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WLS Channel 7 - "Fire & Arson Awareness" (Editorial, 1980)

Views: 2446

Here's a WLS-TV Editorial featuring then Vice-President and General Manager Peter Desnoes talking about how you can help with fire and arson awareness.
Voiceover by Al Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 1st 1980.

Shogun Warriors and Godzilla from Mattel (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1229

Here's another commercial for the Shogun Warriors line of toys by Mattel, this one featuring the mighty and monstrous Godzilla. (the first ad we saw didn't feature him)

My cousin Danny had this Godzilla, and it was pretty awesome, especially the hand-operated fire tongue and the spring-launched fist (was the real Godzilla able to remove his hand at will and launch it at his prey? Somehow I don't r...

John M. Smyth Fine Furniture - "Lynn Hauldren Moonlighting" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2981

Here's a neat commercial for John M. Smyth Fine Furniture which features their old truck design as well as their jingle.

Voiceover by Lynn Hauldren (The Empire Carpet Man!) (must have needed some extra cash)

This aired on local Chicago TV in June of 1982.

The Chicago Historical Society - "The Great Chicago Fire" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2708

Here's a commercial for The Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum) highlighting their Great Chicago Fire exhibit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 8th 1979.

Courtesy Home Furnishings - "Hotdog Catastrophe" (Commercial, 197?)

Views: 2880

Here's a commercial from Courtesy Home Furnishings that many people seem to remember, spotlighting their line of Durafab (a "miracle" plastic fabric that looks like fine cloth slipcovers and could be washed with soap and sponge).

An example of its durability is at the start of this commercial with two kids sparring while sitting on a couch with Durafab, and a hot dog on a bun with mustard and ketchup barely rolls over onto the couch, apparently ruining the couch if it were no...

WBBM Channel 2 - First Edition (Mostly Complete, 1979)

Views: 4470

Here's the first ten minutes of the First Edition news on WBBM Channel 2. The newsreader is announcer Jerry Harper. Includes:

Promo for Dinah! with guest Jacqueline Bisset for 3:30pm (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

Opening, with these news items:

- Chinese forces capture at least 13 towns and 2 provincial capitals in Vietnam, with Soviets pledging to help Vietnamese - filmed report from Paul Byers in Hong Kong, with footage from Chinese TV; President C...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News (Opening, 1979)

Views: 6824

Here is the opening segment for the Eyewitness News at 10 on WLS Channel 7; featuring Jay Levine, Mike Hale, Jay Berry, and Carol Bogart. Includes:

Skycam 7 bumper

Eyewitness News open (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)

90 Americans held hostage by Iranian students as they storm U.S. Embassy

Chicagoans facing gas shortage due to teamsters truck drivers' strike

International Harvester strike

Coo...

National Fire Protection Association - "Have 2 Ways Out" (PSA, 1988)

Views: 1341

Here's another Public Service Announcement from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) featuring Dick Van Dyke - one of the "Learn Not To Burn" series. In this one, Dick shows us how a gopher has two ways out and that we should too.

This aired on local Chicago TV around February 1988.

NBC Monday Night At The Movies - "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (Opening, 1976)

Views: 1518

Here is the opening for the NBC Monday Night at the Movies presentation of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - the Tennessee Williams play adaptation starring Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Maureen Stapleton, and Laurence Olivier.

Voiceover by Victor Bozeman.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, December 6th 1976! (not Chicago, but close enough)