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These commercials aired on WOR on July 18th, 1986
1. "The Canned Film Festival" Intro (Featuring Laraine Newman of "Saturday Night Live", this was a short-lived comedy show that ran in syndication for a single season in the summer of 1986. In some ways it was precursor to shows like MST3k but the comedy segments only aired between the commercial breaks and there was no running commentary during the movie)
2. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Dr Pepper. The show was actually conceived by Dr Pepper brand development to appeal to a young audience)
3. "Robot Monster" Intro (This movie was later featured in the first season of MST3k: youtube.com/watch?v=U5hS_V6V31Q. It is famous for being the only movie to feature a man in a gorilla suit wearing a space helmet)
4. Dr Pepper
5. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
6. Giant Carpet
7. TV Guide
8. Dr Pepper
9. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
10. Midas
11. Together Dating Service
12. TV Spot for "Aliens" (What more can be said about one of the greatest movie sequels of all time? It's one movie I wish I had been old enough to experience in the theater when it came out but I was lucky to see a film print of it screened as a midnight movie in the mid 2000's and it was amazing! Here is a cool video with Quentin Tarantino talking about watching the movie on opening night: youtube.com/watch?v=OJZMDNDoQSY)
13. Diet Dr Pepper (The blonde actress here is Alison Doody, best known for playing Elsa in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade")
14. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
15. Era Plus
16. Parkside Dream Homes
17. People Magazine (RIP Prince and Ivan Reitman)
18. Diet Dr Pepper (I believe most of these Dr Pepper ads first aired around January of 1986 so Haley's comet would have been more relevant)
19. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
20. Garden State Brickface & Stucco
21. Jacoby & Myers
22. Dr Pepper
23. Craftmatic Adjustable Beds (With Free Polaroid camera offer)
24. Diet Dr Pepper (With Godzilla and Lady Godzilla?)
25. Avenue I Flea Market
26. O.B.
27. TV Spot for "Maximum Overdrive" (Another 80's classic! Directed by Stephen King himself, King has said he was "coked out of his mind" during the production of this, which isn't hard to believe when watching it. The music used here is taken from "Halloween III: Season Of The Witch")
28. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
29. Dr Pepper
30. Nestle Crunch (Commercials starting here are from later in July of 1986, most likely 7/21/86 based on the baseball promo at the end)
31. Nestle Crunch Ice Cream Bar (The older kid in the yellow shirt is actor Christopher Daniel Barnes, who later played Greg Brady in the Brady Bunch Movies and also voiced Prince Eric in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the "Spider-Man" animated series from 1994)
32. Lee Press-On Nails
33. Rambo The Force Of Freedom Action Figures and Vehicles (Just what I always wanted...a Richard Crenna action figure!)
34. Skittles (The waitress here is Rita Wilson)
35. National School of Locksmithing and Alarms
36. Craftmatic Adjustable Beds (Partial)
37. WOR Technical Difficulties Bumper
38. Lee Press-On Nails
39. Robert Fiance Business Institute
40. Cutex Nail Polish
41. Vaseline
42. WPLJ Rock 'n Soul Special (With Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Spinners, Tommy James & The Shondells and The Righteous Brothers)
43. Keansburg Amusement Park (This still exists)
44. American Bartenders School
45. "The Monkees" End Credits
46. AALCO Windows
47. Computer Learning Center
48. Jersey Fresh
49. Promo for Mets Vs. Reds
These commercials aired on WOR on July 18th, 1986
1. "The Canned Film Festival" Intro (Featuring Laraine Newman of "Saturday Night Live", this was a short-lived comedy show that ran in syndication for a single season in the summer of 1986. In some ways it was precursor to shows like MST3k but the comedy segments only aired between the commercial breaks and there was no running commentary during the movie)
2. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Dr Pepper. The show was actually conceived by Dr Pepper brand development to appeal to a young audience)
3. "Robot Monster" Intro (This movie was later featured in the first season of MST3k: youtube.com/watch?v=U5hS_V6V31Q. It is famous for being the only movie to feature a man in a gorilla suit wearing a space helmet)
4. Dr Pepper
5. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
6. Giant Carpet
7. TV Guide
8. Dr Pepper
9. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
10. Midas
11. Together Dating Service
12. TV Spot for "Aliens" (What more can be said about one of the greatest movie sequels of all time? It's one movie I wish I had been old enough to experience in the theater when it came out but I was lucky to see a film print of it screened as a midnight movie in the mid 2000's and it was amazing! Here is a cool video with Quentin Tarantino talking about watching the movie on opening night: youtube.com/watch?v=OJZMDNDoQSY)
13. Diet Dr Pepper (The blonde actress here is Alison Doody, best known for playing Elsa in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade")
14. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
15. Era Plus
16. Parkside Dream Homes
17. People Magazine (RIP Prince and Ivan Reitman)
18. Diet Dr Pepper (I believe most of these Dr Pepper ads first aired around January of 1986 so Haley's comet would have been more relevant)
19. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
20. Garden State Brickface & Stucco
21. Jacoby & Myers
22. Dr Pepper
23. Craftmatic Adjustable Beds (With Free Polaroid camera offer)
24. Diet Dr Pepper (With Godzilla and Lady Godzilla?)
25. Avenue I Flea Market
26. O.B.
27. TV Spot for "Maximum Overdrive" (Another 80's classic! Directed by Stephen King himself, King has said he was "coked out of his mind" during the production of this, which isn't hard to believe when watching it. The music used here is taken from "Halloween III: Season Of The Witch")
28. "The Canned Film Festival" Commercial Bumper
29. Dr Pepper
30. Nestle Crunch (Commercials starting here are from later in July of 1986, most likely 7/21/86 based on the baseball promo at the end)
31. Nestle Crunch Ice Cream Bar (The older kid in the yellow shirt is actor Christopher Daniel Barnes, who later played Greg Brady in the Brady Bunch Movies and also voiced Prince Eric in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the "Spider-Man" animated series from 1994)
32. Lee Press-On Nails
33. Rambo The Force Of Freedom Action Figures and Vehicles (Just what I always wanted...a Richard Crenna action figure!)
34. Skittles (The waitress here is Rita Wilson)
35. National School of Locksmithing and Alarms
36. Craftmatic Adjustable Beds (Partial)
37. WOR Technical Difficulties Bumper
38. Lee Press-On Nails
39. Robert Fiance Business Institute
40. Cutex Nail Polish
41. Vaseline
42. WPLJ Rock 'n Soul Special (With Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Spinners, Tommy James & The Shondells and The Righteous Brothers)
43. Keansburg Amusement Park (This still exists)
44. American Bartenders School
45. "The Monkees" End Credits
46. AALCO Windows
47. Computer Learning Center
48. Jersey Fresh
49. Promo for Mets Vs. Reds
