July 4,1986 Commercial Blox Liberty Weekend pt 3

From the "Of Unknown Origin" video tape is the commercial breaks during the July 4,1986 Liberty Weekend festivities.
Most ofthese ads never aired again due to the fact they were all about the Statue Of Liberty Centennial celebration.
Ads included:
Texaco
Wrangler Jeans [Willie Nelson singing "City Of New Orleans"]
Prudential Insurance
Peter Jennings World News Tonight
Chrysler Corporation
Stroh Brewery Company [John Lennon's Imagine]
Kmart
Wish Bone Salad Dressings
Lipton Onion Soup Mix [Jason Alexander]
New Jersey Lottery
WABC Channel 7 News Brief [Ernie Anastos & Roz Abrams]
Baskin Robbins
IBM
Kmart Liberty Coins [Futuristic look at New York city in the year 2050, new buildings surround the World Trade Center]
Kmart [when they had $$ to advertise!]
Lipton Rice & Sauce Italiano
Lipton tea
Worlds Of Wonder Lazer Tag

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• July 4

[regressing2apes]

well the w.t.c. made it into the 21 st. century..... and costanza sold lipton.. i can see the future,,...

[dgwaters]

@rfschober I recall Liberty Weekend was a big "to do" in my school. During the '85-'86 school year we were selling chocolate in the shape of the Statue of Liberty. Also, as homework each of us had to memorize the whole "Give me you tired, your poor..." speech and recite it in front of the class!

[thedecider1984]

what was liberty week

[glamslamcam]

Wow, I was 7 at the time and remember some of the commercials during that time and as a NYer, I remember Ernie Anastos and Roz Abrams together doing Eyewitness News. Man those were the days!

[rfschober]

The man in the Chrysler commercial is William Devane (who played on "Knots Landing").

[rfschober]

I was in Colorado visiting family when these commercials aired on NY metro-area TV (I'm a New Jerseyan). I do remember the Statue's centennial year, and it was a big "to-do" at the time. I seem to recall Coca-Cola putting out drinking glasses that had the Statue's imprint on it with a commemoration of the centennial year.

[bms1117]

I would love it if you made the Texaco spot separate from this block. It has a lot of things people need to understand about this country that are not expressed anymore today. God bless Ronald Reagan!