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WLS Channel 7 - The Edge Of Night (Commercial Break, 1976)

Views: 2892

Here's a complete commercial break during the soap opera "The Edge of Night" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Hunt's Tomato Sauce - "You can trust every can of Hunt's"

Pay Day by Parker Brothers (voiceover by John Bartholomew Tucker)

Clorets - The Breath Deodorant (featuring actor Richard Herd)

Fry Baby Electric Deep-Fryer by Presto

This aired on local Chicago TV around mid-November 1976 during the 3pm to 3:30pm half-hour.

District Furniture & Appliances - "Come Down to the District" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1306

By request, here's an earworm-inducing commercial for District Furniture and Appliances, with banjo-infused old-timey dixieland-type music in the background and a sale offer on a Sylvania 19" color TV plus a pair of lounge chairs - all for only $379. (Golly gee! Where can you find such an equivalent deal today?)

The jingle is a takeoff on the popular old-time tune, "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee.".

District Furniture and Appliances was located at 4501 South Pul...

WTTW Channel 11 - Mystery! (Opening, 1981)

Views: 1901

Here's the opening of Mystery! on WTTW Channel 11 with host Vincent Price. Also includes a WTTW Station ID slide at the beginning with a voiceover by Don Ferris.

Features the classic opening animation based on the cartoons of Chicago-born artist Edward Gorey. It was animated by Eugene Federenko, Derek Lamb and Janet Perlman, and the music was by Normand Roger.

(Vincent Price cut-off early due to tape ending)

This aired on local Chicago TV ...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Uncivil Warriors" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 2647

Here's the opening to the Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32, airing the short "Uncivil Warriors". I also kept in the old-style Field Communications ID and a WFLD Six Million Dollar Man promo at the beginning.

Voiceover during the Six Million Dollar Man promo and Three Stooges opening is by Ron Beattie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 1st 1978 at 11pm!

WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "2 Days To Go!" (Promo, 1981)

Views: 1689

Direct from 2" Quad - here is a promo for the premiere of Nite-Owl! This one is a 10 second spot, advertising that the program begins in 2 days time.

We can hear WFLD director Don Shannon give a quick lead-in before the promo starts.

Voiceover during the promo by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 5th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Illinois Lottery Drawing (1986)

Views: 2648

Here's another Illinois Lottery drawing on WFLD Channel 32 for all you lottery fans out there. (or is it just one person?) ;-)

That's Dean Richards doing the voiceover (confirmed!)

There's that background music again. You can also hear it in a 1984 Lincoln Tech commercial and in other WFLD Lottery Drawings that I have posted earlier. It's called "Power Generator" and is part of the Network Production Library of music. You can find it on an album of theirs calle...

WFLD Channel 32 - Illinois Lottery Drawing (1985)

Views: 2445

Here's another Illinois Lottery drawing on WFLD Channel 32 for all you lottery fans out there.

Still haven't confirmed whether that's Dean Richards doing the voiceover or not.

There's that background music again. You can also hear it in a 1984 Lincoln Tech commercial and in other WFLD Lottery Drawings that I have posted earlier. It's called "Power Generator" and is part of the Network Production Library of music. You can find it on an album of theirs called "Cor...

Dominick's Finer Foods - "Sliced Corn King Bologna" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2036

Here's a quick commercial for Dominick's Finer Foods, with a sale on Sliced Corn King Bologna in their deli section. Good through February 13th.

Voiceover by Lloyd Hanson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 7th 1980.

A&P Food Stores - "A Butcher Shop with Supermarket Prices" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1883

Here's a commercial for A&P Food Stores, with a butcher on duty pointing to the right kind of London broil for two women to buy (one with a pretty obvious voice overdub) while on their shopping trip. This scenario was cited as "another reason why you'll do better at A&P."

Ending voiceover by ??, with sale on center cut Chuck Roast (wasn't he a former anchorman here in Chicago?) for 98 cents a pound, available at all Indianapolis area A&P stores through Saturday, August 4th.