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Elastic Mickey Mouse & Elastic Donald Duck by Mego (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1623

Here's a cute commercial for Elastic Mickey Mouse and Elastic Donald Duck by Mego.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 14th 1980.

Beauty Secrets Barbie by Mattel (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1559

Here's a commercial for Beauty Secrets Barbie by Mattel. This was from the period when the basic jingle for Barbie doll products (as on here) was a reworking of the title song from the 1966 movie "Georgy Girl."

"Comes with a beauty kit - Sport 'n' Shape Ken doll sold separately."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 5th 1980.

Long John Silvers - "A Lot for a Little" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1874

Here's a commercial for Long John Silvers showing their fresh fish, fresh cole slaw, crunchy hush puppies, and golden French fries - "a lot for a little."

"We only taste expensive." (Could this have been where Meister Brau beer got the idea for their ad slogan later in the 1980's?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 5th 1980.

Beatlemania at the Shubert Theatre (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 1771

Here's another commercial for Beatlemania, playing at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago through Sunday, September 14th 1980. This is a different commercial than the one that aired the previous month.

"It's not The Beatles . . . it's Beatlemania, live."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 5th 1980.

WGN Channel 9 - Afternoon Weather Break With Tom Skilling (1980)

Views: 5810

Here's an afternoon weather break on WGN Channel 9 featuring Tom Skilling.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 5th 1980 during the 4:30pm to 5pm timeframe.

World's Greatest Super-Heroes! by Mego (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2133

Here's a commercial for the World's Greatest Superheroes collection of action figures - Batman, Robin, The Hulk, Falcon (the winged black superhero), Shazam, and Ironman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 14th 1980 during the 4pm to 4:30pm timeframe. (1975 Copyright)

Strawberry Shortcake (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1459

Here's a commercial for the Strawberry Shortcake doll by Kenner, with a jingle whose melody was suspiciously similar to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Comes with three other figures (Huckleberry Pie, Apple Dumplin' and Blueberry Muffin) - all sold separately, of course.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 14th 1980 during the 4pm to 4:30pm timeframe.

Increda-Bubble - "It Pops Inside Your Mouth" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1931

Here's a commercial for IncredaBubble "popping" bubble gum, with a group of teenaged singers telling a police officer "where's the bubble." This carbonated bubble gum product from General Foods (an attempt to compete with other products such as Bubblicious) never really caught on with the public, despite a major advertising push.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 14th 1980 during the 4pm to 4:30pm timeframe.

WSNS Channel 44 - All Night Movies - "Savage Season" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 2469

Here's the opening to the All Night Movies presentation of "Savage Season" on WSNS TV-44 before the tape ran out. They also mention the other movies to be played that night - "Secret Beyond the Door" (at 2:15am), "The Terrornauts" (at 4:15am), and "Son of El Cid" (at 5:45am). (voiceover by Don Ferris)

Music used is "Friends" by Chick Corea, from 1978.

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