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

Views: 1005

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.

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

Views: 1816

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

This aired on local Chicago TV in December of 1982.

Crest Toothpaste With John Goodman (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 5163

Here's a commercial for Crest Toothpaste featuring John Goodman (of 'Roseanne' fame)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982 during the 6:30 to 7pm half-hour.

Lo-Sal With Rodney Dangerfield (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1969

Here's a commercial for Lo-Sal antacid tablets featuring Rodney Dangerfield.

"Give your stomach more respect!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 15th 1983. (The Ides of March!)

Aronson Furniture (Commercial, 1987)

Views: 2172

Here's a commercial for Aronson Furniture from Chicago with that famous jingle that sounds vaguely like the theme from Good Times.

"Home of the Credit Connection!"

This commercial dates to 1987.

Note: If you grew up with this you will be 87 years old and still have this jingle in your head. ;-)

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Inflation Fighting Prices" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2071

Here's another commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders - before they got their well-known handyman spokesman.

(picture's a bit fuzzy) ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 20th 1980 during the 11:24am to 11:33am timeframe.

Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom (Commercial #2, 1981)

Views: 4350

Here's another commercial for Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom which was located in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. It's a different one than we've seen before.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 12th 1981.

Odyssey2 - "Another Bright Idea" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1789

Here's a commercial for the Odyssey2 (Odyssey 2) home video game computer system by Magnavox.

Includes a tag at the end for Polk Bros with voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 30th 1980.

Jim Solway Chevrolet (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 1944

Here's a commercial for Jim Solway Chevrolet featuring a parody of Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life. They were located at 2828 North Harlem Avenue at Diversey.

(picture's a bit fuzzy) ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 3rd 1980.