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Coca-Cola - "Have a Coke and a Mean Joe Greene" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 3522
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Here's the full one-minute version of the now-famous Coca-Cola commercial from 1979 with football great Mean Joe Greene and then 12-year-old child actor Tommy Okin who offered him a Coke as he was heading towards the locker room. Then segments of a news feature on Greene are shown (voiceover by ??), including outtakes of the Coke ad.
From Wikipedia: "The campaign's art director w...
WMJC FM 95 - "The Magic Is The Music" (Commercial, 1977)
Views: 1637
Here's a commercial for local Detroit radio station WMJC FM 95 which features an animation of a radio melting in reverse that looks like it came out of Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer video.
This aired on local Detroit TV on Thursday, April 7th 1977 (not Chicago TV, but still cool!)
Yankee Doodle Dandy - "Birthday Parties" (Commercial, 1976)
Views: 9288
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Here's a commercial for the Yankee Doodle Dandy restaurant chain highlighting that they can host a birthday party for your child.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 23rd 1976.
SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 5, 1991)
Views: 1202
Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).
Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.
In Part 5, they discuss a new study on lefties, and how it might affect Baseball.
Includes:
SportsChannel ID promo for 76'ers Vs. Bulls - Easter...
Rubik's Cube - "Judge Smith" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 946
Here's a short commercial for the Rubik's Cube puzzle game - a big hit in 1980. In this spot, a Judge Smith is in her chambers, obsessed with trying to solve the puzzle, to the detriment of her judicial duties.
(C)1980 Ideal Toy Corp.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, August 31st 1980 at about 5:28pm.
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 10, 1978)
Views: 692
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Here's Part 10 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features John Drury, Joan McGrath, Elayne Goldstein, Patterson Denny, Thea Flaum, Gene Siskel, and footage of Linda Winer.
Mr. Denny and Ms. Goldstein won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Entertainment Programs: For a Series" [7(B)] as co-pr...
Son Of Svengoolie - "Assignment Terror" (Opening, 1982)
Views: 450
Here is the opening for Son of Sven episode number 134 featuring the film "Assignment Terror".
Directed by Joe Oher.
(video has some distortion in it)
This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, February 6th 1982.
The Koz Zone - "Rooftop Shenanigans" (1989)
Views: 674
Here's another segment from the very first episode of The Koz Zone - featuring Rich Koz as the video pirate. In this sketch we see him making a few adjustments to the broadcast antenna for Fox 32, as well as a well-known competitor's. Lastly, he decides to do something he's always wanted to do on a rooftop.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 7th 1989.
WSNS Channel 44 - Chicago White Sox Baseball (Clean Opening, 1978)
Views: 3526
Here's a rarity for you baseball fans out there - the clean opening for Chicago White Sox games as aired on WSNS Channel 44, as it looked before the voices of the announcers and the sponsor billboards were added on for each game.
Ronald Vasser wrote, produced and directed this opening, with editing by Ron Vasser and Mike Torchia.
This copy was dubbed by Marc Claussen and Edward Keker on June 22nd 1978, as shown at the beginning of this clip (with approx. 425 Hz t...