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Chicago White Sox - A.L. West Championship & Celebration (Part 1, 1983)

Views: 5735

Here is Part 1 of a great night in White Sox history - their win of the American League West Division Championship, playing against the Seattle Mariners.

The first one and a half parts show the second half of the last inning of the game; the remaining three show the rest of the celebration.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 17th 1983.

Harris Bank - "Free Hubert" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3151

Here's a commercial for Harris Bank with an animated version of Hubert the Lion at the end.

Featuring a promotion for a free Hubert the Lion doll.

Frank Nelson does the voice of Hubert the Lion. Richard Rorbach is the balding actor.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 21st 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Joker's Wild/Tic-Tac-Dough Contestant Search (Promo, 1983)

Views: 1607

Here is a contestant search promo for The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough featuring Jack Barry.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 5th 1983.

FYI - "Take A Break From Baby" (1981)

Views: 1151

Here is another of the daytime interstitial features that ABC ran during the early eighties between Daytime Soaps - FYI - For Your Information - hosted by Mr. Barney Miller himself, Hal Linden.

For this one I thought I'd leave in the last part of the ending credits of the soap that preceded FYI - Ryan's Hope, with announcer tease.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, September 24th 1981 @ a little bit before 12 Noon! (Airing on WFLD at that time? Underdog!)

WCIU Channel 26 - Smile Center (Commercial, 1985?)

Views: 968

Here is a commercial in Spanish for a dentist's office - Smile Center - on WCIU Channel 26. Is that the same lady in the Meystel's Warehouse commercial?

Located at 30 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago and 821 Howard Street in Evanston.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape.

WLAK FM 94 - "FM 94 Is WLAK" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2057

Here's a brief commercial for WLAK FM 94, Chicago's 24-hour-a-day beautiful music station, with shots of Interstate 94, a woman weighing herself at 94 pounds, a taxicab door closing with "94" emblazoned on it, a radio dial being tuned to "94," and a car driving up with its license plate reading "FM 94."

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 4th 1977 during the 10:30pm to 11pm timeframe.

CBS: On The Air (Part 7) - "Game Shows" (1978)

Views: 3449

Art Linkletter passed away yesterday (1912-2010). He was best known for the shows House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things. Here he is featured in a segment from CBS: On The Air - A Celebration of 50 Years (Part 7) which highlighted some of the network's fabulous game, quiz, and panel shows.

Rest in peace, Art.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 1st 1978 during the 7:30-10pm timeframe.

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Happy Birthday Channel 5" (1984)

Views: 3010

Here's a little promo celebrating the then 35th Anniversary of WMAQ Channel 5. (formerly WNBQ Channel 5) Features clips from Ding Dong School, Kukla Fran & Ollie, Wayne King and his Orchestra, It's Academic, Len O'Connor, Jim Tilmon, Shelley Long, Jane Pauley, Studs Terkel, Dave Garroway and others.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, February 16th 1984 during the 2:00am to 2:30am half-hour.

First Federal of Chicago - "Saving Nut" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 557

Here's a commercial for First Federal of Chicago, with a woman who's a self-described "nut when it comes to saving money," explaining how she puts away money every payday and banks with First Federal because "they pay the highest interest rates."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978.