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Rogers And Hollands Jewelers - "Give A Gift Of Love" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2967

Here's a holiday commercial for Rogers & Hollands Jewelers.

Featuring Juell "Space" Kadet. (just kidding) - Vice President of Rogers and Hollands Jewelers.

"Catch the Christmas Spirit. Give a Gift of Love."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 7th 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - Lead Off Man - "Opening Day With JFK" (Part 2, 1961)

Views: 3204

Here's Part 2 of an interesting piece of history - The beginning of the Lead-Off Man show on WGN Channel 9 on Opening Day 1961, White Sox At Washington, featuring an interview with the president.

Vince Lloyd interviews both John F. Kennedy and LBJ from the President's box. Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen are right behind JFK. Panoramic shots of the old (and now long gone) Griffith Stadium, with the National Anthem. JFK throws out the first ball, caught by Jungle Jim Rive...

WGN Channel 9 - 10th Inning - "John McNamara" (Partial, 1979)

Views: 1816

Here's the first four minutes or so (before the tape cut out) of the 10th Inning show on WGN Channel 9. Features Jack Brickhouse interviewing John McNamara, manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Also includes a complete commercial break (which only includes one commercial) - for Fencl-Tufo's Chevy City, featuring a goofy Dracula puppet.

Also includes a WGN "Last-Farewell" animated Station ID at the beginning (voiceover by Clif Mercer)

This aired on local Chicago TV o...

Venture - "Give With Style" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3719

Here's another Christmas commercial from Venture with that mildly annoying couple and a spin on their "Save with Style" jingle.

Stan Adams reports: Featuring David Massie and Mary Jo Faraci as the shopping couple. (Mary Jo Faraci who "also was a spokeswoman for some Chicago Furniture company").

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 13th 1982 at a couple minutes before 7:30pm.

Saturday Night Live - Albert Brooks - "Fall Preview" (1979)

Views: 8043

Ok, this one doesn't have any local material in it but it's still worthy. It's a hilarious send-up of Television previews for some shows that certainly wouldn't have gotten the green light: Medical Season, The Three of Us, and Black Vet.

(cut a bit at the beginning because the guy taping thought at first it was a real commercial break promo!)

Albert Brooks is awesome. 8-)

(Also, sorry if this is officially released on DVD already - I just came a...

WMAQ Channel 5 - WMAQ-TV Editorial - "Sabotaging the RTA" (1973)

Views: 759

Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, lacing into the Illinois State Legislature's continued failure to come up with legislation to create a Regional Transit Authority for the Chicago area (or as Mr. Smith termed it, "acting with unprecedented irresponsibility").

In the course of the editorial, he names names including House Speaker Robert Blair and Illinois Governor Dan Walker, denounces the political partisanship ("a three-ring clown act...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Parking Garage Sale" (1979)

Views: 593

Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, in which he brands Mayor Jane Byrne's proposed sale of city parking garages to interested bidders a "mistake," saying once the easy cash from a proposed sale is spent from within the next year's city budget, the garages are "gone forever," whereas if the garages weren't sold, the city would profit from them forever.

He proposes that if the parking garages aren't making enough money, the city should jus...

The Egg Scrambler By Ronco (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 5779

Here's a commercial for another fine Ronco product for the holidays - The Egg Scrambler - it can scramble an egg, while it's still inside it's shell! (Operators are standing by) They really do make great Christmas gifts - buy 2, or 3, or even 37. Available at:

Walgreens
Woolco
Woolworth
Osco Drug
Service Merchandise
Ribordy Drugs (Indiana)
Montgomery Ward (Participating Stores)

Ending voiceover by Ron Beattie.
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WFLD Channel 32 - American League Championship Series - Sox Vs. Orioles - Game 1 (Opening, 1983)

Views: 5754

Here is the opening 8 minutes of Game 1 of the 1983 American League Championship Series, which was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles.

You get to see the cool Channel 32 graphics for their Sox coverage at the time, as well as the starting lineups and opening banter by announcers Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson.

(By the way, the Sox won this game 2-1, but lost the series 3-1) :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesda...