Ben Folds Five - Barrytown, (partial) live on Letterman - July 19, 2000 Victim of VHS 2024-10-13 | Back in 2000, a little movie called Me, Myself & Irene was released. The soundtrack includes Ben Folds Five doing a cover of Steely Dan's "Barrytown", and the Five took to performing this ditty on Letterman. Joined in progress, but still – enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
No Doubt - Live at MuchMusic - 2000 Victim of VHS 2024-10-10 | Ska, alt rock, pop... No Doubt blended a lot of styles and did it WITH style, that's for sure! Let's see them perform live at MuchMusic back in 2000, playing their hit songs "Simple Kind Of Life" and "Spiderwebs". Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Promo: CFRN On The Town w/ Bob Mclean • 1984 Victim of VHS 2024-10-08 | Seems like we can't get enough sweet, sweet 1984 Edmonton action! Here's a quick promo for CFRN's "On The Town" entertainment show, hosted by CKXM FM Radio's Bob McLean. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CFRN Edmonton Commercials • 1984 Victim of VHS 2024-10-06 | It's a quick dip back into 1984 in the greater Edmonton area. Gotta love that old "You & CFRN" title card. And remember: NOBODY BEATS BIG JOHN! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
ITV Edmonton Commercials • Nov. 1985 Victim of VHS 2024-10-05 | Staying in 1984 Edmonton, let's change channels to ITV to see what's on... oh look, awesome local goods! Shoutout to Peter Ustinov! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CFRN Edmonton Commercials • Nov. 1985 Victim of VHS 2024-10-03 | Something about the mid-80's just feels so good for retro content. Especially when you get so much local Edmonton stuff! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
KHQ-TV Q6 Spokane commercials, Sign-Off, Color Bars - 1985 Victim of VHS 2024-10-03 | We're back in Spokane, this time in 1985, and the pickin's are good! As a bonus, these aired at the end of the night – which means we get sign-off content! And color bars, who doesn't like retro color bars? Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
FULL GAME: INTERCONTINENTAL CUP of BASEBALL • CUBA vs CHINESE-TAIPEI • Aug. 17, 1985 Victim of VHS 2024-09-29 | Here's one for the baseball historians! Back in August of 1985, the International Baseball Federation brought its Intercontinental Cup series to Canada, hosted in Edmonton, Alberta. It was a great late afternoon for baseball at John Ducey Field and you can see downtown Edmonton in the background!Enjoy this full B-block semi-final round between Cuba and Chinese-Taipei. And if you'd like to see the commercials aired during this on ITV, check our channel for that video package. In either case, enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Temple Kung Fu • Edmonton, AB Commercial • 1986 Victim of VHS 2024-09-27 | Let's cut to the chase: If commercials like these didn't entice you to take up martial arts lessons in the 1980's... well, what can you say. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
ITV Edmonton Commercials • Aug. 17, 1985 Victim of VHS 2024-09-26 | Whoa, can you believe this is our first collection of commercials from 1985? And it's chock full of healthy, hearty Edmonton goodness! Got to love all the PolyTel album commercials, too. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
KREM-2 CBS Commercials • 1987 Victim of VHS 2024-09-19 | Welcome to 1987, a year we don't see too often here! This is still definitely the 80's but you can feel 90's aesthetic on the way. Lots of great local content, plus MONSTER TRUCKS! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
KHQ-TV Q6 Spokane commercials - 1980 Victim of VHS 2024-09-08 | It's our oldest commercial pack yet! We're heading all the way back to 1980 for this one, featuring spots aired during the final first-season episode of Saturday Night Live. Spokane, we thank you – enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CFRN Edmonton Commercials • 1984 Victim of VHS 2024-09-06 | Pro rasslin' used to air on CFRN back in the day, and commercials were employed as well! Just look at all this great local Edmonton business content! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CNN Headline News [Partial] • April 1983 Victim of VHS 2024-09-04 | A brief look at the news of the world in 1983, thru the eyes of CNN. Amazing how such a big company used to look so small. Global conflict, taxes, the auto industry... what else is news? Enjoy!
