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MS Read-A-Thon (PSA, 1981)

Views: 3611

Here's a public service announcement for the MS Readathon, featuring an animated Sherlock Holmes type dog character.

Uses the same music as this dental PSA.

"Call your local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 16th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Washing Your Hands With Popeye" (PSA, 1988)

Views: 2050

Here's another "Popeye PSA" from WFLD Channel 32 - Superstars. (when and where did these originally air before WFLD co-opted them?) In this one, Popeye teaches his nephews to wash their hands to get rid of germs. Who knew Popeye was a philatelist?

"A tip for you, from Fox 32!"

This aired on local Chicago TV around February 1988.

WFLD Channel 32 - He-Man (Commercial Break #7, 1987)

Views: 2688

Here is a commercial break from He-Man on WFLD Channel 32 from 1987. Includes:

He-Man Orko bumper

The Real Ghostbusters promo (again)

Lucky Charms cereal

Playskool Definitely Dinosaurs! (incase you had any doubt)

Boys and Girls Club with Telly Savalas

Popeye PSA - "Brush Your Teeth" (incomplete)

Adventures with Mickey promo (incomplete)

Fruit Roll-ups and Fruit Wrinkles (yet...

U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Ant - "America Runs On Energy" (PSA, 1980)

Views: 1246

Here's an animated public service announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy featuring Energy Ant.

Finally! Another Energy Ant PSA! This one talks about how America is like a wind-up toy - without energy it stops.

"The Difference You Make - Makes All The Difference"

This aired on local Chicago TV in the second week of April 1980.

WNBC Channel 4 - News, Sermonette, & Sign-Off (1980)

Views: 28252

Ok, it's not Chicago - it's New York, but I figured we'd all like to see this anyway - I just found it. (And we do have some New York visitors here from time to time.) Includes:

WNBC-TV News, Sports & Weather summary with Don Pardo voiceover (can't help but smile a little when I hear him reading serious news)

WNBC-TV4 Editorial (Don Pardo voiceover intro) with Joseph Michaels, Editorial Director of WNBC-TV.

PSA for Census '80 - We're Counting For...

Ad Council - Keep America Beautiful - "Crying Indian Redux" (PSA, 1978)

Views: 300

Here's a later sequel to the famous "Keep America Beautiful" PSA with Iron Eyes Cody as the "Crying Indian" (derived from his reaction to the despoiling of the land around him from litter left on the ground and traffic passing by on a nearby road). This campaign (including a longer version seen elsewhere over the web) was first shown in 1971 and ran for many years afterward.

Voiceover by William Conrad.

"People start pollution - people can stop it."
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American Dental Association - "Smile Power" (PSA, 1979)

Views: 2534

Here is another animated public service announcement from the American Dental Association. Features Wendall (Windal?) the Dental Wizard who transforms a cookie jar into a healthy snack factory.

These were created by Rick Reinert Productions, who also did the opening for the ABC Weekend Special and Afterschool Specials.

Uses the same music as this MS Read A Thon PSA.

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WFLD Channel 32 - He-Man (Commercial Break #8, 1987)

Views: 2237

Here is a commercial break from He-Man on WFLD Channel 32 from 1987. Includes:

He-Man Orko bumper

The Real Ghostbusters promo (yet again)

Cheerios (Unsinkable Taste)

Scribble Stix by Coleco Kids (again)

Dick Van Dyke Fire Prevention PSA - "Have 2 Ways Out" - Learn Not to Burn (again)

Popeye PSA - "Childproofing Your Household" (jeez, how many of these PSAs were there?)

He-Man Orko bumper

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - "Get a Dumb Checkup" (1976)

Views: 989

Here's a public service announcement (PSA) from the Social and Rehabilitation Service of the U.S. Department of Health, Education of Welfare, with a young basketball-dribbling man starting out considering skipping a complete physical examination (" . . . a dumb checkup . . . dumb . . . dumb . . . ") before his girlfriend advises him after mentioning she herself went (and has the glasses to prove it) - as part of a push for those under 21 to get a free checkup.

Ending voiceover ...