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Jewel - "Steak & Ice Cream" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3319

Here's another commercial for Jewel featuring sales on steaks and Yummy Ice Cream.

"Come to Jewel for the quality, you'll come back for the - price."

Voiceover by Joe Slattery.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.

Muscular Dystrophy Fund Drive (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1793

Here's a commercial for the Muscular Dystrophy Fund Drive - with contributions determined by sales of Budweiser and Natural Light beers in the month of August. All proceeds benefited the MDA.

Featuring Jerry Lewis, Ed McMahon and Norm Crosby.

This aired on local Chicago TV in mid-August 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Rifleman (Commercial Break #2, 1971?)

Views: 1494

Here's Commercial Break #2 (in all black and white) from an airing of an episode of The Rifleman on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Direct Sales at PO7-6900
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the Saturday and Sunday Matinee

Not sure when this aired yet but likely 1971 as it was likely on the same reel as the Addams Family episode from the same period.

Jewel Food Stores - "Steak & Lettuce" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2754

Here's a commercial for Jewel Food Stores featuring sales that week on Steak and Lettuce. There's that Jewel Grand Bazaar logo again.

Voiceover by Joe Slattery.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 4th 1977.

Marshall Field's - "Marshall Field's & Christmas" (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2548

Here's a Christmas commercial from Marshall Field's, with sales on various brands and styles of hats, scarves and mittens; and boxed 1/2 point diamond pendants from Pierre Cardin, on sale from $20 - $24 - "sure to put a sparkle in her eye," as the voiceover (by Bill Price) intones.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 4th 1980.

Son Of Svengoolie - "Emergency Bored-Casting System Test" (1983?)

Views: 2415

Here's a segment from Son of Sven - the sketch "Emergency Bored-Casting System Test" (parody of the Emergency Broadcast System tests) Featuring a voiceover by Jim Barton. Also look for a WFLD Brady Bunch slide!

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely from the eighties, probably around 1983.

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV on a ...

WBBM Channel 2 - Community Accents - "Christmas Trees" (1978)

Views: 1794

Here's a segment of WBBM Channel 2's Community Calendar feature - "Community Accents" - this one giving some info on various Christmas sales and events.

Voiceover by Bob Carrington.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 4th 1978 during the 3:30am to 5:35am timeframe.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Music In Your Bones" (1980?)

Views: 1729

Here's a segment from Eyewitness News, introduced by Fahey Flynn, with Frank Mathie reporting on a new invention - "The Bone Fone". Invented by Northbrook resident Bill Hass, it was a portable radio that you wear around your neck like a scarf, and instead of using headphones, it sends the sound through your bones and directly into your head.

Available only at J. S. & A. Sales in Northbrook.

"The Hula Hoop of the Eighties..."

This aired on ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 4, 1971)

Views: 913

This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the January 2012 2" Quad Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 4 of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Includes:

Bob recapping his interview with Mary Gardiner Jones, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, earlier in the...