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Chicago White Sox - "Bat Day with Bobby Bonds" (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2877

Here's a Chicago White Sox promo for White Sox / Coca-Cola Bat Day on Sunday, April 9th at (the original) Comiskey Park, during the White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox matchup. Featuring Bobby Bonds (whose son, Barry Bonds, later became a home-run legend himself) with a young fan.

"If you're one of the first 15,000 kids under 14, and accompanied by a paid adult, you will get a Bobby Bonds-style Little League bat - just like this one, compliments of Coke and the White Sox."

Pac-Man Cereal (Commercial #2, 1983)

Views: 1405

Here's a second animated commercial for Pac-Man cereal, this one with a baseball theme.

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Friday, December 23rd 1983.

Simply Britches - The Discount Pants Store (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1794

Here's a commercial for Simply Britches - The Discount Pants Store. They had the following locations:

9042 South Commercial
3244 North Lincoln
4819 West Irving Park Road
53 Douglas in Elgin
9003 South Commercial
9543 South Cicero
3541 West 26th Street
1303 South Halsted

This likely aired on local Chicago TV the last week of September, 1979.

Aronson Furniture (Commercial, 1987)

Views: 2202

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. ;-)

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Cult Of The Cobra" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 1972

Here's a rare old promo for Son of Svengoolie episode number 45, showing the movie, "Cult of the Cobra". This episode aired on Saturday, May 17th 1980 at 8pm.

This was even before they had the Son of Svengoolie theme song (written by Doug Scharf) and instead were still using the old Jerry G. Bishop Svengoolie theme, "Rumble".

Quality is kind of fuzzy, but then again that's how we like'em... :-)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV the 3rd week of...

Apple Jacks - "Video Game" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2177

Here's a commercial for Apple Jacks cereal with a video game theme.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1982.

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart (Opening, 1975)

Views: 1895

Here's a rare bit of Chicago Kids TV History - seen publically for the first time in over 35 years - footage from TV-44's Popeye with Steve Hart! Includes:

The opening titles and first segment of Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44. This was from an original studio tape, recorded on August 12th 1975.

CG VTR slate with message: "VTR: 770 - Cut: 1 / Air: Mon. 8/18 - Popeye Show Inserts - Steve Hart Productions - Rec: 8/12/75 - M. T....

Peter Paul Almond Joy & Mounds - "Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2453

Here's one of those catchy commercials for Almond Joy and Mounds candy bars by Peter Paul Cadbury. This one has a high school theme.

"Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut...Sometimes You Don't!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, August 18th 1980.

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics With Frazier Thomas - "Boys Town" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 19077

Here is the opening for the Family Classics with Frazier Thomas presentation of "Boys Town" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Bumper promo for the premiere of The Incredible Hulk, which started on Monday, December 21st 1981. Also features the WGN Circle-9 Logo, which had been introduced earlier in the year. Voiceover by Floyd Brown. Kind of funny that the promo is for The Incredible Hulk, while the WGN logo uses the Superman theme.

Opening of Family Clas...