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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)

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.

Shake-An-Egg Coloring Kit (Commercial #2, 1984)

Views: 1381

Here's another commercial for the Shake-An-Egg line of Easter Egg Coloring products such as Swirl-An-Egg, Design-An-Egg, and Dip-An-Egg.

Personally, I prefer Cheese-An-Egg.

Featuring Dudley Rabbit.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, April 4th 1984.

Time-Out Games by Mego (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 929

Here's a commercial for Time-Out hand held electronic games by Mego.

Titles were Toss-Up, The Exterminator, Flag Man, and Fireman Fireman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 29th 1980.

Kellogg's Apple Jacks - "Pinball" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2737

Here's a commercial for Kellogg's Apple Jacks cereal with a pinball theme.

(the pinball machine is really a Gottlieb Roller Disco, just "modded" a bit to be an "Apple Jacks" one)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 13th 1982 during the 7:30 to 8pm half-hour. (1981 Copyright)

Coleco - Alien Attack (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2256

Here's a commercial for the handheld VFD (vacuum fluorescent display) video game Alien Attack - by Coleco.

This aired on local Chicago TV in September of 1981.