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ON TV - "The Cat And The Canary" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 1907

Here's the opening for the ON TV presentation of the Bob Hope movie "The Cat and the Canary". Includes the ON TV logo animation at the beginning, but curiously, no MPAA ratings notice. It couldn't be that it's just an innocuous G-rated film, because they would show the rating even when it was G. Strange.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 13th 1982 at 8:30pm.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Svenford & Son" (1979)

Views: 820

Here's an early segment from Son of Sven - "Svenford & Son" (parody of the show "Sanford & Son")

Not sure what episode this was from but it was an early one.

This first aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the latter half of 1979.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Horror Of Dracula" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 1663

Here's the opening to Son of Sven episode number 214 where he was showing the film "Horror Of Dracula".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, August 20th 1983.

Burger King - "A Crucial Question" with Elisabeth Shue (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 3647

Here's another commercial for Burger King featuring Elisabeth Shue.

She can butter my burger any day.

"Aren't you hungry for Burger King now?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 2nd 1984.

Tic Tac With Ally Sheedy (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1701

Here's a commercial for Tic Tacs breath mints featuring yet another appearance of a young, pre-fame Ally Sheedy. (and that guy from Revenge of the Nerds)

Not to mention that the commercial is completely insane. ;-)

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

WCIU Channel 26 - "English Superman" (Station ID, 1982?)

Views: 1556

Here is another Station ID (but this time in English!) for WCIU Channel 26.

Music used is the theme from the Superman movie. (Gee, I wonder who copied who?)

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1982 seems a good estimate.

Epson HX-20 Notebook Computer (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3284

Here's another commercial which shows how far we've come in computers - for the Epson HX-20 notebook computer - the first "laptop".

If you ever want to print out a receipt for something, you're set.

Features actor Stephen Furst of "Animal House" fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 18th 1982.

Texas Instruments - "Little Professor" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1823

Here's a commercial for the Texas Instruments Little Professor and Dataman educational calculators, as well as the TI-30 and The Great International Math on Keys Book.

I believe the kid at the beginning is Jeremy Licht, who was in Twilight Zone: The Movie as well as The Hogan Family TV series (A.K.A. Valerie's Family)

"Innovators in Personal Electronics"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 8th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2331

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from the movie "Meet me in St. Louis" with Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 19th 1979.