1988 - Candilicious - Bigger Than You Figure Commercial

 

Sequoia National Park, Sept. 1957. Giant trees close to the Village. A cathedral in nature. Note figure close to central tree

 

• Matson Photo Service, photographer
• 1957 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705278/
  

Alien 1984 "ABC Sunday Night Movies" Intro (Parental Discretion Advised)

 

Pulp (1972)

 

Directed by Mike Hodges. Michael Caine. Found on Youtube. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_(1972_film)

https://trailersfromhell.com/pulp/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17278/pulp#articles-reviews?articleId=201926

Crater Lake

 

• Stephenson, J. W., copyright claimant
• Bakowski, B. B., photographer
• c1911.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2007662720/
  

Sequoia National Park, Sept. 1957. Giant redwood tree poised on mammoth boulder

 

• Matson Photo Service, photographer
• 1957 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705280/
  

Honeycomb Cereal 'Wrestler' Commercial (Scott Baio, 1977)

 

Country Club Malt Liquor Commercial (1972)

 

John Banvard's Three Mile Canvas

 

From the Kinja archive. Panorama of the Mississippi. Made him a rich man. I know these panoramas from “All Pieces of a River Shore” by R.A. Lafferty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banvard

https://strangeco.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-folly-of-john-banvard.html

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/10/13/John-Banvards-Three-Mile-Panorama/

https://unrememberedhistory.com/2017/06/06/three-mile-painting-the-mammoth-panorama-of-the-mississippi-river/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Lafferty

[Gayoso Hotel, Memphis, Tenn.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1915]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016811095/
  

Natural Light Beer Commercial (Norm Crosby, 1978)

 

Sequoia National Park, Sept. 1957. The village with Sentinel Tree (Giant Forest Village)

 

• Matson Photo Service, photographer
• 1957 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705268/
  

Store in Marion, Alabama

 

• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer
• 1936 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017762356/
  

1980 Starbar Candy Bar Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbar

Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Tom Selleck

 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tom-selleck-says-still-cant-230000321.html

- Tom Selleck Says He "Still Can't Quite Describe" What Happened During His Magnum P.I. Stardom

Simon & Simon - It's Only a Game

 

Season two, ep. 16. Aired Feb. 3, 1983. Robert Ginty, Jay Johnson. Delivering a package to Vegas leads to international intrigue.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0700917/

Remington Steele - High Flying Steele

 

Season two, ep. 13. Aired Jan. 17, 1984. Mildred goes to a seance at the circus and finds a mystery.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684850/

The Grand Teton

 

• Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921, photographer
• 1883.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2006691594/
  

CBS Sunday Night Promo (11-17-1978)

 

[Devils Curve, Big Thompson Canyon, Estes Park, Colorado] / photo by Wiswall(?).

 

• Auto-bus on curving road alongside river through canyon.
• [between 1909 and 1932]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/90709661/
  

Post Raisin Bran Cereal Commercial (1978)

 

Colorado, Estes Park Odessa Lake and outlet.

 

• Clatworthy, Fred Payne, 1875-1953, photographer
• c1911 October 13.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648254/
  

Mudlavia, Kramer, Ind.

 

• Postcard shows Mudlavia hotel and spa in Kramer, Indiana.
• 1908.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646922/
  

Worthy Hotel, Springfield, Mass.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1908.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016814461/
  

ABC Thursday night promo 1978

 

Cypress

 

1976 CBS promo Slither

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slither_(1973_film)

Brownsville, Texas. Carnival ride

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• United States. Farm Security Administration.
• 1942 Feb.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017727537/
  

Kegle Brau

 

https://thebrewermagazine.com/brewing-history-science-re-release-kegle-brau/

The Detective - Roderick Thorp

 

Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Keith%27s_Brewery

Klamath Falls, Oregon. Carnival rides at the circus

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1942 July.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017819010/
  

Coors Beer Commercial (1979)

 

Grocery store. Greensboro, Alabama

 

• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer
• [1936 summer]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017762326/
  

1985 Charms Blow Pops "2 Treats in 1" TV Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charms_Candy_Company

Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, Glacier National Park

 

