WCIX was an independent station at this time, but would become a Fox affiliate later in 1986. Its transmitter was so weak and buried so deep in South Dade County that it had to bounce its signal off three translators just to reach Broward. It became a CBS station after the Great Affiliate Swap in 1988, a chain reaction of affiliate changes caused by NBC's purchase of the local CBS station. After being an NBC station for awhile, it's now a CBS affiliate again after changing dials with WTVJ in 1995. Its call letters are now WFOR.
Noticed the beginning of the Long John Silver's "Chicken Planks" spot has a line that says "The Colonel never tried". By 2002, KFC parent company Yum! Brands bought Long John Silver's, keeping it until selling to a group of franchise owners and private investors, where it was placed under the umbrella of LJS Partners LLC.
I remember we had two of those Entertech Water Guns. They sound they made was neat, but the actual squirting power was questionable. Plus, needing batteries, they would often get water in the battery case and eventually stop working. I remember hearing about the kid who got shot while brandishing one, but I recall they said the kid had a "Lazer Tag" gun, not one of these.
The computer in the FPL commercial is an Apple II - I recognize the keyboard and diskdrives! Entertech had some AWESOME stuff (and ads) back in the day. I don't remember the Sectaurs animated series, but I remember the commercials for them which had episode numbers! On one kid's movie here in New York, they showed all of the "episodes" in the commercial series (12 I believe), but they were called "Sec-tors" and not "Sec-tars" as we see here. Aaron sells furniture or Aaron YELLS furniture?
ah Sectaurs, another 30-minute toy commercial brand, I remember them vividly having a few of their toys, one of them being a sort of puppet/glove that served as the mount for action figures.
These Transformers commercials must have been the last call for the original toy line, as just 3 months after these commercials aired, the animated Transformers movie would come out, and characters like Optimus and Megatron would be gone from the continuity.
yusakug Yeah...if this is April '86, I would be finishing up 8th grade, but I was very into Transformers in 6th grade....and some are these are the later ones with the temperature changing sticker that would tell whether or not it's Autobot or Decepticon.
I can attest to that Philip Gipson. I saw the animated movie with my best friend at the time on opening day in the summer of 86 when I was 9 years old. We certainly weren't expecting to see so many characters get killed off, and even a couple four letter words in the dialogue. We loved every minute of it, and I remember even buying the soundtrack on vinyl later that summer. That movie was just so not what we were expecting, and I remember going to see it a second time at the theater with my brothers, because they had to see it after I described the movie to them.
Romans One16 - Yeah, the situation with Duke being changed always bothered me, even as a kid. He clearly was supposed to die, but they changed it, and wrote it off as "being in a coma". I guess that's what happens when you get stabbed in the heart. Now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
Sucks getting old huh? Just like the adults told us growing up that we will never see it coming. One day we will wake up and be like where did it all go..
Which G.I. Joe special was this, the "Serpentor" series? I would've bet the Dinobots were released a year or so earlier. Ultra Magnus didn't make any sense until we saw the movie...it's like, who is this guy? This was also the age of the 'combiner' and I could never get close to owning any of them. The Entertech guns were awesome even when we didn't use water. Good thing we had a big yard to play 'guns' in! I'd heard of the Sectaurs toy line, but this is the first I've seen of the cartoon. Weird! I remember seeing a lot of "adult" products being advertised during cartoons, this confirms those memories. That 7up ad...I dance in the rain during the summer because of that ad.
Critters-between this and Ghoulies i'd say Critters was the better Gremlins knockoff.. GoBots-still curious as to what Uwe Boll's proposed live-action wouldve been like..maybe The Asylum can obtain the rights(Their Transmorphers films-yikes) Sectaurs-another 80s property that had potential :( Transformers-when sales began declining they decided to kill off the characters in the 86 film..(Optimus's death-there wasnt a dry eye in the theater)
I dont care how hokey our shows, cartoons, movies, commercials were i would give anything to go back and relive my 80s childhood.
WCIX was an independent station at this time, but would become a Fox affiliate later in 1986. Its transmitter was so weak and buried so deep in South Dade County that it had to bounce its signal off three translators just to reach Broward. It became a CBS station after the Great Affiliate Swap in 1988, a chain reaction of affiliate changes caused by NBC's purchase of the local CBS station. After being an NBC station for awhile, it's now a CBS affiliate again after changing dials with WTVJ in 1995. Its call letters are now WFOR.
954 Baby! I grew up on WCIX 6, WDZL 39, WBFS 33. I miss those days.
Noticed the beginning of the Long John Silver's "Chicken Planks" spot has a line that says "The Colonel never tried". By 2002, KFC parent company Yum! Brands bought Long John Silver's, keeping it until selling to a group of franchise owners and private investors, where it was placed under the umbrella of LJS Partners LLC.
Sectaurs was awesome, me and my brother had some of the toys. The big bugs they ride were hand puppets and you control the big hairy legs.
