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Eagle Discount Supermarkets - "Merry Christmas" (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 1651

Here's a Christmas commercial for the now-defunct food store called Eagle.

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

Eagle Discount Supermarkets - "Merry Christmas" (Commercial #2, 1981)

Views: 1180

Here's another Christmas commercial for the now-defunct food store called Eagle.

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

Abel and Associates - "Demo Reel" (Part 1, 1978?)

Views: 1636

Here's Part 1 of a demo reel from Abel and Associates, a Hollywood-based production and graphics firm headed by Robert Abel.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

This part includes:

- A segment resembling a travel through a...

The Record Vacuum By Ronco (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 5374

Here's a commercial for another fine Ronco product for the holidays - The Record Vacuum. They really do make great Christmas gifts - buy 2, or 3, or even 87. Available at:

Walgreens
Woolco
Woolworth
Osco Drug
Family Drug Center
Ace Hardware
Good Neighbor Pharmacy
and "Authorized" Ronco Dealers

Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

This is an updated, longer version with a new box and new design of the un...

S & H Green Stamps - "The Idea Book" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2778

Here's a neat commercial for S&H Green Stamps - featuring a whole store! Wow, does anyone remember these? Did they actually exist or were they just a plot device for this commercial?

"They make your money do more"

This aired on local Chicago TV on or about Wednesday, May 30th 1979.

Sears - "Christmas Values" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2097

Here's a holiday commercial for Sears. My mom had one of those old-school Sears store credit cards.

(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.

The Record Vacuum By Ronco (Commercial #2, 1977)

Views: 3006

Here's another commercial for The Record Vacuum by Ronco. This ad spotlights its rotating records in all three speeds, as well as its possibilities as a Christmas gift. Protects all records and loosens damaging microdust particles. Only $10.88.

This is an earlier, different version from this commercial that aired a few years later.

Available at Walgreens, Woolworth and Woolco, Montgomery ...

WSNS Channel 44 - TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham - "The San Diego Chicken, Pre-Demolition" (Part 2, 1979)

Views: 958

Here's a special and rare treat for the 35th Anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" event! (please excuse the ghosty picture quality and buzzy audio)

Includes:

Part 2 of the TV44 Sports Spotlight with Jim Durham, with the San Diego Chicken (a.k.a. Ted Giannoulas) as guest, as aired on WSNS Channel 44 just before the first game of a proposed doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers that was followed by the infamous "Disco Demolition Night." Inc...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene With Kathy McFarland (1982)

Views: 1655

For all you Kathy McFarland aficionados out there, here is another full edition of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Newscene opening (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Headlines:

- Another attack on Pope John Paul II, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt; this attack was by a young man dressed as a Spanish priest, carrying a bayonet on the steps of the basilica of Our Lady of Fatima sh...