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WLS Channel 7 - Special Report - "No School Bailout" (1980)

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Here's a special report on WLS Channel 7 interrupting normal programming momentarily - at least they waited until the end of a commercial. :-) Includes:

Ending of a commercial for Long Chevrolet in Elmhurst - champagne party for first Chevrolet of the 1980s (voiceover by ??)

Special Report (voiceover by Mike Rapchak, who identified himself at the end of this report) about a report from Eyewitness News' Hugh Hill about Governor James Thompson's adjournment of a ...

WLS Channel 7 - "Seven's On Your Side" (Station ID, 1981)

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Here's a station ID slide for WLS Channel 7 with their "Seven's On Your Side" slogan.

Voiceover by Janice Gears Kos.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 27th 1981 at 11:15pm.

Maximum Strength Tylenol Sinus Medication - "Sinus Headache Case History #7" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 435

Here's a commercial for Maximum Strength Tylenol Sinus Medication. This ad spotlights "Sinus Headache Case History #7," Charlene Paoli of Chicago, who had sinus headaches (sinusitis) since her early teens. (This airing also fell one year prior to the infamous tampering incident that led to a lasting change in the packaging of Tylenol products.)

Voiceover by Phil Tonken (longtime staff announcer for WOR Channel 9 in New York City, for those in the Chicago area who were getting...

Heath English Toffee - "When Was the Last Time You Had a Heath?" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 630

Here's a commercial for Heath English Toffee candy bar (with milk chocolate), with a truck driver looking at signs on the road (arranged a la the old Burma Shave signs) asking "When Was The Last Time You Had Your Favorite Candy Bar?" and then a Heath bar on his dashboard mirror, leading to him crashing off the road and into a truck stop.

(C) 1981 L.S. Heath & Sons, Inc.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 27th 1981 during the 10:45pm to 11:15pm ti...

Cheker Gas with Gale Sayers (Commercial #2, 1981)

Views: 3155

Here's another commercial for Cheker Gas (not Checker) featuring football legend Gale Sayers, here promoting their self-service stations. (The other Cheker ad featuring the onetime Chicago Bears gridiron great can be seen here.)

"Gas is good - price is right."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 27th 1981 during the 10:45pm to 11:15pm timeframe.

Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Studebaker Theatre (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 757

Here's a commercial for Vinnette Carroll's Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago, which at the time of this airing was held over for one more week. The commercial was made during its 1976-78 run on Broadway in New York City. (The reference to the original cast album on ABC Records at the end of this commercial is a clue as to its production origin, as by 1981 ABC Records no longer existed, having been sold by the network in 1979 to, and its artist r...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4:30pm - "The Practical Theater Company" (1982)

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Here's a look at a small repertory company called "The Practical Theater Company" that was spotlighted by critic-at-large John Callaway on an edition of Eyewitness News at 4:30pm on WLS Channel 7.

This segment was entered for submission to the Chicago Emmys, as evidenced at the start of this clip by a title card with the Emmy symbol and the words: "WLS-TV 7 - NATAS Emmy Entry - 10B - Individual Excellence, Non-Performing."

The Practical Theater Company, ...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4:30pm - "Chicago Goes Hollywood" (1982)

Views: 2718

Here's a report called "Chicago Goes Hollywood," on former Chicago natives and area residents who later moved to Hollywood and varying degrees of fame, that was introduced by co-anchor Tim Weigel and reported by John Callaway on an edition of Eyewitness News at 4:30pm on WLS Channel 7.

Intermixed with the sights of the L.A. area (with shots of such landmarks as Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Walks of Fame for the likes of Mickey Mouse, Glen Campbell and Claire Trevor, the Be...

Italian Dance Party (Record Offer, 1984)

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Here's a record offer commercial for Italian Dance Party, featuring disco-fied versions of such familiar all-time Italian hits as "Arrivederci Roma," "More," "O Sole Mio," "Mama," "Come Back to Sorrento," "Tarantella," "Amena E Core," "C'e'la Luna," "Volare," "Non Pensare a Me," "Theme from 'The Godfather'," "Scusa Me," "Quando, Quando, Quando," "I Have But One Heart," "Kiss Me," "Santa Lucia," "Al Di La," "Come Prima," "Tra Veglia E Sonno" and "Mala Femmina," as performed by the Festa...