This week's Media Monday features some commercials I found on a VHS tape that had content from November 1999. I pulled off some commercials from that recording.
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Details
Discover Card - With USPS running away after delivery.
Dino Crisis by Capcom - Weird way to sell a video game.
AOL 5.0 - Aired during the peak of membership. Broadband would start gaining popularity in 2000.
Checkout.com - This looked to be an online rental service.
McAfee - Interesting way to sell computer security.
Web Without Wires by Motorola - Motorola promoted the world without wires.
Duracell Ultra - Duracell always promotes that they have the fastest battery.
eTrade with PacBell Promotion - Interesting promotion for new eTrade customers - California Only.
Intel Web Outfitter Service - Back in 1999, Intel offered a lot of free services on their website - not anymore.
This week's Media Monday is a phone call that I got last week about car insurance. This is a typical type of call that I get.
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Couple of Notes
When the call got transferred none of the information that I provided to the original person was sent. Why did they ask me them? What are they going to do with that information?
The second call I got was an automated call. I got that particular call a couple of times that day and only once got beyond saying 'Good.'
I get this spam calls all the time usually they piggyback on each other. Almost if a vendor sells my active number and a machine takes immediate action and calls the number.
This week's media is a montage of a video of Juliana going to Wachusett's Mountain in Palmer Massachusetts. She spent 2 mornings learning how to ski. We spent the third-day free skiing.
Video was shot using a GoPro Hero 9 attached to a ski pole via Gooseneck Clamp mount. The weather was really cold on the third day that the GoPro couldn't warm up to work properly.
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Ski Wachusetts
Mount Wachusett's offers 90 minutes of skiing. Students get an opportunity to ski before and after the lesson to practice what they learned.
We arrived early each day so we could get the first lesson of the day. The lessons start at 8 am.
Level 3 start on the Easy trail and end the day on the intermediate trail. Level 4 conductors their classes on the intermediate trail.
Back in the 1990s, Infomercials were the late-night filler spot for many networks. I enjoyed watching them as a good way to fall asleep.
When going through my VHS collection, I found the Memory Power by Harry Lorayne infomercial. This is the kind of infomercial that would put me to sleep. It's just a show that will put you to sleep.
Is it possible to purchase a training program that can help you read faster? Kevin Mark Trudeau and Howard Stephen Berg think they can.
Watch the first ten minutes of this infomercial from 1998.
Still interested?
You can find the complete package that Howard Stephen Berg was selling on the infomercial on eBay. There are plenty of people that are selling the Mega Speed Reading Course for about $10.
This week's feature is a collection of commercials from May 2001 from San Francisco California. These classic commercials are a reminder of how young the internet was.
Hard to believe that these commercials will be 21 years old this year. (That's like watching commercials from the 1980s in 2001.)
Commercial Listings
Kristi Yamaguchi promoting K101
California Department of Health Services - Stop smoking campaign
Pacific Bell - 'What's up with all these companies that aren't focused on customers'?
Jack in the Box - Play of the Day with the Triple Ultimate Cheeseburger.
Mitsubishi 'Wake up and Drive' - Catchy tune commercial featuring 'Start the Commotion.' The commercial caused the song to reach the top 40 in the USA in 2001 - four years after it was released.
Toyota Corolla featuring Steve Young - Not sure why, San Francisco Quarterback, Steve Young was featured in these commercials. Does anyone think that he actually drives a Toyota Corrolla in real life?
Real Cheese with a cameo by Bob Dole - A fictional presidential candidate mistakes says he doesn't like cheese. So what does Bob Dole think about this?
onMoney.com - Introducing the ability to have the entire financial world at your fingertips. The company closed in 2004.
Shopnow.com - Why aren't people going to your website to buy?
Gateway Country Store - Just as Apple was about to open its first store in Tysons Corner, Virginia, Gateway started promoting its stores on major TV networks. Apple never really considered them a competitor.
Mother's Cookies - Commercial that features people that have worked at the company for a long time. I wonder how many of those people featured are still working there today?
This week's media feature is a collection of 1999 Commercials. These aired during the spring months on KRON TV in San Francisco California.
Featuring
McDondalds - featuring Eddie the Echo. In this commercial spot, he doesn't have any lines.
KSFO - The morning talk show hosts Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan try to convince people to listen to their conservative morning show. They did have a great program!
The San Francisco Chronicle - this commercial spot featured Adair Lee and her writing style. This was a creative way to sell newspapers.
Prodigy Internet - This commercial featured the Prodigy Online service convincing people to switch away from America Online.
California Great America - A local commercial about the Great America Theme park in Santa Clara, California.
MCI Worldcom - Commercial features Michael Jordon with the looney tunes characters. This came about 2 years after the Space Jam movie.
1800Collect - This commercial featured Steve Austin - who was at his peak winning the WWF Championship.
Saturn - This funny commercial promotes how college students can order a car delivered just like a pizza. The company would no longer exist ten years later.
ESPN SportsCenter - Featuring Mark McGwire giving up his winning 62 home run ball to Dan Patrick.
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