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Pabst Blue Ribbon With Jason Alexander (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 3421

Here's a commercial for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer featuring Jason Alexander of Seinfield fame - who we also saw in this commercial.

"Pabst Is The Place"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 2nd 1984.

WFYR 103 And A Half FM - "Variety" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1613

Here's a quick commercial for the radio station WFYR 103 and a Half FM (103.5).

Voiceover by Dave Martin.

"Variety makes our music better."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

KXTX Channel 39 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - Star Trek - "Arena" (Technical Difficulties Moment, 1979)

Views: 1754

Here's an excerpt from an airing of an episode of the original Star Trek series on KXTX Channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (then owned by the Christian Broadcasting Network, now owned by Telemundo - and thus, a sister station to our own WSNS Channel 44, hence a six-degrees-of-separation Chicago connection).

After the station ID/"Next" promo (voiceover by ??), they start right off the bat with a misthreaded presentation (from the 16mm film projector) of the episode "Aren...

WFLD Channel 32 - Convention Notice & Station ID (1971)

Views: 2190

Here's a notice of a broadcasters convention in Chicago as well as a Station ID on WFLD Channel 32.

"Channel 32 welcomes the more than 5000 broadcasters attending the 49th annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. WFLD-TV Chicago."

Voiceover by Del Clark.

(Again, sorry for the loud volume - this is the lowest setting I could get it without a lot of hassle)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 28th 1...

Safari Cards (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 1527

Here's a different commercial for Safari Cards - those animal cards with pictures on one side and interesting facts about them on the other side. And you could store them in a file case! (woo..)

You can see the 2nd Safari Cards commercial here.

I think everyone of a certain age remembers these. Were they only in the Chicagoland area? Were there knockoffs of these or were these the only ones ...

ABC Network - "Sunday Lineup" (Promo, 1982)

Views: 1903

Here's an ABC Network promo advertising Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Matt Houston, an NFL Football Special - Atlanta Vs. San Francisco.

Also includes an ABC Network animated ID with the on-screen WLS ID.

Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson (ending voiceover by Bill Rice)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 16th 1982.

FYI - "Carpooling Savings" (1981)

Views: 923

Here is another of the daytime interstitial features that ABC ran during the early eighties between Daytime Soaps - FYI - For Your Information - hosted by Mr. Barney Miller himself, Hal Linden.

Features a different opening and ending graphics than the one previously posted.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 8th 1981.

WEFM 99.5 FM - "Serious Music" (Commercial, 1971)

Views: 2334

Here's a rare commercial for an old Chicago radio station - WEFM 99.5 FM - Classical Music. (Featuring excerpt from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony)

(Voiceover from previous commercial overlaps the beginning of this commercial a bit)

"Serious Music for the Serious Listener."

(Again, sorry for the loud volume - this is the lowest setting I could get it without a lot of hassle)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 28th 1971.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "300th Show Retrospective" (1985)

Views: 3414

Here is the ending of Son of Svengoolie show number 300, which presented the original "Dracula" movie. As this was a special occasion, they took a look back at some memorable clips and bits from the show. Includes:

Ending of "Dracula" movie.

Commercial bumper for Son of Svengoolie (cut-off)

Sven's preview of next week's exclusive movie - "Hot Rods to Gila".

Rich Koz' introduction of clips

Clip from the ...