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Venture - "Give the Gift of Music" (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 1014

Here's a Venture commercial advertising music as gifts for the holiday - Ronnie Milsap, Urban Chipmunk, Juice Newton, and Air Supply. Ahh, quality fare.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 20th 1981.

Andre Champagne - "Another Season" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2733

Here's a later variation of the Andre Champagne commercial - this one with champagne flutes being clinked instead of smaller glasses - also, they updated one of the pictures probably for looking too "70's".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 18th 1983.

Mom Uses the Mixer (1985)

Views: 2044

Remember when you were little and you'd be watching TV, and all of a sudden the picture would go nuts? You knew your Mom was in the kitchen using the mixer to make a cake or something like that, but you didn't care - you'd yell at her to turn it off before the program came back on! Here's an example of that. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 9th 1985.

Emergency Broadcast System Test (1984)

Views: 7738

Here is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32 in Chicago from 1984. (Jim Barton announcing)

For kids who grew up with nuclear holocaust nightmares from the likes of the movie "The Day After", this should be memorable. ;-)

Still scary, all these years later. :-)

McDade's - "A McDade's Christmas" (Commercial #2, 1982)

Views: 1830

Here's a Christmas commercial for McDade's advertising products from Panasonic.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December of 1982.

Reiter's - "Christmas Sale" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1109

Here's a commercial for Reiter's - featuring Reiter's Rhyme Time - advertising a Christmas sale.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1982.

Pizza Hut - "Pizza To Go For Christmas" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 3290

Here's a holiday commercial for Pizza Hut - Pizza To Go.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 18th 1983.

Tinder Box - "Old World Christmas" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2242

Here's a quick holiday commercial for Tinder Box.

(there's a title from the previous commercial at the beginning of this, so don't be alarmed)

(tape had a crease in it so there is a horizontal line in the picture)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 9th 1979.

Chicago Cubs Game Promotions (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 6191

Here's a commercial for the Chicago Cubs' game promotions for Saturday, June 19th 1982 against the Montreal Expos, in honor of Fergie Jenkins, and a T-Shirt Day on Sunday, June 20th 1982.

"The Cubs Are Coming Out Of Hibernation!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, June 14th 1982.