1984 WXON Commercials

[@gspendlove]

Who can forget the lilting tones of Glenn Yarborough? And available on 8-track, no less! I'm sold!

[@robertszmania709]

I gotta give it to Glenn Yarborough...for him to make a nickel singing with that voice...he had to be some salesman.

[@CPLANAS1985]

Keep it up!!! Very addicting to see this and other footage of WXON TV20!!! 😉😉😉😉👍👍👍👍

[@prycerobertson4695]

Hope you have more from WXON!

[@jasettereddix2856]

8:23 Skittles candy 1984 commercial. I love eating Skittles candy.

[@mrmoore1972]

WXON had a different music "theme" in the early 80s but nobody has posted one with it yet.

[@wecontrolthevideo]

Didn't remember that Dallas was syndicated only half way through its prime time run on CBS. Also Loretta Swit doing a Burger King commercial!

[@bryanpittman886]

I miss those days

[@robmclean4352]

Actually from 1985...Saturday, January 19, 1985, to be exact. (Near the end [28:06], they advertise the movies "THX 1138" and "Zombie's Lake", which aired on TV20 the following Saturday, January 26.

[@irol22]

I swear that was Bryan Cranston in the Good Seasons salad dressing commercial!

[@ThomasSellers]

7:41 William Schallert, AKA the commander of Starfleet on Star Trek.

[@KRhetor]

What played on Thriller that week?

[@kevinmcqueary7395]

Glenn Yarborough. was that the same guy who sang some songs from the Hobbit cartoon?

[@CPLANAS1985]

Do you have intros and outros (if they exist) for the Thriller Double Feature??? That would be ultra cool!!!

[@redefv]

The tried to make K Cars cool LMAO. Skittles before Green Crapple!!!

[@darrylh1971]

These are from 1985, not 1984.

[@judacia]

8:06 grandfather looks familiar.

[@judacia]

7:35 actor looks familiar. anybody know?

[@gspendlove]

That's William Schallert. You may remember him from _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ where he played Anthony's "dad" in the "It's a Good Life" segment, or maybe from the original _Star Trek_ episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" where he played Nilz Baris. He was a prolific character actor for 60 years in movies and TV.

[@raymondkitchen6137]

I thought he did Perry Drug commercials? You forgot to mention he was Patty Duke's dad on 'The Patty Duke Show'!

[@andrewweisneck1102]

@@raymondkitchen6137 He also played Nancy Drew's dad on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

[@EpicLJLemonade]

Dobie Gillis and Maynard G. Krebs teacher on"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".

[@judacia]

22:28 o_O

[@gspendlove]

Yup, good old Jim Harper, who did the morning drive-time radio show Harper & Gannon on WNIC in the early '80s (believe it or not, I've still got some H&G captured on cassette tapes). Seeing that ad for Martial Arts Theater reminds me that Harper's character Charlie Lum might've been a little bit, how should I say it, un-PC. No, it's pretty much racist and would definitely not fly today. Back then, we laughed at stuff that would outrage people nowadays.