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TAPE V34 DISCS50 SPOTS · 50 WATCHABLE

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Donated by Tim Nelson, Shorewood, IL

Disc A Disc B Disc C Disc D

Disc A · Dec 8 2000

Second recorder. One continuous MSNBC recording on Chicago-area cable, Friday evening, December 8, 2000, from about 6:12 to 8:13 PM ET - hours after the Florida Supreme Court ordered, 4-3, a statewide recount of undervotes in the presidential election:

- 6 PM ET hour: MSNBC Decision 2000: Battle for the White House with Forrest Sawyer - Andrea Mitchell with Charles Rangel and Orrin Hatch, protesters at the Naval Observatory, Chris Matthews, James Baker's live Tallahassee news conference on 'the disappointing 4-3 decision', Stuart Taylor, Terre Cass, John Shubin, and Equal Time with Paul Begala and Oliver North (Ed Markey, Roy Blunt).

- 7 PM ET: NBC News' Decision 2000 special report with Brian Williams - David Bloom in Tallahassee, Tim Russert ('Okay, Tim, it's a Friday night… Tuesday is December 12th'), Chris Jansing, Chip Reid, Campbell Brown, Clay Shaw, Jon Ausman, David Von Drehle and a 'For the Record' panel (Jim Warren, Rich Lowry, Linda Chavez, Michelle Cottle).

- 8 PM ET: Sawyer again on Judge Terry Lewis's Leon County hearing; the tape ends mid-segment.

Timed by MSNBC's on-screen clock. Tracking is clean; the first 6.6 seconds of the disc are a blank gray lead-in.

Watch disc A in full at the Internet Archive

Program log

• 0:00:00 MSNBC Decision 2000 with Forrest Sawyer (~6:12 PM ET); Baker news conference from about 0:07:05
• 0:34:35 Equal Time segment
• 0:48:02 NBC News Decision 2000 special report with Brian Williams (7 PM ET)
• 1:48:04 MSNBC Battle for the White House with Forrest Sawyer (8 PM ET), to the end of the tape

The breaks, in airing order

Break 1

Time	Spot	Len
0:03:36	mySimon — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:04:06	SonyStyle — repeat, not uploaded	:31
0:04:37	▶ Contour Leg Pillow $14.95 with a Free Contour Pillow (60s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial The Contour Leg Pillow for $14.95, with a free Contour Pillow - call 1-800-876-9559. The 60-second version. Direct Response	:60

Break 2

Time	Spot	Len
0:29:04	▶ MSNBC 'Momentum Shifts, the Story Changes… The Whole Picture' Promo (2000) Twenty-four hours a day, momentum shifts, the story changes, and MSNBC is there. Turn to MSNBC for the whole picture. MSNBC	:10
0:29:14	mySimon — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:29:44	Lexmark Z52 30 — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:30:14	Infiniti QX4 suspension — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:30:44	▶ Office Depot Holiday Gift Guide - Fine Writing Instruments - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Fine writing instruments from the Office Depot Holiday Gift Guide - taking care of business for the holidays. Office Depot	:30
0:31:15	▶ 'Moments to Remember' Music Collection - Mystic Music, 1-800-509-8833 (60s) - 2000 TV Commercial Moments to Remember - three LPs or two cassettes for $19.95, two CDs for $24.95, from Mystic Music. Call 1-800-509-8833. Music Compilations	:60

Break 3

Time	Spot	Len
0:41:43	▶ Community Schools 'We Can't Get the Kids to Go Home' PSA - Marsh & McLennan (2000) 'We can't get the kids to go home' - Community Schools, 1-877-LOVE-2-LEARN. Paid for by Marsh & McLennan Companies. PSA	:30
0:42:13	▶ NBCi.com Holiday Shopping - 'One Site With Everything You Need' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Holiday shopping at NBCi.com - one site with everything you need. NBC's dot-com portal, at the end of the boom. NBCi	:30
0:42:43	▶ Xerox Color Inkjet $99 'A Smarter Breed of Inkjet Printer' - Red Truck - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial A smarter breed of inkjet printer for $99 - Xerox, The Document Company. Xerox	:30
0:43:13	ditech — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:43:43	▶ Walt Disney World 'Hard to Believe Daddy's Gonna Be 70' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial 'Hard to believe Daddy's gonna be 70... he's never seen Walt Disney World.' 1-407-W-DISNEY. Disney World	:30
0:44:13	▶ Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 'Who's Got the Cheapest Trade?' Card-Trick Hustle - 2000 TV Commercial Online brokers have a game - who's got the cheapest trade? A street card-trick hustle from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Online. Get well connected. Morgan Stanley	:30

