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Fair Housing Center - "Get What You Want" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 787

Here's a commercial for the Fair Housing Center of Home Investments Fund (HIF) - featuring some not so great singing.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.

Center Video - "Atari!" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3655

Here's a commercial for Center Video advertising their Atari 2600 deals.

Voiceover by Linn Burton (of Bert Weinman Ford fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981.

WCIU Channel 26 - Smile Center (Commercial, 1985?)

Views: 957

Here is a commercial in Spanish for a dentist's office - Smile Center - on WCIU Channel 26. Is that the same lady in the Meystel's Warehouse commercial?

Located at 30 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago and 821 Howard Street in Evanston.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape.

Activision - Barnstorming (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1311

Here is a commercial for the Activision video game "Barnstorming" for the Atari 2600.

Available at:

American Sales (Calumet City)
Center Video Center - All Stores

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 29th 1982.

WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 6pm (Part 2, 1974)

Views: 2995

Here's Part 2 of a complete edition of the TV 2 News at 6pm on WBBM Channel 2 with anchor Bob Wallace. Also featuring John Callaway and Christopher (Chris) Wallace. Includes:

Bob introduces a report by John Callaway about a hearing conducted by the Illinois Legislature's Insurance Subcommittee at the uptown center of Hull House, on the high fire insurance rates for slum buildings; speakers featured in this report include attorney Fred Cohen and Maryilou Hedlund, Alderw...

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center - Strangers Can Mean Danger (PSA, 1984)

Views: 1676

Here's a fairly eerie animated public service announcement for children's safety.

Produced by: Media Resources and Security and Special Services Department - Mercy Hospital and Medical Center - Chicago, Illinois. This Message was Funded by: Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, Chicago Cook County, Criminal Justice Commission and Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

"You like candy?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, Fe...

Illinois Bell Phone Center Store - "Ring In The Holidays With Bell" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1725

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Bell Phone Center Store - showing some gift ideas.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982.

Wheaton Rental Center - "Lawn & Garden Tent Sale" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1564

Here's a commercial for Wheaton Rental Center featuring a sale on Honda lawnmowers, rototillers, and generators, which took place Friday, May 14th and Saturday, May 15th 1982. Located at 908 Roosevelt Road in Wheaton.

Voiceover by Merri Dee.

This aired on local Chicago TV on (most likely) Thursday, May 13th 1982.

Center Video (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1849

Here's a commercial for Center Video which had locations in Chicago at 777 West Diversey and at 5565 North Elston, as well as in the suburbs Crystal Lake, Skokie, Buffalo Grove, Villa Park, and Oak Lawn.

Voiceover by Linn Burton (of Bert Weinman Ford fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 24th 1982.