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Totten for Lieutenant Governor (Political Ad, 1982)
Views: 863
Here's a political ad from Illinois State Senator Donald L. Totten who is touting his run for Lieutenant Governor in the run-up to the March 16th Republican primary. He describes his time working as the Illinois campaign manager for Ronald Reagan's 1980 Presidential run, how he enacted the same kind of reforms that Reagan had as governor of California - and how he intends to do so in the Lieutenant Governor's office.
Paid for by Totten Campaign Committee.
Voiceo...
Lees Carpet - "Live the Life of LEES" (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 916
Here's a commercial for Lees Carpet. Made Better By Burlington.
(C) Burlington Industries, Inc. 1982.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, March 11th 1982.
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Old Dracula" (Promo, 1982)
Views: 1215
Here's a brief promo for the upcoming 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1974 film "Old Dracula" starring David Niven on WLS Channel 7, to air on Wednesday, June 23rd.
Main voiceover by Ernie Anderson. Ending voiceover by Al Parker.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, June 22nd 1982 a little before 4:30pm.
WFLD Channel 32 - Tennessee Tuxedo (Ending, 1980)
Views: 2089
Ah, another teeny-tiny glimpse of glorious WFLD-TV kids programming from the late-seventies / early-eighties. Sure wish this guy let the tape run out, considering this was the last thing he recorded on the tape. But alas, he had to preserve 5-10 minutes of blank tape for 35 years. ;-)
Here's the ending moments of an episode of Tennessee Tuxedo on WFLD Channel 32.
A note on naming, from our researcher Chris Tufts: "As I recall WFLD billed ...
KMIR Channels 6 & 36 - Station ID (1986)
Views: 2252
Not from Chicago, but still of interest - here's a station ID for KMIR Channels 6 and 36 in Palm Springs, California, affiliated then as now with NBC. (Channel 36 is the main channel, Channel 6 was its cable TV dial position; the '6' ID remained part of their logo up until the end of 2013.)
Voiceover by ??
"Your NBC station, serving all the communities of the magnificent desert empire."
This aired on local Palm Springs TV on Tuesday, June 2...
WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "PSI Factor" (Partial Short Promo, 1983)
Views: 1691
Here's an almost complete 10-second promo for Son of Svengoolie on WFLD Channel 32 where the movie that week was "PSI Factor". (the only time he aired that film)
In reference that this aired on New Year's Day, notice the noisemaker horn in Sven's hand.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 1st 1983.
Views: 2021
Here's a little technical difficulty moment from The 3:00 Movie presentation of the 1969 film "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Tail end of commercial for Mountain Dew soda - "Give Me a Dew"
3:00 Movie "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" bumper
Film transmission comes in before the start, with a brief showing of a frame reading: DRAC R-2, with an upside-down '3', before the next part of the film commences...
Omnibot by Tomy (Commercial, 1985)
Views: 1482
Here's a commercial for Omnibot from Tomy.
Here, remote-controlled robots make like ordinary human beings in various situations (around swimming pools, at old Western saloons, and waiting for subways), all at the touch of a hand or through a programmer which takes ordinary audio cassette tapes.
These were way-expensive to buy when I was a kid (or at least the Omnibot 2000 was) but I did have a friend who had the Verbot, a cheaper version also from Tomy.<...
7up - "UNdo It At the Disco" (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 949
Here's a commercial for 7up, with a disco theme.
This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, October 28th 1978 during the 7:00pm to 9:00pm timeframe.