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Star Wars X-Wing Fighter & Darth Vader Tie Fighter By Kenner (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 2948
Here's a commercial for the X-Wing Fighter and Darth Vader's Tie Fighter ships from Kenner's Star Wars collection.
Voiceover by Norman Rose.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 5th 1979 during the 6:30am to 7am timeframe.
Large Size Stormtrooper, Han Solo, R2-D2, & C-3PO Action Figures By Kenner (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 2402
Here's a commercial for the large-size Star Wars Action figures (mostly 12") - Stormtrooper, Han Solo (with medal), R2D2, and C3PO - by Kenner.
Voiceover by Norman Rose.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 16th 1979. (1977 Copyright)
Views: 2612
Here's Commercial Break #1 from the episode "The Bionic Woman (Part 2)" of The Six Million Dollar Man on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
WFLD Six Million Dollar Man bumper
Commercial: K-Mart - The Saving Place
Commercial: Big Deal by Lakeside
Commercial: Skippy peanut butter with Annette Funicello - "It's Hard to Beat Skippy" (unless you're talking about the neighbor from Family Ties)
Commercial: Quiz Wiz by Coleco - "Col&...
WMAQ Channel 5 - News (Opening, 1983)
Views: 2512
Here's the opening few minutes of the Channel 5 News on WMAQ Channel 5, which aired immediately following the airing of the Kennedy mini-series for that night (and on WLS, The Day After telefilm) Includes:
WMAQ-TV Chicago Station ID Slide & PSA Voiceover Promo (by Jim Hill)
Newscast oddly begins with no opening sequence (perhaps due to Kennedy running long?) and then anchor Deborah Norville introduces the top story: Mayor Harold Washington c...
WGN Channel 9 - Ray Rayner And His Friends - "Yesterday's Cubs Highlights" (1979)
Views: 5771
Here's a neat little Ray Rayner show clip on WGN Channel 9 with Ray showing the highlights from the previous day's Cubs game (on Tuesday, August 21st 1979) against the L.A. Dodgers. (Cubs lost, 4-2)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, August 22nd 1979.
A & P Food Stores - "Spot Check Contest" (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 804
Here's a commercial for the sadly now-defunct A & P food store chain, touting their "Spot Check" game with 1,344,534 cash and stamp prizes, including 250,000 S&H Green Stamps (remember those as well?) and two ways to win. Store clerk 'Charlie' uses a sweeper to bring up the various ways one can win. Anyone 18 or older is eligible; no purchase necessary. Scheduled to end June 30th.
Voiceover by ??
"The more you visit, the better your chances to win."
WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Spooky Lottery Hijinx" (1980)
Views: 5366
Here's an excerpt from an episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 where the news story was about a lottery fraud and scandal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that took place on Thursday, April 24th 1980, in which people tampered with and rigged the "Daily Number" game by injecting liquid into the ping-pong balls, in order to weigh them down and produce a desired outcome.
Seen selecting the balls is "senior citizen witness" Violet Lowery (not implicated in the scheme). The m...
ABC News - "Death of Karl Wallenda" (1978)
Views: 34899
Here is an ABC News report on the death of circus performer and tightrope walker Karl Wallenda, (of The Flying Wallendas) who fell to his death while performing at the age of 73.
From Wikipedia: "Karl attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 37 metres (121 ft) above the pavement, but fell to his death when winds exceeded 48 kilometres per hour (30 miles per hour). The Wallenda family attributes th...
Yoda, Ben Kenobi, R2-D2 & Luke Skywalker By Kenner (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 1703
Here's a commercial for the Yoda, Ben Kenobi, R2-D2, and Bespin Luke Skywalker action figures from the Star Wars Empire Strikes Back collection, by Kenner. Similar but different from this later commercial, which focused more on promoting Yoda.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 10th 1981. (1980 Copyright - Lucasfilm Ltd.)