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WPWR Channel 60 - Music Video 60 - "Get Well Fast Michael" (1984)

Views: 1950

Here's a message from WPWR "Music Video 60" urging get-well wishes for Michael Jackson after he suffered severe burns to his head in an accident while filming a Pepsi-Cola commercial. This message - "Get Well Fast Michael, From WPWR-TV 60" - aired frequently on the lower-third screen during the course of the showing of the video for his massive hit "Billie Jean" (which they misspelled as "Billy Jean").

TECHNICAL NOTE: One of the audio channels of this track is missing,...

WFLD Channel 32 - Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple (Break #2, 1984)

Views: 1671

Here is commercial break #2 for the presentation of "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City" on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Afternoon Fun program. This dates to October 1984. (Since this wasn't normally part of the Afternoon Fun lineup, it must have been a special shown around Halloween) (Color fades out in some parts) Includes:

Strawberry Shortcake bumper

Rose-Petal Cottage

Care Bears (Professor Coldheart figure)

Dream Dancer
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Aldi Foods (Partial Commercial, 1980?)

Views: 2708

Here's an incomplete commercial (missing first 10 seconds I believe) for Aldi Foods (we also called it Aldi's) but I include it here because it has some neat shots of Chicago-suburbs bungelow-style houses. Parts of it almost look like it could have been on my block back about 30 years ago.

Featuring actress Margaret Travolta as the wife, and actor Robert J. ("Bob") Jones as the husband.

Notes: Margaret Travolta is the Sister of Actor John Travolta and has appear...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" (Part 1, 1981)

Views: 7683

Here is Part 1 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. (the first part is from a different source, so the video quality isn't as good as the rest of the parts)

Here he banters a bit with Chelveston the Duck and feeds him out of his hand, then shows a Bugs Bunny cartoon without the opening titles of "Hurdy Gurdy Hare".

Notice the audio cuts out when he says the date at the beginning and later in the clip. This must have been done b...

House of Savings (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 917

Here's a commercial for House of Savings Inc. (General Insurance Agency), which offers complete auto insurance to people from 16 to 80 years old at substantial savings.

The phone number is easy to follow - and spell, as long as you don't get confused by the dollar signs for the s'... $-A-V-I-N-G-$ (S-A-V-I-N-G-S)

History Note: This company, with the same phone number was previously known as Spelson Insurance Agency, Inc. However, they had changed their phone n...

WFLD Channel 32 - Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple (Break #1, 1984)

Views: 966

Here is commercial break #1 for the presentation of "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City" on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Afternoon Fun program. This dates to October 1984. (Since this wasn't normally part of the Afternoon Fun lineup, it must have been a special shown around Halloween) (Color fades out in some parts) Includes:

Strawberry Shortcake bumper

Care Bears - Grams Bear, Baby Hugs, Baby Tugs

Raisin Bran (BMX Racer)

Stomper...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #6, 1978)

Views: 2826

Here's Commercial Break #6 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

Paul Anka for the Holiday Star Telethon for United Cerebral Palsy - December 30th and 31st. Sponsored by Montgomery Ward Auto Club. (again)

Wrigley's Spearmint gum (with Dana Plato of Diff'rent Strokes fame)

Beefsteak rye bread by Wonder (again)

Long Chevrolet - Truck Center sale

WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Hand Of Fear : Part 4" (Ending, 1980)

Views: 3367

Doctor Who on a Thursday at 10pm? Here's something cool for you Who fans - one of the earliest yet discovered Doctor Who excerpts from WTTW Channel 11. I give you the ending for Part 4 of "The Hand of Fear".

This was back when they aired the episodes as they did in England; in half-hour installments, before Marty Robinson got the brilliant idea of editing all the parts in a story together and putting it on Sunday evenings.

Also notice the addition of the "Int...

WFLD Channel 32 - Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple (Break #3, 1984)

Views: 1035

Here is commercial break #3 for the presentation of "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City" on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Afternoon Fun program. This dates to October 1984. (Since this wasn't normally part of the Afternoon Fun lineup, it must have been a special shown around Halloween) (Color fades out in some parts) Includes:

Strawberry Shortcake bumper

Rose-Petal (Adventures of...)

Play-Doh Doodler

Trix cereal (Rose-Petal promot...