In a 1982 Tonight Show skit reminiscent of the old Abbott and Costello ‘Who’s On First?’ routine, Johnny Carson plays a befuddled Ronald Reagan being briefed by Jim Baker.
Category: 1980’s
Jane Russell 1981 Playtex Bra Commercial
Jane Russell’s measurements were 38D-24-36, and she stood 5 feet 7 inches. She was a good spokesperson for the full figure gal!
When E.F. Hutton Speaks TV Commercial
The stock firm E.F. Hutton formed in 1904 gained fame during the late 70’s and early 80’s with the commercial campaign “When E.F. Hutton Speaks People Listen”. The brokerage firm then was bought out by Smith Barney Corporate Trust, and Citigroup. In 2012 E.F. Hutton was revived by executives of the former firm and Stanley Hutton Rumbough, grandson of E.F. Hutton.
Dear Alex and Annie
Teenagers Alex and Annie answer real-life kid problems submitted via viewer mail through song and dance.
Porkys
Warning: PG to R Rating Originally uploaded to YouRememberThat.com by member donmac101 on April 8, 2009.
Porky’s
is a comedy sex movie written and directed by Bob Clark about the
escapades of teens in a high school in Florida. Porky’s was produced by
Canadian owned Astrals Media making Porky’s the highest grossing
Canadian film of all time.
The Super Bowl Shuffle
The Super Bowl Shuffle is a rap song performed by the Chicago Bears.
The song was released a month before Super Bowl XX and actually made it
as high as #41 on the Billboard hot 100 and sold over a half a million
copies. This made the Chicago Bears is the only American professional
team to have a hit single. The song was nominated for a Grammy but lost
to Kiss.
The song made over $300,000 which was donated to the
Chicago Community Trust to help needy families in the Chicago area with
clothing and food.
The Bears did go on to win the Super Bowl defeating the New England Patriots by a score of 46 to 10.
Archie Bunker Alone
Archie Bunker’s Place was a reasonably successful continuation of All In The Family. Jean Stapleton, who played Archie’s wife (Edith), appeared in six episodes before deciding to leave the show. The show’s writers dealt with her departure by making Archie a widower. This is the conclusion of a special one-hour episode from December 1980 in which Archie had to deal with Edith’s death. Warning: It’s a tear-jerker.