May 9, 1989 TBS commercials Part 1

Here is the first part of ads culled from the TBS telecast of game 1 of the 1989 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Bulls and Knicks from May 9th. Here's what you'll see:

1. NBA "It's Fantastic" ad with a collection of buzzer-beating shots
2. Schick Slim Twin razors featuring Larry Bird
3. Preview of the next day's games on TBS (Pistons/Bucks and Lakers/Sonics)
4. Miller Lite's Lite-a-Mania spot with multiple personalities from the then-World Wrestling Federation...and John Madden!
5. U.S. Armed Forces
6. Valvoline motor oil
7. MasterCard
8. Reebok
9. Gatorade's Slam Dunk, followed by...
10. Gatorade itself
11. Promo for the TNT movie Billy the Kid
12. Bugle Boy jeans
13. Promo for the TBS movie The Final Countdown
14. Another Miller Lite Lite-a-Mania spot with more wrestling stars...and Don Pardo! (the video breaks a bit here)
15. Wendy's ad with Dave Thomas (get used to it; there's more to come in part 2!)
16. Honda (starts with a spot for its sponsorship of the NBA leaderboard)
17. PSA about helping kids with drug problems featuring Arsenio Hall.
18. Ruffles potato chips featuring Porky Pig
19. Jeep-Eagle Clutch Man, Clutch Moments (I wonder who the Bulls will go to. :-D)
20. Miller Genuine Draft

Enjoy the ads!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• may
• 1989
• commercials
• tbs
• nba
• nba playoffs
• it's fantastic
• schick
• slim twin
• miller lite
• lite-a-mania
• world wrestling federation
• jesse ventura
• us armed forces
• valvoline
• mastercard
• reebok
• gatorade
• tnt
• billy the kid
• bugle boy
• the final countdown
• wendy's
• dave thomas
• honda
• psa
• arsenio hall
• ruffles
• porky pig
• jeep-eagle
• miller genuine draft

[bluegrassbaby86]

Oh what a creepy PSA!!!

[bluegrassbaby86]

The razor ad reminds me of the Jeff Foxworthy routine where he talks about how a guy who had got his nose shot off would react to this ad.

[ov7spears]

my mom was 5 months pregnant of me here.

[jdelachjr2002]

This was from May 9, 1989.

[gamelover1949]

Yeah; he's pretty subtle here.