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Reagan for President - "Margin of Safety" (Political Ad, 1980)

Views: 1119

Here's a political ad from GOP Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, which ran four days before the election. Here he speaks about the need to maintain a "margin of safety" to preserve the peace in the world through more than one means - economic, through alliances among other nations, and militarily.

Ending voiceover by Robert Stack (yes, folks, the Robert Stack of The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries and "Airplane!" fame).

Paid for ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Action Movie - "Apache Rifles" (Commercial Break #1, 1983)

Views: 2211

Here is Commercial Break #1 (only one I have) to WFLD Channel 32's Action Movie - "Apache Rifles". Includes:

WFLD Channel 32 Action Movie bumper (music only)

Reynolds Wrap

Empire Carpets (featuring a version of the famous jingle I've never heard before - they probably used it for a total of 3 days before someone came to their senses and canned it)

WFLD Channel 32 Starsky & Hutch promo (again)

WFLD Channel 32 Action Mo...

WGN Channel 9 - NewsNine (Ending, 1979)

Views: 6043

Here's the final segment and ending of NewsNine on WGN Channel 9 featuring Jack Taylor (in some funky glasses) anchoring. Includes:

Story on a Teamsters Strike

Cook County Hospital employees will get paid

Roy Leonard reviews Neil Simon's Chapter Two at the Blackstone Theatre.

Tom Skilling answers a weather question posed by Jack Taylor as Bill Frink busts his chops a bit.

Ending weather update and some credits ...

Aldi Foods - "Goodness Guaranteed" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2398

Here's another vintage commercial for Aldi Foods. The previous one we saw was similar and incomplete.

Featuring actress Margaret Travolta as the wife, and actor Robert J. ("Bob") Jones as the husband.

Notes: Margaret Travolta is the Sister of Actor John Travolta and has appeared in many television shows. Bob Jones used to be Chicago's Ronald McDonald back in the early 70's. He has appear...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics With Frazier Thomas - "Kidnapped" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 3837

Here's a promo for the Sunday, April 13th 1980 Family Classics With Frazier Thomas airing of "Kidnapped" on WGN Channel 9.

Voiceover by Frazier Thomas.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, April 12th 1980 during the 7:30am to 8:30am timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise (Promo, 1983)

Views: 2858

Here's a promo for the Super Cartoon Sunrise lineup on WFLD Channel 32 - which was:

6:30am - Mighty Mouse
7:00am - Great Space Coaster
7:30am - The Jetsons
8:00am - The Flintstones
8:30am - Popeye

Quality of the clip is poor, but it's the best we have right now. Audio is also hissy, but you can hear the theme song go on pretty long in the background - it's a funky version of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here".

Voiceover...

Way to Go! with Dr. Don (Episode 1, Part 2, 1979)

Views: 904

Here is yet another version of the Way to Go! program produced by Field Communications - this one hosted by none other than Doctor Donald D. Rose (Dr. Don!). He of course was the voiceover guy for kid's programs on Field Stations including Super Cartoon Sunrise, Lunchtime Fun, and Afternoon Fun - which included shows such as Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Banana Splits, The Great Space Coaster, The Little Rascals, etc...

This is Part 2 of what I bel...

WGN Channel 9 - For Whom The Bell Tolls (End Of Break & Bumper, 1979)

Views: 2449

Here's the end of a commercial break and a bumper for a WGN Channel 9 presentation of "For Whom The Bell Tolls". This was listed as "Special Prime Time Movie" in one newspaper but not sure if that's an official title. Includes:

End of Theatrical Movie Trailer for TV for "The Late Great Planet Earth" ("The Last Days of Planet Earth")

WGN People, Places & Things Community Calendar notice (voiceover by Carl Greyson)

"For Whom The Bell Tolls" ...

WTTW Channel 11 - The Callaway-Ruddle Report (Opening, 1976)

Views: 2005

Here's another "end of tape" find - the first minute or so of The Callaway-Ruddle Report on WTTW Channel 11, anchored by John Callaway (formerly of WBBM Channel 2, soon to be a Channel 11 mainstay) and Jim Ruddle (formerly of WGN Channel 9, later to go to WMAQ Channel 5), and featuring arts critic Johanna Steinmetz. Includes:

Station ID slide with a crowd of children peering from behind a gated fence (voiceover by Don Ferris)

Cold open, with previews of f...