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Grapes - The Natural Snack [Monster] (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1231

Here's a commercial for grapes, featuring a "snack monster" holding various sugar-coated foods (chocolate cakes with white frosting, ice cream cones, chocolate bars) and asking a little girl what's in grapes (no chocolate coverings, frosting, or preservatives), and finally venturing that "there's a game in here." A reference to the holiday season is mentioned at the end of this spot.

Is there an exact Alice in Wonderland reference in here that I'm not getting? Or is it...

Old Chicago - "Monsters of the Midway" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3934

Here's a commercial for the amusement park Old Chicago featuring "Monster of the Midway Testimonials" from Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster. This was to promote their ride called Monster of the Midway.

As a bonus, here's a neat on-set picture taken during the filming of this commercial, featuring local actor Stan Adams as Frankenstein's Monster...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "The Worst Of Svengoolie" (Part 3, 1983)

Views: 1741

Here's Part 3 of a Son of Svengoolie Special - "The Worst of Svengoolie" featuring Jonathan Brandmeier ("Johnny B") who had recently joined WLUP FM 98 - The Loop.

This part features Sven introducing The Worst Songs (Part 1) - Featuring scenes from "Blood of Dracula", "Godzilla Vs. the Smog Monster", "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", "Dr. Orloff's Monster", and "Attack of the Killer Chihuahuas in 3-D". ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 29th 1983...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Gamera Vs. Monster X" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 2616

This is the promo for Son of Svengoolie Episode #266, showing the film "Gamera Vs. Monster X", which aired on local Chicago television on Saturday, September 1st 1984.

Ray Hara's King Datsun - "Fight The Inflation Monster" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2902

Here's another commercial for Ray Hara's King Datsun (formerly) at 740 Busse Highway in Park Ridge, IL.

I hope the Inflation Monster doesn't come back any time soon - it's not looking too good right now though.

Voiceover by Clif Mercer.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 25th 1981.

Son of Svengoolie - "Godzilla's Back" (1985)

Views: 3268

Here is a clip from what I believe is the 09-14-85 episode #318 showing "Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster". It's a song promoting the fact that Godzilla is back in the new movie Godzilla 1985.
(Also includes a partial movie bumper)

Featuring Rich Koz as Son of Svengoolie and Doug Scharf as Doug Graves the piano player. (Don't know who the backup singers are)

Son of Svengoolie - "The Sven-eymooners" - "A Visit To The Sewer" (1980?)

Views: 782

Here's a classic segment from Son of Sven - The Sven-eymooners sketch "A Visit To The Sewer". (parody of The Honeymooners)

Not sure what episode this was originally from but based on Sven mentioning the movie "Yongary, Monster from the Deep", I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that this was the movie being shown that week, which first aired on episode number 65.

This likely aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 4th 1980.

Alan Dixon - Democrat For Senate (Political Ad, 1980)

Views: 471

Here's a political ad for Alan J. Dixon - Democratic candidate for Senator of the State of Illinois.

From Wikipedia:

In the fall of 1970, Karl Rove, a future White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush Administration, used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Illinois State Treasurer, and stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead. Rove then printed fake campaign rally fliers promising "free ...