Jennifer Beals promotes Chicago in a 1987 commercial

The FLASHDANCE star looks forward to reconnecting with old friends.  The commercial doesn't really sell the city, so maybe it's just geared towards people that already have memories of growing up there?  Or maybe people that know Jennifer Beals?

Telly Savalas looks at Aberdeen in 1980

One of a few Savalas-hosted travelogues, everyone's favorite bald detective is a natural choice for a look at the harbor and the oil industry.  Because why not, even if he never actually visited the city.

Watch This Thing - Take a luxury trip via the Jet World of Pan Am!

Plane travel wasn't always about whether or not to tilt back your chair or worry about ebola. It was the height of luxury, and this 1959 short (from the Prelinger Archives) invites even the ordinary man to "explore the jungles, discover the poles, to walk to streets of London and Athens."