Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These commercials aired on KPIX on September 30th, 1989
1. Citibank Visa
2. Hope Rehabilitation Services
3. Promo for "A Current Affair"
4. "American Gladiators" Intro
5. Nintendo Commercial Bumper
6. Dragon Warrior for NES (Known as Dragon Quest in Japan, this North American localization was not successful, prompting Nintendo to give away the thousands of unsold copies to Nintendo Power subscribers along with a players guide. This not only attracted scores of new subscribers to the magazine, but many cite it as catalyst for future console JRPG's to have success in North America as many gamers were first introduced to the genre via that promotion)
7. Nerf Turbo Football
8. Sears Brand Central (From my understanding this was a "store within a store" essentially a fancy name for their electronics department)
9. Coast Guard PSA (RIP Louis Gossett Jr.)
10. Colonial Penn Life Insurance (With Ed McMahon. So is the little version of him on the envelope like his twin or something?)
11. California Party Line (Nice hairdo, lady!)
12. Rideshare PSA (With Cher's mother Georgia Holt...nice hairdo, lady! She lived to age 96 and died only recently in late 2022, RIP)
13. Fleet Week 1989 Host A Sailor PSA
14. Life Savers
15. Carefree Sugarless Bubble Gum
16. Super Mario Land for Game Boy
17. Bubble Yum Bubble Gum
18. Promo for "Love Connection"
19. Heart Disease PSA
20. Sports Illustrated (Featuring Sports Bloopers VHS tape)
21. California Party Line (Sorry for dupe, but it demonstrates how prevalent these ads were at the time)
22. Sunny Hills Grape Festival (9:16 Getting to pose with one of the original C-3PO costumes is worth the price of admission alone! Larkspur is in Marin county close to Skywalker Ranch where Lucasfilm is headquartered)
23. School Volunteers PSA
24. The Money Store (With Phil Rizzuto)
25. AIDS Spanish Language Hotline
26. Party Line Dating (For reference $2 in 1989 is now about $5.00 when adjusted for inflation)
27. Wild California at the California Academy of Sciences
28. Haight Ashbury Family Shelter
29. Nintendo Game Boy
These commercials aired on KPIX on September 30th, 1989
1. Citibank Visa
2. Hope Rehabilitation Services
3. Promo for "A Current Affair"
4. "American Gladiators" Intro
5. Nintendo Commercial Bumper
6. Dragon Warrior for NES (Known as Dragon Quest in Japan, this North American localization was not successful, prompting Nintendo to give away the thousands of unsold copies to Nintendo Power subscribers along with a players guide. This not only attracted scores of new subscribers to the magazine, but many cite it as catalyst for future console JRPG's to have success in North America as many gamers were first introduced to the genre via that promotion)
7. Nerf Turbo Football
8. Sears Brand Central (From my understanding this was a "store within a store" essentially a fancy name for their electronics department)
9. Coast Guard PSA (RIP Louis Gossett Jr.)
10. Colonial Penn Life Insurance (With Ed McMahon. So is the little version of him on the envelope like his twin or something?)
11. California Party Line (Nice hairdo, lady!)
12. Rideshare PSA (With Cher's mother Georgia Holt...nice hairdo, lady! She lived to age 96 and died only recently in late 2022, RIP)
13. Fleet Week 1989 Host A Sailor PSA
14. Life Savers
15. Carefree Sugarless Bubble Gum
16. Super Mario Land for Game Boy
17. Bubble Yum Bubble Gum
18. Promo for "Love Connection"
19. Heart Disease PSA
20. Sports Illustrated (Featuring Sports Bloopers VHS tape)
21. California Party Line (Sorry for dupe, but it demonstrates how prevalent these ads were at the time)
22. Sunny Hills Grape Festival (9:16 Getting to pose with one of the original C-3PO costumes is worth the price of admission alone! Larkspur is in Marin county close to Skywalker Ranch where Lucasfilm is headquartered)
23. School Volunteers PSA
24. The Money Store (With Phil Rizzuto)
25. AIDS Spanish Language Hotline
26. Party Line Dating (For reference $2 in 1989 is now about $5.00 when adjusted for inflation)
27. Wild California at the California Academy of Sciences
28. Haight Ashbury Family Shelter
29. Nintendo Game Boy
