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Catalog / tape V30

TAPE V302 DISCS5 SPOTS · 5 WATCHABLE

Donated by Tim Nelson, Shorewood, IL

Disc B Disc C

Disc B · Dec 1994 / Sep 14 2001

Donated by Tim Nelson; second disc of tape V30. The last minutes of USA Network's Saturday night movie, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (December 1994), with a holiday break (Wal-Mart's 'Holiday Time' carolers, Blockbuster, a Second Harvest food-bank PSA) and USA's voice-over promos for Duckman and Dolly Parton's A Smoky Mountain Christmas over the end credits. The tape was then recorded over on Friday, September 14, 2001: NBC 5 Chicago, ABC News and Fox News Channel coverage of the attacks, including President Bush at Ground Zero, with no ad breaks recorded.

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Program log

The breaks, in airing order

Break 1

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0:04:56Domino's Pizza Santa/elf/reindeer "New Buffalo Wings $3.99" holiday spot; PARTIAL (opening ~3.2 s with moon + "Un-dancer! Un-prancer!" missing, spot already running at fade-in); DUP of V30A 5044.41-5074.34 (complete, first airing) - keep V30A — repeat, not uploaded:27
0:05:22

Wal-Mart - 'Holiday Time at Wal-Mart' - Singing Through a Christmas Eve Blackout (1994)

Two Wal-Mart associates, Carole and Sunshine (first names shown on screen), tell how a Christmas Eve blackout turned into a singalong: "We look at each other. What do we do? And we say, let's sing." The customers joined right in. "Try to make your day a little brighter, holiday time or any time."

:30
0:05:52Nabisco Frosted Wheat Bites "the frosted cereal even moms love" (30s, complete); DUP of library Nabisco/nabisco_nabisco-frosted-wheat-bites-...-even-moms-love_1995.mkv (same spot, frame-matched) — repeat, not uploaded:30
0:06:23

Blockbuster Video - Stock Up on the Absolute Necessities for the Holidays - 1994 TV Commercial

A snowy holiday scene and a reminder: "This holiday season, remember to stock up on the absolute necessities. You might also want to pick up some food. There are over 9,000 ways to make tonight a blockbuster night."

:30
0:06:53Purina ONE lamb & rice "No dog as handsome as Sherman" dalmatians, "I've created a monster" (30s complete); DUP of V30A 3081.28-3111.10 (also complete, first airing) - keep V30A — repeat, not uploaded:30
0:07:23USA Network promo (9.5s): Jack Scalia (name on set wall; also VO) "USA World Premiere Movie Mega Marathon, New Year's Eve & Day" — ID / bumper, not uploaded:09
0:07:32

Second Harvest National Food Bank Network - 'A Good Meal' PSA - Vintage 1994 TV Commercial

"A good meal. Most of us take it for granted. But for millions of Americans, it's something they seldom see." Second Harvest, a national network of food banks dedicated to feeding hungry Americans, asks viewers to contact the Second Harvest member near them. The spot closes with a Continental Cablevision local sponsor card.

:29
0:08:02USA Movie bumper "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, starring Harrison Ford" (3.7s); same bumper as V30A 1574.07 — ID / bumper, not uploaded:04

Break 2

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0:11:44

USA Network 'Duckman' Promo - 'I Don't Give Anyone Any Credit' - Tonight 10:30 (1994)

Voice-over only, played over the end-credit cards of the movie: Duckman riffs on the credits ("What, your mother's a key grip? What's a key grip anyway?") before saying, "On my USA show, I don't give anyone any credit. It's mine. All mine. I'm Duckman. Tonight at 10:30, only on USA."

:16
0:12:01

USA Network 'A Smoky Mountain Christmas' Promo - Dolly Parton - Tomorrow Night at 8 (1994)

Voice-over only, played over the end-credit cards: "When she gets tired of big city glamour, there's only one place to go. Dolly Parton heads home for the holidays in 'A Smoky Mountain Christmas.' The USA movie, tomorrow night at 8."

:11

Break 3

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0:26:30NBC 5 Chicago "Special Report" news open (4.3s); 9/11 news station graphic, not an ad — ID / bumper, not uploaded:04

Break 4

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0:49:01ABC News "Special Report" slate with announcer "This is ABC News continuing coverage" (13.5s, fades up from black at 2941.4); news open, not an ad — ID / bumper, not uploaded:14

Break 5

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1:40:28Fox News Channel 9/11 tribute montage tail (WTC rubble, Bush at podium, firefighters, flag "God Bless America", Fox News logo) 28.7s break-style bumper right after the O'Reilly Factor sign-off; PARTIAL — ID / bumper, not uploaded:29
1:40:58Fox News Channel "America United" sting (faces, debris, flag, candle, AMERICA UNITED title) 11.6s, dissolves into the anchor desk; not in library clip; news crawl over the picture — ID / bumper, not uploaded:12

Break 6

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1:50:42NBC News coverage-open tease montage, VO (audio-only, voice unidentified) "After Tuesday's cataclysm, how much have we lost? How changed are we? And what comes next?" 8.6s, dissolves into Brokaw (self-ID in audio); news-tease/open, starts right at the CBS-to-NBC splice — ID / bumper, not uploaded:09

Disc C · Sep 14 2001

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No commercials survive on this disc.

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