I remember we had two of those Entertech Water Guns. They sound they made was neat, but the actual squirting power was questionable. Plus, needing batteries, they would often get water in the battery case and eventually stop working. I remember hearing about the kid who got shot while brandishing one, but I recall they said the kid had a "Lazer Tag" gun, not one of these.
As Joe Bob Briggs said of "Critters" "It's the movie that asks the question what's eating the American Farmer"
The computer in the FPL commercial is an Apple II - I recognize the keyboard and diskdrives!
Entertech had some AWESOME stuff (and ads) back in the day.
I don't remember the Sectaurs animated series, but I remember the commercials for them which had episode numbers! On one kid's movie here in New York, they showed all of the "episodes" in the commercial series (12 I believe), but they were called "Sec-tors" and not "Sec-tars" as we see here.
Aaron sells furniture or Aaron YELLS furniture?
I thought the Entertech stuff was great too, I mean, who would've thought to make a spare magazine for a squirt gun?
"Aaron YELLS furniture" LOL
That critters trailer totally sampled the score from Nightmare on Elm Street!
Both movies were released by New Line Cinema
RIP New Line :(
New Line Cinema is still around, just now as subsidiary of Warner Bros.
yes, but Bob Shaye isn't involved, so it is not the same. :(
I won't lie, the GoBots ad is my favourite, simply because of how insane it is.
Nancy Stafford did Waterbed City commercials in south Florida all through the 1980s. Then Matlock stole her away.
She did do the Waterbed City spots right through when they became City Furniture.
Larry Linvil was in no way, reading from que cards.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that, ahahaha.
JoeMotion Videos 82 He was??😜😜😜😜
Every once in awhile, there's always a weirdo on TV selling furniture like the guy at 13:08.
ah Sectaurs, another 30-minute toy commercial brand, I remember them vividly having a few of their toys, one of them being a sort of puppet/glove that served as the mount for action figures.
Jeremy Thomas i remember that. i think my older brother had it and he passed down to me. it was a fly with battery operated wings.
yeah, that's it exactly!
These Transformers commercials must have been the last call for the original toy line, as just 3 months after these commercials aired, the animated Transformers movie would come out, and characters like Optimus and Megatron would be gone from the continuity.
yusakug Yeah...if this is April '86, I would be finishing up 8th grade, but I was very into Transformers in 6th grade....and some are these are the later ones with the temperature changing sticker that would tell whether or not it's Autobot or Decepticon.
I can attest to that Philip Gipson. I saw the animated movie with my best friend at the time on opening day in the summer of 86 when I was 9 years old. We certainly weren't expecting to see so many characters get killed off, and even a couple four letter words in the dialogue. We loved every minute of it, and I remember even buying the soundtrack on vinyl later that summer. That movie was just so not what we were expecting, and I remember going to see it a second time at the theater with my brothers, because they had to see it after I described the movie to them.
Romans One16 - Yeah, the situation with Duke being changed always bothered me, even as a kid. He clearly was supposed to die, but they changed it, and wrote it off as "being in a coma". I guess that's what happens when you get stabbed in the heart. Now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
Philip Gipson YO JOE !!!
MASH and WKRP two of the highest rated syndicated sitcoms in the 80s.
Man childhood memories cool.😢😢😢😢
Sucks getting old huh? Just like the adults told us growing up that we will never see it coming. One day we will wake up and be like where did it all go..
Which G.I. Joe special was this, the "Serpentor" series?
I would've bet the Dinobots were released a year or so earlier. Ultra Magnus didn't make any sense until we saw the movie...it's like, who is this guy? This was also the age of the 'combiner' and I could never get close to owning any of them.
The Entertech guns were awesome even when we didn't use water. Good thing we had a big yard to play 'guns' in!
I'd heard of the Sectaurs toy line, but this is the first I've seen of the cartoon. Weird!
I remember seeing a lot of "adult" products being advertised during cartoons, this confirms those memories.
That 7up ad...I dance in the rain during the summer because of that ad.
As I posted earlier, this is from an airing of the five-part series pilot
My bad, my eyes skipped over 'pilot' completely...after further research, the "Serpentor" series didn't air until fall of 1986 anyway.
These commercials were no where NEAR as horrible and annoying as they are now
Amen for me I don't watch commercials past 1992 well some occasions call for it
+Xxxtentacion Summoned satan LOL
+Xxxtentacion Summoned satan I was laughing out loud a lot. Hence the caps lol
Sleaze factor is high. 🤩
This is so cool, wow.
Wow, rare footage of Wuzzles (TV) merchandise
Critters-between this and Ghoulies i'd say Critters was the better Gremlins knockoff..
GoBots-still curious as to what Uwe Boll's proposed live-action wouldve been like..maybe The Asylum can obtain the rights(Their Transmorphers films-yikes)
Sectaurs-another 80s property that had potential :(
Transformers-when sales began declining they decided to kill off the characters in the 86 film..(Optimus's death-there wasnt a dry eye in the theater)
Aerial BOTS! 😜😜😜😜