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Star Wars X-Wing Fighter & Darth Vader Tie Fighter By Kenner (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 2952
Here's a commercial for the X-Wing Fighter and Darth Vader's Tie Fighter ships from Kenner's Star Wars collection.
Voiceover by Norman Rose.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 5th 1979 during the 6:30am to 7am timeframe.
Large Size Stormtrooper, Han Solo, R2-D2, & C-3PO Action Figures By Kenner (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 2405
Here's a commercial for the large-size Star Wars Action figures (mostly 12") - Stormtrooper, Han Solo (with medal), R2D2, and C3PO - by Kenner.
Voiceover by Norman Rose.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 16th 1979. (1977 Copyright)
Views: 2614
Here's Commercial Break #1 from the episode "The Bionic Woman (Part 2)" of The Six Million Dollar Man on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
WFLD Six Million Dollar Man bumper
Commercial: K-Mart - The Saving Place
Commercial: Big Deal by Lakeside
Commercial: Skippy peanut butter with Annette Funicello - "It's Hard to Beat Skippy" (unless you're talking about the neighbor from Family Ties)
Commercial: Quiz Wiz by Coleco - "Col&...
The House Of Menna (Commercial, 1974)
Views: 905
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Here's a commercial for The House of Menna - Interior Designs. Phone 674-9200. According to my research they were located at 7165 North Cicero Avenue in Lincolnwood, IL. Here's an old print ad of theirs. They also used to advertise on the radio quite a bit on WKSC-FM 103.5 back in the early-mid 70s.
WGN Channel 9 - Ray Rayner And His Friends - "Yesterday's Cubs Highlights" (1979)
Views: 5773
Here's a neat little Ray Rayner show clip on WGN Channel 9 with Ray showing the highlights from the previous day's Cubs game (on Tuesday, August 21st 1979) against the L.A. Dodgers. (Cubs lost, 4-2)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, August 22nd 1979.
A & P Food Stores - "Spot Check Contest" (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 804
Here's a commercial for the sadly now-defunct A & P food store chain, touting their "Spot Check" game with 1,344,534 cash and stamp prizes, including 250,000 S&H Green Stamps (remember those as well?) and two ways to win. Store clerk 'Charlie' uses a sweeper to bring up the various ways one can win. Anyone 18 or older is eligible; no purchase necessary. Scheduled to end June 30th.
Voiceover by ??
"The more you visit, the better your chances to win."
WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Spooky Lottery Hijinx" (1980)
Views: 5368
Here's an excerpt from an episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 where the news story was about a lottery fraud and scandal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that took place on Thursday, April 24th 1980, in which people tampered with and rigged the "Daily Number" game by injecting liquid into the ping-pong balls, in order to weigh them down and produce a desired outcome.
Seen selecting the balls is "senior citizen witness" Violet Lowery (not implicated in the scheme). The m...
Spirit Of Light - Doctor Who Convention (Commercial Offer, 1983)
Views: 3767
Here's a commercial for the Spirit of Light Doctor Who Convention - a 20th Anniversary Ultimate Celebration featuring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton, which took place on November 26th & 27th 1983 - at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.
(video has some issues)
Voiceover (except ordering information) by Jon Pertwee.
This aired on local Chicago TV in November 1983.
ON TV - "Premiere Night" (Opening, 1980)
Views: 2771
Here's the opening moments of the premiere night of ON TV Subscription Television which aired in Chicago on WSNS Channel 44.
This starts with the video animated ON TV ID, then the introductory promo which promotes the new subscription channel as a "revolution in Chicago broadcasting."
The first night's lineup includes "10" with Bo Derek, Dudley Moore and Julie Andrews; "Norma Rae" with Sally Field; and "Slap Shot" with Paul Newman. Brief clips from other films...