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Cheetos - "The Big Cheese" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2587

Here's a commercial for Cheetos featuring comedian Jonathan Winters as a Scoutmaster.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 1st 1980. (1979 Copyright)

Mamiya Cameras - "The Computer Makes It Simple" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1213

Here's a commercial for Mamiya Cameras.

Voiceover by Leonard Nimoy.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Joker's Wild/Tic Tac Dough/To Tell The Truth (Promo, 1980)

Views: 4615

Here's a cool promo for the game shows The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough, and To Tell The Truth on WFLD Channel 32. The lineup was:

7:30pm - The Joker's Wild
8:00pm - Tic Tac Dough
8:30pm - To Tell The Truth

Also includes a WFLD Channel 32 bumper for the presentation of the movie "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" which was sort of included in the end of the game shows promo.

You can hear some neat variations of the Field Communications theme use...

Little Debbie - "Let Santa Decide" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1677

Here's a Christmas commercial for Little Debbie snacks. Is that Sarah Michelle Gellar? Looks a bit like her.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1984.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Gong Show (Ending & Break, 1978)

Views: 4645

Here's the ending and after show break for The Gong Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Gene-Gene, The Dancing Machine!

Ending credits for The Gong Show (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie - with promo for 10:30am Saturday movie - Laurel & Hardy in "Air Raid Wardens" (good for a double check on the date)

Bigsby & Kruthers

Loc Blocs - "Lego Vs. Loc Bloc"

The Egg Scrambler by Ronco (ending voiceover by Ron Beattie)

Kaiser Broadcasting Company (ID #1, 1977)

Views: 7146

Here it is at long last! A complete Kaiser Broadcasting ID! I wish I could say this was from a Chicago recording, but it actually comes from a tape made off of one of WFLD's sister stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit.

As you can hear at the end of this clip (in an extremely brief snippet) - the same music was used in the WFLD one, so it's very likely that they were identical (except perhaps for the ...

WFLA Channel 8 - Channel 8 Reports (Part 4, 1965)

Views: 1767

Here's Part 4 (the final part) of an edition of Channel 8 Reports on WFLA Channel 8 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, anchored by Arch Deal. Also featuring longtime sports director Milt Spencer.

Includes:

Milt Spencer reading the following sports items:

- High school basketball scores (only one of which was played in Tampa), printed on a long sheet and panned down: Brandon 72, King High 58; East Bay 94, Brewster Tech 46; Pasco 64, Plant C...

ON TV - "Happy New Year!" (1982)

Views: 2138

Here's the end of a pay-per-view concert airing of "No One Gets Out of Here Alive" featuring The Doors followed by an ON TV "Happy New Year" message, and then the beginning of Mike Nesmith's Elephant Parts.

Audio is a stereo simulcast of WMET 95 and a half FM. Announcer is ??

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, January 1st 1982 at about 12:13am.

Body Buddies (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 6887

Here's a commercial for Body Buddies cereal by General Mills. Features a young Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, August 1st 1980.