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A&P Brands Open House with Price & Pride - "Hey, Look Us Over!" (Partial Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1808

Here's a partial, incomplete commercial for A&P Brands' Open House, with Price and Pride (accompanied by a marching band) spotlighting the savings on A&P and Ann Page brand products including the latter's Mandarin Oranges and the former's Eight O'Clock Coffee and an equivalent of what looks like either Cheez Doodles or frozen French fries.

Ending voiceover (with notice of A&P Private Label Sale, available at all Chicago, Springfield and Decatur stores) by ?? (halfway through b...

WFLD Channel 32 - American League Championship Series - Sox Vs. Orioles - Game 1 (Opening, 1983)

Views: 5861

Here is the opening 8 minutes of Game 1 of the 1983 American League Championship Series, which was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles.

You get to see the cool Channel 32 graphics for their Sox coverage at the time, as well as the starting lineups and opening banter by announcers Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson.

(By the way, the Sox won this game 2-1, but lost the series 3-1) :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesda...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 4, 1981)

Views: 2012

In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 4 features Steve and his band Teenage Radiation singing "Inflation" (parody of ?? by ??)

(Commercials were cut out of this segment of the broadcast)

This aire...

McDonald's - "Joe Kelley" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1718

Here's a commercial for McDonalds featuring "Joe Kelley" - food editor at the local newspaper - reporting that McDonald's hamburgers and cheesburgers were specially priced at 39 cents 49 cents respectively.

A user here, "BeatFarmer66", requested this commercial a couple of years ago as seen in the comments section of this video. Apparently, a former classmate of his named Sue Robbins played the part of th...

WGN Channel 9 - Lead-Off Man - "Bobby Murcer" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 7917

Here's the opening 30 seconds or so of Lead-Off Man on WGN Channel 9. Features Lou Boudreau talking to Bobby Murcer of the Chicago Cubs before the tape cuts off. :-(

Also features a WGN "Last Farewell" ID at the beginning (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Note: The music used as the theme to Lead-off Man is "The Billboard March", composed by John N. Klohr. The version used is performed by ??

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WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls Vs. Seattle Supersonics (Opening, 1979)

Views: 11477

Here's the opening of a broadcast of Chicago Bulls basketball on WGN Channel 9. Features Bob Costas and Johnny "Red" Kerr live from The Kingdome in Seattle, Washington for the Chicago Bulls Vs. the Seattle Supersonics. There is also a short interview with Bulls Coach Jerry Sloan.

Sponsored by: Chevrolet, Schlitz, and True Value Hardware.

Includes a "Last Farewell" WGN-TV ID at the beginning. (not sure who the announcer is)

(Quality's a little if...

Raisins from California - "Nature's Candy" with Molly Ringwald (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2340

Here's a commercial for Raisins from California, with a young Molly Ringwald (years before her becoming part of the "Brat Pack" and her breakout starring role in "Pretty in Pink") as a babysitter tending to two young kids - and feeding them raisins while extolling its virtues as an ideal snack.

Ending voiceover by ??

Sponsored by California Raisin Advisory Board.

Trivia Note: Ms. Ringwald's birthday is February 18th - the same day as that of "Lil' ...

Dion & The Belmonts - "The Dion Years" (Record Offer, 1976)

Views: 910

Here's a record offer from GRT for "The Dion Years" by Dion & The Belmonts, with 22 original recordings of both the group and Dion's early solo hits, all originally released on Laurie Records between 1958 and 1962. The album cover was a mockup of vintage Life magazine covers.

Note, on the mailing address of where to send for this album, a glaring error on the address (the zip code of 06909 would theoretically be within the perimeters of Stamford, CT!).

Main vo...

WTTW Channel 11 - The Captioned ABC News (1978)

Views: 2377

Here's the first ten minutes of The Captioned ABC News on WTTW Channel 11, which was a replay of the evening's edition of World News Tonight that had aired earlier (at 5:30pm) on WLS Channel 7. The anchors were Max Robinson in Chicago, Peter Jennings in London (on assignment) and Frank Reynolds in Washington, with commentary by Howard K. Smith, and Barbara Walters with a special report (alas, of these five, only Reynolds and Robinson are the ones with significant airtime; the o...