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WFLD Channel 32 - The Addams Family - #3 (Break #1, 1971)

Views: 3429

Here's the full Commercial Break #1 (in black and white) from yet another different episode of The Addams Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Kraft Fudgies (animated)

McDonald's - "Mayor McCheese's Problem" (1970 Copyright)

Shamrock Shakes from McDonald's - Just For The Fun Of It! (again) (I think it's a 1971 copyright) (with Shamrock Shake slate and voiceover - is that Jerry G. Bishop?)

WFLD slate promo for Speed Racer - Weekdays a...

Kentucky Fried Chicken - "The Colonel in Chicago" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2305

Here's another commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken with its legendary founder, Colonel Harland Sanders (the original, not an incredible simulation) in Chicago. Here, he helps an old lady with one of her packages inside a building while explaining a deal for Chicagoans relating to his restaurants ("The Colonel's Special," an under $3.50 meal which is applicable only to those which have that banner and lasts until February 20th).

Voiceover by ??

This was part of...

Johnson's Baby Corn Starch - "The Powder That Works Like Magic" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2158

Here's an animated commercial for Johnson's Baby Corn Starch from Johnson & Johnson, with a baby girl in discomfort from a sore bottom having said corn starch applied to her affected side by a handsome prince - "and they lived happily ever after."

Voiceover by ??

TECHNICAL GLITCH (OF SORTS) NOTE: In the first three seconds, there is only audio, followed by a very brief shot of a slate from Modern Telecommunications, Inc., before the video portion of this ...

WBBM Channel 2 - Newsbreak with John Drummond (1978)

Views: 2825

Here's a Newsbreak update on WBBM Channel 2 featuring the venerable Chicago newsman John "Bulldog" Drummond. Includes:

"This is CBS" 'Eye' Station ID.

September heatwave continues with today being the hottest day of 1978.

Police discover body of unidentified man in the trunk of a car at O'Hare airport. (Long Term Parking?)

Board of Elections rules that Governor Thompson's tax limit referendum will be on the November ballot.
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Field Communications - "Old Style Chicago" - A FuzzyMemories Re-Creation (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 1962

Here is a (slight) re-creation of the vintage Chicago Field Communications ID (pre-1979) from before they came out with their animated one. I believe this was the original Field ID style. Note the weird electronic music.

I used the original video of the ID from the San Francisco version, which was recorded in 1978, along with the audio from

WSNS Channel 44 - "Season's Greetings" (Bumper, 1978)

Views: 1282

Here's an animated "Season's Greetings" bumper from WSNS Channel 44, starting off with snowflakes falling, and where a pair of trees evolves into the "44" logo.

Directed and produced by Kurt Mendelsohn. Camerawork by Ron Vasser.

Kurt said about the making of this, "Took at least 10 passes to layer it all together. Connie made several vertical boards of snowflakes on black. We recorded Ron's camera slowly tilting up on the first one, irised low, then played i...