Break 4

Time	Spot	Len
0:45:57	Decision 2000 bumper — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:04
0:46:02	3Com — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:46:32	ditech — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:47:02	▶ LuxuryFinder.com 'Jewelry. Robes and Slippers. Cashmere. Caviar.' (15s, Alt Edit) (2000) Jewelry, robes and slippers, cashmere, caviar - LuxuryFinder.com. A different edit of the 15-second spot. LuxuryFinder	:15
0:47:17	▶ Lexmark Z52 'How Fast Can Your Imagination Come to Life?' (15s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial How fast can your imagination come to life? The Lexmark Z52 inkjet - the 15-second cut. Lexmark	:15
0:47:32	▶ Infiniti QX4 'Leave the City Behind' - 240 Horsepower - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Leave the city behind - the 240-horsepower Infiniti QX4. Infiniti	:30

Break 5

Time	Spot	Len
1:02:40	MSNBC Fair First Complete — repeat, not uploaded	:20
1:03:00	▶ Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Nursery Babies - 'Brilliant Failures and Successful Zeros' (2000) Babies in a nursery - brilliant failures and successful zeros. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter: well connected. Morgan Stanley	:30
1:03:30	▶ Philip Morris Companies - Meals on Wheels, 'Italian Love Songs' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Philip Morris Companies and its grants to Meals on Wheels - a corporate image spot set to Italian love songs. Philip Morris	:30
1:04:01	Staples SnowBot clipped — repeat, not uploaded	:29
1:04:30	▶ Fujitsu Morphing Faces - 'The Possibilities Are Infinite' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Faces morph into one another - Fujitsu: the possibilities are infinite. Fujitsu	:30
1:05:00	▶ Prudential Advisor - Advisor Brian Burriss, 1-800-THE-ROCK - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Prudential advisor Brian Burriss - advice, research, technology. 1-800-THE-ROCK. Prudential	:30

Break 6

Time	Spot	Len
1:10:49	▶ Audi TT Roadster - 'Leave My Problems at Home' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Open country in the Audi TT Roadster - leave my problems at home. Audi	:30
1:11:19	Network Solutions — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:11:49	Parents in Charge — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:12:19	Hilton Homewood — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:12:49	▶ Imodium A-D 'Restore Yourself' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Imodium A-D - restore yourself. Medicine	:30

Break 7

Time	Spot	Len
1:20:46	NBCi — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:21:16	▶ Staples SnowBot - 'Staples Has Technology Gifts' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial The SnowBot and the holidays - Staples has technology gifts. Staples	:30
1:21:46	▶ Ultra Strength BenGay - 'The Power You Want, the Relief You Need' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Ultra Strength BenGay - the power you want, the relief you need. Medicine	:30
1:22:16	▶ First USA Smart Visa - Smart Chip, 1.9% APR (60s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial The First USA Smart Visa with a built-in smart chip, 1.9% APR - call 1-800-701-1166. First USA	:60

Break 8

Time	Spot	Len
1:26:27	SonyStyle — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:26:58	Bolla — repeat, not uploaded	:15
1:27:12	Fujitsu — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:27:42	Canon ZR10 — repeat, not uploaded	:15
1:27:58	▶ 'Opera's Golden Moments' - 40 Opera Favorites, 1-800-946-5151 (60s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Opera's Golden Moments - 40 opera favorites. Call 1-800-946-5151. Music Compilations	:60

Break 9

Time	Spot	Len
1:37:42	mySimon — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:38:12	▶ Aleve 'Works on Headaches Too' - Two Aleve vs. Eight Tylenol, Aleve Cold & Sinus (2000) Aleve works on headaches too - two Aleve against eight Tylenol, plus new Aleve Cold & Sinus. Medicine	:30
1:38:42	Staples — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:39:12	Prudential — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:39:42	▶ Walgreens 'The Little Things That Make Christmas, Christmas' - Tekno Puppy $39.99 (2000) The little things that make Christmas, Christmas at Walgreens - CD-ROM games $19.99, R/C cars $24.99, a Tekno puppy for $39.99. Sale through Saturday. Walgreens	:30

Break 10

Time	Spot	Len
1:46:53	USSearch CC billboard — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:05
1:46:58	MSNBC Whole Picture ident — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:05
1:47:03	▶ Xerox Color Inkjet - Blue Dog Paintings, 'A Smarter Breed' $99 - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial George Rodrigue's Blue Dog paintings in color - Xerox color inkjet printers, a smarter breed, $99. Xerox	:30
1:47:33	NBCi — repeat, not uploaded	:30

