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WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Commercial Break #2, 1981)

Views: 1256

Here's the second commercial break from the ABC Movie Special presentation of "Rudolph and Frosty" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

"Rudolph and Frosty" bumper (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Commercial: A cool holiday themed one for Atari video games - with scenes of people inside playing Atari games while snow is falling outside, set to a synthesized version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (voiceover by ??) - (C) 1981 Atari, Inc.

Theatrical tra...

Dungeons & Dragons - "Products Of Your Imagination" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2156

Here's a cool partially animated commercial for the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game by TSR.

Voiceover by the inimitable Ken Nordine.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 20th 1983.

Don't Tip The Waiter (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 4145

Here's a commercial for the board game Don't Tip the Waiter - by Colorforms.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 9th 1981.

Parker Brothers - Clue (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1389

Here's a commercial for the classic board game "Clue" by Parker Brothers.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 28th 1979.

Numbers Up By Milton Bradley (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 737

Here's a commercial for the Numbers Up game by Milton Bradley.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.

Pacific Stereo - "Go Bears!" (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 824

Here's a commercial for Pacific Stereo featuring a whale and promoting excitement over the Bears' Super Bowl appearance.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 24th 1986. (Two days before the big game!)

Field Communications - "Scanimated" (ID, 1978)

Views: 1175

Here is the updated animated Field Communications ID, created to replace the earlier static version seen at the beginning of this clip here. (We even have a San Francisco version of the old-style ID)

This ID was seen on all of the Field stations, often accompanied by a voiceover (by Darwin Gillette) denoting the particular city it wa...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 6, 1978)

Views: 732

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Here's Part 6 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Terry Murphy, Norman Mark, WLS Channel 7 News Director Jim McFarland(sp?), David Finney and Bob Wallace.

Mr. McFarland(sp?) accepted on behalf of Bill Jackson who won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Children's Programming: For a Ser...

WTTW Channel 11 - The Channel Eleven Moviebreak - "Banana Peel" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 1643

Here's the opening of The Channel Eleven Moviebreak presentation of the 1963 film "Banana Peel" (starring Jeanne Moreau and Jean Paul Belmondo, with Claude Brasseur, Jean Pierre Marielle, Alain Cuny, and Gert Frobe) on WTTW Channel 11. Includes:

"Made possible by" notice, with billboard for LaSalle National Bank (voiceover by Marty Robinson)

"11 Chicago" station ID with picture of yellow flower (voiceover by Don Ferris)

The Channel Eleve...