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Milex Car Care With Jan Gabriel (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 1702
Here's a commercial for Milex Car Care featuring the late, great Jan Gabriel - Mr. "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" - the voice of the U.S. 30 Dragstrip and Santa Fe Speedway. WAVE Channel 3 - Celebrity Sweepstakes (Opening, 1975)
Views: 12598 Here's the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds or so of an episode of the game show "Celebrity Sweepstakes" as aired on WAVE-TV Channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky. Only a couple episodes of this show still exist apparently, so it's likely this is the only existing clip of this episode, which featured celebrities Darren McGavin, Jim Nabors, Dan Rowan, Betty White and regulars Joey Bishop and Carol Wayne. Jim McKrell was the host of this daytime game show.
His commercials were was parodied by the original Svengoolie Jerry G. Bishop with "Carbon Monoxide Speedway" as well as Rich Koz' Son of Svengoolie doing "
Features a recap of the Sha...
Muscular Dystrophy Fund Drive (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 1794
Here's a commercial for the Muscular Dystrophy Fund Drive - with contributions determined by sales of Budweiser and Natural Light beers in the month of August. All proceeds benefited the MDA.
Featuring Jerry Lewis, Ed McMahon and Norm Crosby.
This aired on local Chicago TV in mid-August 1981.
WFLD Channel 32 - Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (Bumper #1, 1980)
Views: 1544
Here's another rare WFLD zooming bumper rescued from the trash heap of local TV history - this time for Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (the short-lived kids' version of the game show The Joker's Wild.
This bumper features different music than the second one.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 12th 1980 during the 5:30pm to 6:00pm timeframe.
WFLD Channel 32 - Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (Bumper #2, 1980)
Views: 1283
Here's another rare WFLD zooming bumper rescued from the trash heap of local TV history - this time for Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (the short-lived kids' version of the game show The Joker's Wild.
This bumper features different music than the first one.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 12th 1980 during the 5:30pm to 6:00pm timeframe.
Pac-Man Cereal (Commercial #1, 1983)
Views: 902
Here's an animated commercial for Pac-Man cereal. (or do you say PacMan?)
This aired on local Chicago television on Friday, December 23rd 1983.
WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Faces Of Wrigley" (1980)
Views: 3416
Here's a brief clip of the "Faces of Wrigley Field," aired during the middle of the seventh inning of the Chicago Cubs baseball game on WGN Channel 9 (the Pittsburgh Pirates were leading the Cubs 2-0 at this point).
Features shots of various attendees of the day's game, set to the music of The Ramsey Lewis Trio's 1965 instrumental version of "The 'In' Crowd" (Argo 5506, prior to that label's being renamed Cadet).
This is followed by the Cubs' Jerry Martin (#2...
California Prunes with David Faustino (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2120
Here's a commercial for prunes. That's it, just prunes. Paid for by the California Prune Board.
Featuring David Faustino, best known for playing "Bud Bundy" in Married with Children, as the little boy waiting his turn for a prune.
"Plump, moist and snackin' good."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 23rd 1980.
Tuffy Mufflers With Jimmy The Greek - "It's A Sure Thing" (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 4839
Here's a commercial for Tuffy Mufflers (They're known as Tuffy Auto Service Centers now) featuring the former sports broadcaster and odds maker, Jimmy the Greek.
This aired on local Detroit TV on Tuesday, May 9th 1978. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)