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The Alcoholism Center Featuring Ron Palillo (PSA, 1983)

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Here is another public service announcement from The Alcoholism Center - this one featuring Ron Palillo (TV's Arnold Horshack from "Welcome Back, Kotter") where he addresses the issue of teen drinking problems.

The Alcoholism Center
55 East Jackson - Suite 1080
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 663-0610

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 4th 1983. (although it was probably made much earlier, say at least 1980)

WTTW Channel 11 - Bleacher Bums (Promo #2, 1984)

Views: 3328

Here's another promo for a WTTW Channel 11 airing of Bleacher Bums on Saturday, September 29th 1984 - about the lovable and quirky fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Bleacher Bums had a few people who would later go on to greater fame - Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz, to name a couple.

Now I know where Ronnie Woo-Woo got his shtick. ;-)

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#1, 1985?)

Views: 2296

Here is a Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape. (Alt...

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#2, 1985?)

Views: 1100

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape....

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#3, 1985?)

Views: 1054

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape....

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#4, 1985?)

Views: 1182

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape....

McDonald's - "Ronald Ahoy! and 1978 Calendar Offer" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1277

Here's a commercial for McDonald's which starts off on board a ship with Ronald McDonald steering and Hamburglar and Captain Crook as his assistants, veering way off course before righting themselves in front of a nearby McDonald's, and is followed by an offer for a 1978 Ronald McDonald Play-Time Coloring Calendar at participating McDonald's (15 cents plus tax while supplies last), with shots of children coloring various pages.

Main voiceover by ??

Ending voice...

District Furniture & Appliances - "Come Down to the District" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1509

By request, here's an earworm-inducing commercial for District Furniture and Appliances, with banjo-infused old-timey dixieland-type music in the background and a sale offer on a Sylvania 19" color TV plus a pair of lounge chairs - all for only $379. (Golly gee! Where can you find such an equivalent deal today?)

The jingle is a takeoff on the popular old-time tune, "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee.".

District Furniture and Appliances was located at 4501 South Pul...

WSNS Channel 44 - Bob Luce Wrestling - "Report on Verne Gagne Loss" (1974)

Views: 34123

Transferred direct from 16mm film, here is a film insert (mostly complete, apparently but cuts off at the end) from Bob Luce Wrestling, on WSNS Channel 44.

Al reports on the wrestling championship loss of Verne Gagne.

Camerawork by Bob Varecha.

This report was filmed live at the International Amphitheater on Saturday, July 20th 1974.