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Magic Sand by Wham-O (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3792

Here's a commercial for that mysterious toy with the neat "Genie" bottles - Magic Sand.

(C) Copyright Wham-O Mfg. Co.

This aired on local Chicago TV in early October 1981.

Marvel Comics - "Summer Escape" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1621

Here's a neat commercial for Marvel Comics featuring kids at a playground reading the comic books. Definitely low-budget.

Features X-Men, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Captain America, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Star Wars, and The Avengers.

Music almost sounds like the theme from Hawaii 5-O.

(ending voiceover ended just a tad early)

C. Marvel Comics Group
All Rights Reserved

This aired on local Chic...

Columbus Builders with Bob Bell (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2614

Here's a commercial for Columbus Builders, touting the benefits of their aluminum siding (namely, lower fuel costs).

Featuring Bob Bell (Bozo the Clown himself!) who was also a longtime staff announcer at WGN Channel 9.

"Just as Columbus discovered America, Columbus Builders have discovered that good workmanship and quality material, at reasonable, fair prices, will make you a happy homeowner."

This aired on local Chicago TV in May of 1981.

Laser Blast by Activision (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2921

Here's a commercial for the home video game Laser Blast by Activision, touting itself as "A New Game Cartridge for Your Atari Video Game System" (and contrasting itself to its "dull" predecessors). The purpose is to go after the other side's force fields and dodge their tracking systems. (Ah, remember those good ol' days? ;-) )

"Atari"(R) and "Video Computer System"(TM) are trademarks of Atari, Inc.

With a lower-third super towards the end as to what sto...

WYEN FM 107 - "Request Radio" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3220

Here's a commercial for WYEN FM 107 ("Request Radio," licensed to neighboring Des Plaines - and today Spanish-language WPPN, "Amor 106.7"), featuring snippets of such tracks as "No Tell Lover" by Chicago, "Last Time I Saw Him" by Diana Ross, "Forever In Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond, and "Too Much Heaven" by the Bee Gees.

The "Request Radio" slogan referred to the station playing music requested by listeners.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 22...

Snipets - "Come Back Here" (1981)

Views: 5126

Well, at long last - here it is - Fuzzy's #1 most-wanted clip. Remembered by most people who watched *ANY* WFLD in the late-70s / early 80s (and on other Field affiliates and syndicated stations) - the infamous "Come Back Here" Snipets segment (A.K.A., the "Come Back Can" as I wrongly dubbed it for many years).

As with a lot of things that are looked for and eventually found, there is a bit of "That's it, is it?" underwhelming sentiment - it's only 60 seconds long, after all -...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Tomb of Ligeia" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 5090

Here's a promo for the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Tomb of Ligeia" [1965] on WFLD Channel 32.

Featuring Doug Scharf as Doug Graves and Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 30th 1984.

WLUP - 'The Loop' FM 98 - "Do You Like Music?" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 6725

Here's a curious early commercial for "The Loop", WLUP FM 98 (97.9) featuring DJ Tom O'Toole. (still a jock at 94.7 WLS FM!)

Historical background courtesy ChicagolandRadioAndMedia.com - "O'Toole was the station's first-ever morning show host and first host heard on-air for the iconic rock station. O'Toole personally selected and played WLUP-FM's first-ever song to be broadcast on the station, "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens. He later shifted to afternoons on The Loop."

Amalgamated Bank - "The Amalgamonster" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 3525

Here's a quick 10-second commercial for Amalgamated Bank, which had it's own mascot, the Amalga-Monster. It eats stuffed lions and kangaroos. (reference to Harris Bank's Hubert the Lion and Continental Bank's Connie the Kangaroo stuffed giveaways)

State and Monroe Streets - Member FDIC

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 13th 1977 during the 5pm to 5:30pm timeframe.