Entertainment Tonight • April 21, 1983 Victim of VHS 2024-09-02 | It's the glitz, the glamour and the garish gossip of the entertainment industry, brought to you with relative style as only Entertainment Tonight can. Mickey Rooney goes nuts, Bianca Jagger gets classy, Debbie Harry and Andy Kaufman wrestle... it's the 80's, folks! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
KREM-2 CBS Commercials • April 1983 Victim of VHS 2024-08-31 | Still in 1983, this time via KREM-2 in the greater Spokane area! Restaurants, car dealerships, a Flashdance trailer... what more could you want? Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
ITV Edmonton Commercials • April 1983 Victim of VHS 2024-08-29 | Behold the beginning of one of the oldest and most exciting tapes added to our archives! ITV Edmonton back in 1983 – what more can you ask for? Some great local ads here, plus a cameo from a legend who grew up in Edmonton, one Leslie Nielsen! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
ITV Channel Sign-off • late 1980s Victim of VHS 2024-08-19 | Younger folks may not understand this special aspect of older television: before TV was full of 24/7 content, local channels used to only run stuff until midnight or so. How did they cap off the day? By airing a sign-off video! Here's one that Alberta's ITV ran sometime in the 1980's. Enjoy, and have a good night!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Dale Heslip on CityTV Media Television • 1996 Victim of VHS 2024-08-17 | If you will, let Media Television be your guide into the world of creating TV commercials, with a spotlite on filmmaker Dale Heslip. There's also a when-we-come-back snippit looking at romance novels, but of course that content was not included on this tape. Regardless, enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
PBS KCTS-9 Commercials, Shorts, Promos • 1997 Victim of VHS 2024-08-15 | Fresh off our sharing an original Red Dwarf Marathon PBS pledge drive, we now present some other content mixed into that same tape! We've got commercials (mostly for PBS programming), a short one-person monologue called "Proposal Plea" by Mark C. Murphy, and a spotlight on the stage production of Miss Saigon! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CTV CHEK-6 Vancouver, BC Bumper • 1988 Victim of VHS 2024-08-12 | Let's keep it short with a quick CHEK-6 bumper out of Vancouver Island, BC – and a truck commercial, why not? Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CBC Midday (incomplete), Edmonton area – Tues. Sept. 15, 1992 Victim of VHS 2024-08-10 | It's Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1992 and it's time for CBC Midday! Topics include the crisis in Somalia, the Canada/Quebec referendum, Canadian multi-linguistics and more. Plus there's a few retro commercials mixed in – enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
1997 RED DWARF Marathon PBS Fundraiser w/ CRAIG CHARLES, ROBERT LLEWELLYN Victim of VHS 2024-08-07 | Space Corps Directive #545434 states it's time for a fun fundraiser! Hosted by George Ray, this PBS event saw Red Dwarf stars Craig Charles (Lister) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) help entice some viewers to shell out some public funding. And check out a decidedly young Joel McHale with the assist! Cook up some smegging flapjacks and enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
KOMO-4 ABC commercials • 2003 Victim of VHS 2024-08-04 | We once again dip into the year 2003 for a world of soap opera-y delights in the form of various household-oriented commercials. Say hi to Seattle and enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Robert Smith (The Cure) • MuchMusic bumper Victim of VHS 2024-08-02 | Not sure what year this is, but Robert Smith of The Cure is doing a bumper promo for Canada's own MuchMusic! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Joel McHale for PBS KCTS-9 • 1997 Victim of VHS 2024-07-31 | Jeff Winger, pledge-driver at law! Check it out folks, it's a young Joel McHale helping a PBS / KCTS-9 pledge drive back in 1997. What's with the Red Dwarf talk? Just you wait and see! For now, enjoy!
CTV commercials • 1997 Victim of VHS 2024-07-29 | Quick to the point, to the point, no fakin' – it's a mini-batch of commercials aired during the Magical World of Disney, sometime in 1997. There's also a brief cameo by the Leslie Spit Trio. Don't ask me why, just... enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Cruzados – Hanging Out In California / Motorcycle Girl – MuchMusic, 1980s Victim of VHS 2024-07-17 | Here's something a little different: a double header of music videos by LA blues rockers Cruzados, as aired on Canada's MuchMusic sometime in the 80's! Not much else to say except, rock out and enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CBC The Journal – Bryan Adams – Dec. 30, 1983 Victim of VHS 2024-07-15 | Back in 1983, Canada's own Bryan Adams experienced something a little rare when his stardom rose not just in the North but also down in the United States! CBC's The Journal took a look at this rising star and his undeniable rock power. Enjoy!
