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Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" (1972)
Views: 2773
Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
This Break #2 from an unknown episode number features Larry Lujack - "Superjock" disc jockey from (at the time) WLS-AM 890 radio.
I'm thinking that "SYT #1" as the clapboard person says, refers to the fact that it's Movie #1. (2 movies a night were shown for most of the run of SYT)
Accor...
WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Break #4, 1986)
Views: 1068
Here is break #4 of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. Includes:
HBO (again)
Country Time Lemonade
Tic Tac Fresh Mints
Ryne Sandburg Chevy commercial
PM Magazine promo (Elle MacPherson- woo!)
Trap Tennis by Ideal (Commercial, 1975)
Views: 1099
Here's a commercial for the Trap Tennis game by Ideal, a contraption where a ball is placed on a swivel that rotates whenever someone hits the ball - and the first to hit the ball 10 times wins.
Voiceover by Jackson Beck(?).
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 12th 1975 during the 12:00pm to 1:00pm timeframe.
WFLD Channel 32 - The Joker's Wild (Bumper Promo, 1980)
Views: 1972
Here's a quick bumper promo for The Joker's Wild on WFLD Channel 32 - weeknights at 7pm.
Voiceover by Jim Barton.
This aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.
WSNS Channel 44 - "Stars" (Partial Station ID Slide, 1977)
Views: 3003
Here's another rarity - a partial station ID with a cool slide from WSNS TV-44. This aired at the beginning of an episode of The Invisible Man (series) which you can see a little bit of after the partial ID. The only other date clue I have is the ending credits which say that "To Tell The Truth" is next. Can any of our Schedule Sleuths find out when this might be from?
Voiceover (what there is of it) is by Mal Wyman.
This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturd...
Coca-Cola - "Have a Coke and a Mean Joe Greene" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 3819
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Here's the full one-minute version of the now-famous Coca-Cola commercial from 1979 with football great Mean Joe Greene and then 12-year-old child actor Tommy Okin who offered him a Coke as he was heading towards the locker room. Then segments of a news feature on Greene are shown (voiceover by ??), including outtakes of the Coke ad.
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WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Break #5, 1986)
Views: 949
Here is break #5 of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. Includes:
Dominick's Finer Foods
Michael Reese Health Plan
Payless Shoesource
Open Pit Barbecue Sauce
Chicagoland Pontiac Dealers
Peace Corps - The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love
WMJC FM 95 - "The Magic Is The Music" (Commercial, 1977)
Views: 1780
Here's a commercial for local Detroit radio station WMJC FM 95 which features an animation of a radio melting in reverse that looks like it came out of Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer video.
This aired on local Detroit TV on Thursday, April 7th 1977 (not Chicago TV, but still cool!)
WGN Channel 9 - Weather Break with Tom Skilling (1980)
Views: 6149
Here's another weather break on WGN Channel 9 featuring meteorologist (or do you say Weather Man?) Tom Skilling.
(C) 1980, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 7th 1980.