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Osco Drug - "Save the Osco Way" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1857

Here's a commercial for Osco Drug which shows how customers can now save on generic equivalents of widely-used brand name prescription drugs.

This commercial is in the same campaign as this one.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 19th 1978.

Pizza Hut - "Not Jamie Lee Curtis" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2908

Here's a vintage Pizza Hut ad, which apparently does not feature a pre-Halloween fame Jamie Lee Curtis, as much as I may have thought. ;-)

I'm referring to the girl in the red turtleneck - I thought it really looks like her.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 11th 1977.

Gonnella Bread - "Marches On!" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1716

Here's a commercial for Gonnella Bread which starts off having sort of a newsreel feel to it, and then shows little flags of many different countries all sticking out of a loaf of Gonnella bread with toothpicks.

Voiceover sounds a bit like Orson Welles, but likely not him.

"The only bread in the world with diplomacy, benefits, and advantages for all."

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

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Blue Squares" (Station ID, 1985?)

Views: 1412

Here's another station ID for WCIU Channel 26 given in Spanish.

Not sure when this aired but probably around 1985.

WBKB Channel 7 - Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks" (Part 1, 1964)

Views: 3772

Here's Part 1 of Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks," as aired on WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. The host of this in-depth look at the team was Frank Sweeney. This was transferred from the original film, and thus has no commercials.

This part begins with the old-style academy leader which counted by feet rather than frames (as opposed to the more common SMPTE Universal film leader). The program itself begins with some shots of ...

Chicago's Landmark Builders (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 383

Commercial for Chicago's Landmark Builders, from 1984.

Tarn-X Silver Cleaner (Commercial Offer, 1984)

Views: 2386

Here is a commercial for Tarn-X Silver Cleaner. This one aired in 1984, but may have been from a few years before.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV in May of 1984.

Epoch-Man (Partial Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2250

Here's a commercial (unfortunately incomplete) for a handheld game called Epoch-Man by, oddly enough, Epoch. Arcade action that fits in your pocket.

It's not just a game! It's a clock! An alarm! A stopwatch! Makes Julliane Fries!

"Batteries Included".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 29th 1982.

WSNS Channel 44 - White Sox Baseball - "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" (8-18-1980)

Views: 3432

Harry Caray once again leads the fans at Comiskey during the "Seventh Inning Stretch", singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

From White Sox Vs. Indians (Game 2).

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