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Dominick's Finer Foods - "Wieners" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 3014

Here's a quick commercial for Dominicks Finer Foods, featuring their older logo style. Also features a switcher effect similar to one that WFLD used on Son of Svengoolie quite a bit, such as in this clip.

Voiceover by Joe Passarella.

"Chicagoland's Most Complete Food Store"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 10th 1977.

WLS Channel 7 - Editorial Reply - "School Integration" (1979)

Views: 1780

Here's an reply to an editorial on HEW (Department of Health, Education and Welfare - predecessor to Health and Human Services, HHS)-mandated school integration policies, as aired on WLS Channel 7. Featuring Doris "Pixie" Galik, Treasurer of the Chicago Lawn Civic Association.

She maintains that Chicago has done everything it can to integrate its schools (to the point where, according to her, public schools have more black than white students), and rails against government-dic...

La Preferida Foods With Harry Caray (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 6427

What comes to mind when you think of Harry Caray? If you said Mexican Food products, you'd be correct! Here's a commercial for La Preferida Foods featuring the late, great Sox and Cubs broadcaster.

(Remember, "La Preferida" backwards is "Adireferp Al")

Question for everyone: "If you were a taco, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?" I know I would!

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

KCOP Channel 13 - Romper Room (Excerpts and Commercial Break, 1977)

Views: 3359

Here's a neat and rare clip of the local Los Angeles Romper Room show from 1977! (this was yet another "easter egg" found at the end of a Betamax tape whose contents had been partially recorded over - boy, do we love these!)

The host was Miss Soco (Socorro Swan - now Socorro Serrano) who incidentally was the only Latina teacher the show ever had in all of its incarnations. She presided over the LA-area Romper Room from 1975 to 1989, having taken over from Miss Mary A...

McDonald's & Jewel Chicagoland Contest (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2154

Here is a commercial for the "Our Kind of Town" contest sponsored by Chicagoland McDonald's and Jewel.

James J. McNulty of Burbank, Illinois won $10,000!

Barbara Scott of Highland, Indiana won $2000!

I wonder if they still have the money?

(Contest ends August 29th, 1982)

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV in July of 1982.

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News Special Report - "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers" (Part 3, 1979)

Views: 1643

Here's Part 3 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire Commissioner Richard Albrecht, and Police Superintendent James O'Grady in the line of fire. Also featuring Steve Shepard. Includes:

Bill Kurtis mentioning how he rode the "L" duri...

Nickelodeon - The Monkees (Opening Break, 1986)

Views: 4983

Here's the opening commercial break for The Monkees on Nickelodeon. Includes:

Watt The Devil - cartoon short

Bubble Yum - Rockin' Raspberry (The Cars' "You Might Think" obvious influence)

Nickelodeon Lassie Promo (anyone know the announcer?)
Inhumanoids toys
G.I. Joe toys
Nickelodeon promo-transition-thing (what do you call these?) (Anyone know the announcer?)

"Hasbro Halloween" sponsored-by announcement (diffe...

WCIX Channel 6 - Snipets - "Girls Play Ball Too" (1984)

Views: 1668

Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 70s and early 80s. However, with the sale and dissolution of Field starting in 1982, for whatever reason Snipets segments popped up on a few other non-Field or former-Field stations, even as late as 1986!

This particular a...

WBBM Channel 2 - "Something For Joey" (Technical Difficulties, 1978)

Views: 2827

Here's a technical difficulties moment from the CBS Special Movie Presentation of "Something For Joey". We see a Johnny Morris WBBM Sports bumper followed by a Gaines Gravy Train dog food sponser slide, and then the return of the movie - which is soon cut short by the TD moment.

It was moments like these where we didn't know if the missiles were already on their way or not. ;-)

"Operating difficulties have caused an interruption in programming. We shall resume...