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Long Chevrolet - "Extra, Extra!" (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 3119
Finally found! One of the original, infamous Long Chevrolet commercials with Timmy the Newsboy shouting "Extra, Extra!" ad infinitum.
There were other variations of this ad - one we know of has Timmy finally getting his just desserts and getting hit with a pie in the kisser!
A transition ad from a month after this one has him being promoted from newsboy to salesman. He was probably getting...
WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (Opening, 1973)
Views: 4493
Here's the opening moments of the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. With Ray Rayner as host. Includes:
Opening titles, with some clips from "The Maltese Falcon" shown; a movie theatre marquee motif with the Miles Laboratories logo on top, and "Showcase Theatre" below
Ray Rayner's introduction of the movie, and explaining about Miles Showcase Theatre's format
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Lincoln Carpeting - "Child Labor" (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 2432
Here's another comically questionable (or is that questionably comic?) commercial from Lincoln Carpeting.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 22nd 1983.
Andre Champagne & Cold Duck - "Greet The Season" (Commercial, 1976)
Views: 4484
Here's an even earlier variation of the Christmas Andre Champagne commercial - this one also including Cold Duck for your sparkling holiday drinking. Differs a bit from the 1979 and 1983 commercials.
This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, December 6th 1976! (not Chicago, but close enough)
WPWR To WBBS Switchover (1985)
Views: 5946
Here's an example of the nightly switchover from WPWR-TV Channel 60 (2:30am - 7pm) to WBBS-TV Channel 60 (7pm - 2:30am). Includes:
Switchover (voiceover by ??)
Regalos Musicales (false-start beginning)
WBBS-TV Canal 60 promotional video (can anyone translate?)
Regalos Musicales (real beginning)
Note: Regalos Musicales pre-empted "Semana En Beisbol" this night for some unknown reason.
This aired o...
Long Subaru - "Extra, Extra!" with Little Timmy The Newsboy (Commercial, 1988)
Views: 2422
This is not an original Long Chevrolet Newsboy "Extra, Extra!" commercial, but this newer version for Long Subaru from 1988 does include some of the footage from one of the original commercials.
Featuring "Little Timmy" the annoying Newsboy.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 27th 1988.
WMAQ Channel 5 - Red, White & Blue with Bob Hope (Promos & Station ID, 1976)
Views: 1443
Here's a series of promos by comic legend Bob Hope as aired on WMAQ Channel 5, for NBC's Red, White & Blue special celebrating the Fourth of July, coverage of Chicago area celebrations of Independence Day at 5pm, and Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular at 7:30pm with guests Sammy Davis Jr., Donny & Marie Osmond, The Captain & Tennille, and Debbie Reynolds.
The promos - designated PR-1039 - are in :30 second (TAKE 1) and short station ID (TAKE 2) form...
Arnie Yusim Chevrolet With Harry Caray (Partial Commercial, 1978)
Views: 4042
Here's a partial commercial - cuts off about 10 seconds early unfortunately, but it's the best we've got so far - for Arnie Yusim Chevrolet featuring the late, great Sox and Cubs broadcaster, Harry Caray.
Arnie Yusim Chevrolet was at 4849 North Broadway.
"Sometimes you might feel like you need a shovel when you go to buy a car..."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 21st 1978. (My 4th Birthday!)
Views: 1256
Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see the WSNS on-screen station ID during a scene of the weird 1973 movie aired that night, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 4th 1980.