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Bergner's - "Christmas Toyland" (Commercial, 1964?)

Views: 1476

Yes, it's Christmas in July here at FuzzyMemoriesTV!

Here's a "Toyland" ad for Bergner's - a famous department store in Peoria, IL at the Sheridan Village Shopping Center.

Music is a quirky instrumental of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

"It's a mad, mad world of holiday fun..." (Could this be a reference to the film?)

Not sure when this aired exactly, but based on various evidence Christmastime of 1964 seems a good...

Fureal - "Fur & Leather Christmas Sale" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1263

Here's a holiday commercial for Fureal with a Christmas sale on fur and leather coats. Was this a local only store, or a chain?

"Amphitheatre and all Fureal Stores thru Christmas"

(tape had a crease in it so there is a horizontal line in the picture)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 9th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - The 1985 Chicago Automobile Show Special (First 10 Minutes, 1985)

Views: 2726

Here's the first 10 minutes of the 1985 Chicago Auto Show special broadcast on WGN Channel 9, hosted by "Uncle Bobby" Bob Collins of WGN-AM 720. Presented by the Chicago Automobile Trade Association.

Includes an introduction given by Frazier Thomas that occurred at the end of that day's Family Classics presentation, where the movie shown was "The Black Swan" (1942).

Can anyone help with identifying the other people that appear in this clip?

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WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "The Death of John Lennon" (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 3616

Here's Part 1 of The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2. It covers the biggest news story that day - the murder of John Lennon which occured late in the evening the previous day (too late to be covered on the evening news). Featuring Bill Kurtis, Phil Walters, Walter Jacobson. Includes:

WBBM "Starfield" animated station ID (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

Opening to The 10 O'Clock News (voiceover by ??)

Bill Kurtis reports on the murder ...

McDade's - The Catalog House - "Video Equipment" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2115

Here's another commercial for McDade's - The Catalog House, featuring some specials on video equipment. Boy, that's a lot of beans for a VHS VCR.

Featuring soap star Jed Allen, although his voice may have been dubbed in all of these.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the first week of September of 1981.

Ice Follies At Chicago Stadium (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1679

Here's a commercial for Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies show - featuring Peggy Fleming and several Sesame Street characters. The show ran November 14-26. Ice Follies merged with Holiday on Ice in 1979.

Main voiceover by Les Marshak. Ending voiceover by Linda Frost.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 16th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death" (Opening, 1979)

Views: 6259

Here's the opening for the Sunday Matinee presentation of the 1944 Sherlock Holmes film "The Pearl of Death" (title listed on bumper slide as "Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death") on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN "A Happy Holiday Is a Safe Holiday" ID bumper slide with 1960s "Television 9" logo (voiceover by Clif Mercer)

Sunday Matinee opening with filmstrip and movie camera graphics, duly backed by instrumental version of The Young Rascals' "Gr...

WLS Channel 7 - ABC News Special Report - "Carter Cabinet Changes" (1979)

Views: 3937

Here's an ABC News Special Report that interrupted the opening moments of a repeat of the Laverne & Shirley episode "Playing Hooky" (originally aired January 11th 1977 - Episode #2.13 of the series) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Opening credits of episode, with notice that it was filmed before a studio audience, followed by first moments of establishing first scene

ABC News Special Report bumper slide (voiceover by ??)

Anchor Ch...

WGN Channel 9 - The Bozo Show - Hardrock and Coco and Joe - The Three Little Dwarves (1983)

Views: 7953

What would the Christmas season be without an airing of Hardrock, Coco, and Joe? Here's one from a holiday episode of The Bozo Show - also includes at the end a Bozo weather report and school closings notice.

Who's voice is that - it's not Bob Bell, right?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 23rd 1983.