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Illinois Lottery Daily Game - "You Can Call It Fun" With Bill Saluga (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 2409

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery - The Daily Game - featuring a carnival barker type character named Raymond J. Johnson Jr. played by Bill Saluga. (He was the "You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me..." guy.)

(There is also a slightly different version of the same commercial)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 1st 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - The Daily Game Lottery Drawing (1981)

Views: 3532

Here's a complete Daily Game Illinois state lottery drawing on WGN Channel 9, featuring Karen Smith and lottery official Bob Houck(sp?).

The winning number that night was 039.

Main voiceover by Marty McNeeley.

The Daily Game - (C) 1981, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.

Also features a WGN Station ID with the "Last Farewell" music and "24 Hours a Day" slogan (voiceover by Marty McNeeley)

This aired on loca...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 3, 1982)

Views: 1883

Here's Part 3, the last part, of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mo...

ABC News Viewpoint - The Day After - "Start of Panel Discussion / Sagan Interjects Nuclear Winter" (Part 2, 1983)

Views: 13407

Here is Part 2 of the live ABC News Viewpoint special on "The Nuclear Dilemma". This aired after The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Hosted by Ted Koppel.

Panel of guests were Dr. Henry Kissinger, Carl Sagan, Brent Scowcroft, William F. Buckley, Jr., Elie Wiesel, and Robert McNamara.

This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, November 20th 1983.

WCFL AM 1000 - "Hot Ticket" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1104

Here's another commercial for WCFL AM 1000 during its "This Is It" days, this one featuring a promotion in coordination with White Hen Pantry stores for a "Hot Ticket" scratch-off game where you could win $1000, or prizes like a Hawaiian vacation or a new car.

Voiceover by Dave Martin, who was WCFL's program director at the time. He later held the same job at WCLR, and voiced this commercial, too.

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Illinois Lottery Daily Game - "You Can Call It Fun" With Bill Saluga (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2660

Here's another commercial for the Illinois Lottery - The Daily Game - featuring a carnival barker type character named Raymond J. Johnson Jr. played by Bill Saluga. (He was the "You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me..." guy.)

(This is a slight variation from a previously posted version)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 12th 1980.

Santa's Village with Larry Lujack - "Just a Kid At Heart" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2466

Here's a commercial for The Three Worlds of Santa's Village in Dundee, Illinois featuring legendary radio legend Larry Lujack, the charming and delightful ol' Uncle Lar.

Superjock is wearing a #89 jersey, which likely was a subtle (?) nod to his longtime home station WLS-AM 890 ("The Big 89").

Is there something in this ad that is slightly unsettling?

This aired on local Chicag...

WLS Channel 7 - Christmas Comes To Pacland (Opening, 1982)

Views: 2358

Here's the opening to the special "Christmas Comes to Pacland" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

WLS 3:00 Movie bumper promo for "There's a Girl In My Soup" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

ABC notice regarding pre-emption of Joanie Loves Chachi to a half-hour later (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

ABC "Closed Captioned For The Hearing Impared" notice

Opening segment to "Christmas Comes to Pacland"

Commercial bumper for "Christma...

WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3335

Here's another commercial for a long-gone Chicago radio station - WJPC AM 95 (950 AM) - where Tom Joyner got his start in Chicago. (Along with LaDonna Tittle and BeBe D'Banana)

Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. doing an impression of Humphrey Bogart.

Is that Tom Joyner doing the voiceover at the end?

WJPC was apparently owned by Johnson Publishing Company, who put out Jet and Ebony magazines.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Su...