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Empire Carpets - "Free Phone" (Commercial, 1984)
Views: 1674
Here's another Empire Carpets commercial, this one touting a free push-button phone (Ooooh!) for their 25th Aniversary. (So they started in 1959 - Holy Cow).
It sounds like they use a different version of the jingle at the end of this one. Could this be the "classic" version - brought out for the Anniversary? (Sounds very similar to the version that Rich Koz parodied in the Son of Svengoolie sketch, "Vampire Carpets".)
This commercial aired on local Chicago TV...
Dominick's Finer Foods - "Sliced Corn King Bologna" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2036
Here's a quick commercial for Dominick's Finer Foods, with a sale on Sliced Corn King Bologna in their deli section. Good through February 13th.
Voiceover by Lloyd Hanson.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 7th 1980.
WCFL AM 1000 - "One Grand Place To Be!" (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 3161
Here's a WCFL AM 1000 commercial finally - unfortunately it's one when the station was limping it's way out. Featuring local residents:
Mike Faletti of Woodridge
Geri Cassan of Steger
Richard Spoo of Palos Park
Ilene Herr of Naperville
Alice Ryan of Schaumburg
Bruce Klestad of Hawthorne Woods
John Bates of Steger
Virginia Watson of Lake Zurich
This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, September 14th 1983.
Fox Valley Center - "Follow the Fox" (Commercial, 1975)
Views: 1214
Here's an early commercial (possibly the first?) for Fox Valley Center in Aurora (which had just opened in 1975), featuring an animated fox as he hides behind a tree, snacks at a table and emerges with various items, with an admonition to "just follow the Fox." Harris Bank - "Free Hubert Alarm Clock" (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 1626 Here's a commercial (with a young red-headed girl) for Harris Bank's free offer of an alarm clock with their lion mascot Hubert, for people who put in $250 or more into their Harris bank account. Or a stuffed Hubert doll for only $4.95. Offer expires October 12th.
Fox Valley Center is now known as just Fox Valley Mall, and was formerly Westfield Fox Valley.
Two later commercials for this mall, both from 1983, can be found
This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, September 30th 1979 at a couple minutes before 11:00pm.
Parker Brothers - Star Wars: Jedi Arena (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 1664
Here's a commercial for the Parker Brothers Star Wars: Jedi Arena video game for the Atari 2600 VCS.
"Parker Brothers - The Ones To Beat"
This aired on local Chicago TV in February 1983. (1982 Copyright)
Cheker Gas with Gale Sayers (Commercial #2, 1981)
Views: 3147
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.
WTTW Channel 11 - The Captioned ABC News (1978)
Views: 2218
Here's the first ten minutes of The Captioned ABC News on WTTW Channel 11, which was a replay of the evening's edition of World News Tonight that had aired earlier (at 5:30pm) on WLS Channel 7. The anchors were Max Robinson in Chicago, Peter Jennings in London (on assignment) and Frank Reynolds in Washington, with commentary by Howard K. Smith, and Barbara Walters with a special report (alas, of these five, only Reynolds and Robinson are the ones with significant airtime; the o...
Chis-An-Bop with Fred MacMurray (Commercial Offer, 1979)
Views: 8820
Here's a commercial offer for Chis-An-Bop, a Korean-derived means of calculating math for children ages 5-13 which involves using their fingers. With Fred MacMurray and two children, Debbie and Brad, who demonstrate a few examples of Chis-An-Bop at work. Comes with a book and option for record (or, as he put it, "phonograph sound disc") or cassette.
"As Seen on National TV Talk Shows"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 2nd 1979.