Lone Star Channel Commercials • 2003 Victim of VHS 2024-07-13 | Back in the early 00's we saw an increase in genre-specific specialty channels, with one such being geared towards cowboy-oriented programming: The Lone Star Channel! Here's a quick taste of what that station's commercial programming was like back in 2003. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CBC Edmonton commercials • 1996 Victim of VHS 2024-07-08 | You may or may not see a recurring theme in marketing with this batch of Canadian commercials. Let's just say there's a certain olympic flair in the air? Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
ITV Edmonton Commercials • May 20, 1993 Victim of VHS 2024-07-01 | The Way-Back Machine is dialed in to May of 1993 by way of ITV Edmonton in Alberta, Canada! These commercials aired during Married With Children, and then The Tonight Show. Definitely some late-night vibes to these gems, so enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CFRN CTV Edmonton commercials • Oct. 1998 Victim of VHS 2024-06-28 | Fast food, department stores, local content, the holidays on the way... what a time to watch TV in late 1998. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
MTV Bumpers: Randee of the Redwoods (late 80s) Victim of VHS 2024-06-27 | Hey maaaannnn, it's Randee of the Redwoods! Played by comedian Jim Turner. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CTV CHEK-6 Vancouver ads • 1988 Victim of VHS 2024-06-10 | What magnetic tape goods can one unearth from Vancouver television in 1988? Lots of nice wholesome evening commercials, some movie trailers, a bit of localized content and some news breaks. Sounds good? Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Global TV Saskatchewan – 1998 Victim of VHS 2024-06-08 | Saskatchewan has some more to say, still via Global TV, but this time in 1998. Lots of Fox-based programming previews, a nice chunk of local content, how can you go wrong? Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
PBS KSPS Commercials – 1980s Victim of VHS 2024-06-01 | A short but delicious smattering of KSPS public television commercials, as well as a brief glimpse at the American Frontiers show starring Charlie Jones and the legendary Merlin Olsen. What year in the 80's were these from? Good question – enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
WDIV-4 NBC Detroit Commercials – Sept. 1999 Victim of VHS 2024-05-30 | Let's take a trip to De-troit Rock City! It's September 1999 and WDIV-4 NBC is airing the Matthew Perry / Salma Hayek rom-com flick Fools Rush In (1997). Were commercials shown intermittently? Better believe it! We also cap it off with the start of an evening news broadcast. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CBC Primetime News w/ Commercials – 1992 Victim of VHS 2024-05-28 | Let's get news-y via CBC's Primetime. Pamela Wallin interviews former Ontario premier Bob Rae; Peter Mansbridge talks to Geoff Elwand and Morris Manning about Paul Bernardo; and we look at a mining spot in the Yukon at risk of becoming a ghost town. Some vintage commercials are included – enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Global TV Saskatchewan – March 30, 1999 Victim of VHS 2024-05-23 | We be staying in 1999, this time moving into Saskatchewan to rock some affiliated programming and localized commercial content. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
Rock Your World – CD & Cassette Compilation Commercial – 1999 Victim of VHS 2024-05-21 | One of many of those amazing 90's hits compilation commercials, this one dedicated to the wild world of classic rock, hard rock, glam rock and almost-heavy metal hits of the 80's. Did you order this one? CD or cassette? Cash, cheque, credit card or money order? Either way, enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
WUHF Fox Rochester Commercials – March 30, 1999 Victim of VHS 2024-05-18 | It's early 1999. Family Guy is about to debut; David Arquette is schilling for ATT; and the Lost Tombs of Egypt are about to be busted wide open. What's all this mean? Retro commercials, as aired during a screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The World's Funniest! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CBC Sunday Night Commercials – 1988 Victim of VHS 2024-05-16 | With the 1988 Winter Olympics on everybody's brains, it's no surprise that these Canadian commercials are scattered with Olympic fever, even during an airing of Disney's movie Rock Mom. Other vintage goodies abound, too, and look for a rare commercial cameo by Scott Thompson of the Kids In The Hall. Above all else, enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
PBS KSPS and WTVI Commercials • 1995 Victim of VHS 2024-05-05 | It's the wild yet wholesome world of public access television! Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
On The Road Again w/ Wayne Rostad - CBC 1993, w/ COMMERCIALS Victim of VHS 2024-05-03 | If you were a down-to-earth Canadian watching TV between 1987 and 2007, you probably enjoyed the neighbourly charm of Wayne Rostad and his classic Canadiana show, On The Road Again. Here we have most of an episode from 1993, with original vintage commercials included – enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
A&E Commercials • 1987 Victim of VHS 2024-05-02 | Just what was the Arts & Entertainment channel up to back in 1987? Considering it was barely a year old, a surprisingly tasteful amount! They were into stand-up comedy as well, as evidenced by the commercials you see here, amongst others. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
WPIX 11 New York Commercials – May 1996 Victim of VHS 2024-05-01 | New York calling again, this time via one of the most magical years of all: 1996. Star Trek is the name of the game and retro commercials are in your video frame. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CBC, The Fifth Estate • 1993 (Joined In Progress) Victim of VHS 2024-04-29 | We continue with some more 90's Canadian news content, this time with CBC's The Fifth Estate. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
CFRN On-Line Talk Show • 1993 Victim of VHS 2024-04-15 | Let's have an on-air chat about local affairs in Edmonton, AB as of 1993! With guest Edmonton Liberal MP David Kilgour, there's lots of talk about the future of Pierson International Airport, plus some general political jibber-jabber. You also get some great vintage commercials, including local content. Enjoy!Like what you see? Tip my video efforts by buying me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/vhsvictim
