing at 5pm on WMAQ Channel 5, with Mike Jackson, Ron Hunter, and Jerry Taft.

This part features a report on commuting by Gene Randall, the weather...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Sorting It Out (Part 2, 1976)

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Here's Part 2 of an episode of Sorting It Out on WMAQ Channel 5. Sorting It Out was a locally produced news magazine type show that featured interesting people and events around Chicagoland. It starred Bob Smith and a pre-Cheers Shelley Long, who at this point was still mostly known for her work in Homemakers furniture commercials.

This part features a look at a family with three generation...

The Complete Al Green - His Greatest Hits (Record Offer, 1980)

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Here's a record offer commercial for "The Complete Al Green - His Greatest Hits" by SMI (Suffolk Marketing, Inc) (or is it Hi Records Distributed by London?) Album is from 1977 so it's likely this commercial aired a lot earlier than 1980.

The album cover is slightly different at points in the commercial - one has a white border around it and has the Hi Records Distributed by London logo and the other has no border and does not have the Hi Records logo. (?)

Main...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie - "The Spider" (Partial Break, 1982)

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Here is a partial commercial break for WSNS Channel 44's Monster Movie - "The Spider" (A.K.A. “Earth Vs. The Spider”). Includes:

"Monster Movie” bumper (Gets cut off after about 1 second)

(Looks like there is an edit on the tape at this point, and the commercial break resumes about 16 seconds into the already started 70s Gold Commercial)

70's Gold by Sessions (cut at beginning)

“The Spider – Ed Kemmer – June Kenny” Fil...

Eddie Schwartz Interviews Jerry G. Bishop & Rich Koz (Part 3, 1982)

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Here's something pretty rare - you get your Jerry G. and Koz fix all in one. (Not to mention a tribute to recently passed "Chicago Ed" Eddie Schwartz). This is Part 3 of a radio interview Eddie did with Jerry G. Bishop (in studio) where they call up Rich Koz at home.

Sorry for the variable and at times muffled audio quality - I did not mix this or attempt to fix it up much. If any audio wizards out there would like to normalize it all to one standard volume and try to run a ...