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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 4:30pm - "Ugly Face Contest Winner" (1982)

Views: 1249

Here's a NewsCenter5 report (one of "Barry's People?) from Barry Bernson on WMAQ Channel 5 about the winner of the National Enquirer's annual "Ugly Face Contest" (first prize: $500 plus a trip to Las Vegas for an appearance on The Mike Douglas Entertainment Hour), 37-year-old Geneva Winters of Carpentersville, IL (population: 23,300). A cover of a recent National Enquirer issue (with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers of Hart to Hart on the cover, following the dea...

A Viacom Presentation - "The V Of Doom" (1982)

Views: 4831

Here's an example of the Viacom "V of Doom" as it is known - this one in extra creepy black and white. (from an episode of The Twilight Zone)

The logo that launched a thousand mid-afternoon nightmares.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1982.

WBBM Channel 2 - Station Sign-On, SSB & Meditation (1979)

Views: 5228

Here's a rare sign-on sequence from WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Roughly 6 seconds of EIA RS-189A color bars, followed by 5 seconds of black

"Color Lightning" animated station ID (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Sign-on with same shot of Chicago skyline as on this circa-1978 sign-off (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

National Anthem (a.k.a. "CBS SSB"), with shots of variou...

Hall of Fame Books (Commercial Offer, 1985)

Views: 1362

Here's a commercial offer for Hall of Fame books - those illustrated, comic book style editions of historical tales, classics and biographies, for kids.

From National Express / Academic Industries, Inc.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1985.

Frank Sinatra For Multiple Sclerosis (PSA, 1981)

Views: 888

Here's a PSA featuring the Chairman of the Board - not of the NMSS, no the real deal - it's Frank Sinatra speaking on behalf of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

"FS for MS"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.

Hula Hoop by Wham-O (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2035

Here's a commercial for the Hula-Hoop, that toy which is so ubiquitous you forgot it was actually invented at one time.

This ad features Mat Plendl, who at 13 years old was the US National Hula Hoop Champion and is still hoopin' right along to this day.

"With Shoop-Shoop sound"

This aired on local Nashville TV Friday, August 12th 1977 during the 5:00pm to 5:30pm timeframe.

WBNG Channel 12 - Station Sign-Off (1984)

Views: 5271

Here's a station sign-off for WBNG Channel 12 in Binghamton / Elmira, NY.

This aired right after The CBS Late Movie presentation of the 1978 made-for-TV film "Three on a Date" (originally aired on the ABC Network on February 17th 1978, directed by Bill Bixby and with an all-star cast including June Allyson, Loni Anderson [pre-WKRP in Cincinnati], Ray Bolger, John Byner, Geoff Edwards, Carol Lawrence, Meredith MacRae, Rick Nelson . . . and Forbesy Russell [of