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WFLD Metromedia Channel 32 - Comedy Festival (Commercial Break #2, 1984)

Views: 1965

Here is break #2 from WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Comedy Festival program. This aired on local Chicago television Saturday, May 26th 1984. Includes:

Waterbed Emporium
ON TV (White Sox games)
Al Piemonte Car Dealerships
Star Trek Triad promo

WFLD Channel 32 - Candid Camera (Commercial Break #1, 1971?)

Views: 1332

Here's Commercial Break #1 of Candid Camera on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Hartsel Ranch Properties in Colorado from Webb Realty (main voiceover by ??, ending voiceover by Del Clark)

Not sure when this aired yet, but based on all the other clips 1971 is a good bet. We'll see what comes up as we go on...

WBBM Channel 2 - News - "The Groundhog Play" (1987?)

Views: 2011

Here is a fun segment from Bob Wallace on WBBM Channel 2 News that was submitted for a local Emmy (not sure when, or if it won). Here Bob breaks down the whole Groundhog Day thing into language that a sports fan can understand.

Featuring Lester Holt introducing the piece, and Woody the Woodchuck of the Lincoln Park Zoo performing.

This aired on local Chicago TV in (not sure - 1987?)

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Break #4, 1986)

Views: 922

Here is break #4 of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. Includes:

HBO (again)

Country Time Lemonade

Tic Tac Fresh Mints

Ryne Sandburg Chevy commercial

PM Magazine promo (Elle MacPherson- woo!)

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Marshall Fields' Window Displays" (1979)

Views: 5468

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring the store window displays from Marshall Fields (with Uncle Mistletoe) and the song "The Christmas Waltz" by The Carpenters. This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 27th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Silver Bells" (1979)

Views: 3215

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell singing "Silver Bells". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

Features some not-quite politically correct humor from Bob Hope. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 17th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Break #5, 1986)

Views: 786

Here is break #5 of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. Includes:

Dominick's Finer Foods

Michael Reese Health Plan

Payless Shoesource

Open Pit Barbecue Sauce

Chicagoland Pontiac Dealers

Peace Corps - The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love

WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Break #4, 1979)

Views: 1013

Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! The movie presented on this day was "China Gate". TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary questi...

WGN Channel 9 - G.I. Joe (Commercial Break #1, 1987)

Views: 4165

Here's a commercial break for an airing of G.I. Joe on WGN Channel 9. Quality's a little iffy, but this is the best I have right now. Includes:

G.I. Joe bumper
M & M's
Super Bug-Away
G.I. Joe bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 11th 1987.