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Aldi Foods - "Goodness Guaranteed" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2188
Here's another vintage commercial for Aldi Foods. The previous one we saw was similar and incomplete.
Featuring actress Margaret Travolta as the wife, and actor Robert J. ("Bob") Jones as the husband.
Notes: Margaret Travolta is the Sister of Actor John Travolta and has appeared in many television shows. Bob Jones used to be Chicago's Ronald McDonald back in the early 70's. He has appear...
WPWR Channel 60 - Music Video 60 - "Get Well Fast Michael" (1984)
Views: 1960
Here's a message from WPWR "Music Video 60" urging get-well wishes for Michael Jackson after he suffered severe burns to his head in an accident while filming a Pepsi-Cola commercial. This message - "Get Well Fast Michael, From WPWR-TV 60" - aired frequently on the lower-third screen during the course of the showing of the video for his massive hit "Billie Jean" (which they misspelled as "Billy Jean").
TECHNICAL NOTE: One of the audio channels of this track is missing,...
ON TV - "Coming Soon" (Promos, 1981)
Views: 1720
Here are some promos from ON TV. Includes:
Ending of "It's My Turn".
ON TV "Coming" graphic
Trailer for "The Formula" starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando (with "Monday ON TV - Consult your guide" on-screen graphic)
The Rolling Stones Live in Concert (Simulcast on WLS AM & FM) on Friday, December 18th.
ON TV Subscription Television ID (voiceover by WSNS' former General Manager/Announcer Mal Wyman)
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WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Punchy Cowpunchers" (Commercial Break #2, 1979)
Views: 1601
(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)
Here is Commercial Break #2 for the short "Punchy Cowpunchers" during an episode of The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. (Break #3 was previously posted here) Includes:
WFLD Three Stooges bumper
WFLD Sanford & Son promo (voiceover by Ron Beattie)
The Greatest of Jer...
WFLD Channel 32 - Eight O'Clock Movie - "Stalag 17" (Opening, 1981)
Views: 2416
Here is the opening of the Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "Stalag 17" on WFLD Channel 32. Also includes the pre-emption notice of the Richard Simmons Show at the beginning. (Funny side-note: The "Eight O'Clock Movie" for this night actually began at 7:30pm) Chicago White Sox - "Na-Na Hey-Hey Goodbye" (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 5320 Here's a memorable commercial for the White Sox - featuring fans singing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam, first popularized during White Sox games by team organist, Nancy Faust. Featuring a young Kathy Griffin (in her first acting job, years before making it big as a comedian and TV personality) wearing braids and Sox hat and playing a kazoo, all the way at the far left of the screen in the second row around :15 (among the attendant Sox fans), and Theodore "Ted" Noose as the traffi...
Great movie. If you haven't seen it - rent it this weekend! :-)
This was the earlier version of the Eight O'Clock Movie graphics - you can see the later version
WFLD Channel 32 - The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life (Break #3, 1975)
Views: 1898
Here is Commercial Break #3 of The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life on WFLD Channel 32. (In Black and White, unfortunately) Includes:
Quasar TVs - at Nelson Brothers Furniture (with jingle!)
Shrinky Dinks - The Entire Family
Identifax Security System - Burglary Prevention Kit (featuring an Ex-Burglar) (Voiceover during ordering information is Bud Kelly, right?)
This aired on local Chicago TV likely in the first couple months of...
WLUP - The Loop FM 98 - "Lorelei's Rock Show" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 4506
Here's a commercial for WLUP - The Loop - FM 98 (97.9), taking place at a rock concert with Lorelei the Loop Girl lip-synching to such tunes as "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin, "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush, "Refugee" by Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers, and "Who Are You?" by The Who - and backed by the station's air talent of the time including Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (on a Hofner violin-style "Beatle" bass, Bruce Carey, Mitch Michaels, and Sky Daniels, all on stage as...
WTTW Channel 11 - The Storyteller - "The Case of the Cat's Meow" (1969)
Views: 1914
Here's another rare episode of The Storyteller on WTTW Channel 11, hosted by Val Bettin. This was Episode #54, a reading of the book "The Case of the Cat's Meow" by Crosby Bonsall (read by permission of the publisher, Harper & Row, which put the book out in their "I Can Read" series), from a 3/4" dub of the original 2" quad master tape, recorded on February 22nd 1969. This was also one of WTTW's early color productions.
Includes:
Brief shot of production...