Break 11

Time	Spot	Len
1:57:50	MasterCard circus — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:58:20	GE Open Speed MRI — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:58:50	▶ 'Rockin' Instrumentals' - 34 Hits, Cornerstone Promotions, 1-800-720-6688 (60s) - 2000 TV Commercial Rockin' Instrumentals - 34 hits from Cornerstone Promotions. Call 1-800-720-6688. Music Compilations	:60

Disc B · Dec 8 2000

Second recorder. Continues disc A: one unbroken MSNBC recording on Chicago-area cable, Friday night, December 8, 2000, about 8:12 to 10:12 PM ET, hours after the Florida Supreme Court ordered a statewide recount of undervotes:

- 8 PM ET: Forrest Sawyer's Battle for the White House carrying Judge Terry Lewis's Leon County hearing live, commercial-free - Dexter Douglass for Gore, Joseph Klock for the Secretary of State, Phil Beck for Bush - while the Bush campaign seeks an emergency stay from Justice Kennedy.

- 9 PM ET: NBC News' special edition of The News with Brian Williams - David Bloom, Dan Abrams, Pete Williams, Chip Reid, Campbell Brown, Tim Russert, Kelly O'Donnell; Craig Waters, Tom Feeney, James Baker, William Daley, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Arthur Miller, Carter Phillips, Joseph Ellis; 'Tomorrow's Headlines Tonight'.

- 10 PM ET: Hardball with Chris Matthews special edition (Brad Berenson, Ed Rendell); the tape ends mid-interview.

Timed from the 9 and 10 PM program opens (exactly an hour apart, so no pauses). Tracking is clean.

Watch disc B in full at the Internet Archive

Program log

• 0:00:00 MSNBC: Battle for the White House - Judge Terry Lewis's hearing live (~8:12 PM ET)
• 0:47:42 MSNBC/NBC News: The News with Brian Williams special edition (9 PM ET)
• 1:47:41 MSNBC: Hardball with Chris Matthews special edition (10 PM ET), to the end of the tape

The breaks, in airing order

Break 1

Time	Spot	Len
1:03:12	Superior Bank OptiLoan — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:03:42	Operas Golden Moments — repeat, not uploaded	:60
1:04:43	▶ Acura MDX 'Get More Out of Life' - 240 Horsepower - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Get more out of life - the 240-horsepower Acura MDX, a ULEV SUV. Acura	:30
1:05:12	▶ BP 'Can We Still Drive Our Cars and Have Cleaner Air?' - Cleaner Fuels in 50 Cities (2000) Can we still drive our cars and have cleaner air? BP's cleaner fuels in 50 cities. BP	:30
1:05:42	Fujitsu — repeat, not uploaded	:30

Break 2

Time	Spot	Len
1:11:33	▶ Bolla Pinot Grigio 'Family Is Whoever's Around the Dinner Table' (15s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Family is whoever's around the dinner table - Bolla Pinot Grigio. Open up. Bolla	:15
1:11:48	Kaufmann Fund — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:12:18	Xerox red truck — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:12:48	▶ LuxuryFinder.com 'Jewelry. Leather. Crystal. Cashmere.' (15s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Jewelry, Trafalgar leather, Moser crystal, cashmere - shop the world's finest brands for the holidays at LuxuryFinder.com. LuxuryFinder	:15
1:13:03	Sprint 1000 Nights — repeat, not uploaded	:60

Break 3

Time	Spot	Len
1:17:39	ditech — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:18:10	▶ DirecTV Direct Ticket 'Slow Burn' Pay-Per-View - Let the Movies Come to You (60s) (2000) Slow Burn on DirecTV Direct Ticket pay-per-view - let the movies come to you. DirecTV	:60
1:19:10	▶ Coalition to Protect America's Health Care - Nurse Claire Pankey 'Restore Funding' (2000) Claire Pankey, RN, for the Coalition to Protect America's Health Care - restore funding to our hospitals. 1-866-456-CARE. PSA	:30
1:19:39	Superior Bank repeat — repeat, not uploaded	:30

Break 4

Time	Spot	Len
1:25:17	GE billboard — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:05
1:25:22	GE Senographe — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:25:52	▶ Imitrex 'Diagnosis: Migraine' - 'When a Migraine Hits, My Day Is Shot' (60s) - 2000 TV Commercial 'I told my doctor when a migraine hits, my day is shot' - the Imitrex 'Diagnosis: Migraine' campaign, a carnival-family version. Medicine	:60
1:26:52	Sprint repeat — repeat, not uploaded	:60

