WFLD TV-32 (1971) Chicago Day Time Commercials 

I was born and raised in Northwest IN, about 50 miles from Chicago. I remember watching WFLD. Thanks for the memories. I'll be 60 this Fall.

Chicago television during this time was exceptional. Local TV personalities were fantastic and there were a LOT of shows for kids.

Great to see these! Two things you won't hear on a current commercial... "Just for the gentle sex"..."You see, Peter's crippled..."

I’m a 83 baby and just watching this I just know the back in the stuff was better, food, people like everything!!!

7:49 the iconic voice of Taylor Grant for TV Guide. His unique pronunciation of the word "guide" was classic!

15:00 The voiceover on the Easter Seals commercial is done by longtime Chicago newsman John Drury.

The model in the Maybelline ad is Kelly Harmon (sister of Mark Harmon). She did ads for Tic Tac for years. Mark and Kelly's other sister Kris was the wife of teen idol/TV star Ricky Nelson.

I Loved "Golden Grain" Macaroni and Cheddar as a kid. "Golden Grain" was also the original maker of "Rice-A-Roni" (Today, "The San Francisco Treat" hails from....Chicago!)

6:50- today, it's Nestle's "100 Grand" bar. Yes, that's Paul Frees as "Hans", the "little old chocolate maker" (who was featured in their chocolate bar ads in the late 1960's).

Does anyone remember the commercials Viva had that featured a fully-sung jingle that went, "Oh you'll never believe a paper towel like Viva. You use it instead of cloth." There is a bit more I can't recall, but it ended with something like "It's a cloth, it's a sponge, it's a mop. Viva never knows when to stop/ Oh you'll never believe a paper towel like Viva." I've been searching for YEARS for that one- the commercial here has gotten me that much closer...

That drawing of Ronald McDonald is nightmare fuel

Love commercials of every decade

I was 15 or 14 going on 14 when the commercials aired on TV in 1971 . Im born April 22nd 1956

Awesome 1971 Chicago daytime commercials!!

That Knox Gelatin drink... my mother drank that stuff. I remember it in the kitchen cabinet.

I remember that there were two cuckoo birds in the old Coco Puffs commercials, and everyone told me I was crazy. Vindication!

The Mitch Vogel TV Guide commercial at 7:49 dates this to late March 1971.

Hot Dang! You've made my day with this latest group of uploads! 18:08- I always knew TV Guide had a commercial that featured this music backing, but nobody else seems to have remembered. I don't think this music theme lasted very long.

The shoemaker's children go barefoot...and his grandchildren go to Thom McCann

That old Mounds commercial replaced by a much better one, “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.”

The Wrigley's Spearmint Gum spot which had the "Refresh Your Taste" campaign is largely forgotten. I'd like to see a forgotten Juicy Fruit Gum spot from the late 1960s which had this campaign: "Stretch your coffee break".

Looks like the Charms Big Pop commercial was parodying Tootsie Pop’s “How Many Licks” ad.

"I just washed my hair and I can't do a THING with it"

3 quick bits: 1, St Joseph Children's aspirin was re marketed in the 1990s as a low-dose aspirin for adults. (By the 1980's it was found to be a BAD idea to give Aspirin to children under 14 Y.O.) 2, Nestle's $100,000 bar ($633,508.64 in 2019,LOL!) had crunchy "things"?!?! That doesn't sound appealing at all! 3. THANK YOU for posting these in the correct aspect ratio! I H8 the 2 headache inducing trends of video today: 1, "portrait mode" 2, Stretching original 4:3 video to fit 16:9!

1:09- Len Maxwell (doing his "Pete Smith" impression) is the narrator.

Only a place like Chicken Unlimited would have burgers on their menu. 🍔

I’d hate to tell you how many of these ads I remember even the stereo ads, throw in a few car ads and I’ll be happy as well

0:38- Chuck McCann is "Sonny" and "Gramps".

McDonaldland had one hell of a crime rate in the 1970s. The Hamburglar stole burgers; Captain Crook stole fish sandwiches; the Evil Grimace stole drinks, and the Fry Guys stole fries. And the entire McDonaldland concept was stolen from the Kroffts, who were hired to design it, then fired by the ad agency, which then made minor changes to the designs and used them anyway. The Kroffts sued, and eventually won. That's why McDonald's dropped many characters in the late 1970s.

Sounds like Joey Levine(Ohio Express and other bubble gum groups) in the Mounds commercial.

Thanks for the upload, what memories!

Thank you for this terrific collection!!!!

The guy in the Maxim coffee ad looks like he'd kill someone if he didn't get his morning joe! 😜🤣

8:42- Mort Marshall is "Fruit Pie the Magician's" voice.

1:17 "The burglar alarm!". Sure McDonald's - Real subtle 😂

10:48 Channel surf. Caught glimpses of what looked like Fran Tarkenton, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and WLS-7 ABC local news with that famous local Chicago news guy (I'm not from ChiTown so help me out with him).

Is that flash at 10:48 from a soap? I can't tell. I also wonder who the woman in the Wrigley's ad (near the end) is.

4:09- There was a Charms "Big Pop" commercial where "Melvin" {and a kid} was involved in an international "big lick" championship {Melvin seemed to win, until the "British play-by-play announcer" noted, "But NO! It seems that Melvin has CHEWED his Charms Big Pop, and THAT violates international law! And besides, it's cheating....."}.

Being a native of Pittsburgh's North Side, I can't believe I didn't "shout out" Clark bar!!! I used to put that little "kick" up in my "R"s for....reasons, LOL! #&*@ Nestle, I WANNA CLARK BAR!

1:08 - Ronald McGoddam Donald 17:15 is an early Mounds commercial with a catchy jingle and it was crossed between of the Ohio Express’ “Chewy Chewy” and “Yummy Yummy Yummy”.

15:44- Jack Narz, announcer.

1:15 Pretty clear the McDonald's people were lifting a lot from H.R. Puffenstuff.

10:45- Edward Binns, announcer.

Which affiliation (network) with WFLD-32 Chicago ? How much stations in Chicago in 1971 ? By the way, I love the girl expression in "knox drinking gelatine" adv 😂😂😂

Nothing creepy about Dad dancing with his daughter's doll...

Still McDonald's in both locations...

89 cents for a decent sized meal,not bad

Who's the smarmy guy in the Bold detergent commercial?

The Maybelline model is actor Mark Harmon's sister. Where is she now?

I was 15 or 14 going on 15 not the other way around !

The male voiceover in the Macaroni and Cheddar sounds like the same guy who said "Ho-Ho-Ho" in the Green Giant commercials. Anyone know who that was?

I have to wonder if Peggy Taylor V/O'd the "Dancing Dawn and Her Friends" dolls commercial.

Were those Kotique items made by the same folks who made Kotex hygiene products?

When Ronald McDonald was a rock star LOL

9:13 He should be making pizzas!

When America still had a clean white, homogenous, culture. A beautiful era never to come again.