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Illinois Lottery - "Date With A Nine" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1490

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery featuring the anthropomorphic lotto balls. Features Nancy Serlin as Ball #0 and Nate Davis (father of director Andy Davis) as Ball #2.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 18th 1982.

Time-Out Games by Mego (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1132

Here's a commercial for Time-Out hand held electronic games by Mego.

Titles were Toss-Up, The Exterminator, Flag Man, and Fireman Fireman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 29th 1980.

Coleco - Alien Attack (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2437

Here's a commercial for the handheld VFD (vacuum fluorescent display) video game Alien Attack - by Coleco.

This aired on local Chicago TV in September of 1981.

WXYZ Channel 7 - Action News - "Brief News Clip" (1977)

Views: 3529

Here's a brief news clip found at the end of a tape. You can see WXYZ Channel 7 anchors Bill Bonds and John Kelly in the background at the beginning. Lynn Skzynear reports on the death of a young boy from the King family, and has some shots of the Holy Name Church in Birmingham and Holy Name Elementary School. Also features some words of warning by Attorney Pete Leto, before the tape cuts out.

This aired on local Detroit TV likely sometime in early 1977. (not Chicago TV, bu...

McDonald's - "Atari Game Promotion" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3346

Here is a commercial for McDonalds featuring their Atari Game promotion.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, between 12 and 1am, on September 18th, 1982.

Parker Brothers - Frogger (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2541

Here's an animated commercial for the Parker Brothers video game "Frogger" for the Atari 2600 VCS.

"Parker Brothers - The Ones To Beat"

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

WTTW Channel 11 - The Doctor Becomes A Prisoner (Promo, 1991)

Views: 2709

Here's a promo for the change from Doctor Who to The Prisoner on WTTW Channel 11.

The end of an era. Still, it got me into watching The Prisoner.

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, August 26th 1991.

Tapes Of Wrath (Part 1, 1983)

Views: 5100

**Warning: May be slightly inappropriate for some environments. Contains material which some people may consider unsuitable for younger or more sensitive listeners. Viewer discretion is advised.**
It's not Chicago-related, but it is a pretty funny collection of bloopers and other behind-the-scenes footage from the news that you don't usually get to see. Includes footage from ABC, CBS, NBC, and others.

This was produced by the Radio and Television...

WYCC Channel 20 - "The Little Station That Could" (Promo, 1985?)

Views: 5595

Here's a peppy musical ID promo for the PBS station WYCC Channel 20. WYCC stood for "We Are Your City Colleges". Shows clips from various shows such as The Mechanical Universe, Modern Maturity, Indoor Gardens, Body Electric, and Sesame Street.

Let's sing along...

"In Chicago, there's a TV station. A PBS educational station. We're WYCC - TV-20! We're not the biggest station it's true, so quality will just have to do. Chicago knows we're good, we're the li...