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Carpetland U.S.A. (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2615

Here's a commercial for Carpetland U.S.A. featuring their memorable jingle. They had locations in Aurora, Joliet, Merrillville Indiana and Munster Indiana.

"The BEST Price On The BEST Carpets"

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 14th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Underdog Rain" (Bumper, 1984)

Views: 2498

Listen to Underdog - he says to bring your umbrella with you today!

Here's a commercial bumper for the Super Cartoon Sunrise presentation of Underdog on WFLD Channel 32 featuring the special rain variation. They would have these for various weather alerts such as cold weather or rain.

Also includes the superimposed digital ...

WPWR Channel 60 - "The Beatles Cartoon" (Commercial Break #2, 1984?)

Views: 2113

Here is one more commercial break for the Beatles cartoon on WPWR Channel 60 - The Other Missing Break! (I remember why I didn't post this one originally now - because it's not complete) Includes:

The ending of a promo for The Addams Family

Mickey Mouse Splashdance record offer (Main voiceover by Mark Elliot, ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds)

Channel 60 Beatles bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV most likely in 1984.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Super Afterschool Fun - Coming September 4th" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2577

Here's a promo for WFLD Channel 32's afternoon cartoon lineup (not yet christened "Afternoon Fun"?)

Featured cartoon series shown in this promo that is set to start on September 4th are Magilla Gorilla (at 2:30pm), Casper (at 3pm), Woody Woodpecker (at 3:30pm), and Tom & Jerry (at 4pm).

We see, from a brief shot at the start, that this spot (labeled "PM Cartoon Cluster Promo" and assigned production number 8884) was directed by veteran...

Crest Toothpaste - "Look Ma, No Cavities!" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1032

Here's a classic Crest toothpaste ad. Boy, did kids ever run home excitedly to their parents with their dentist "report card"? Or did this only happen in TV land?

One other thing - this commercial was 45 seconds long - was this normal back then?

Smile America. Smile.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

The Star Wars Holiday Special - "I Am Boba Fett" (Part 6, 1978)

Views: 3345

Here's Part 6 of The Star Wars Holiday Special featuring the Star Wars cartoon with the introduction of the character Boba Fett.

Anyone know who does the voice of the character "Captain Kazan" in the opening of the cartoon? Sounds a bit like Dick Van Dyke but it's probably not. Very familiar though....

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

WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "The World of Hans Christian Andersen" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 2685

Here's the opening moments of the Sunday Matinee presentation of the 1971 animated feature "The World of Hans Christian Andersen" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Season's Greetings From The WGN Family" bumper

Sunday Matinee "camera and filmstrip" slide, with Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra's version of The Young Rascals' "Groovin'," and voiceover (by ?) introducing the movie and having a little flub with "Christmas Dray..."

"NTA Relea...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "One Last Cartoon" (Part 6, 1981)

Views: 2374

Here is Part 6 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Date, Weather, and Sports report shown

Beginning of a cartoon.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Battle of the Planets Variation" (Opening, 1979)

Views: 1691

Here's another opening for Super Cartoon Sunrise on WFLD Channel 32, which was saved on 16mm film. The lineup consists here of Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Battle of the Planets, and Fred Flintstone and Friends.

The theme song used is a jazzy, funky, disco-fied instrumental version of "Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here." (anyone know where it came from or who played on it?)

This film was produced for WFLD by Chicago-based Ritter-...