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Marshall Fields - "Sony Products Sale" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2480

Here's a commercial for Marshall Fields and their "Sony Products Sale".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

Poppin Fresh Pies - "Hard To Wait" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 2832

Here's another commercial for Poppin Fresh Pies / Poppin Fresh Restaurants (which became Baker's Square) using a piece of bassoon laden production music that is as old as time. (seriously, how many commercials have you heard this in?)

Main voiceover by Burgess Meredith. Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

"Never has it been so hard to wait for dessert."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

Illinois Lottery - "Illinois Double" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1026

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery's "Illinois Double" game.

The green star guy was played by Joey Cory.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

WIND News Talk 56 - "Reaching Somebody" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1978

Here's a commercial for radio station WIND News Talk 56.

Who's that actor again? I keep thinking Jeffery Tambor but he just looks like him a little bit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 13th 1980.

Poppin Fresh Pies - "Hard To Wait" (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 1909

Here's another commercial for Poppin Fresh Pies / Poppin Fresh Restaurants (which became Baker's Square) using a piece of bassoon laden production music that is as old as time. (seriously, how many commercials have you heard this in?)

Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

"Never has it been so hard to wait for dessert."

This aired on local Chicaog TV on Thursday, November 13th 1980.

Schmerler Ford - "With A Voice Like Mine" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 5745

Here's another classic - Harry Schmerler, Your Singing Ford Dealer.

"ROCK-a-bye your baBY..." - Route 83 and Touhy in Elk Grove Village. :-)

"With a voice like mine, I've got to give good deals..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

Illinois Lottery Daily Game - "You Can Call It Fun" With Bill Saluga (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2660

Here's another commercial for the Illinois Lottery - The Daily Game - featuring a carnival barker type character named Raymond J. Johnson Jr. played by Bill Saluga. (He was the "You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me..." guy.)

(This is a slight variation from a previously posted version)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 12th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine Chicago - "Cave Club" (Pre-Show Break & Opening, 1981)

Views: 2785

Here's the pre-show commercial break, the opening and (most of) the first story of PM Magazine Chicago - regarding Willowbrook High School in Villa Park - and their special program for learning the art of rappelling down a cliff. Includes:

Partial ending credits to All in the Family (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Field Communications ID

Commercial: Animated Dean Foods ice cream - "You can taste how much we care."

Commercial: Black and De...

Kaiser Broadcasting Company (ID #1, 1977)

Views: 6942

Here it is at long last! A complete Kaiser Broadcasting ID! I wish I could say this was from a Chicago recording, but it actually comes from a tape made off of one of WFLD's sister stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit.

As you can hear at the end of this clip (in an extremely brief snippet) - the same music was used in the WFLD one, so it's very likely that they were identical (except perhaps for the ...