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Minute Maid Lemonade Crystals (Commercial, 1981)

45 Years Ago Today:

Here's a commercial for Minute Maid Lemonade Crystals, touting their product as having the juice of 20 lemons in preparing their product - as opposed to Lemon Tree's use of only two lemons, and Country Time having absolutely none. Oh yeah, and no artificial colors or preservatives.

This aired on Wednesday, July 1, 1981.

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NBC Network - Today - "The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube" (Excerpt, 6/30/1981) ▦

45 Years Ago Today:

Here's an excerpt from the Today show on the NBC Network as aired over WMAQ Channel 5. Here, co-host Tom Brokaw is interviewing James G. Nourse, research associate at Stanford University's Chemistry Department and author of "The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube" - and Jane Pauley is seen very briefly, along for the ride.

In this segment, we learn that its invention was originally designed to teach 3-dimensional objects and their meaning to architectural students, that there are 43 quintillion moves (!), that the mass possibilities are why it is so difficult, how it's similar to what Mr. Nourse deals with in his regular job, what color he starts with to get the colors back to where they should be, that there's nothing random about it, the possibility of sore wrists and "Rubik thumbs," and how having a mathematical mind helps when playing it (but is not absolutely required); and as he explains all this the camera shows him actually working to get it all back (which he manages to do about 60% of the way into this clip)

Preview of next segment (a Gene Shalit interview with Swoosie Kurtz) is underway when recording ends

Previously we posted a commercial for Rubik's Cube from Ideal that aired in August of the previous year as you can see here: • Rubik's Cube - "Judge Smith" (Commercial, ...

This aired on Tuesday, June 30, 1981.

The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: [email protected] Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail [email protected] Thank you for your help!

USA Network - Dance Party USA (Ending, 1987)

39 Years Ago Today:

Here's the ending moments of Dance Party USA on USA Network, hosted by Andy Gury. Includes:

Promo for Bumper Stumpers, for weekdays at 4:30 PM (3:30 Central)

Dance Party USA animated bumper

Andy Gury closes the show with preview of next day's edition, including an appearance by Pretty Poison, as well as an upcoming taping of an outdoor edition for July 4th, and introducing Pseudo Echo's cover of "Funkytown" which is heard over end credits as the assembled people dance away.

If this video got any more "80s", it would be arrested for co***ne possession. Sheesh.

Copyright 1987 - Dancin' On Air Productions, Inc. - USA Network

Production Executive - Frank Nise
Executive Producers - Larry Worden, Jeffrey Servin, Esq., Michael Nise
Producer - Michael Nise for Nise Productions, Inc.
Programming Executive - USA Network - Hilary Schacter
Executive Assistant to the Producer - Sandy Mengert Perchetti
Associate Producer - Lauren Grace
Production Coordinator - Nancy Napoli
Promotions Director - Paula Beal
Production Assistants - Andy Gury, Rennie Harris, Greg Farnese, Annette Krier
Mail Coordinator - Nancy Althoff
Theme Song - Written & Produced by McKeown, Beeth, Vitco, Gorman, Ferrara for Power House Recording Studio, Camden, New Jersey - Copyright 1986 Nise Productions, Incorporated
Promotion Development Photography - George Feder - Marketing One Limited, Incorporated
Director - Dave Goetz
Technical Director - Steve Cradic
Floor Manager - Art Szcykalski
Audio - Laura Flandreau, Gene Remolde
Video - Bob Frace, Norm Young
Camera - Bill Egbert, Charlie O'Gara, Aldo Farnese
Production Facilities - WPHL Productions, Philadelphia
Video Provided by RCA
Andy Gury's Wardrobe provided by Macy's, New Jersey - Macy's by Appointment

Dance Party USA - c/o Nise Productions, Incorporated
413 Cooper Street
Camden, New Jersey 08102

Materials sent in are not returnable. NPI reserves the right to use material or photos at its discretion on Dance Party USA.

Ending animated title bumper

Commercial: Weight Watchers, with Lynn Redgrave touting their burritos and other Mexican entrees - "This Is Living!"

Promo for Dragnet Weekend Stake-Out, with Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd (stars of the 1987 movie version) touting episodes of the vintage 1967-70 incarnation to air on Night Flight on Friday and Saturday at 11 PM (10 PM Central)

USA Network ID - "America's All-Entertainment Network"

This aired on Monday, June 29, 1987.

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