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WJPC AM 95 - "Down Goes Joyner" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1387

Here's a quick commercial for WJPC AM 95 featuring Muhammad Ali, Tom Joyner, and LaDonna Tittle.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 31st 1978 during the 3:30pm to 5pm timeframe.

WOR Channel 9 - "Color Trails" (Station ID, 1979)

Views: 3177

Ok, it's not THAT Channel 9, but thought it looked cool anyway - these people must have had an early cable system here that picked this up. It's an animated station ID for WOR Channel 9 in New York.

This aired on Chicago TV (via Cable) likely in October of 1979.

Nestle Quik - "Bunny Loves Atari" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2491

Here's a commercial for Nestle Quik chocolate milk mix featuring the Quik Bunny rabbit playing the Atari 2600 VCS.

"No one can say no to Quik" (Hmm...sounds vaguely like a threat)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 23rd 1983.

Shutan Camera (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1031

Here's a commercial for Shutan Camera featuring their jingle. Located at 153 West Wacker Drive - on Wacker Drive at LaSalle Street.

"Since 1918"

I believe that's Al Parker doing the voiceover.

This aired on local Chicago TV on early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

Richard M. Daley - "Help from Mom" (Political Ad, 1983)

Views: 1531

And now, in the interest of equal time, FuzzyMemories presents a political advertisement for Richard M. Daley. Here his mother Sis Daley speaks about his accomplishments. Unfortunately, it would take Mr. Daley another 6 years before he would regain the family throne.

This ad aired on local Chicago television on Wednesday, February 2nd 1983.

Paid for by the Richard M. Daley Campaign Committee. (The "M" stands for Mayor)

Meineke Discount Mufflers - "Seven Years" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3505

Here's a commercial for Meineke Discount Mufflers featuring Molly, a feathered-hair, early-eighties hottie wielding a mallet to needlessly break a mirror.

"Meineke Discount Mufflers Shatters Prices!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 15th 1982. (1980 Copyright)

WLS Channel 7 - "The Late Night Movie" (Shorter Opening, 1987)

Views: 2903

By early 1987 WLS was in the final months of using this version of the opening which it had used for so long. Time=Money, so they had to shorten it up a bit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 20th 1987.

Neediest Families Christmas Fund (Local PSA, 1978)

Views: 1521

Here's a quick local public service announcement for the Neediest Families Christmas Fund.

Voiceover by Bob Carrington.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 18th 1978.

WSNS Channel 44 - Al Lerner Sports - "So Long..." (Part 1, 1971)

Views: 4736

Here's Part 1 of the final episode of Al Lerner Sports on WSNS Channel 44. Lerner was the station's first sportscaster, and would go on to a long career with such stations as WLS Channel 7, WMAQ Channel 5, WGN Radio 720 and WSCR-AM, as well as being a wrestling announcer. Also featuring a young (and at this point, moustacheless) Tim Weigel, then a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, who himself would become a familiar face on Chicago television, working for all three...