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Chicago White Sox - "Bat Day with Bobby Bonds" (Promo, 1978)
Views: 2860
Here's a Chicago White Sox promo for White Sox / Coca-Cola Bat Day on Sunday, April 9th at (the original) Comiskey Park, during the White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox matchup. Featuring Bobby Bonds (whose son, Barry Bonds, later became a home-run legend himself) with a young fan.
"If you're one of the first 15,000 kids under 14, and accompanied by a paid adult, you will get a Bobby Bonds-style Little League bat - just like this one, compliments of Coke and the White Sox."
Atari Video Computer System with Pete Rose, Pele & Don Knotts (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 2640
Here's a commercial for the Atari Video Computer System with 20 cartridges available and 1,300 game variations. Featuring baseball's "Charlie Hustle," Pete Rose, promoting the Atari Home Run Cartridge; soccer legend Pele promoting the Atari Air Sea Battle Cartridge; and Don Knotts, inside a prison cell (presumably not the one featured in Scared Straight!), promoting the Atari Breakout Cartridge.
Voiceover by ??
"Don't just watch television tonight - pl...
WSNS Channel 44 - Chicago Wrestling with Bob Luce - Ben's Auto Sales (Sponsorship Tag, 1980)
Views: 3117
Here's a sponsorship tag at the end of an airing of Chicago Wrestling from Ben's Auto Sales - 5858 South Western Avenue featuring Bob Luce, legendary wrestling promoter and pitchman.
Bob also teases a Wrestling event at the Hammond Civic Center, Saturday, October 18th 1980 at 8:30pm (doors open at 6:30!) between Bruiser and Brody (?)
Background music is the Disco Star Wars Theme by Meco
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WVON 1390 AM - "We Are Family" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 2568
This station has a bit of a confusing history, but it now occupies the frequency 1690 AM.
WVON was a "heritage" station to Chicago's black community featuring great Black air personalities like Lucky Cordell, Bruce Brown, Herb Kent "the cool gent", Yvonne Daniels and many others. WVON became well-known outside the Chicago area as well. Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, sent every song he produced immediately to WVON before any other station. Other similar stations ...
Burger King - "Broiling Vs. Frying" with Elisabeth Shue (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 3047
Here's another Burger King commercial with future film star Elisabeth Shue, in which she explains that, according to a poll, flame-broiling beats frying by a 3-to-1 ratio - and Burger King does the former.
(Other Burger King commercials with Ms. Shue can be found here and here.)
She can butter my burger any day.
WBBM Channel 2 - Fright Night (Opening, 1971-72)
Views: 1554
Here's the opening sequence for WBBM Channel 2's stab at a horror movie showcase, Fright Night.
This opening was created by Jim Talbot.
Jim recalls:
"I had designed and animated the wbbm station break for Hal Biard, who was head of promotion for channel 2. He liked it and asked me to do something for their fright night late night movie.
I was a one man operation back then (still am) working from the back porch of an editing compan...
Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Studebaker Theatre (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 763
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...
Carol Buick, Toyota, Subaru & DeLorean with Professor Corey (Commercial, 1981)
Views: 919
Here's a commercial for Carol Buick, Toyota, Subaru & DeLorean in Evanston which had just moved into a larger space and so they were updating their address from the previous 1033 Chicago Avenue to 1033-1130 Chicago Avenue in Evanston.
Featuring "Professor" Irwin Corey, the comedian who also appeared on the original Svengoolie show back in the early seventies at least a few times.
National Fashions (Commercial, 1976)
Views: 952
Here's another commercial for National Clothing Fashions. With locations in the Loop at 26 West Randolph Street - West of the Oriental Theatre, 3138 North Lincoln Avenue, and 6348 South Halsted Street.
Music sounds to be an instrumental of Yes' Roundabout.
Previously we saw commercials from National Clothes from 1979,