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These commercials aired on December 8th, 1985. Happy 1100!
1. MTV VJ Segment (With Nina Blackwood. Commercials starting here were recorded from MTV on 12/8/85)
2. Musicland
3. Lee Jeans
4. TV Spot for "Spies Like Us" (Not really my favorite, though it's been a while since I've seen it. The music here sounds suspiciously like the theme song to "Ghostbusters")
5. Promo for "The Young Ones"
6. MTV VJ Segment/Music News (Featuring Sade, Bananarama and tour dates for R.E.M.)
7. FDS
8. Sony Digital Compact Disc Player (With Stevie Wonder)
9. Coast
10. "A View To A Kill" on VHS
11. Promo for "John Belushi: Rock 'n Roll Actor"
12. MTV VJ Segment
13. Summertime Gold (9:16 I would hardly consider the 1977 cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy to be the "original artist"...is it too late to sue for false advertising?)
14. MTV Station ID
15. MTV VJ Segment
16. U.S. Army
17. G.I. Bill + Army College Fund
18. TV Spot for "Clue"
19. MTV Station ID
20. MTV Station ID (With Hall & Oates)
21. Canoe Cologne by Dana
22. Maxell Audio Tape
23. Lee Jeans (Neat that they made the earlier ad from a different perspective/gender)
24. TV Spot for "Spies Like Us"
25. Huey Lewis and the News "Video Hits" (They had consistently great songs and music videos and this is probably one of the best music video collections you could have bought back then. Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when "Sports" came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically)
26. Measure Of Metal Contest (With Dee Snider. Not sure why they were airing this as late as the 8th, when entries had to have been received the following day)
27. Closet Classics Intro
28. MTV Station ID
29. Progresso Soup (Commercials starting here were recorded from an unknown station in the Providence, RI area also on 12/8/85. I can't help but think that the guy robotically saying "I LOVE YOU" at 18:01 inspired this part of the Spatula City ad in Weird Al's "UHF": youtube.com/watch?v=4BUDwj_mXKE&t=45s)
30. Scrabble People
31. Isotoner Gloves
32. Coast
33. Orville Redenbacher Gourmet Popcorn
34. Pine Sol
35. Old Spice
36. Prime Value Mart
37. Pizza Hut (With Pamela Stephenson)
38. "John Lennon Remembered" Ending (With Wolfman Jack. This special aired in syndication on the five year anniversary of Lennon's murder)
39. Isotoner Gloves (Sorry for dupe)
40. United States Marine Corps
41. "John Lennon Remembered" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Pine Sol, Selchow & Righter and Isotoner)
42. Remington Micro Screen and Lady Remington
43. Totes Water Resistant Watches
44. Pine Sol
45. MTV VJ Segment/Music News (Back to MTV with Alan Hunter. Featuring news on Simple Minds, Repeat of Sade News and tour dates for INXS)
46. Clearasil
47. Lee Jeans
48. TV Spot for "A Chorus Line"
49. Casio G-Shock 5200 Watch
50. MTV Station ID
51. MTV Station ID (With Ah-Ha)
52. MTV License (Seems like this would be willfully volunteering information to MTV that you're stealing cable with a satellite dish?)
53. Musician Magazine
54. Maxwell House Decaffeinated Coffee (Commercials starting here are from NBC, still on 12/8/85)
55. Ford Taurus Wagon and Mercury Sable Sedan
56. Promo for "Final Jeopardy"
57. Kentucky Fried Chicken
58. NutraSweet
59. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Ending/End Credits (A 1985 remake of the 50's anthology series that lasted for one season on NBC and continued with new episodes on USA until 1989)
60. Promo for "Love Is Never Silent"
61. WJAR NewsWatch 10 Update (The NBC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island)
62. SaveRite
63. Town Wine & Spirits
64. American Association of Blood Banks PSA
65. WJAR NewsWatch 10 Bumper
66. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Intro: "Final Jeopardy"
67. MTV VJ Segment (Back to MTV with Mark Goodman)
68. "John Belushi: Rock 'n Roll Actor" Commercial Bumpers (Brought to you by Revlon, Panasonic and Chic Jeans)
69. MTV Station ID
70. MTV Music News (Featuring Julian Lennon and tour dates for Mötley Crüe sponsored by Campbell's Soup)
71. Campbell's Soup (Partial. You can see from this little montage that whoever was recording this was regularly skipping and changing channels throughout the day)
72. Skittles
73. Huey Lewis and the News "Video Hits"
74. Jontue
75. MTV Station ID
76. MTV Music News/VJ Segments (Featuring "Boston Against AIDS" benefit with Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Steven Tyler, Seth Justman and Aimee Mann)
77. FDS
78. Sony Digital Compact Disc Player (With Stevie Wonder)
79. Campbell's Chunky Soup
80. TV Spot for "Spies Like Us"
81. Lee Jeans
82. Measure Of Metal Contest (With Dee Snider)
83. Closet Classics Intro
84. MTV Station ID
85. Nate Lions Warehouse Sales (51:38 What a charming storefront, wonder why they were renovating?)
86. MTV Basement Tapes Intro (With Martha Quinn)
These commercials aired on December 8th, 1985. Happy 1100!
