Commercials WTVH February 25, 1987

[bfbjr]

Syracuse was a great town to grow up in esp in the 80's!

[Retrotv]

Actually, "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Genesis came out in early 1987 after "Land Of Confusion".

[PrincessAphroditePAV]

Not sure if you remember this (or ever even saw it) but there was a commercial with a guy and girl from 1987 using the song "Addicted to love"...it would be nice to see it again

[eightiesguy69]

yep. it's off the Genesis album INVISIBLE TOUCH which was released in June of 1986

[jgee200884]

That was the song seen in the first commercial in this video. BTW, that song from Phil Collins came out in 1986, right?

[eightiesguy69]

yup..course this was in the days before blogging and the internet and when cable news was one itty bitty station out of atlanta Ga

[ukendcx2000]

that must have been a popular news package at the time

[ukendcx2000]

did Swimfan rip off Black Widow?

[videodreme]

totally. but then that seems to happen constantly these days, doesn't it?

[ukendcx2000]

i must admit i am a bit disappointed. i mean the protagonist in swimfan is just so hot! but aren't they always. it'll be hard to watch that movie knowing that it isn't an original.

[eightiesguy69]

well, Black Widow harkens back to film noir from the 40s...movies like The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946, with Lana Turner) and Double Indemnity(1944, wth Barbara Stanwyck) so, uknow maybe there's been a lot of copycatting going on in Hollywood,

[ukendcx2000]

i think the copycatting started way back when a lot of us weren't even fully aware of it. good points.

[videodreme]

Nice Michelob ad. Real dreamy and musicvideo-like. kinda typical of that time, though

[videodreme]

well, some shows were entire music videos

[eightiesguy69]

what, like Miami Vice, Stingray, HOuston Knights, Baywatch, et al

[eightiesguy69]

yah, those were the days...back when even a beer ad could be full of mystery and magic (sigh)