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Golden Books - "I Grew Up With Golden Books!" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1253

Here's a commercial for Little Golden Books (although they don't call them "little" for some reason) featuring a child's birthday party as well as a visit to Santa Claus.

This was when Golden Books was owned by Western Publishing - now they are a division of Random House.

"Gee, Mom...."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981. (1980 Copyright)

Imagic - Atlantis (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1231

Here is a commercial for the Imagic video game "Atlantis" for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision. Featuring the Imagic Design Lab.

"Created by experts for experts."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982.

Epoch-Man (Partial Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2250

Here's a commercial (unfortunately incomplete) for a handheld game called Epoch-Man by, oddly enough, Epoch. Arcade action that fits in your pocket.

It's not just a game! It's a clock! An alarm! A stopwatch! Makes Julliane Fries!

"Batteries Included".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 29th 1982.

Fun Fountain by Wham-O (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 5537

Here's a commercial for the Fun Fountain by Wham-O - the clown with a hat that rises up on a stream of water.

One of our neighbors on our block had this - it was fun, but man that clown hat sure hurt when it fell back down on you!

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday June 3rd 1980 between 3 and 4pm! (1979 Copyright)

Trap Tennis by Ideal (Commercial, 1975)

Views: 922

Here's a commercial for the Trap Tennis game by Ideal, a contraption where a ball is placed on a swivel that rotates whenever someone hits the ball - and the first to hit the ball 10 times wins.

Voiceover by Jackson Beck(?).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 12th 1975 during the 12:00pm to 1:00pm timeframe.

U.S. Department Of Transportation - "Kalaka: Share The Ride" (PSA, 1982)

Views: 2445

Here's an animated Public Service Annoucement with a Noah's Ark take-off from the U.S. Department of Transportation asking you to follow "Kalaka" - the practice of sharing a ride. Why it's called "Kalaka" I have no idea.

This aired on local Chicago TV during the third week of March 1982.

The Swedish Chef's Croonchy Stars Cereal (Commercial, 1988)

Views: 1192

Here's a commercial for Croonchy Stars cereal featuring The Swedish Chef of muppets fame.

Bork-Bork!

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 20th 1988.

Franken Berry & Count Chocula Cereals - "Shoe" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1867

Here's a commercial for two of the "Monster" cereals - Franken Berry and Count Chocula by General Mills.

This aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.

Atari - "E.T. At Christmas" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3474

In a last ditch effort to sell copies of this game before putting them in a landfill, Atari made this commercial with E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial playing his own game on the Atari 2600 VCS.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 1st 1982.