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The Star Wars Holiday Special - "This Minute" (Part 4, 1978)

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Here's Part 4 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Mermeia (Diahann Carroll) singing "This Minute" to Chewbacca's father Itchy through the Mind Evaporator. Oh, also Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) looking awkward.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

St. Joseph Cough Syrup for Children - "It Helps Put the Cough to Sleep" (Commercial, 1974)

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Here's a commercial for St. Joseph Cough Syrup for Children (with cherry taste), telling the story of a Mrs. Moore whose son had a bad cough and took St. Joseph before going to sleep; as the voiceover mentions, St. Joseph "has the best non-narcotic cough suppressant in a formula effective for children."

"Use only as directed."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 12th 1974.

Lincoln Carpeting (Commercial, 1979)

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Here is a vintage Lincoln Carpeting commercial from 1979 - starring the legendary Al Parker - the voice of WLS-TV for most of the 1980's.

Notice there's no Lincoln jingle - had they started using it yet?

"Bright Orange Carpeting - for the Living Room!" :-)

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979. (28 years ago today!!!)

Son Of Svengoolie - "Halloween Draculathon" (Opening, 1979)

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Here is the opening for the Son of Svengoolie "Halloween Draculathon" - a five and a half hour special where Sven showed the films "Dracula", "Dracula's Daughter", and "House of Dracula". This was episode number 19 of the show.

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, October 27th 1979.

The Star Wars Holiday Special - "Goodnight But Not Goodbye" (Part 9, 1978)

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Here's Part 9 of The Star Wars Holiday Special which features Ackmena the bar keep (Bea Arthur) singing "Goodnight But Not Goodbye".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.

Bubble Fudge With Johnny Bench (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for Bubble Fudge soft bubble gum from Super Bazooka - featuring Johnny Bench and his nephew Timmy.

Music composed by Michael Small.

"Even if you can't blow bubbles - fudge it."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 14th 1979.

Screen Gems - "The Scratchy 'S' From Hell" (1979)

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Here's an example of the memorable mid-60s Screen Gems animated "S From Hell" logo. This particularly dirty-looking print came at the end of an episode of I Dream of Jeannie on good ol' WGN Channel 9.

For my money, still not as freaky as the Viacom " V of Doom".

Synthesized music riff by Eric Siday.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December ...

WFLD Channel 32 - America 2 Night (Bumper Excerpt #2, 1978)

Views: 760

Here's a brief glimpse at a commercial bumper from America 2 Night on WFLD Channel 32 from 1978 - the waning months of the Kaiser era!

This one is very quick - but you can see it features Happy Kyne.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, April 10th 1978.

McDonald's - "Daddy's Breakfast" (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for McDonald's, with a father coming home to and doting on his young toddler offspring, while one of their eager young space-cadet workers behind the counter touts their breakfast menu of scrambled eggs with sausage and hash browns, hot cakes and sausage, and Egg McMuffin, all to the strains of their jingle of the time, "You're the One."

(C) Copyright McDonald's Corp. 1979.

This aired on local Philadelphia TV on Sunday, April 29th 1979.