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Cheker Gas with Gale Sayers - "Self-Service" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 3152

Here is a commercial for Cheker (not Checker??) Gas featuring former Chicago Bears player Gayle Sayers.

"That's Cheker - it's a Gas."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 30th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - All Night Movies - "The Night Watchman" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 3318

Here is a very cool promo for WSNS Channel 44's All Night Movies program.

Featuring the voice of Channel 44 announcer Don Ferris. The female voice is Linda Frost.

Gotta love that spooky owl. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1980.

C-3PO's Cereal (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1631

Here is a commercial for C-3PO's Cereal. Wow, 2 rings instead of 1. What a monumental change.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, April 4th 1984.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie - "The Spider" (Bumper, 1982)

Views: 787

Here is a partial bumper for WSNS Channel 44's Monster Movie - "The Spider" (A.K.A. “Earth Vs. The Spider”).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, March 27th 1982 during the 12 noon to 1:30pm timeframe.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie - "The Spider" (Partial Break, 1982)

Views: 990

Here is a partial commercial break for WSNS Channel 44's Monster Movie - "The Spider" (A.K.A. “Earth Vs. The Spider”). Includes:

"Monster Movie” bumper (Gets cut off after about 1 second)

(Looks like there is an edit on the tape at this point, and the commercial break resumes about 16 seconds into the already started 70s Gold Commercial)

70's Gold by Sessions (cut at beginning)

“The Spider – Ed Kemmer – June Kenny” Fil...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie One - "The Spider" (Commercial Break, 1982)

Views: 1330

Here is a full commercial break for WSNS Channel 44's Monster Movie - "The Spider" (A.K.A. “Earth Vs. The Spider”). Includes:

“Monster Movie One” bumper (Different than the other bumpers, with addition of “One”) (In Black and White) (A second of “Night on Bald Mountain” music too)

Playboy (with Alex Haley and Elliott Gould)

World Championship Tennis on TV-44 (Advertises a match in Richmond between Jose Luis Clerc and Fritz Buehning...

WGN Channel 9 - "Happy 4th Of July" (Bumper, 1981)

Views: 2864

Here's a WGN Channel 9 bumper wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July.

Voiceover by Jack Taylor.

Happy Independence Day everyone! :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 4th 1981.

WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "Terror of the Autons" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 4313

Here is a very rare find indeed. The opening to Episode One of the Doctor Who story "Terror of the Autons" on WTTW Channel 11 from 1977.

It has a promo for "Festival '77" at the beginning featuring announcer Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 7th 1977. (@ 11:45pm!)

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Just Watch Us" (Promo, 1982)

Views: 8606

Here is an NBC "Just Watch Us" promo made especially for our Chicago affiliate WMAQ Channel 5. Features a lot of cool things including:

Kidding Around clip
Ron Magers
Linda Yu
Carol Marin
Chet Coppock
Jim Tilmon
Jerry Taft (with a lot of hair!)
On Stage On 5
Warner Saunders
Jorie Lueloff
Roger Ebert
Deborah Norville (Whoa!!!)

This aired on local Chicago TV in the last week of July 1982.