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Atari 2600 - "Play It!" (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 1623
Here's an early commercial for the Atari 2600 VCS (Video Computer System) featuring shots from the Atari Star Ship, Black Jack, and Basketball cartridges - and featuring the celebrities Carol Channing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Only 20 cartridges were available at the time.
"Don't Just Watch Television Tonight - Play It!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 26th 1978.
WMET 95 and a Half FM (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 6066
Here's a commercial for WMET 95 and a Half FM - Chicago's Classic Rock.
It says (C)1981 Metromedia Broadcasting - same people that bought WFLD a year or so later?
Funny how even an album like Steely Dan's Gaucho would be considered "Classic" even though it was only released less than a year prior to this commercial airing. Instant classic, I guess.
This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Friday, August 28nd 1981.
Pampers - "Twice As Dry" (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 2496
Here's one of those Pampers diapers commercials from the 70's where they sit the kid's wet butt down on some paper. Yechhh... ;-)
This one features Sara Jane Whitman (Sara Ramos) as the baby. As she wrote to us in May of 2009:
"Here's my story: I have two older brothers, identical twins, and my mom had an agent trying to help get them into commercials. For whatever reason they weren't selected for any commercials (though I think one was in a TIDE commerc...
Zorba With Anthony Quinn At The Arie Crown Theatre (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 1423
Here's a commercial for the musical "Zorba" featuring Anthony Quinn (reprising his role from the film Zorba the Greek) at the Arie Crown Theatre - March 22nd 1983 through April 17th 1983.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 9th 1983.
WLS Musicradio 89 - Larry Lujack - "Animal Stories" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 4438
Here's a fun promo for Larry Lujack and his "Animal Stories" with Little Tommy mornings on WLS Musicradio 89.
These were the glory days of Chicago Radio. :-)
This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, April 7th, 1980.
WFLD Channel 32 - Oak Park Village Mall (Commercial #3, 1976)
Views: 1385
Here's one more short 10 second spot for the Oak Park Village Mall. Remember this? When they blocked off Lake Street and created an outdoor "mall" much in the way they did with State Street?
This was produced at WFLD Channel 32 during the Kaiser Broadcasting Company days, and was directed by Don Shannon. It was recorded on 6-30-76.
This likely aired on local Chicago TV in July of 1976.
WXRT 93.1 FM - "Give Our Rock A Listen!" (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 2585
Here's a commercial for radio station WXRT 93.1 FM.
"Chicago's Finest Rock" (and finest boom mike)
Featuring actor/musician Rick Pickren as the WXRT spokesman. Check out his website - BigStrikeMusic.com.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.
WFYR 103 And A Half FM - "Quick Knock" (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 1279
Here's a shorter version of the animated commercial for the radio station WFYR 103 and a Half FM (103.5). It pretty much repeats the last 10 seconds of the full version.
Features Paul McCartney and Wings' "Let 'em In".
"A Station And A Half"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.
WFYR 103.5 - "Chicago's Warmest Rock" (Commercial, 1984)
Views: 3057
Here's another commercial for the radio station WFYR 103.5 FM.
"Chicago's Warmest Rock" (Not hot, just warm apparently)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, May 27th 1984.