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Harris Bank - "Juggling Complexity" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4084

Here's another commercial for Harris Bank.

Voice of Hubert the Lion by Frank Nelson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.

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WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm - "Chroma Key Afro" (1973)

Views: 3015

Here's a brief excerpt from what was then called the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2 featuring a humorous technical cock-up. In this clip, anchor Bob Wallace is reporting on a burglary at the Ambassador East Hotel the prior night in which the culprits stole around $38,000 in jewelry and cash (among the victims were "insult" comic Don Rickles and his wife who lost $5,000 in jewelry, and Hollywood agent Paul Kohner and his wife who lost more than $8,000 in jewelry and $5,000 in cash...

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Reagan For President (Political Ad, 1980)

Views: 2077

Here's a political ad for Ronald Reagan for President.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, September 30th 1980.

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KOCO Channel 5 - Saturday Night Double Feature (Opening, 1972)

Views: 1088

Here's the opening titles for the Saturday Night Double Feature from KOCO Channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK. Dig the early video effects, as well as the synth-heavy theme music (which has been revealed to be "Topless Dancers of Corfu" by Dick Hyman and His Electric Eclectics, released in 1969 on Command single #RS 45-4126 [later switched to the ABC/Probe label under the same catalogue number] as the B-side of his Top 40 hit from that year, "The Minotaur"; both were also on his LP Moog...

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McDonald's - "Get Out Of Bed, Sleepyhead" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2429

Here's a commercial for McDonald's featuring Ronald McDonald and Birdy the Early Bird.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 28th 1980.

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Coleco - Adam - "Computer Programming" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1903

Here's another commercial for the Adam Computer by Coleco.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, January 16th 1984.

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WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (On-Screen ID, 1973)

Views: 2071

Here's an on-screen station ID from the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. The ID is typeset on a very primitive character generator system whose service dated back to the late 1960's, and was used by other stations and networks on such news events as the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. This early CG typesetting preceded such systems as Vidifont and Chyron.

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Sports Illustrated - "A Whole Year of Sports" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 874

Here's a commercial for a subscription to Sports Illustrated for the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981.

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The Loop FM 98 - "Lorelei Exercising" (Commercial, 1983?)

Views: 2814

Here's another commercial with that Loop chick Emeritus - Lorelei. I believe this is from 1983.