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WCIU Channel 26 - "While You See A Chance" (Station ID #4, 1982?)

Views: 1521

Here is one more Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 using "While You See a Chance" by Steve Winwood. (last one)

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1982 seems a good estimate.

Fencl-Tufo's Chevy City - "Blaaaaaah!" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2460

Here's a pretty funny commercial for Fencl-Tufo's Chevy City featuring a goofy Dracula puppet that kind of looks and sounds a bit like Mike Toomey's Greg the Vampire character on WGN Morning News.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 9th 1979 at around 4:15pm.

House Party (Partial Record Offer, 1978?)

Views: 1431

Here's an incomplete record offer for House Party from Candlelite Music.

Main voiceover by ??. Ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds.

This likely aired on local Rockford, IL TV around 1978. (not Chicago, but close enough)

Shutan Camera (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1283

Here's another commercial for Shutan Camera featuring an outside shot of their old location at 153 West Wacker Drive - on Wacker Drive at LaSalle Street.

"Since 1918"

Voiceover by Al Parker.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

Osco Drug - "Save the Osco Way" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 2003

Here's a commercial for Osco Drug which shows how customers can now save on generic equivalents of widely-used brand name prescription drugs.

This commercial is in the same campaign as this one.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 19th 1978.

Pizza Hut - "Not Jamie Lee Curtis" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 3080

Here's a vintage Pizza Hut ad, which apparently does not feature a pre-Halloween fame Jamie Lee Curtis, as much as I may have thought. ;-)

I'm referring to the girl in the red turtleneck - I thought it really looks like her.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 11th 1977.

Gonnella Bread - "Marches On!" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1930

Here's a commercial for Gonnella Bread which starts off having sort of a newsreel feel to it, and then shows little flags of many different countries all sticking out of a loaf of Gonnella bread with toothpicks.

Voiceover sounds a bit like Orson Welles, but likely not him.

"The only bread in the world with diplomacy, benefits, and advantages for all."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978.

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Blue Squares" (Station ID, 1985?)

Views: 1615

Here's another station ID for WCIU Channel 26 given in Spanish.

Not sure when this aired but probably around 1985.

Chicago's Landmark Builders (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 518

Commercial for Chicago's Landmark Builders, from 1984.