Break 5

Time	Spot	Len
1:37:20	MSNBC Whole Picture ident — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:05
1:37:25	Lufthansa — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:37:56	▶ DirecTV Family Pack 'Fighting Over the Remote… Get With the Pack' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Fighting over the remote? Get with the pack - DirecTV's Family Pack. 1-800-547-4DTV. DirecTV	:30
1:38:26	DirecTV Customer News — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:38:56	MasterCard circus — repeat, not uploaded	:29
1:39:25	Sony WEGA tumbleweeds — repeat, not uploaded	:30

Break 6

Time	Spot	Len
1:46:01	TiVo billboard — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:05
1:46:06	▶ TiVo 'Itch Stopper Plus' Parody with Joe Montana & Ronnie Lott - Skip the Stuff - 2000 TV Commercial Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott in a fake 'Itch Stopper Plus' ad - with TiVo, skip the stuff you don't want to see. TiVo	:30
1:46:36	Superior Bank repeat — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:47:06	USSearch CC billboard — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:05
1:47:11	▶ MSNBC 'Hardball with Chris Matthews' - 'Get Ready to Play Hardball' Promo (2000) Get ready to play Hardball with Chris Matthews - live at 5 Eastern, weeknights on MSNBC. MSNBC	:30

Disc C · Dec 8-9 2000

Second recorder. Late Friday night, December 8, 2000, into the early hours of Saturday - the night the Florida Supreme Court ordered a statewide recount - flipping between MSNBC, Fox News and CNN on Chicago-area cable, with some breaks paused out:

- 10 PM ET: MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews special (Ed Rendell, Alan Fine, Brad Berenson, Howard Fineman; a panel with Chaka Fattah, John Fund, Ed Markey and Barbara Olson).

- ~10:48 PM ET: Fox News' The Edge with Paula Zahn (David Dreier, Anthony Weiner), a Fox News Live update, then The O'Reilly Factor live at 11 (Carl Cameron, Jim Angle, Judge Andrew Napolitano).

- ~11 PM ET: back to MSNBC's Hardball (Pat Caddell, Paul Begala, Rich Lowry, Alan Dershowitz, Doris Kearns Goodwin), which breaks away to carry Judge Terry Lewis live laying out the recount standards (~11:30 PM ET).

- ~11:50 PM ET: CNN's The Spin Room with Bill Press and Tucker Carlson (Dave Weldon, Gary Tuchman).

- Midnight ET: MSNBC's replay of the 9 PM News with Brian Williams special, re-edited, to the end of the disc (two breaks paused out).

Timed by The O'Reilly Factor's 11 PM open and CNN's on-screen clock. Tracking is clean. The tape continues on disc D.

Watch disc C in full at the Internet Archive

Program log

• 0:00:00 MSNBC: Hardball with Chris Matthews special (~10:13 PM ET)
• 0:32:28 Fox News: The Edge with Paula Zahn; The O'Reilly Factor (0:44:10, 11 PM ET)
• 0:52:20 MSNBC: Hardball (~11:05 PM ET); Judge Terry Lewis live (~1:04:45)
• 1:24:34 CNN: The Spin Room with Bill Press and Tucker Carlson
• 1:32:15 MSNBC: The News with Brian Williams special (midnight replay), to the end of the disc

The breaks, in airing order

Break 1

Time	Spot	Len
0:03:49	Qwest — repeat, not uploaded	:31
0:04:19	▶ Discovery Health Channel 'Baby Week' - 'TV That Delivers' Promo (2000) TV that delivers - Baby Week on the Discovery Health Channel, all week at 8 beginning Monday, now on DirecTV channel 313. Discovery	:30
0:04:49	▶ Virginia Is for Lovers 'Season of Love' - Free Winter Holiday Travel Kit - 2000 TV Commercial Virginia is for lovers - the season of love. Call 1-800-726-7887 for a free winter holiday travel kit. Virginia Tourism	:30
0:05:19	▶ Audi A6 Avant 'If I Drive Real Slow… Hold On to My Daughter a Little Longer' - 2000 TV Commercial 'If I drive real slow, maybe I can hold on to my daughter a little longer.' The Audi A6 Avant. Audi	:30
0:05:49	Fujitsu — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:06:19	▶ CNBC.com '$100,000 Power Portfolio Sweepstakes' Promo (2000) Play the CNBC.com $100,000 Power Portfolio Sweepstakes. CNBC	:20