1. MTV VJ Segment (With Nina Blackwood. Commercials starting here were recorded from MTV on 12/8/85)
2. Musicland
3. Lee Jeans
4. TV Spot for "Spies Like Us" (Not really my favorite, though it's been a while since I've seen it. The music here sounds suspiciously like the theme song to "Ghostbusters")
5. Promo for "The Young Ones"
6. MTV VJ Segment/Music News (Featuring Sade, Bananarama and tour dates for R.E.M.)
7. FDS
8. Sony Digital Compact Disc Player (With Stevie Wonder)
9. Coast
10. "A View To A Kill" on VHS
11. Promo for "John Belushi: Rock 'n Roll Actor"
12. MTV VJ Segment
13. Summertime Gold (9:16 I would hardly consider the 1977 cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy to be the "original artist"...is it too late to sue for false advertising?)
14. MTV Station ID
15. MTV VJ Segment
16. U.S. Army
17. G.I. Bill + Army College Fund
18. TV Spot for "Clue"
19. MTV Station ID
20. MTV Station ID (With Hall & Oates)
21. Canoe Cologne by Dana
22. Maxell Audio Tape
23. Lee Jeans (Neat that they made the earlier ad from a different perspective/gender)
24. TV Spot for "Spies Like Us"
25. Huey Lewis and the News "Video Hits" (They had consistently great songs and music videos and this is probably one of the best music video collections you could have bought back then. Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when "Sports" came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically)
26. Measure Of Metal Contest (With Dee Snider. Not sure why they were airing this as late as the 8th, when entries had to have been received the following day)
27. Closet Classics Intro
28. MTV Station ID
29. Progresso Soup (Commercials starting here were recorded from an unknown station in the Providence, RI area also on 12/8/85. I can't help but think that the guy robotically saying "I LOVE YOU" at 18:01 inspired this part of the Spatula City ad in Weird Al's "UHF": youtube.com/watch?v=4BUDwj_mXKE&t=45s)
30. Scrabble People
31. Isotoner Gloves
32. Coast
33. Orville Redenbacher Gourmet Popcorn
34. Pine Sol
35. Old Spice
36. Prime Value Mart
37. Pizza Hut (With Pamela Stephenson)
38. "John Lennon Remembered" Ending (With Wolfman Jack. This special aired in syndication on the five year anniversary of Lennon's murder)
39. Isotoner Gloves (Sorry for dupe)
40. United States Marine Corps
41. "John Lennon Remembered" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Pine Sol, Selchow & Righter and Isotoner)
42. Remington Micro Screen and Lady Remington
43. Totes Water Resistant Watches
44. Pine Sol
45. MTV VJ Segment/Music News (Back to MTV with Alan Hunter. Featuring news on Simple Minds, Repeat of Sade News and tour dates for INXS)
46. Clearasil
47. Lee Jeans
48. TV Spot for "A Chorus Line"
49. Casio G-Shock 5200 Watch
50. MTV Station ID
51. MTV Station ID (With Ah-Ha)
52. MTV License (Seems like this would be willfully volunteering information to MTV that you're stealing cable with a satellite dish?)
53. Musician Magazine
54. Maxwell House Decaffeinated Coffee (Commercials starting here are from NBC, still on 12/8/85)
55. Ford Taurus Wagon and Mercury Sable Sedan
56. Promo for "Final Jeopardy"
57. Kentucky Fried Chicken
58. NutraSweet
59. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Ending/End Credits (A 1985 remake of the 50's anthology series that lasted for one season on NBC and continued with new episodes on USA until 1989)
60. Promo for "Love Is Never Silent"
61. WJAR NewsWatch 10 Update (The NBC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island)
62. SaveRite
63. Town Wine & Spirits
64. American Association of Blood Banks PSA
65. WJAR NewsWatch 10 Bumper
66. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Intro: "Final Jeopardy"
67. MTV VJ Segment (Back to MTV with Mark Goodman)
68. "John Belushi: Rock 'n Roll Actor" Commercial Bumpers (Brought to you by Revlon, Panasonic and Chic Jeans)
69. MTV Station ID
70. MTV Music News (Featuring Julian Lennon and tour dates for Mötley Crüe sponsored by Campbell's Soup)
71. Campbell's Soup (Partial. You can see from this little montage that whoever was recording this was regularly skipping and changing channels throughout the day)
72. Skittles
73. Huey Lewis and the News "Video Hits"
74. Jontue
75. MTV Station ID
76. MTV Music News/VJ Segments (Featuring "Boston Against AIDS" benefit with Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Steven Tyler, Seth Justman and Aimee Mann)
77. FDS
78. Sony Digital Compact Disc Player (With Stevie Wonder)
79. Campbell's Chunky Soup
80. TV Spot for "Spies Like Us"
81. Lee Jeans
82. Measure Of Metal Contest (With Dee Snider)
83. Closet Classics Intro
84. MTV Station ID
85. Nate Lions Warehouse Sales (51:38 What a charming storefront, wonder why they were renovating?)
86. MTV Basement Tapes Intro (With Martha Quinn)
