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Keystone Chevrolet - "The Busy Bee Dealer" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 3192
Here's a commercial for Keystone Chevrolet - The Busy Bee Dealer - at 4501 West Irving Park Road. (now at that location - Prime Cable of Chicago)
B-Burt Rodsky's? I can't make out what he's saying.
"Honey of a deal!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 1st 1980.
Ray Hara's King Datsun - "Fight The Inflation Monster" (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 2875
Here's another commercial for Ray Hara's King Datsun (formerly) at 740 Busse Highway in Park Ridge, IL.
I hope the Inflation Monster doesn't come back any time soon - it's not looking too good right now though.
Voiceover by Clif Mercer.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.
Service Chevrolet (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 2247
Here's a commercial for Service Chevrolet. They were located in Elmwood Park at 2828 North Harlem Avenue at Diversey.
This place later became Jim Solway Chevrolet.
(audio was really low so I had to boost it which accounts for the hiss)
"And we service what we sell!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 16th 1979.
WTTW Channel 11 - Wild Chicago - "Good Health" (Part 3, 1991)
Views: 1593
Here is Part Three of "Good Health In" Wild Chicago on WTTW Channel 11. Featuring Ben Hollis as host. I believe this was a compilation of segments from earlier shows all with a health-related theme. Includes:
Psychic Mike Kurban at 4328 North Lincoln Avenue.
Lincoln Turners Gymnasium and Pool at 1019 West Diversey. [note: Al Beradino writes in to add, "Today the gym is called the Lincoln Park Athletic Club. Before Lincoln Turner it was the American Colleg...
Courtesy Home Center (Commercial, 1984)
Views: 3090
Here is a commercial for the defunct, pre-Home-Depot home-improvement chain. Did they have stores outside of the Chicagoland area?
Ahh...so many memories of going to the one next to Forest Park Mall with my Dad as a kid, looking for a wooden shim or some kind of junk, and being incredibly bored. :-)
This aired on local Chicago TV in October of 1984.
The Baby Doll Polka Club (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 3808
Here's a commercial for The Baby Doll Polka Club - at 7315 South Western Avenue - Eddie and Irene Korosa's bar that featured live Polka music every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This spot aired regularly during "Eddie Korosa's Polka Party" on WCIU Channel 26.
She also advertises their radio show Sundays from 4-6pm on WOPA AM 1490. According to Wikipedia, "In the early 70s Sonderling Broadcasting bought the station WOPA-AM. The call letters WOPA stood for The Oak Park Arms,...
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.
WBMX "Progressive" FM 103 (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 4609
Here's a saucy commercial for WBMX - "Progressive" FM 103.
The call letters WBMX (standing for Black Music EXperience), were originally assigned to 102.7 on the FM dial in Oak Park/Chicago Illinois from 1973 to 1988. (That station frequency is now home to R&B station WVAZ - better known as V-103). In 1991, the call letters WBMX were assigned to 98.5 on the FM dial in the Boston area.
Contains some quick clips of the Chicago White Sox.
This aired o...
Steven's Bedding (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 1950
Here's a commercial for Steven's Bedding. 20 locations - Bolingbrook, Niles, Schaumburg, Libertyville, Matteson, Wheeling, Orland Park, Lombard, Brookfield, North Riverside, and Bridgeview.
Featuring actress Ellie Weingardt.
"Wake up Chicagoland...Wake Up To The Steven's Price!"
This aired on local Chicago TV in November 1983.