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Poppin Fresh Pies - "Hard To Wait" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 2820

Here's another commercial for Poppin Fresh Pies / Poppin Fresh Restaurants (which became Baker's Square) using a piece of bassoon laden production music that is as old as time. (seriously, how many commercials have you heard this in?)

Main voiceover by Burgess Meredith. Ending voiceover by Jim Barton.

"Never has it been so hard to wait for dessert."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers - "Happy Holidays" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1802

Here's a Christmas commercial for Wendy's.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982.

McDonald's - "The Gift" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1859

Here's a Christmas commercial for McDonald's - "The Gift".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 21st 1982.

Sears - "Christmas Values" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2097

Here's a holiday commercial for Sears. My mom had one of those old-school Sears store credit cards.

(tape had a crease in it so there is a horizontal line in the picture)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 9th 1979.

Dominick's Finer Foods - "Wieners" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 3015

Here's a quick commercial for Dominicks Finer Foods, featuring their older logo style. Also features a switcher effect similar to one that WFLD used on Son of Svengoolie quite a bit, such as in this clip.

Voiceover by Joe Passarella.

"Chicagoland's Most Complete Food Store"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 10th 1977.

Spectrum - Movie Ending & Intermission Opening (1983?)

Views: 1364

Finally - some Spectrum footage! (Sorry, OnTV fans...) Here's the ending of the film "Diner" followed by a Spectrum ID and Intermission animation with the beginning of "Cleveland Smith Bounty Hunter"

Not sure when this aired exactly, but the movie Diner came out in March of 1982, so I would imagine that this wouldn't get to Spectrum until 1983, no?

Joe Perillo Pontiac - "The Price Fighter" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2580

Here's a commercial for Joe Perillo Pontiac at 1111 West Diversey in Chicago with a theme based on the "Rocky" movie. Joe Perillo is still in business, but he now sells BMWs, Lincolns and Mercurys primarily.

Check him out at JoePerillo.com.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, February 25th 1981 at around 1:50am.

Victory Auto Wreckers - "Different Phone Number" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2848

Here's a Victory Auto Wreckers commercial but with a different phone number than the standard 860-2000 we all remember. This one was 263-3405 - I wonder if this was a temporary change or if this was the original number.

Featuring Jim Ostrander and Jose "Louie" Arroyo.

Voiceover by Jerry Golden.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

Joe Rizza Ford - North Riverside (Commercial #9, 1986)

Views: 833

Here is another (well at least this replicates what it was like watching local tv in the 80's - seeing the same commercial 500 times) commercial for Joe Rizza Ford at 2100 South Harlem in North Riverside, Illinois.

Featuring the 1986 Tempo GL.

Has a nice shot of the old Clyde Federal Bank building in the background!

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday June 29th, 1986.