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Son of Svengoolie - "Patton" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1809

Here is a Son of Svengoolie Commercial for Halloween 1984, in a parody of the movie "Patton", encouraging everyone to buy Easter Seals coupon booklets.

Starring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie.

Long John Silvers With Heather O'Rourke (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2512

Here's a commercial for Long John Slivers seafood restaurant featuring child actress Heather O'Rourke - "Push Huppies!".

"Put a smile on your taste."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 11th 1982.

L'Air du Temps Perfume with Ricky Schroder (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1295

Here's a quick commercial for the fragrance L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci, featuring child actor Ricky Schroder.

Available at Carson Pirie Scott & Co.

Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 11th 1978.

Alpo With Lorne Greene (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3695

Here's a commercial for Alpo beef flavored dinner dog food featuring Lorne Greene.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV in early January 1979. (not Chicago, but close enough)

Life Cereal - Emmanuel Lewis (Commercial, 1983?)

Views: 1506

Here's a fun commercial for Life cereal from 1982 or 1983. Features Emmanuel Lewis (Webster). (Boy, he sure made a lot of scratch doing commercials in the 80's.) (I don't know who the other kid is.)

WBBM Channel 2 - The Bad News Bears (Opening & Sponsorship, 1979)

Views: 1666

Here's the opening and "Sponsored by..." tag for "The Bad News Bears" - a relatively short-lived TV series (23 episodes) based on the movies. On this night, Episode #3 aired, "Nakedness is Next to Godliness". (Wikipedia has the wrong one listed for this night)

The show starred several people who would later become better known, including Corey Feldman, Meeno Peluce (of Voyagers! fame), and Tricia Cast (the sister in It's Your Move and other roles).

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McDonald's - "Santa's Helpers" (Commercial, 1985)

Views: 1776

Here's a Christmas commercial for McDonald's - "Santa's Helpers". Features a tie-in with "Santa Claus: The Movie".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 10th 1985.

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (1981)

Views: 1356

Here's the Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. (aired during the halftime break of the DePaul at Circle basketball game) Includes:

Probe into local chop-shop operations may result in more arrests.

CTA proposing a 50 cent surcharge for suburban riders.

Commercial: Spectrum

Mike Leiderman thanks Kathy for the update and shows the score before going to another commercial break.

(This one is f...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Betty White Show - "We're Not Divorced (Part II)" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 3544

With all the Betty White mania going on lately, I thought we'd like to see the opening for the short-lived Betty White Show. This episode was "We're Not Divorced (Part II)". Includes:

WBBM-TV animated ID (with voiceover promo for The Jefferson Awards by Jerry Harper)

"Last Week on The Betty White Show"

Opening credits for "The Betty White Show"

Sponsorship tag - "The Betty White Show - Sponsored by Tide" (voiceover by ??)
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