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I Vant To Bite Your Finger By Hasbro (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's a commercial for the board game "I Vant To Bite Your Finger" by Hasbro, with a Dracula vampire-type character that will make bite marks on your finger in red marker if you lose the game.

"It's a Dracula game!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 10th 1981 during the 2:30pm to 3pm timeframe.

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WGN Channel 9 - Donahue - "Adult Kids Living at Home" (Opening, 1980)

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Here's the opening moments of an installment of Donahue on WGN Channel 9 which examined adult kids living at home (this was some twelve years before Jerry Springer's look at "adult babies"). Includes:

Station ID bumper slide with drawing of sun and moon sitting down watching TV and message "Open for Business 24 Hours a Day" (set in Lubalin Graph Bold - a serif version of ITC's famed Avant Garde fon...

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Elastic Mickey Mouse & Elastic Donald Duck by Mego (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a cute commercial for Elastic Mickey Mouse and Elastic Donald Duck by Mego.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 14th 1980.

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Astrocade - "The Professional Arcade" (Commercial, 1982)

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Here's a commercial for another game system that never really got off the ground - the Bally Astrocade. I remember I got one of these years ago at a flea market and it had the most awkward controllers I've ever used. "The Professional Arcade" - for those times you want to do your serious business next to a pac-man machine.

Available at:

Team Electronic's - Algonquin, Illinois
Polk Brothers - Chicago, Illlinois

"Available Soon"

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Kenner - Six Million Dollar Man Action Play-Doh Set (Commercial, 1977)

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Here's a commercial for the Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman Action Play-Doh set by Kenner.

Maskatron?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 17th 1977 during the 4:30pm to 5:00pm half-hour. (1973 and 1974 Copyright)

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Shogun Warriors from Mattel (Commercial, 1977)

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Not from a Chicago airing, but still fun - here's a commercial for Shogun Warriors from Mattel, with three such warriors - Raydeen (with delta wing missiles), Dragun (with star shooter) and Mazinga (with a rocket launcher) - being spotlighted. Gear sold separately. Did you ever get these for Christmas? (or want them?) :-)

Voiceover by ??

(C) Mattel, Inc. 1976.

"Imagine you command them to defend freedom, protect justice, and challenge evil. ...

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Golden Grahams - "Beach Volleyball" (Commercial #2, 1981)

Views: 1906

Here's a commercial for Golden Grahams cereal. This was a slightly revised version of an earlier commercial.

Featuring Missy Gold (Tracy Gold's younger sister). Missy starred in the 80's sitcom Benson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, September 1st 1981.

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World Communications Day (PSA, 1980)

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Here's a public service announcement with Barbara Rush encouraging you to "watch what your child watches". From the Catholic Church World Communications Day - Sunday, June 1st 1980.

(The screaming heard over the "bad movie" the kids are watching is the same tape loop that was used as part of the theme for the original Svengoolie show starring Jerry G. Bishop)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 31st 1980.

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Bubble Fudge With Johnny Bench (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for Bubble Fudge soft bubble gum from Super Bazooka - featuring Johnny Bench and his nephew Timmy.

Music composed by Michael Small.

"Even if you can't blow bubbles - fudge it."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 14th 1979.