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Here's a full, unedited break from the Tuesday, June 26th, 1984 "Million Dollar Movie" on WOR (channel 9 out of Secaucus, New Jersey, serving the New York City metro area).
An MDM slide leads into an ad for New York-area Sizzler Restaurants, and then Red Buttons has just 42 words to say about Century Village at Pembroke Pines in Florida.
Snapple promotes their fruit juices next (they wouldn't offer tea for a few more years) with a March of Dimes telethon chyron superimposed over the end. Announcer Phil Tonken voices a mid-break slide, after which Michael Countryman emotes for New York/New Jersey Buick Dealers, pushing the second generation of the Skyhawk.
Finally, the Avenue I Flea Market in Brooklyn was giving away "3 genuine Cabbage Patch Dolls" every Friday night that June, well after the initial frenzy of Christmas 1983 had passed.
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 13 at oldtvads.blogspot.com...
Here's a full, unedited break from the Tuesday, June 26th, 1984 "Million Dollar Movie" on WOR (channel 9 out of Secaucus, New Jersey, serving the New York City metro area).
An MDM slide leads into an ad for New York-area Sizzler Restaurants, and then Red Buttons has just 42 words to say about Century Village at Pembroke Pines in Florida.
Snapple promotes their fruit juices next (they wouldn't offer tea for a few more years) with a March of Dimes telethon chyron superimposed over the end. Announcer Phil Tonken voices a mid-break slide, after which Michael Countryman emotes for New York/New Jersey Buick Dealers, pushing the second generation of the Skyhawk.
Finally, the Avenue I Flea Market in Brooklyn was giving away "3 genuine Cabbage Patch Dolls" every Friday night that June, well after the initial frenzy of Christmas 1983 had passed.
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 13 at oldtvads.blogspot.com...







![WPHL 17, Late Show Bits, April 1985
Heres some WPHL (channel 17 out of Philadelphia) Late Show stuff, recorded in late April of 1985.
The recording begins with a partial promo for an NBA playoffs game, Sixers vs. Bullets. Then:
a Jeffersons promo;
the LS intro (I have a later version of the open on this channel also) announcing Please Dont Eat the Daisies;
the movie is brought to you by Thermal-Gard, with long segments hosted by Tom [something] and Dick Van Patten;
movie begins, MGM logo;
Grover Washington Jr. delivers a public service announcement for ARC/Rainbow, looking for host families for mentally retarded young adults (interested?), then a bump;
Bell Atlantic rolled out their mobile phone (called Alex, as in Graham Bell) a year or so earlier. I cant find details of its demise, but given the volatility of the communications industry at that time, I dont imagine it lasted much longer;
a couple of guys in bird costumes for Medford Ford in New Jersey;
promo for Second Wind, 1976 Canadian film;
more Thermal-Gard, with Dick interviewing satisfied customer Nancy Carlson;
finally, if youd experienced a car accident, Goldberg & Associates wanted to help.
And NO, other YouTubers, you may NOT hijack this video for your own channels Id prefer the views stay right here, thanks!
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