WPIX Commercial Break November 17, 1983 p3

[ANEWYORKNATIVE]

Excellent...it was great seeing those old commercials and WPIX again!

[andyjay729]

Wow, all three of those car makes are now gone. :(

[wahlma]

the tub town toy 4.31 - 5.04 is for sale now on Ebay - 

[BrooklynEagle]

Damn, this so classic!!! I was only born in 1983 (August 9th--in BROOKLYN!!!!!), but it's still great to see the ads that were on our NYC channels when I was still a little whiny tiny seed. I really wish I were an older cat at that time...so I could be inside my little-ass Madison St. shack in BK, in November of '83, on the weekend, watching NYC television. :-)

One more thing...8:31...where can I find those?!?!?!!! "Toast-r-Cakes"? WOW! I'd LOVE to have those for breakfast every damn morning!

[pjgraves1975]

28 years ago, and I remember it like it was 28 minutes ago. Thanks for posting burtis.

[wmbrown6]

Pat Harper (R.I.P. - seen/heard in the news preview clip from 3:30 - 3:45) certainly qualified as a true newscaster, especially if placed alongside "PIX-11's" current approximation of an anchor, Jodi Applegate (who's about the same age today as Pat was at the time of this clip) . . .

As for the "Manhattan" track - wasn't there another ad besides the Prince George Hotel spot (and WNEW's "Big Apple Movie") to use this?

[chriskvideochallenge]

I am having a tough time putting the website for the song.

Do a google search for "unippm". It's the result that says, "Universal Publishing Production Music - Startsida"

Click on "Network Music", then click "007-On The Town", it's the very first track on there, 1-Manhattan. Enjoy!

[chriskvideochallenge]

Okay. Never mind the last question that I asked before. Well after many months of research, I finally discovered that the name of the song that is heard in the "Prince George Hotel" commercial, which is owned by Halifax, and the theme song of WNEW-TV/WNYW-TV channel 5 in NY's Big Apple Movie, is actually a library music piece titled "Manhattan" by Craig Palmer, on an album called "On The Town".

[JerseyBob86]

R.I.P. Channel 11 8:00 Movie, WHT, Pontiac, GTE, INN, Plymouth, Extend 12, and now, Mercury. :(

[moongoddessaries]

OMG, I remember Tub Town! I had one when I was a kid! haha!

[chriskvideochallenge]

Would anybody happen to know what the title or the source is for the WNEW Big Apple Movie as also heard in that Prince George Hotel commercial? Thanks.

[RustyShunt]

0:45

I was like "Not FIERO!

LOL

[Tamaslammer]

I once was selected to play TV Pix on WPIX after school.

[OllieAverage]

I was one day old when this was recorded.

[RadialSkid]

Regarding the New York lotto ad: $5 million winner Lou Eisenberg is still around today at the age of 81, although went broke in 2001 due to a series of bad investments and alimony payments.

[sugarrrsmack]

Thank god 4 83 when the 20 piece nuggets came out! Check out the old Mcdonald bags! God I miss those days.

[DanZero77]

Also, the music used in the Prince George Hotel spot was also heard on WNEW's "Big Apple Movie" around the same time period!

[DanZero77]

Thanks to the news update, I can successfully date these commercials. The Great American Smokeout is/was held on the third Thursday of November, looking at 1983's calendar, this was the night of November 17th.

[burtiscurtis09]

Thanks again DanZero77!