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The Best Of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Record Offer, 1981)

Views: 7365

Here's a fun record offer for The Best of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.

"Hey, Do you know Smokey Robinson and The Miracles?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 1st 1981.

Bubblicious Gum - "Rock Group" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1709

Here is one of those trippy animated commercials for Bubblicious gum. This one features kids in a rock group flying off into space. Wow. Far out, man.

"The ultimate bubble has the ultimate flavors - Regular, Wild Strawberry, and Juicy Orange." Woo.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 23nd, 1980.

WGN Channel 9 - "We're For You" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 3684

Here's a promo for some shows on the Fall 1979 WGN Channel 9 season, introduced by Phil Donahue. Shows include:

The Palace
The Life & Times of Grizzly Adams
The Thriller Movies (anyone know what this was?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, October 22nd 1979.

Lincoln Carpeting (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3960

Here's another commercial for Lincoln Carpeting - featuring legendary voice over announcer Al Parker (the voice of WLS-TV for most of the 1980's) - but who's the lady?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 1st 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "International House" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 5909

Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "International House" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Globe-Logo Station ID (voiceover by Paul Rogers)

Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction (voiceover by Paul Rogers). This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.

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The Greenhouse Cards (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1119

Here's another commercial for those popular info-card sets they were always selling back in the early eighties, such as Safari Cards.

"The Greenhouse - A Guide to Indoor Gardening"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 1st 1981.

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine - "Chicago" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2795

Here is a commercial for Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine featuring a Chicago angle.

Featuring these Chicago residents (or actors):

James Sommerfield
Theresa Szorzak (or is that Szarzak?)
Christian Moffett
Rita Hodak
Luann Stacy
John Grabowski (of course!) :-)

"Chicago, the Blizzard Capital..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 25th, 1980.

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "Wild in the Country" (Bumper, 1984)

Views: 4082

Here is a WGN Presents bumper for a showing of the Elvis movie "Wild in the Country" on WGN Channel 9. Features the famous long-running theme music of WGN Presents.

Voiceover by Bob Bell.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 7th 1984.

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" (Bumper Promo, 1984)

Views: 3706

Here is a longer WGN Presents bumper during a showing of the Elvis movie "Wild in the Country" on WGN Channel 9, where they were giving a promo for tomorrow night's movie - "The Two Mrs. Carrolls".

Features the famous long-running theme music of WGN Presents along with graphics of various stars including Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Humphrey Bogart, Burt Reynolds, Jack Nicholson, John Wayne, Barbra Streisand, Marlon Brando, and Peter Sellers.

Voiceove...