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WSNS Channel 44 - TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham - "The San Diego Chicken, Pre-Demolition" (Part 2, 1979)

Views: 968

Here's a special and rare treat for the 35th Anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" event! (please excuse the ghosty picture quality and buzzy audio)

Includes:

Part 2 of the TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham, with the San Diego Chicken (a.k.a. Ted Giannoulas) as guest, as aired on WSNS Channel 44 just before the first game of a proposed doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers that was followed by the infamous "Disco Demolition Night." Inc...

Colgate With Ally Sheedy (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1898

Here's a commercial for Colgate toothpaste featuring a young Ally Sheedy. This is the earliest spot yet found featuring her.

Also has a tag at the end of the ad for the "Colgate Series Tennis Championships"

This aired on local Rockford TV on Friday, October 27th 1978.

WSNS Channel 44 - Al Lerner Sports - "So Long..." (Part 2, 1971)

Views: 1570

Here's Part 2 of the final episode of Al Lerner Sports on WSNS Channel 44. Lerner was the station's first sportscaster, and would go on to a long career with such stations as WLS Channel 7, WMAQ Channel 5, WGN Radio 720 and WSCR-AM, as well as being a wrestling announcer. Also featuring a young (and at this point, moustacheless) Tim Weigel, then a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, who himself would become a familiar face on Chicago television, working for all three n...

The Disco Body Shaper (Commercial Offer, 1978)

Views: 8615

Here's a commercial for - if I didn't see it with my own eyes I would have thought it was a joke - the Disco Body Shaper. America's Newest Fitness Sensation!

Main voiceover by Bill Silver (same guy who did the Ginsu knives ads)

This aired on local Detroit TV on Tuesday, May 9th 1978. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

WTTW Channel 11 - "Hitch Hikers Pledge" (1982)

Views: 3577

Here's the end of a pledge break segment featuring Marty Robinson as well as some other odds and ends before the latest installment of "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" begins. Includes:

Ending of pledge break with Marty Robinson

Multilingual "I subscribe to Channel 11" ad

WTTW Promo for "Casanova" airing Tuesday, December 7th 1982 and Thursday, December 9th 1982 at 10:30pm (Voiceover by Joan Kohn)

Commercial: RC 100 Cola and ...

ON TV - Adults Only - "The World of Henry Paris" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 3021

Here is an on-screen station ID for the ON TV Subscription Television "Optional Service" of Adults Only mode, during a presentation of the movie "The World of Henry Paris".

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, December 17th 1981.

ON TV - "The Cat And The Canary" (On-Screen ID, 1982)

Views: 1485

Here is an on-screen station ID during the ON TV presentation of the movie "The Cat and the Canary".

Notice that it's different from other examples that I have accurately dated from 1981. There isn't even any mention of WSNS.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 13th 1982.

Princess Play Cosmetics By Mego (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1964

Here's a commercial for Princess "play cosmetics" makeup by Mego.

"AVAILABLE AT TOY STORES"

This aired on local Milwaukee TV in May 1980.

Tuffy Mufflers With Jimmy The Greek - "It's A Sure Thing" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 4838

Here's a commercial for Tuffy Mufflers (They're known as Tuffy Auto Service Centers now) featuring the former sports broadcaster and odds maker, Jimmy the Greek.

This aired on local Detroit TV on Tuesday, May 9th 1978. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)