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WBBM Channel 2 - Universe with Walter Cronkite - "The Science Behind Star Wars" (1980)

Views: 1608

Here's a segment from Universe with Walter Cronkite as aired on WBBM Channel 2, in which "The Most Trusted Man in America" spotlights the goings-on at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), as a tie-in to the second-released, and fifth in story order, installment in the Star Wars saga, "The Empire Strikes Back" which had premiered in theatres in May to capacity audiences. Includes:

Opening segment, with Cronkite previewing the following items:

WCIU Channel 26 - "English Superman" (Station ID, 1982?)

Views: 1536

Here is another Station ID (but this time in English!) for WCIU Channel 26.

Music used is the theme from the Superman movie. (Gee, I wonder who copied who?)

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1982 seems a good estimate.

Texas Instruments - "Little Professor" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1816

Here's a commercial for the Texas Instruments Little Professor and Dataman educational calculators, as well as the TI-30 and The Great International Math on Keys Book.

I believe the kid at the beginning is Jeremy Licht, who was in Twilight Zone: The Movie as well as The Hogan Family TV series (A.K.A. Valerie's Family)

"Innovators in Personal Electronics"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 8th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2305

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from the movie "Meet me in St. Louis" with Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 19th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "Happy Holidays" (1979)

Views: 5344

Here is another Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring a scene from the movie "Holiday Inn" with Bing Crosby and others singing "Happy Holidays". This would run during commercial breaks around the holidays.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 26th 1979.

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

Views: 2901

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.

7up - "America's Turning 7up" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3741

Here's a commercial for 7up soda featuring some baseball stars - the Cubs' Bruce Sutter, the Phillies' Mike Schmidt, and the Pirates' Dave Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, July 12th 1980.

ON TV - "It's My Turn" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 745

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "It's My Turn" which starred Jill Clayburgh and Michael Douglas. (I know this drags on, but I couldn't help seeing how long the clip would go without Michael Douglas saying anything coherent) :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 16th 1981.

WVON 1390 AM - "We Are Family" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2520

This station has a bit of a confusing history, but it now occupies the frequency 1690 AM.

WVON was a "heritage" station to Chicago's black community featuring great Black air personalities like Lucky Cordell, Bruce Brown, Herb Kent "the cool gent", Yvonne Daniels and many others. WVON became well-known outside the Chicago area as well. Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, sent every song he produced immediately to WVON before any other station. Other similar stations ...