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Nestle Crunch - "Rainy Day Moose Party" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1485

Here's a cute commercial for Nestle crunch candy with a little girl and her moose puppet.

"Music to your mouth."

This aired on local Chicago TV in February 1983.

USA Network - Dance Party USA (Ending, 1987)

Views: 1928

Here's the ending moments of Dance Party USA on USA Network, hosted by Andy Gury. Includes:

Promo for Bumper Stumpers, for weekdays at 4:30pm (3:30 Central) (voiceover by ??)

Dance Party USA animated bumper

Andy Gury closes the show with preview of next day's edition, including an appearance by Pretty Poison, as well as an upcoming taping of an outdoor edition for July 4th, and introducing Pseudo Echo's cover of "Funkytown" wh...

NBC Monday Night At The Movies - "A Case Of Rape" (Bumper, 1975)

Views: 3408

Here's a bumper for the NBC Monday Night at the Movies presentation of "A Case of Rape".

Voiceover by Eddie King.

(clip has reception problems, but hey...early 1975)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 17th 1975 during the 8pm to 10pm period.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Happy New Year!" (Bumper, 1980)

Views: 2536

Here's a short animated bumper for New Year's Day on WBBM Channel 2 featuring the "Two" wearing a party hat and blowing a noise maker.

Voiceover by Jerry Harper.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 1st 1980.

WIND News Talk 56 - "Staying On The Ball" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2125

Here's a commercial for radio station WIND News Talk 56. (AM 560).

They mention Earl Finckle doing weather, Jim Durham with sports, Gary Lee on traffic, and "Chicago Ed" Eddie Schwartz.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 3rd 1980 at a little before 10pm.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "MisteRobber's Neighborhood" (1980)

Views: 3140

Here's another classic Son of Sven bit, "MisteRobber's Neighborhood", a parody of the Mr. Rogers' show, which was done well before Eddie Murphy's SNL parody. This is the first airing of the bit from episode number 34 where the movie was "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".

Featuring Rich Koz as Sven and "Mister Robber".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, February 23rd 1980.

Golden Books - "I Grew Up With Golden Books!" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1260

Here's a commercial for Little Golden Books (although they don't call them "little" for some reason) featuring a child's birthday party as well as a visit to Santa Claus.

This was when Golden Books was owned by Western Publishing - now they are a division of Random House.

"Gee, Mom...."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981. (1980 Copyright)

Yankee Doodle Dandy - "Birthday Parties" (Commercial, 1976)

Views: 9299

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Here's a commercial for the Yankee Doodle Dandy restaurant chain highlighting that they can host a birthday party for your child.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 23rd 1976.

WLS Channel 7 - "Reagan Assassination Attempt Coverage" (1981)

Views: 1594

Here's an excerpt of WLS Channel 7's coverage of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Featuring anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly, 1980 third-party Presidential candidate John Anderson, and towards the end of the clip in the newsroom, Diane Allen.

This clip begins as Anderson - at the studios of sister station KGO Channel 7 in San Francisco, and interviewed by Fahey - is midway through describing how the shooting was reminiscent of something he experienced in ...