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Ronco Albums at Woolworth (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2358

Here's a commercial for various Ronco albums available at Woolworth & Woolco - Starfire, Solid Gold, Pure Disco, Star Time, Funky Favorites, and Super-Sonic.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 13th 1981.

ABC Network - The Lisa Hartman Show (Promo, 1979)

Views: 4124

Here's an ABC Network promo for a disco-riffic program - "The Lisa Hartman Show". (IMDB says it was on in 1976?)

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

"Hot Stuff!"

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 23rd 1979.

Kellogg's Apple Jacks - "Pinball" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2735

Here's a commercial for Kellogg's Apple Jacks cereal with a pinball theme.

(the pinball machine is really a Gottlieb Roller Disco, just "modded" a bit to be an "Apple Jacks" one)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 13th 1982 during the 7:30 to 8pm half-hour. (1981 Copyright)

Boogie Nights By Ronco (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 3115

Here's a commercial for the disco album Boogie Nights by Ronco. Makes a great Christmas gift!

Not available everywhere. Only at:
Osco Drug
Woolworth & Woolco
Montgomery Ward
Venture
Community
Musicland
Sears

Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 5th 1978 during the 3:30 to 5pm timeframe.

WLS Channel 7 - Makin' It (Opening, 1979)

Views: 2408

Here's the opening for the short-lived disco-era series Makin' It starring David Naughton (star of "American Werewolf in London" and the Dr. Pepper "Be a Pepper" guy)

Also includes a WLS-TV Chicago 7 bumper slide at the beginning (voiceover by Al Parker)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 9th 1979 at 7pm.

K-Tel - Night Moves with Deney Terrio (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2424

Here's a commercial for the record and book set - "Night Moves" ("The Professional Approach to Disco Dance Instruction") from K-tel Records which features Deney Terrio (host of Dance Fever and also notably as the person who "taught John Travolta how to dance" for the film Saturday Night Fever)

The nerdy guy kind of reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite.

Ending voiceover by ??

"You can't dance?!?!!!"

This aired on local...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #2, 1978)

Views: 2499

Here's Commercial Break #2 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

WDAI 94.7 FM - Disco Radio!

Armourcote commercial offer (the original!)

WLS-TV Editorial Reply with Betty Cameron - President, League of Women Voters of Cook County.

Jason and the Argonauts Channel 7 bumper slide

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27t...

WGN Channel 9 - The Late Movie - "Destination Moon" (Ending Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 1377

Here's the ending bumper and beginning of the first commercial for the Late Movie presentation of "Destination Moon" on WGN Channel 9.

Ending of "Destination Moon" - This is the End of the Beginning

"Kaleidoscope" bumper for the WGN Late Movie

Beginning of Record offer for "Disco Hustle" by Adam VIII Ltd. ‎

Recording cuts out, sadly...

This (most likely) aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, January 1...

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour (Bumper, 1979?)

Views: 1990

Here's a short bumper for the Popeye Hour on WFLD Channel 32 Super Cartoon Sunrise. Includes a short music sting of the show's theme song, a jazzy, funky, disco-fied, Hammond B3 organ-heavy instrumental arrangement (with a bank of trumpets at the end) of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here". (anyone know where it came from or who played on it?)

Wouldn't it be awesome if we could find out who the studio musicians were that recorded the music for these bumpers? Anyone out there kn...