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McDonald's - "Filet-O-Fish / Sugar Free 7-Up Deal" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 2345

Here's a commercial for McDonald's Restaurants featuring a promotion for a free regular-sized Sugar Free 7-Up with a purchase of a "100% Natural Whitefish" Filet O'Fish sandwich.

"Offer expires March 5, 1978."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 22nd 1978.

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Helping Chicagoland Families" with Peter Lawford (Commercial #1, 1979)

Views: 767

Here's a commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders featuring legendary actor Peter Lawford outside and inside a Chicago area mansion, explaining how 1st Metropolitan helps "thousands of families" in and around the Chicago area remodel their homes to suit their changing needs.

This ad was produced five years before the co-star of such now-classic films as "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Good News" and "Royal Wedding," and onetime member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack," died, on Dece...

A & P Food Stores - "Spot Check Contest" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 812

Here's a commercial for the sadly now-defunct A & P food store chain, touting their "Spot Check" game with 1,344,534 cash and stamp prizes, including 250,000 S&H Green Stamps (remember those as well?) and two ways to win. Store clerk 'Charlie' uses a sweeper to bring up the various ways one can win. Anyone 18 or older is eligible; no purchase necessary. Scheduled to end June 30th.

Voiceover by ??

"The more you visit, the better your chances to win."

Poppin Fresh Pies - "Hard To Wait" (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 1903

Here's another commercial for Poppin Fresh Pies / Poppin Fresh Restaurants (which became Baker's Square) using a piece of bassoon laden production music that is as old as time. (seriously, how many commercials have you heard this in?)

Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

"Never has it been so hard to wait for dessert."

This aired on local Chicaog TV on Thursday, November 13th 1980.

Empire Carpets (Commercial, 1995)

Views: 4060

Here is a later commercial for Empire Carpets. Not too much longer and he would morph into an animated CGI character to remain ageless for all eternity. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, January 21st 1995.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2997

Here is a commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken which features a glimpse of the elusive "Colonel" Harland Sanders - who apparently was still kicking around in his white suit at the time. (Not much longer though; he died in Dec. 1980)

"It's nice to feel so good about a meal."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 25th, 1980. (Again, I think it has a 1979 copyright on it)

Roger Whittaker - "All My Best" (Record Offer #2, 1979)

Views: 2256

Here's a shorter version of the record offer for "All My Best" of Roger Whittaker from TeeVee Records, Inc. (the longer full version is here)

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

RCA - "I Got a Free TV" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1432

Here's a commercial for RCA's Second Set Bonus Days sale, with a free extra console (such as a black-and-white Model AD125W set) for those who buy the 1980 model XL-100 console.

(It should be noted that Indianapolis was a major hub for RCA's record division, with that city housing one of the country's largest pressing plants that turned out millions of LP's, 45's and before that 78's from such artists including Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Harry Belafonte, Jefferson Airplane, T...

Poppin Fresh Pies - "Hard To Wait" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 2826

Here's another commercial for Poppin Fresh Pies / Poppin Fresh Restaurants (which became Baker's Square) using a piece of bassoon laden production music that is as old as time. (seriously, how many commercials have you heard this in?)

Main voiceover by Burgess Meredith. Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

"Never has it been so hard to wait for dessert."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.