Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Donald Gibb, who recently passed away at age 71, was certainly best known as Ogre in the "Revenge of the Nerds" film series, but in this 1984 commercial for Rent-a-Center, he's closer to his Dr. Death role on "1st & Ten." The football coach here is none other than Art Metrano, who played Mauser in the "Police Academy" series. Metrano died in 2021.
This was recorded off the air in late 1984. In the Philadelphia-area local info at the end, you can play Spot the Typo...
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No rights held or implied. (If you'd like this video removed for copyright reasons, please contact me rather than notifying YouTube, I will gladly take it down from this channel.) This is on compilation 46 at oldtvads.blogspot.com...
Donald Gibb, who recently passed away at age 71, was certainly best known as Ogre in the "Revenge of the Nerds" film series, but in this 1984 commercial for Rent-a-Center, he's closer to his Dr. Death role on "1st & Ten." The football coach here is none other than Art Metrano, who played Mauser in the "Police Academy" series. Metrano died in 2021.
This was recorded off the air in late 1984. In the Philadelphia-area local info at the end, you can play Spot the Typo...
And NO, other YouTubers, you may NOT hijack this video for your own channels--I'd prefer the views stay right here, thanks!
No rights held or implied. (If you'd like this video removed for copyright reasons, please contact me rather than notifying YouTube, I will gladly take it down from this channel.) This is on compilation 46 at oldtvads.blogspot.com...
