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Road Music - 24 Truckin' Greats (Record Offer, 1979)

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Here's a (mostly complete - missing the first 5 seconds or so) record offer for Road Music - 24 Truckin' Greats by Lakeshore Music. Featuring disc jockey Charlie Douglas.

Here's a mini-bio on Charlie Douglas courtesy of VirtualTruckRoute.com - "Inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 1994, the father of overnight trucking radio began his broadcasting career four decades earlier at KLIC in Monroe, LA. In 1970, Charlie Douglas and His Road Gang beamed to ...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Spiderman (Commercial Break #1, 1983)

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Here is the first commercial break from an airing of Spiderman on WFLD Channel 32. (quality is pretty poor, but it's the best we have) Includes:

WFLD Spiderman bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don)

Plaque Attack by Activision (available at McDades, Lock 'N Hear, and Video Dynamics)

Fruit Roll-Ups by Fruit Corners (featuring Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years fame)

Manglord from Ideal

WFLD Super Cartoon Sunrise promo (vo...

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White Fence Farm (Commercial, 1982)

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Here's another commercial for that great old-time eatery, White Fence Farm, whose owner and founder, Robert J. Hastert, Jr., died at the age of 73.

Great chicken and corn fritters, and lots of interesting knick-knacks to look at before or after dinner. I have fond memories of going here as a kid. It's definitely a one-of-a-kind experience ...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise (Promo, 1983)

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Here's a promo for the Super Cartoon Sunrise lineup on WFLD Channel 32 - which was:

6:30am - Mighty Mouse
7:00am - Great Space Coaster
7:30am - The Jetsons
8:00am - The Flintstones
8:30am - Popeye

Quality of the clip is poor, but it's the best we have right now. Audio is also hissy, but you can hear the theme song go on pretty long in the background - it's a funky version of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here".

Voiceover...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Festival (Partial Opening, 1983)

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Here is a brief partial opening to Comedy Festival - a showcase of The Three Stooges and The Little Rascals shorts, on WFLD Channel 32. Has the earlier Field Communications-era 32 logo - previously we saw the later one with the Metromedia-style logo.

Voiceover by Dr. Don.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 13th 1983 at 4pm.

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WFLD Channel 32 - Spiderman (Commercial Break #2, 1983)

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Here is Commercial Break #2 from an airing of Spiderman on WFLD Channel 32. (quality is pretty poor, but it's the best we have) Includes:

WFLD Spiderman bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don)

Mousercise record offer (posted here in better quality)

WFLD Sox Vs. Indians promo (voiceover by Jim Barton)

WFLD Spiderman return bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don)

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WFLD Channel 32 - Afternoon Fun - Spiderman (Last Break & Ending, 1983)

Views: 2599

Here is the last commercial break and ending from an airing of Spiderman on WFLD Channel 32. (quality is pretty poor, but it's the best we have) Includes:

WFLD Spiderman bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don)

Alpha Bits cereal (with Animal Alphabet poster)

Slam Shifters and Cannon Blaster from Ideal

Snickers candy bar

Ending sequence and credits of Spiderman

WFLD Afternoon Fun closing (Dr. Don voiceover)
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U.S. Office Of Education - "Metric Education" (PSA, 1978)

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Here's an animated Public Service Annoucement from the U.S. Office of Education - similar in style to the Schoolhouse Rock series - showing us how simple and easy the metric system is... so why haven't we switched over yet?

"Take 10, America!"

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, March 29th 1978.

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Underwriters Laboratories (UL) - "Read The Instructions" (PSA, 1978)

Views: 1956

Here's a Public Service Annoucement from the Underwriters Laboratories (U.L. - An Independent Laboratory Testing For Public Safety) about the importance of reading the operating instructions of any product you buy.

FuzzyMemories FunFact: UL is based in Northbrook, IL.

"Boy Tried To Use Mower After Swim; Is Dead"

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, March 29th 1978.