80's Commercials Vol. 487

These commercials aired on WGBS on December 28th, 1989
1. American Appliance GE Year End Clearance
2. Krass Bros. (Um...wow. If I could somehow erase the sound of him getting choked from my brain that would be great)
3. Princess Furniture (I love the hand hammering "LOST OUR LEASE", straight out of Dragnet: • Video )
4. "Dragon Ball" Commercial Bumper
5. The Hairmakers
6. Holiday (So they're practically begging creepy guys to come and ogle over women at their gym)
7. Pulse One Car Phone
8. New Jersey Library Association PSA
9. Promo for "Remote Control"
10. "Dragon Ball" Commercial Bumper
11. D.A.R.E. PSA (With Kirk Cameron)
12. Betsons Furniture
13. Extra Sugar Free Gum
14. Bell Atlantic
15. Promo for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
16. Colonial Penn Life Insurance (Ed McMahon still inhabits the parallel universe inside that envelope to this very day)
17. Quality Plus Ford Dealer
18. Promo for "Flyers Vs. Canucks"
19. Lovescope 900 Number
20. Lady Bug (Everything's going out of business!)
21. Promo for "Taxi"
22. Philadelphia Explorers at Philadelphia Civics Center
23. Buick
24. "The Eight O'Clock Movie" Commercial Bumper
25. Promo for "The Eight O'Clock Movie"
26. Toyota Toyotathon
27. Promo for "Rosie"
28. Peace Corps PSA
29. Promo for "Mama's Family"
30. Promo for "Papillon"
31. WGBS Station ID
32. "Taxi" Commercial Bumper
33. Real Confessions 900 Number (REAL CONFESSIONS)
34. TV Spot for "Blaze"
35. Promo for "Brothers"

[@HulkieD]

The announcement at 10:55 is a work of art. Philly 57 is my favorite station, and a lot of that is the absolute perfection of Kim Martin’s voiceover work. In 30 seconds he thanks the viewer for watching, teases tomorrow’s movie, namechecks himself(VERY few US stations let the announcers do this), namechecks the station, and warmly invites us to stay tuned for the next show. You rarely saw such warm continuity BACK THEN, let alone today!

[@Farzee49]

5:19 I was always fascinated by that commercial --- the snow part...it looked cool.

[@miketroncin749]

04:28 - "I don't want to tell you how to live your life.." Boy, he sure changed that policy...

[@PowerGlove79]

LOL I was just about to say the same thing.

[@jhutto1984]

It's so trippy seeing Dragon Ball on TV from '89.

[@teresapflaumer5717]

Philly 57 was a fantastic replacement of Philly's beloved WTBS TV 48. Their programs and movies were very good and they broadcasted Flyers games.

[@jasonx1580]

I loved Remote Control. I didn't know it was syndicated, though. I always watched it on MTV. I even liked the crummy Nintendo game they made. Also loved April O'Neil.

[@teresapflaumer5717]

I remember shopping at Lady Bug store in the 1980s, at the old Willingboro Plaza in NJ. I spent quite alot of money there in my teens. I remember when the store and that mall closed...😥.

[@TTrigg]

Krass Bros-"I get all choked up ugggh..." They must have been told t o go easy on him lol Holiday-wouldnt mind having a membership at that gym XD Remote Control-R.I.P Ken Ober Real Confessions-probably more like "RECORDED CONFESSIONS...RECORDED CONFESSIONS..RECORDED CONFESSIONS"

[@DanZero77]

TRUE CONFESSIONS. Krass Bros. is a Philadelphia institution. That guy probably did thousands of those short ads. TRUE CONFESSIONS. Combined Broadcasting bought the stations of Grant Broadcasting, all with the same branding as Philly 57 such as WGBO in Chicago. TRUE CONFESSIONS.

[@xlcsvjis]

If "Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story" aired "tomorrow night" (11:00) and that movie was on Friday at 8 pm (11:55) then these would have aired on Thursday, Dec. 28, 1989.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Ok, thanks. I was looking hard on Google for an old TV listing from the Philly area to figure out when these aired and gave up. I didn't realize all the clues I needed were in here.

[@GloopTrekker]

0:40 - I remember when Princess Furniture would lose its lease at least once a year. Even as a kid, I knew it was a scam.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

Wow! I didn't know Dragon Ball was being shown in the States back in '89?!

[@80sCommercialVault]

dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Harmony_Gold_dub

[@Silvergun_Raven]

80sCommercialVault Yeah, I'm very familiar with Harmony Gold, I just didn't think they went back that far. I thought they started it back in the early to mid 90's.

[@RandomAccessDreams]

These are some weird ads to play during a Dragon Ball commercial break.

[@80sCommercialVault]

It was just the eight o'clock movie on this station, this was years before it was aired as a cartoon series in the U.S.

[@Loki800]

There's was a American Appliance in our neighborhood in New Jersey behind Taco Bell and near the High School 15 minutes near Philly.

[@DreamDancer82]

Would you believe my cat reacted to that Krass Brothers commercial?

[@80sCommercialVault]

Cats are very perceptive to the sounds of dying rodents

[@DreamDancer82]

80sCommercialVault Lol. And she was sleeping at the time, too.

[@jonathanstern5537]

Kirk Cameron doing an anti-drug PSA is like Charles Manson doing a PSA against littering. Sure, he doesn't do it, but he's done worse shit.

[@yusakug]

0:30 - How is this supposed to make anyone buy a suit? Seriously, this is the most messed up thing I've ever seen on this channel, and that's saying something. 4:43 - No, Kirk, what makes you "uncool" is your woeful ignorance and dismissal of other people and religions outside of your own. 4:50 - Looks like they had a sale on Peter Pan and Robin Hood costumes...

[@tdrewman]

Kirk has rubbed everyone the wrong way in the last 25 years.

[@claym5736]

tdrewman so, by him professing Christianity he has "rubbed everyone wrong"?.......hmmmm.

[@tdrewman]

He judges people and tells them how right he is and how wrong you are... He became a HOT MESS when he Became a Born Again or whatever he is calling himself today.

[@DD-jh9bm]

2:16 🤭ooooooooooooo