I love that weird feeling you get when what you're seeing connects with some vague memory in the back of your brain! Lived in this city for 30+ years. I love seeing this! Thanks for posting this!
It looks like this is a compilation from 1986 and 1987. I remember WTAF-29 became WTXF in the fall of 1986 when it joined the new FOX network. The same thing happened when WNEW channel 5 joined FOX and became WNYW.
I remember these! Cartoon carnival used to come aroun 5:40/5:50am during the week, and community update used to come on right before it. Man, you just took me back to my childhood in the mid 80s
I just looked it up on google. The Adventures of Beans Baxter was a TV series that ran from 1987 to 1988. So these commercials are the summer of 1987. I was 16 living in suburban Philly (Chester County). Great year...I just got my drivers license. I remember all of these commercials and cartoon carnival. I would still watch bugs bunny even at that age because I thought was still funny, they always did throw in some inside adult jokes.
@stevations I think RolloSmokes came to that conclusion because of the Beans Baxter Fox promo near the end, which obviously dates to Fox's earliest months in 1987. Also, copyrights on commercials aren't exactly the best metric for dating - I've had 1988 tapes with 1984-produced ads. Despite that, I think it is a mix of both - some ads from 1986, some from summer 87. Still love DeBella as the face of 29's kid block...
I thought the animator was cool until I finally had one. At 8 years old I didn't have enough patience to animate those images. It took hours to draw them pixel by pixel!
Weird Philly broadcasting question. I have a Beta tape recorded in roughly 1984 that I’m trying to identify. Program 1 is Casablanca, aired on WTAF as part of a Bogey marathon, hosted by John Harvey of WIOQ, and part of a VCR giveaway presumably by WTAF. Program 2 is The Big Sleep, also hosted by John Harvey, as part of the same marathon on WTAF later in the week. Program 3 is The Golden Age Of Television: The Milton Berle Show, aired on WTAF on an unknown date. If anyone can help identify the exact dates for these programs it would be greatly appreciated! :)
WTAF 29 is where I first saw the Shaw Brothers classic "Five Deadly Venoms" somewhere around 1981 or 2. And then there was Black Belt Theatre, occasionally hosted by Jay T. Will. AND, around 1983 or so is when they showed bruce Lee's films on TV for the very first time, if I remember. And then they had the 3 Stooges on Saturday, and in the 80's they had the Stooges show that opened up with "The Curly Shuffle." Great days, man!
2 problems with the "Zap It" - People will be far more pissed than what you see in the commercial - They look like real firearms. Take off the stickers, and that is exactly what they look like. I wonder how many kids got shot by the police because of this? (with or without the stickers)
Why do you say that? It is possible it could be from both years. The promo for June 16th for the new show schedule led me to think it was 1986 since that was a monday. Also the commercial after the Davy Crocket promo has 1986 at the bottom of the screen.
YES YES YES I REMEMBER CHANNEL 29'S CARTOON CARNIVAL BACK IN THE MID 80'S PLUS I REMEMBER ALL OF THE COMMERCIALS INCLUDING THE ETCH A SKETCH ANIMATOR DEVICE B'CUZ I ONCE HAD THIS DIGITAL MACHINE, THAT CARTOON CARNIVAL WAS AWSOME BACK THEN.
I wonder just how long that Zap It! toy was on the market before their were reports of perfect strangers murdering children for ruining their clothes with toy squirt gun with "harmless" dye.
i almost drown as a kid with those roy roger boats or wasn't mcdonald? i use to float them in a jacuzzi and turn the bubbles on, one day the boat stood in the middle, when i reached for it, i went in, it took my sister to grab me i was scared as shit
Sad, but these days, you CAN'T have non E/I programming on broadcast television, and there's no commericals for children, fast food or other wise. It's been pushed back to cable.
I love that weird feeling you get when what you're seeing connects with some vague memory in the back of your brain! Lived in this city for 30+ years. I love seeing this! Thanks for posting this!
This is actually 1987, as "The Monkees" aired on 29 at 5PM in the summer of 1986.
It looks like this is a compilation from 1986 and 1987. I remember WTAF-29 became WTXF in the fall of 1986 when it joined the new FOX network. The same thing happened when WNEW channel 5 joined FOX and became WNYW.
I thought I remember that 29 had become fox around that time. Thanks for confirming.
I remember these! Cartoon carnival used to come aroun 5:40/5:50am during the week, and community update used to come on right before it. Man, you just took me back to my childhood in the mid 80s
In This Clip, From 2:51 To 3:21, It Was WTAF-TV's Smurfs Adventures Video Promo From Late Spring 1986.
I just looked it up on google. The Adventures of Beans Baxter was a TV series that ran from 1987 to 1988. So these commercials are the summer of 1987. I was 16 living in suburban Philly (Chester County). Great year...I just got my drivers license. I remember all of these commercials and cartoon carnival. I would still watch bugs bunny even at that age because I thought was still funny, they always did throw in some inside adult jokes.
In This Clip, From 5:03 To 5:33, It Was WTAF-TV's Davy Crocket Marathon Video Promo For Monday Evening, May 26, 1986.
@stevations I think RolloSmokes came to that conclusion because of the Beans Baxter Fox promo near the end, which obviously dates to Fox's earliest months in 1987. Also, copyrights on commercials aren't exactly the best metric for dating - I've had 1988 tapes with 1984-produced ads.
Despite that, I think it is a mix of both - some ads from 1986, some from summer 87.
Still love DeBella as the face of 29's kid block...
