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The Star Wars Collection by Kenner (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 2498

Here is a cool commercial for The Star Wars Collection by Kenner. Shows off a lot of the neat toys.

(small glitch at the beginning which is on the original tape recording)

This aired on local Chicago TV in October of 1978.

The Science Fiction Film Awards (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 1469

Part 3, more cheese for your enjoyment. :-)

Featuring Stan Freberg and "Orville", Christopher Lee, Piper Laurie, Rick Baker, and Lord Darth Vader.

(sorry the end part of this segment got clipped - maybe the person who recorded it had to change tapes - the early ones he was using only had about 28 minutes of recording time each)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 20th 1978.

Tic Tac With Ally Sheedy (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1690

Here's a commercial for Tic Tacs breath mints featuring yet another appearance of a young, pre-fame Ally Sheedy. (and that guy from Revenge of the Nerds)

Not to mention that the commercial is completely insane. ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 31st 1978 during the 3:30pm to 5pm timeframe.

Sprite - "Happy Holidays" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1697

Not from a Chicago airing, but still appropriate - here's a Christmas themed commercial for Sprite soft drink, set to the tune of the famous Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas."

Note that there are some problems with the film in the first few seconds.

"The taste of limon mixes right / On holiday occasions."

This aired on local Chattanooga, Tennessee TV the first week of December 1977.

WMJC FM 95 - "The Magic Is The Music" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1638

Here's a commercial for local Detroit radio station WMJC FM 95 which features an animation of a radio melting in reverse that looks like it came out of Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer video.

This aired on local Detroit TV on Thursday, April 7th 1977 (not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

Walgreens - "The Prescription People" (Commercial, 1972)

Views: 1592

Here's a neat old commercial for Walgreens - the drug store we all grew up with. (even though Walgreens isn't strictly a "local" business, I'm putting it in that category for this one)

Check out that groovy green - what would you call it? Apothecary jar or something like that? It's on the counter during the part where people are picking up their prescriptions. I remember those. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 27th 1972

WMAQ Channel 5 - Holiday Giving (PSA, 1975)

Views: 1573

Here's a brief WMAQ Channel 5 station ID/PSA slide for CARE Chicago, advising viewers to give to help the hungry and needy for the holidays.

Voiceover by Henry Cooke.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 23rd 1975 around 7:30am.

Kodak - "New Dad At Christmas" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1117

Here's a holiday commercial for Kodak featuring a new dad going to see his baby. Part of their 100-year anniversary series of ads: 1880-1980.

I would think that new mother would look a little less chipper than that.

The mom is played by actress Valerie Mahaffey.

(tape had a crease in it so there is a horizontal line in the picture)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 9th 1979.

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie (Bumper, 1978)

Views: 3524

Here's a bumper for The 3:30 Movie on WLS Channel 7.

You can hear the full ending to the theme music - it ends with a big drum flourish.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27th 1978.