Star-Way Lanes sign, East Greenville, Ohio

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017706983/
  

1984 Keller-Geister White Wine "We will sell no wine before you pay for it" TV Commercial

 

Mother and Me, M.D.

 

NBC 1979. Failed pilot. Leah Ayres, Rue McClanahan, Jack Riley. Part of the Comedy Theatre series on NBC which aired failed pilots for a couple of summers in the 70s.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4476764/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Theatre_(TV_series) 

Photo Bug, Hamilton Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017706337/
  

The flip-flap

 

• Roller coaster type of ride, with a loop in it, Coney Island, N.Y.
• c1900.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2005686576/
  

1984 - Mr. T cereal commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T_Cereal 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=244

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1903.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798959/
  

Wildcats (1986)

 

Directed by Michael Ritchie. Free with ads on Youtube. Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Bruce McGill, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcats_(film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wildcats-1986

https://talkingpulp.wordpress.com/2022/01/05/film-review-wildcats-1986/

Necessary Roughness (1991)

 

Directed by Stan Dragoti. Free with ads on Youtube. Scott Bakula, Sinbad, Kathy Ireland, Robert Loggia, Hector Elizondo, Jason Bateman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessary_Roughness_(film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/necessary-roughness-1991

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/necessaryroughnesspgkempley_a0a26b.htm

Looping the loop, Atlantic City

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1901.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016808794/
  

Arby's ad 1984

 

Hotel Mervue, St. Clair Flats

 

Detroit Publishing Co., publisher

• [between 1890 and 1901]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016801733/
  

Houston, Texas. Roller coaster

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1943 May.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017856200/
  

Leon Redbone - 1982 Budweiser Beer Commercial

 

Southington, Connecticut. Roller coaster

 

• Jacobs, Fenno, 1904-1975, photographer
• 1942 May 23-30.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017864957/

Seven Silent Men - Noel Behn

 

Old paperback I found in a box. From 1984. Intricate bank heist in Missouri. 

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

1982 Furr's Cafeterias Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furr%27s 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/19c4ifp/whats_your_memory_of_furrs_cafeteria/

Hardware store. Grundy Center, Iowa

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• 1939 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017778442/
  

[Thunderbolt roller coaster]

 

• Rizzuto, Angelo, 1906-1967, photographer
• [August 1964]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2021636526/
  

Ben Ean commercial [1983]

 

Boboli ad, 1995

 

Catalina Motel sign, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710602/
  

Team Flakes Cereal Commercial (1977)

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=763

Sam Whiskey (1969)

 

Directed by Arnold Laven. Found on Tubi. Burt Reynolds, Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, Clint Walker.

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

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17753/sam-whiskey#articles-reviews?articleId=17944 

https://jeffarnoldswest.com/2020/02/sam-whiskey-ua-1969/

Captain Ron (1992)

 

Directed by Thom Eberhardt. Found on Tubi. Kurt Russell, Mary Kay Place, Martin Short.

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/captainronpg13kempley_a0a328.htm 

https://unobtainium13.com/2025/03/17/guilty-pleasure-no-77-captain-ron-dir-by-thom-eberhardt/

All of Me (1984)

 

Directed by Carl Reiner. Found on Tubi. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_of_Me_(1984_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/all-of-me-1984

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/steve-martin-in-all-of-me.html

https://70srichard.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/all-of-me/

1988 Grandy's "New Sandwiches" TV Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandy%27s

Ten Pin Bowl sign, Route 127, Carlyle, Illinois

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017703918/
  

Appledore Hotel, Natural Bridge, Va.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1890 and 1901]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798643/
  

Schmidt Beer Commercial, 1982?

