Man, I remember Radio Shack as a kid in the 80s. Remote control anything and everything. Electronics kits. Solar powered car kits. So much cool stuff. My dad is a ham radio guy and an amateur electronic designer. I spent most of my childhood in a Radio Shack with him picking up circuit board etching supplies, various components, looking at ham radio gear, scanners, and of course the free battery club. You could get a free battery every month. I miss that store. Now it's just a glorified cell phone shop with some overpriced headphones, keyboards and crap. Nothing like it used to be.
That version was called "Don't Turn Away" by Midnite Flite. That was released in 1977; but it was a remake of sorts of the theme NBC had used for various sports (NFL; MLB; NHL) since about 1973. I think NBC began using this version around 1979 or 1980 alongside the original theme. This "disco" version wouldn't last much longer, though; as by the 1981 playoffs NBC replaced it with a more brass-heavy theme for the game intros (the original 1973 theme that was the source of the Midnite Flite version was retained for the pregame show). That theme and the 1973 theme would be used until Super Bowl XVII after the 1982 season, when both gave way to another brass-heavy theme NBC would keep in some form until 1989.
2:35 I could remember on our first VCR, my dad added a fast-forward device. The way how it worked, it didn't mute the audio but the speed could be controlled. One of the first commercials we zipped through happened to be this one. How's that for *super fast*?
That's not the case (sadly?). There are actually people who collect broadcasts of old football games who then share them via torrent and I've been lucky to find a few that had the commercials left in.
Didn't there used to be a series of Plymouth commercial about beating the pump? They usually featured funny ads with the pump holding people up or tying them up and stuff
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For some reason, I really love old fast food restaurants commercials.
Same with old cereal commercials.
Basically, any old food commercials.
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That's a really interesting explanation. Hadn't thought about that, but that does make sense.
Lol at first commercial! Every business gets a nice, long description. Then it just goes, "By JCPenny.................. And by RCA!"
Man, I remember Radio Shack as a kid in the 80s. Remote control anything and everything. Electronics kits. Solar powered car kits. So much cool stuff. My dad is a ham radio guy and an amateur electronic designer. I spent most of my childhood in a Radio Shack with him picking up circuit board etching supplies, various components, looking at ham radio gear, scanners, and of course the free battery club. You could get a free battery every month. I miss that store.
Now it's just a glorified cell phone shop with some overpriced headphones, keyboards and crap. Nothing like it used to be.
Loved that disco-styled NBC Sports theme music..have to wonder if Barry White and the Love's Orchestra were responsible lol
That version was called "Don't Turn Away" by Midnite Flite. That was released in 1977; but it was a remake of sorts of the theme NBC had used for various sports (NFL; MLB; NHL) since about 1973. I think NBC began using this version around 1979 or 1980 alongside the original theme.
This "disco" version wouldn't last much longer, though; as by the 1981 playoffs NBC replaced it with a more brass-heavy theme for the game intros (the original 1973 theme that was the source of the Midnite Flite version was retained for the pregame show). That theme and the 1973 theme would be used until Super Bowl XVII after the 1982 season, when both gave way to another brass-heavy theme NBC would keep in some form until 1989.
Awesome! I love the pageantry of 80s era network sports broadcasts. Great commercials... Who "thumbs downed" this one???
2:35 I could remember on our first VCR, my dad added a fast-forward device. The way how it worked, it didn't mute the audio but the speed could be controlled. One of the first commercials we zipped through happened to be this one. How's that for *super fast*?
Billy Barty as the elf in the RCA ad.
That MCS stereo looks pretty nice.
What I think is funny is that copy machines don't look or work all that much different (or better)
I like to imagine that you live inside of some mountain cave in a concrete bunker surrounded by millions of vhs tapes. WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE?!
That's not the case (sadly?). There are actually people who collect broadcasts of old football games who then share them via torrent and I've been lucky to find a few that had the commercials left in.
Didn't there used to be a series of Plymouth commercial about beating the pump? They usually featured funny ads with the pump holding people up or tying them up and stuff
Man those tvs back then
That KFC song sounds quite a bit like the Mentos jingle of the 1990s..interesting.
That's the problem with music today- not enough funk!
No "Corrrrrinthian leathrrrrr" from Ricardo Montalban? I'm disappointed. :). Also, that's Tony Longo at the end of that KFC ad.
Mike Troncin I remember him as Mad Dog from HBO's 1st & Ten.