RIP Mary Tyler Moore 12:27-12:47 12/29/1936-1/25/2017
Man, took me 27 years to get that ice cream cones cereal jingle out of my head...now it's back...LOL
I think this is an assembly of commercials and promos from both 1986 and 1987.
I thought the animator was cool until I finally had one. At 8 years old I didn't have enough patience to animate those images. It took hours to draw them pixel by pixel!
In This Clip, From 7:38 To 7:54, It Was WTAF-TV's Cartoon Carnival Video Open From Late Spring 1986.
Weird Philly broadcasting question. I have a Beta tape recorded in roughly 1984 that I’m trying to identify.
Program 1 is Casablanca, aired on WTAF as part of a Bogey marathon, hosted by John Harvey of WIOQ, and part of a VCR giveaway presumably by WTAF.
Program 2 is The Big Sleep, also hosted by John Harvey, as part of the same marathon on WTAF later in the week.
Program 3 is The Golden Age Of Television: The Milton Berle Show, aired on WTAF on an unknown date.
If anyone can help identify the exact dates for these programs it would be greatly appreciated! :)
In This Clip, From 9:02 To 9:32, It Was WTAF-TV's That's My Mama Video Promo For Wednesday Evening, May 21, 1986.
WTAF 29 is where I first saw the Shaw Brothers classic "Five Deadly Venoms" somewhere around 1981 or 2. And then there was Black Belt Theatre, occasionally hosted by Jay T. Will. AND, around 1983 or so is when they showed bruce Lee's films on TV for the very first time, if I remember.
And then they had the 3 Stooges on Saturday, and in the 80's they had the Stooges show that opened up with "The Curly Shuffle." Great days, man!
In This Clip, From 6:42 To 7:38, It Was WTAF-TV's Community Update Video Bumper From Tuesday Morning, May 20, 1986.
Great set of commercials! thanks for sharing!
2 problems with the "Zap It"
- People will be far more pissed than what you see in the commercial
- They look like real firearms. Take off the stickers, and that is exactly what they look like. I wonder how many kids got shot by the police because of this? (with or without the stickers)
The Roy Rogers toy giveaway is trademarked as 1987. Also, is that John DiBella of WMMR as Davy Crockett?
Yup. That is John DiBella. He also did the station V.O.'s.
The UA-cam algorithm is unreal. I literally put up a Ker-bangers video yesterday and today it's all retro 80s.
Community Update! Wow it seem like yesterday humming that tune. Lol! Miss my childhood.
Why do you say that? It is possible it could be from both years. The promo for June 16th for the new show schedule led me to think it was 1986 since that was a monday. Also the commercial after the Davy Crocket promo has 1986 at the bottom of the screen.
Cartoon Carnival is my favorite
Was that John DaBella in the Davey Crockett ad?
Do you have the Tom and Jerry versions of these?
OMG! All of this happened when I was a little baby!
Raymel2366 Same. I was born in 1985 😊
It's wonderful to respark 32 year old memories! I was 6 and I remember those community update spots!
In This Clip, From 0:37 To 1:07, It Was WTAF-TV's Summer Surprise Line-Up Video Promo For Monday Evening, June 16, 1986.
I love cartoon Carnival
After WKBS met its wrongful demise, 29 became the station to go to in Philly.
+John Fenner WKBS-48 ended in mid-1983 and later became WGTW-48 in 1991.
+John Fenner Same with WPHL-17.
John Fenner Back when it was still “Prime Time All The Time”.
Then WGBS aka Philly 57 came along to fulfill 48's void.
This was before Ted Turner owned all of the pre-1948 Looney Tunes, MGM, and Popeye 1933-1957.
I'd never heard of that Beans Baxter show. The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun jingle...not so good. Nice cause though.
@radiodj1520 In This Clip, From 00:00 To 12:47, It Was Normal UA-cam Fare That You Were Babbling About, As Usual.
YES YES YES I REMEMBER CHANNEL 29'S CARTOON CARNIVAL BACK IN THE MID 80'S PLUS I REMEMBER ALL OF THE COMMERCIALS INCLUDING THE ETCH A SKETCH ANIMATOR DEVICE B'CUZ I ONCE HAD THIS DIGITAL MACHINE, THAT CARTOON CARNIVAL WAS AWSOME BACK THEN.
WTAF Was Also The Home Of The Funtastic World Of Hanna-Barbera.
I wonder just how long that Zap It! toy was on the market before their were reports of perfect strangers murdering children for ruining their clothes with toy squirt gun with "harmless" dye.
Okoboji we had one as kids. Never had any major issues👍😁.
In This Clip, From 7:58 To 8:28, It Was WTAF-TV's The Monkees Video Promo From Late Spring 1986.
1:15: Isn't that defacing federal government property?
thank you so much for posting
This has got to be from late spring of 1987, not '86.
i almost drown as a kid with those roy roger boats or wasn't mcdonald? i use to float them in a jacuzzi and turn the bubbles on, one day the boat stood in the middle, when i reached for it, i went in, it took my sister to grab me i was scared as shit
Yo i remember the mind master! Wow good work man
Wow! I don't remember that MIND MASTER! That seems cool.
Sad, but these days, you CAN'T have non E/I programming on broadcast television, and there's no commericals for children, fast food or other wise. It's been pushed back to cable.
From Fisher Price, (Who wants to, you guessed it, take over the world.) OF COURSE!
Haha Zap it what a bad idea that was.
Probably while you were being burped!