Break 2

Time	Spot	Len
0:13:36	Benny Hill — repeat, not uploaded	:60
0:14:36	LuxuryFinder — repeat, not uploaded	:15
0:14:51	▶ Golf Digest with Phil Mickelson - 12 Issues for $19.77 (15s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Phil Mickelson for Golf Digest - 12 issues for $19.77. Call 1-800-391-0707. Golf Digest	:15
0:15:06	Moments to Remember — repeat, not uploaded	:60

Break 3

Time	Spot	Len
0:36:04	Fox News Sunday card — ID / bumper, not uploaded	:07
0:36:11	▶ Bolla 'Kiss Like You Mean It… Open Up' (15s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Kiss like you mean it - Bolla. Open up. Bolla	:15
0:36:26	▶ Terry's Chocolate Raspberry 'Smashing Good Taste' (15s) - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial Terry's Chocolate Raspberry - smashing good taste. Terrys	:15
0:36:41	▶ GM Goodwrench Service Plus Lifetime Guarantee - 'For People… and for Alligators' (2000) A lifetime guarantee from GM Goodwrench Service Plus - for people, and for alligators. GM	:30
0:37:11	Gateway cow box — repeat, not uploaded	:30
0:37:41	▶ Charles Schwab 'What Rhymes With Elation?' with Ringo Starr - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial What rhymes with elation? Ringo Starr for Charles Schwab - schwabwelcome.com. Schwab	:30
0:38:11	▶ Fox News 'The Beltway Boys' with Mort Kondracke & Fred Barnes - Saturday Promo (2000) The Beltway Boys with Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes, Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel. Fox	:15
0:38:26	▶ Fox News 'The Clearest Picture' - Number One Network for Political Coverage (2000) The clearest picture - your number one network for political coverage, with Fox News correspondents in Austin and Washington during the recount. Fox	:15

Break 4

Time	Spot	Len
0:59:36	TiVo elves — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:00:06	Lufthansa — repeat, not uploaded	:30
1:00:36	▶ Metrocall My2Way 'Aren't You Bernie Allen Who Played for the Senators?' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial 'Miss Nicholas... aren't you the same Bernie Allen who played for the Senators?' Metrocall My2Way two-way paging. Metrocall	:30
1:01:06	▶ Lexus Certified Pre-Owned 'The Lexus of Warranties' - Complimentary Loaner - 2000 TV Commercial Lexus Certified Pre-Owned - the Lexus of warranties, with a complimentary loaner car. Lexus	:30
1:01:36	▶ MasterCard Priceless 'Going Home' - Sleepover Walkie-Talkies, Home for the Holidays (2000) A sleepover and walkie-talkies - MasterCard Priceless, and the Home for the Holidays sweepstakes. MasterCard	:30

Disc D · Dec 9 2000

Second recorder. The last disc of tape V3, MSNBC on Chicago-area cable, with every commercial break paused out by the taper:

- Late Friday night, December 8, 2000: the last minute of Brian Williams's midnight coverage (law professor Jonathan Siegel on the Article II problem).

- Saturday morning, December 9, 2000, about 9:00 to 11:35 AM ET: MSNBC's Decision 2000: Battle for the White House as the statewide recount of undervotes ordered by the Florida Supreme Court begins - Ashleigh Banfield anchoring, Chris Jansing at the Leon County library, Norah O'Donnell at the vice president's residence, Pete Williams outside the U.S. Supreme Court, Shellee Smith in Austin, Mika Brzezinski at the numbers board; the Duval County canvassing board (Rick Mullaney), Leon County clerk Dave Lang, 'The Legal Team' (Dan Crowley, Paulette Brown), John Shubin, Richard Pildes; Rob Portman, George Pataki, Doug Hattaway, James Baker and Barbara Bush clips. The tape ends at 11:35 AM ET on the 'Florida Undervotes 45,000' map - three hours before the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the recount.

Timed by MSNBC's rotating ET/CT/PT clock. Tracking is clean.

No commercials — nothing uploaded. (A 3.6-second slice of the Rockin' Instrumentals spot already uploaded from disc A leaks through at one pause.)

Watch disc D in full at the Internet Archive

Program log

• 0:00:00 MSNBC: end of Brian Williams's Friday-night coverage
• 0:00:48 MSNBC Saturday Dec 9, 9 AM ET: Chris Jansing, Ashleigh Banfield (recount begins)
• 0:57:00 10 AM ET hour (Duval County canvassing board live)
• 1:41:01 11 AM ET hour; 1:55:52 11:30 AM re-open, to the end of the tape