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Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet - "Where You Always..something something" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 4764

Here's an early Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet commercial before they had come up with their trademark catch-phrase of "Where You Always Save More Money!". Here the best they had so far was the infinitely inferior "Hard to find, but tough to beat."

Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet in Elmhurst at York and Roosevelt Roads.

Gotta love that Chicago accent. "DIS MUNT..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 1st 1981.

NBC Network - "Elvis Has Left The Building" (Part 1, 1977)

Views: 4669

Here is Part 1 of an NBC Special Report (on local Rockford affilliate WTVO Channel 17) from when it was first announced that Elvis Presley had died. Features Jackson Bain, David Brinkley, and Brian Ross reporting.

Notice the sound fades out at the end - this was the beginning of the technical difficulties moment which continues in Part 2.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Tuesday, August 16th 1977. (not Chicago, but close enough)

(?) Fuzzy's Mystery Clip - "Sports Edition" (?)

Views: 1277

It's time for another fun mystery clip - this time for you sports fans out there!

Can you:

ID the game and date these clips are from?

ID the "drunk" guy walking around and then seen later singing during the 7th inning stretch? Something tells me he may be a football player. :-)

Let's give others a chance, so for now I am asking our resident schedule sleuths such as Phantom to not jump in right away. :-)

WMAQ Channel 5 - The Shari Show (Promo, 1975/1976)

Views: 1959

Here's a full promo (shorter, bumper promo can be found here) for The Shari Show with Shari Lewis and her gallery of puppets on WMAQ Channel 5, to air Tuesdays at 3:30pm.

This syndicated kids program had aired in that time slot once a month starting in October 1975 and through August 10th 1976.

As mentioned, The Shari Show was also broadcast on other NBC-owned stations, includi...

CBS Network - "Devil Dog: The Hound Of Hell" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 1000

Here's a CBS Network promo for the made-for-tv movie "Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell", which premiered on Halloween night - Tuesday, October 31st 1978.

This promo aired on local Rockford TV on Friday, October 27th 1978.

Hickory Farms - "Holiday Food Gift Paks" (Partial Commercial, 1976)

Views: 3203

Here's a partial Christmas commercial for Hickory Farms and their Holiday Food Gift Paks. (missing about the first 5 seconds)

I remember they had one of these stores at the North Riverside mall.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, December 6th 1976! (not Chicago, but close enough)

Emergency Broadcast System Test (1983)

Views: 2825

Here's a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (or as they were referred to here, "Emergency Broadcasting System") that aired on WLS Channel 7. The text was modified somewhat from this 1981 EBS test on WMAQ Channel 5:

"This is a test. This station is conducting a test of the Emergency Broadcasting [sic] System. This is only a test . . .

"This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting [...