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 Posted - October 25 2006 : 5:13:17 PM
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Vanderbilt University's Media Library has SEVERAL Tyco Train commercials, the earliest being 1977:
No. Date Headline Video Broadcast Type Network Begin Length
1. 11/08/1980 (Commercial: Tyco Trains; Pepto-Bismol.) Evening News
CBS 06:38:10 pm 01:10
2 11/24/1977 (Commercial: First Alert Smoke Detector; Fleischmann's
Margarine; Upcoming Item; Tyco Electric Trains; Baker's Coconut.)
Evening News NBC 05:44:30 pm 02:10
There are more, but you will have to register (for free) and if you are not a member, it will be EXPENSIVE. My suggestion is to find someone affiliated with a library or university.
King Coal, Silver Streak, Chattanooga Choo Choo, and a few others are all listed here...along with all of the other commericals aired between newscasts. A FLASHBACK MACHINE!!!
Why not get a donation from the list to buy a tape of these gems, and find a place to park 'em on the web for everyone to enjoy?
Enjoy.
ToR
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 Posted - October 25 2006 : 6:15:05 PM
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This is certainly worth some further investigation.
I did find these newscast archives a few years back...one of my other passions is old network TV broadcasts. I collect '70s and early '80s TV recordings with special interest on NBC.
My efforts to get an inter-library loan on these materials failed. Obviously they are rare and not the type of items a library would happily send off to who knows where.
Perhaps with more effort we could unlock this one. [?]
Tony Cook
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Posted - October 26 2006 : 10:02:23 PM
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Geez, Tony! You weren't kidding about BJ and the Bear were you?
MA
Nice post Reliable, leave it to an old hand like you...
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 Posted - October 27 2006 : 08:55:07 AM
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Mag Ac,
Nope...the boy is not only a '70s TYCO freak...but I'm also a '70s NBC freak...
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Tony Cook/tvguide_bjandthebear.jpg
Take a moment and visit another of my websites...and take a ride aboard SUPERTRAIN...
http://members.tripod.com/nbc_supertrain/
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Tony Cook/supertrain_020779_ad.jpg
Tony Cook
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