 

Lorial Lounge sign, Springfield, Illinois

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709633/
  

Store. Loomis, Placer County, California

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1940 Dec.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017788696/
  

1983 Martini & Rossi Custoza White Wine TV Commercial

 

Pac-Man Cereal (Commercial #1, 1983)

 

https://cereal-graveyard.fandom.com/wiki/Pac-Man

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=272

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

 

Directed by John Huston. Free with ads on Youtube. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Roddy McDowall, Stacy Keach, Anthony Perkins, Tab Hunter. Written by John Milius. I had this taped on VHS.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean-1973

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean/  

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18332/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean#articles-reviews?articleId=345170

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean/ 

Hour of the Gun (1967)

 

Directed by John Sturges. Free with ads on Youtube. James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan. Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral. Cinematography by Lucien Ballard. Second movie recently with Garner as Earp.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hour-of-the-gun-1967

https://trailersfromhell.com/hour-of-the-gun/ 

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17592/hour-of-the-gun#articles-reviews?articleId=74645 

Vince Kolb Auto Sales sign, Jefferson City, Missouri

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017707777/
  

Wendy's Chicken Club Commercial from 1986

 

Stuffed Sweet Peppers 8/7/25

 

Store bought colorful sweet peppers. Had half a block of cream cheese, needed to be used. Italian sausage. Colby/Monterey Jack cheese. Bread crumbs. Red pepper flakes. 350 oven 25-27 minutes. 

Phil's Bar-B-Q sign, Saint Louis, Missouri

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709640/
  

[Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S.C.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1890 and 1901]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798521/
  

Sho Me Kort sign, Sedalia, Missouri

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710530/
  

Lowenbrau Beer - TV commercial - 1977

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B6wenbr%C3%A4u_Brewery

General store in Hinesburg, Vermont

 

• Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
• 1941 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017796005/
  

Kline's Dairy Bar ice cream sign, Harrisonburg, Virginia

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017704426/
  

Spumante Bambino Commercial - 1983

 

A Note - Please Stand By

 

All images on this site that were hosted on Kinja are now gone. Kinja is gone. Good news is some of it is a relatively easy fix and I have a lot of content saved on Twitter. Bad news is a lot of the content is gone forever. I think I am going to keep the old dead posts up so that I have a record of what once was there. I may in the future try to recreate some of those old posts because I always need new content here.

Kellogg's Müeslix Cereal Commercial 1987

 

Everybody online says this was terrible but I liked this cereal.

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=248

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

 

Directed by Richard Donner. Found on Tubi. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci. Saw this in the theater. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_2

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lethal-weapon-2-1989 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/24246

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/lethalweapon2rkempley_a0c9ca.htm

Lethal Weapon (1987)

 

Directed by Richard Donner. Found on Tubi. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover. 

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lethal-weapon-1987

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/lethalweaponrkempley_a0cab9.htm

https://hiitsburl.blogspot.com/2022/12/burl-reviews-lethal-weapon-1987.html

Chicken and Peppers 8/1/25

 

Still have a few Anaheim and banana peppers on the plants. 2 cans diced tomato, 1 big onion, 2 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic, red wine. 3 big split chicken breasts. Smother with everything and cook in 350 oven 40 min. I serve it over rice but it is so much chicken I will also use it in salads and sandwiches.

Chicken Pepperoni. Brown the chicken in a heavy skillet. Add the onion, celery, garlic, and seasonings (thyme, cayenne, black pepper, salt, Greek seasoning, red pepper flakes) and cook 2-3 minutes, scraping up the burnt on chicken bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the cleaned peppers (cut in half and scoop out seeds and innards with fingernail) and cook 2-3 minutes more. Add the diced tomato and red wine and simmer 8-10 minutes, until some of the water and wine cooks out. I use half a bottle of those little Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon four packs you can get at the grocery. Scoop or pour everything on top of the browned chicken breasts and cook in the oven as above.

Olympia Gold

 

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

Burger King - Chicken Bundles (1987)

 

Ghost Story/Circle of Fear

 

1972-73 NBC. Anthology series. 22 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Story_(TV_series) 

Battlestar Galactica

 

1978-79 ABC. 24 episodes. Followed by Galactica 1980. 10 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)

Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahama Islands

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1904.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016801034/
  

Chicken In the Rough Restaurant sign, Route 11, New Market, Virginia

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017703641/
  

Miller High Life 'Circus' Commercial (1978)

 

Shoe store at Tower, Minnesota

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1937 Aug.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017780549/
  

Two Texaco pumps, Rt. 1, Dumfries, Virginia

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1979.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017704281/