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Brookfield Zoo - "The Wildest Place Around" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1349

Here is another commercial for Brookfield Zoo - The Wildest Place Around. Promoting their new addition to the Lion House - The Predator Ecology Exhibit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 23rd 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - American League Championship Series - Sox Vs. Orioles - Game 1 (Opening, 1983)

Views: 5927

Here is the opening 8 minutes of Game 1 of the 1983 American League Championship Series, which was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles.

You get to see the cool Channel 32 graphics for their Sox coverage at the time, as well as the starting lineups and opening banter by announcers Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson.

(By the way, the Sox won this game 2-1, but lost the series 3-1) :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesda...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Joker's Wild/Tic-Tac-Dough Contestant Search (Promo, 1983)

Views: 1776

Here is a contestant search promo for The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough featuring Jack Barry.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 5th 1983.

Walter Mondale - "Teach Your Parents" (Political Ad, 1984)

Views: 1489

Here is a very provocative political ad from the Mondale/Ferraro campaign - featuring shots of children interspersed with ICBM's launching and ending with nuclear devastation, all to a soundtrack of Crosby, Stills and Nash's "Teach Your Children". It definitely had an opinion about where Ronald Reagan was taking our country. Thank God it didn't turn out that way.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 30th 1984.

Ronald Reagan - "Prepared for Peace" (Political Ad, 1984)

Views: 1771

Here is another political ad that got a lot of attention - the one for Reagan with the bear that symbolized Russia.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 31st 1984.

Chicago White Sox - Fan Appreciation Day (Promo, 1984)

Views: 3368

Here's a promo for the Chicago White Sox for a Fan Appreciation Day on Sunday, September 23rd 1984 where you can win thousands of prizes, including a microwave oven!

This aired on local Chicago TV in September of 1984.

Dream Away (Commercial Offer, 1984)

Views: 2087

Here is one of the most laughable TV offers ever - Dream Away - a "dietary aid" that supposedly makes you lose weight while you're sleeping.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1984.

American Medical Association - "Don't Even Start!" (PSA, 1984)

Views: 1061

Here's a Public Service Announcment from the American Medical Association addressing young people smoking - "Don't Even Start".

"Smoking is so much fun, you could die laughing."

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1984, although it may have been produced quite a bit earlier.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "MisteRobber's Neighborhood" (1980)

Views: 3289

Here's another classic Son of Sven bit, "MisteRobber's Neighborhood", a parody of the Mr. Rogers' show, which was done well before Eddie Murphy's SNL parody. This is the first airing of the bit from episode number 34 where the movie was "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".

Featuring Rich Koz as Sven and "Mister Robber".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, February 23rd 1980.