Search Results

The Baseball Kid By Ohio Art (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1944

Here's a commercial for The Baseball Kid - automatic pitching toy for kids.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, June 12th 1981.

Body Buddies (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 6734

Here's a commercial for Body Buddies cereal by General Mills. Features a young Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, August 1st 1980.

Stretch X-Ray By Kenner (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1832

Here's a commercial for the spooky toy Stretch X-Ray by Kenner.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 28th 1979.

Magic Sand by Wham-O (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3793

Here's a commercial for that mysterious toy with the neat "Genie" bottles - Magic Sand.

(C) Copyright Wham-O Mfg. Co.

This aired on local Chicago TV in early October 1981.

"New Coke Vs. Classic Coke" With William Perry & Jim McMahon (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 2826

Here's a commercial for New Coke and Classic Coke starring William "Refrigerator" Perry and Jim McMahon of the Chicago Bears.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 26th 1986.

Hallmark Cards with Nancy McKeon (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1359

Here's a commercial for Hallmark featuring Nancy McKeon of The Facts of Life fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 24th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Chicago Blitz Vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (Promo, 1983)

Views: 2189

Here's a promo of an upcoming game between the Chicago Blitz vs. Tampa Bay Bandits of the now-defunct United States Football League (USFL), to air Saturday, April 2nd at 7pm.

From this, we learn that George Allen was the Blitz' head coach and that John Reeves was the Bandits' QB. The play-by-play was by Doug Buffone and Lorn Brown (the latter of whom also handled play-by-play for Chicago White Sox radio broadcasts). (Spoiler / Time-Travelling Gambler Alert: The Blitz would ...

Neet With Pam Dawber (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2561

Here's a neat ad - a Neet ad featuring Pam Dawber, pre-Mork & Mindy fame. Oh Mindy, me likey.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 11th 1977.

Chewels With Elisabeth Shue (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2940

Here's a commercial for Chewels gum featuring the beautiful Elisabeth Shue a few years before her Burger King ad days.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.