WTEN Commercial Breaks (August 21, 1999)

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25 years ago today, the Albany Firebirds were Arena Bowl champions! The 11-3 Birds beat Orlando in passion in front of a packed audience at then-Pepsi Arena, now MVP Arena. And this channel has a taping of it!
Anyone in the 518 who couldn't go to the arena could watch it on WTEN (channel 10), as the game aired on ABC. I should note, this year's edition of the Arena Bowl happened in the American Dream Mall in New Jersey, which was an interesting way to end the AFL season (the league returning this year following 5 years off). The Birds lost that game to Billings, Montana, but are painting rosy pictures for 2025.
(C) 1999 Young Broadcasting; WTEN is now owned by Nexstar Media Group. All rights go to their respective owners, same for the advertisements. For educational and historical purposes only. We do not profit off this video.

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18:07 Great Escape ad found!

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13:41 Martin, Harding and Mazzotti

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5:48 - Man, I remember Salisbury Chevrolet. Was a pretty good dealer, unfortunately a victim of GM's bankruptcy. At least the property has been put to great use, now the home of Mohawk Honda. Funny enough, the owners would later buy Northstar Chevrolet in Clifton Park years later, then move them four exits up the Northway to Malta. TBH, I never understood the move, since after All-Star Chevrolet-Cadillac closed around the same time as Salisbury, Northstar was quite nicely situated, distance-wise, between Colonie's DeNooyer and Glens Falls' Whiteman, but hey...I'm not in the car sales business, so what would I know? 10:15 - You can really tell how complex today's cars have gotten, as in the course of 25 years, Toyota's inspection to qualify as Certified Pre-Owned has gone from 128-point to 160-point. The warranty is also now 1 year longer, as a 7-year/100,000 mile warranty, still extending from the date of original purchase, with 24-hour roadside assistance going from 12 months then, to the entire length of the warranty today. 14:28 - Those Uni-Ball Vision pens are one of my favorite examples of an 'if it's not broke, don't fix it' kind of product, they still look exactly the same now as they did back then. Fun fact, Vision is actually an American market name for their Eye line of pens. Seeing the Sanford logo tells me that Uni-Ball products were distributed by Sanford (which became part of what's now Newell Custom Writing Instruments), instead of being sold by the company that makes them (Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd., no relation to Mitsubishi Group). 17:40 - Goodness, I bet that Morris Auto Group ad felt mighty old, even back in 99! Also, it's crazy how they've gone from those brands to just the Ford dealer. Losing Chrysler/Jeep, I get, with Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy, but losing Kia is certainly strange, as they were starting to get their footing in the US by 1999.

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What happened to the sound after 8:17?