• c1917.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/90708228/
  

ABC ID & Sunday promo, 1979

 

Alexander the man who knows

 

• [United States?]: [publisher not identified], [19--]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2014635594/
  

Cypress

 

(1987) WTBS Intro SEC College Football Saturday

 

The Yellow Rose

 

1983-84 NBC. Sam Elliott, David Soul, Cybill Shepherd. 22 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rose

Boone

 

1983-84 NBC. 50s country music. 13 episodes.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084989/

Harper's [for] September

 

• Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925, artist
• [New York] : [Harper & Brothers], [1894].
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2015646443/
  

Total Cereal Commercial (1979)

 

Duval Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c[between 1910 and 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016815710/
  

New Coke

 

1985 and 1987 ads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke

Vintage Schaefer Beer Commercial - Trick Bowling - Andy Varipapa

 

70s and 80s bowling commercials and promos was the Night Flight open thread topic. Plus New Coke!

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2024/09/night-flight.html

Remington Steele - Elementary Steele

 

Season 2, ep. 22. Aired May 22, 1984. Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, Miss Marple, Philip Marlowe. With David Garrison and Keone Young. Movie references: The Big Sleep and Death Race 2000.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684843/

Cypress

 

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 'Volcano' Commercial (1977)

 

Night Court - Hurricane (Parts 1 & 2)

 

Season three, eps. 21 & 22. Aired May 1 and May 8, 1986. With Dick Butkus, Pam Grier, James Widdoes, and Bob and June Wheeler.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660657/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660658/

https://nightcourt.fandom.com/wiki/Hurricane_(Part_1)

Drug store. Seneca, Kansas

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1940 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017746427/
  

Miller Lite Commercial (Bubba Smith, Dick Butkus, 1979)

 

Rascals Bite-Sized Chewy Candy

 

1988.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Six (Francine)

 

It won't become Tropical Storm Francine until it starts rotating sometime tomorrow.

NBC Sunday Promo Slide 1976

 

Simon & Simon - The Dead Letter File

 

Season one, episode 6. Aired Jan. 5, 1982. Kenneth Mars, William Boyett, Lewis Arquette. Janet finds a letter which implicates someone in a murder from 1959.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0700979/

https://www.simon-and-simon.info/html/the_dead_letter_file.html

Sandwich of the Day: Manwich 2024

 

Manwich sauce is actually pretty good. Added half a purple onion, Creole mustard, hot sauce, little bit of ketchup. Pepperidge Farm potato buns. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manwich

https://www.mashed.com/796265/the-untold-truth-of-manwich/

Fruit and vegetable display, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• United States. Resettlement Administration.
• 1937 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017722688/
  

Golden Grahams Cereal Commercial (1976)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Grahams

Money Talks (1997)

 

Directed by Brett Ratner. Next on Tubi. Charlie Sheen, Chris Tucker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Talks_(1997_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/money-talks-1997

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/moneytalksosull.htm

CBS Friday night promo December 1979

 

Piels Real Draft Beer (with Bob & Ray) - "Bert & Harry in Disguise" (Commercial, 1975)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piels_Beer

DVD Player! 9/6

 

Buzzer the cat, portrait photograph

 

• Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer
• ca. 1912.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2018706861/
  

Cats 9/6

 

I just washed that particular cat blanket and threw it on the couch. They have been jockeying for position ever since. It is very soft.

[Cat on sidewalk]

 

• Rizzuto, Angelo, 1906-1967, photographer
• [May 1959]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2021636522/
  

Broken 9/5

 

Broken is 16 this year. And a lifelong cripple.

Emmons cat [woman and cat]

 

• C.M. Bell (Firm : Washington, D.C.), photographer
• [between February 1894 and February 1901]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016694120/
  

Archie Goodwin 9/5

 

Archie is 13 this year.

Homemade jelly displayed at roadside stand near Northampton, Massachusetts

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1939 Oct.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741106/
  

General Price 9/5

 

Crab apples displayed at roadside stand near Berlin, Connecticut

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1939 Oct.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741067/
  

[Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1915]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016815867/