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Showbiz Pizza Place With Dick Van Patten (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 5304

Here's another commercial for Showbiz Pizza featuring "Eight Is Enough" star Dick Van Patten.

5 Chicago Area Locations.

"I'll Bet That Bizza Tastes Goooood!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 9th 1983.

WBBM Channel 2 - Rockford (Bumper Promo, 1981)

Views: 1811

Here's a quick bumper promo for tomorrow's episode (Wednesday, March 25th 1981) of "Rockford" (Syndicated title of "The Rockford Files") featuring special guest star Rita Moreno, on WBBM Channel 2 - at 4pm.

Voiceover by Jerry Harper.

Remember that musical riff in the background? I do. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 24th 1981.

McDade's - The Catalog House - "Trays & Luggage" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 959

I'm sure a lot of people from a certain age in the Chicagoland area (did they have stores in other cities?) will remember these commercials for McDade's - The Catalog House - and their familiar jingle.

Featuring soap star Jed Allen, although his voice may have been dubbed in all of these.

Hurry - Sale ends December 17, 1980! :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 10pm to 10:30pm timeframe.

WMAQ Channel 5 - All-Star Salute to Mother's Day [Excerpt] (Part 2, 1981)

Views: 1078

Here's our Part 2 of a portion of a special, All-Star Salute to Mother's Day, hosted by Ed McMahon and Jayne Kennedy, that aired on WMAQ Channel 5. This part features Bobby Vinton. Includes:

Ed starting off with showing off various American foods as part of the Mother's Day salute, including hamburgers, hot dogs, apple pie, and...kielbasa, leading into an appearance by Bobby Vinton. Before he starts off his number, he introduces his mother Dorothy to the assembled aud...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Tombstone's Summer Movie Preview" (1984)

Views: 758

Here's a segment from Son of Sven - featuring some funny summer movie previews starring Tombstone - "Indiana Bones and the Tempo of Doom", "Star Trek What IV - The Search For Tombstone", and "Kremlins".

Not sure what episode this was originally from but it was definitely around Summer of 1984.

This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the Summer of 1984.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 4:30pm - "Ugly Face Contest Winner" (1982)

Views: 1254

Here's a NewsCenter5 report (one of "Barry's People?) from Barry Bernson on WMAQ Channel 5 about the winner of the National Enquirer's annual "Ugly Face Contest" (first prize: $500 plus a trip to Las Vegas for an appearance on The Mike Douglas Entertainment Hour), 37-year-old Geneva Winters of Carpentersville, IL (population: 23,300). A cover of a recent National Enquirer issue (with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers of Hart to Hart on the cover, following the dea...

WCIU Channel 26 - Chespirito (Promo, 1981)

Views: 2209

Here's a promo for the WCIU Channel 26 Spanish show Chespirito- Saturdays at 11am.

Funny, I don't remember the inside of a Star Destroyer looking like that in the movie.

Rest in Peace, Chespirito - Roberto Gomez Bolanos (1929-2014).

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in 1981.

WLS Channel 7 - Makin' It (Opening, 1979)

Views: 2422

Here's the opening for the short-lived disco-era series Makin' It starring David Naughton (star of "American Werewolf in London" and the Dr. Pepper "Be a Pepper" guy)

Also includes a WLS-TV Chicago 7 bumper slide at the beginning (voiceover by Al Parker)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 9th 1979 at 7pm.

WLS Channel 7 - "Reflections, Sign-Off, & Anthem" (1981)

Views: 7814

Here's Reflections, Station Sign-Off, and National Anthem for WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Reflections with Fr. Joseph E. Corrican, Our Lady of Mount Carmel - "The Difference Between Heaven and Hell"

Station Sign-off (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)

The Star-Spangled Banner

Static

Fuzz

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, February 25th 1981 at about 3am.