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Bert Weinman Ford with Linn Burton (Commercial, 1980)

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(reposted separately to make it easier to find)

Here's another classic commercial for Bert Weinman Ford with Linn Burton.

Bert Weinman - Your TV Ford Man - at 3535 N. Ashland Avenue. (Although if Bert Weinman is supposedly my *TV* Ford Man, how come we never see any commercials with him in them? We always see Linn Burton. Was Linn Burton a salesman that worked at Bert Weinman's? I wonder how many people mistook Linn Burton for Bert Weinman?)

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Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game (Commercial, 1982)

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Here's a commercial for the Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game (electronic board game) from Mattel Electronics.

"Battery Not Included"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 15th 1982. (1980 Copyright)

WFLD Channel 32 - He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe (Commercial Break #1, 1988)

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Here is Commercial Break #1 from He-Man on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

He-Man Orko bumper

WFLD promo for The Real Ghostbusters

Showbiz Pizza - "An Afternoon with Dad"

Love-a-Bye Baby

Dick Van Dyke Fire Prevention PSA - "Have 2 Ways Out" - Learn Not to Burn

WFLD Popeye PSA - "Germs" (Starting kids down the road to OCD)

He-Man Orko bumper (return)

This aired on local Chicago T...

Illinois Lottery - "The Daily Game" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for the Illinois State Lottery's new Daily Game.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 27th 1980.

Center Video Center - "Holiday Discounts" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1665

Here's a Christmas commercial for Center Video Center.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1984.

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 1, 1982)

Views: 2990

Here's Part 1 of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mom" (not sure o...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 2, 1982)

Views: 1586

Here's Part 2 of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mom" (not sure of ...

WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Spooky Lottery Hijinx" (1980)

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Here's an excerpt from an episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 where the news story was about a lottery fraud and scandal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that took place on Thursday, April 24th 1980, in which people tampered with and rigged the "Daily Number" game by injecting liquid into the ping-pong balls, in order to weigh them down and produce a desired outcome.

Seen selecting the balls is "senior citizen witness" Violet Lowery (not implicated in the scheme). The m...

Atari Home Computers - Kiosk Videodisc Presentation (Part 3, 1982)

Views: 2142

Here's Part 3, the last part, of an interesting time capsule - the presentation from a videodisc that ran on an in-store kiosk display to demonstrate the Atari Home Computer. This was around the time of Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games which made the medium very popular for encorporating with computers.

The label on the laserdisc says "E.R.I.C. POP". I know POP stands for Point of Purchase - not sure about the ERIC part.

Starring Brooke Alderson as "The Mo...