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WAIT AM 82 - "Nice 'N Easy Music" (Commercial, 1982?)

Views: 1660

Here's a short 10 second spot for AM 82 (820) WAIT - Nice 'N Easy Music.

"Now 24 Hours a Day!"

Not sure when this aired exactly yet, but I believe it's from 1982.

Sears - "Very Easy To Get To" (Commercial, 1960?)

Views: 3835

Here's a short, animated, really early Sears Department Store spot, in black-and-white no less.

Animation looks similar to Walter Lantz (of Woody Woodpecker fame), no?

Voiceover by ??

Not sure when this aired but from other evidence seems like very late-fifties to very early-sixties.

CBS Network - "The Tim Conway Show" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 1321

Here's a short CBS promo for the new Tim Conway Show.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 28th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Bonanza (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 1052

Here's a short bumper promo for Bonanza on WSNS TV-44. Weeknights at 6pm and Sunday at 4pm.

Voiceover by Mal Wyman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 28th 1980.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Happy New Year!" (Bumper, 1980)

Views: 2529

Here's a short animated bumper for New Year's Day on WBBM Channel 2 featuring the "Two" wearing a party hat and blowing a noise maker.

Voiceover by Jerry Harper.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 1st 1980.

Sambo's - "Family Sam" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 12404

Here's a short animated commercial for Sambo's Restaurant where they were trying in vain to save the brand by introducing a new character, "Family Sam".

"Coming Soon...The New Sambo's"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, August 31st 1981.

True Value Hardware Stores - "Xmas Shaver" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1952

Here's a short holiday commercial for True Value Hardware Stores advertising their Sunbeam Lady Shaver for Christmas.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 23rd 1978.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Weekend (Opening, 1979)

Views: 1648

Here's the opening moments for an edition of one of the 100 or so newsmagazines NBC attempted until finally hitting it in the 1990's with Dateline NBC. This is of Weekend, which had aired every so often since the mid-1970's (in the first year or so of NBC's Saturday Night Live, Weekend aired once a month in that same time slot). The hosts at this juncture were Linda Ellerbee and Lloyd Dobyns, who would later co-anchor the short-lived NBC News Overnight tog...

Sears Portrait Studio - "14 Color Photos for Only $10.95" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 446

Here's a short commercial for Sears Portrait Studio, offering a package of 14 color portraits (two 8 x 10, two 5 x 7 and ten wallet size) for only $10.95 through Saturday (the 30th) only.

I mostly wanted to post this one for the lovely dirty film sound throughout. :-)

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 28th 1980.