Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's the surviving commercial breaks that accompanied a repeat of Wonder Woman, more specifically the episode "The Bushwackers" (S01E12, originally aired on the ABC Network - and thus in Chicago via WLS Channel 7 - on January 29th 1977, and guest starring famed movie cowboy [and restaurant namesake] Roy Rogers), as presented over WFLD Channel 32.
Includes:
End of Act II, eight seconds of black between that and bumper #1
Commercials for:
Kawasaki Hot Cycle and Motorcycle - from Empire ("Toys Kids Love")
McDade's - sale on Toastmaster waffle maker
Promo for Vinnette Carroll's "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God" - final week at Studebaker Theatre (ending voiceover by Jim Barton)
Tonka Big Rig Clutch Poppers
Promo for Son of Svengoolie airing of "Planet of Blood" (with Rich Koz as Sven) (posted separately here: youtu.be/dr73CGNw1eA )
Promo for "Bugsy Malone" on that evening's 8:00 Movie (voiceover by Jim Barton)
McDonald's $15,000,000 "You Deserve a Break Today" game promo (with Frank Nelson)
WFLD "Wonder Woman" bumper #2
Start and end of Act III
WFLD "Wonder Woman" bumper #1
Start of commercial for Kmart sale on kids' cycles (2 seconds) before recording cuts to tail end of Act IV (full ad posted separately here: youtu.be/smRHoJHgRao)
WFLD "Wonder Woman" bumper #1
Commercials for:
May's, Belscot and Community Family Discount Centers - Rebate Sale
"The Bug" home security system - from Vertronix
(recording melds midway from that ad to bumper #2)
Start and end of epilogue and closing credits (with voiceover promo for Happy Days Again and PM Magazine by Jim Barton) (Wonder Woman theme had to be mostly muted to avoid Copyright blockage)
Animated Field Communications ID (voiceover by Darwin Gillette)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 25th 1981.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's the surviving commercial breaks that accompanied a repeat of Wonder Woman, more specifically the episode "The Bushwackers" (S01E12, originally aired on the ABC Network - and thus in Chicago via WLS Channel 7 - on January 29th 1977, and guest starring famed movie cowboy [and restaurant namesake] Roy Rogers), as presented over WFLD Channel 32.
Includes:
End of Act II, eight seconds of black between that and bumper #1
Commercials for:
Kawasaki Hot Cycle and Motorcycle - from Empire ("Toys Kids Love")
McDade's - sale on Toastmaster waffle maker
Promo for Vinnette Carroll's "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God" - final week at Studebaker Theatre (ending voiceover by Jim Barton)
Tonka Big Rig Clutch Poppers
Promo for Son of Svengoolie airing of "Planet of Blood" (with Rich Koz as Sven) (posted separately here: youtu.be/dr73CGNw1eA )
Promo for "Bugsy Malone" on that evening's 8:00 Movie (voiceover by Jim Barton)
McDonald's $15,000,000 "You Deserve a Break Today" game promo (with Frank Nelson)
WFLD "Wonder Woman" bumper #2
Start and end of Act III
WFLD "Wonder Woman" bumper #1
Start of commercial for Kmart sale on kids' cycles (2 seconds) before recording cuts to tail end of Act IV (full ad posted separately here: youtu.be/smRHoJHgRao)
WFLD "Wonder Woman" bumper #1
Commercials for:
May's, Belscot and Community Family Discount Centers - Rebate Sale
"The Bug" home security system - from Vertronix
(recording melds midway from that ad to bumper #2)
Start and end of epilogue and closing credits (with voiceover promo for Happy Days Again and PM Magazine by Jim Barton) (Wonder Woman theme had to be mostly muted to avoid Copyright blockage)
Animated Field Communications ID (voiceover by Darwin Gillette)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 25th 1981.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
