Sesame Street: Jazz #2

Jazz Numbers was a series of animated counting films that were used on Sesame Street during the first season. From two to ten, for each film, the songs are individually registered as "Jazz #x," where x is the featured number.

The segments, featuring race cars and spies, were shown regularly from 1969 to 1991, with vocals provided by Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane.

Jazz #2 features cyclists, 2 elevator doors, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, 2 shaking hands, 2 fish, 2 people shoot at each other (paper rolls that say "2" come out of their guns).

1978 CBS Promo "Turn Us On This Fall"

Here are four back-to-back 1978 CBS Promo's "Turn Us On This Fall" which highlights shows like WKRP in Cincinnati, Incredible Hulk, The Jeffersons, and MASH as well as movies like Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind and specials like Circus of the Stars, parades, George Burns and the Peanut's gang!

Galaxy Goof-Ups

Galaxy Goof-Ups was a half-hour Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC 1978 to 1979.

The "Galaxy Goof-Ups" consisted of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Scare Bear and Quack-Up as space patrolmen (under the leadership of Captain Snerdley) who always goofed-up while on duty and spent most of their time in disco clubs.

1960's Burger King Commercial

Here's a great oldie... a 1960's Burger King commercial!

Enjoy!

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow was a children's television series that aired on PBS from 1983 to 2006. It encouraged reading among children.

Each episode centered on a theme from a book or other children's literature which was explored through a number of segments or stories. The show also provided book recommendations for kids to look for when they went to the library.

The Witch's Shop by W.K. Jasner

Here is a book I had when I was a kid but I don't remember a lot about it. It seems that I won it after reading a certain number of books in the 4th or 5th grade. Anyway... let me know if it's familiar to any of you!

The Witch's Shop by W.K. Jasner was published in 1979.

Schoolhouse Rock! Elementary, My Dear

Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on ABC. Topics covered include grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. The best of the series aired between 1972 and 1986.

Here is Elementary, My Dear from 1973!

Disney Read-Alongs

Disney Read-Alongs were a series of illustrated books for children with accompanying recordings of the books being read. The first Read-Alongs, book-and-record sets, were released in 1965 by Disneyland Records; several hundred titles have been produced.


The books were typically adaptations of popular Disney movies, cartoons, and other stories, running 24 pages. A narrator (or in some titles, a character from the story in first-person) read the story, and dialogue and songs from the original source were included. The sound of Tinker Bell's chimes was the signal for the reader to turn the page. The books always contained the tag line "SEE the pictures, HEAR the record, READ the book." The first editions typically had this introduction:

"This is a Disneyland original Little Long-Playing Record, and I am your story reader. I am now going to begin to read the story of [insert title here]. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it's time to turn the page when Tinker Bell rings her little bells like this: (sound of 'chimes' ringing). Let's begin now."

1980's Cover Girl Mascara Commercial

Here's a 1980's Cover Girl Mascara commercial...

Does your mascara pass the smudge test??

1980's Friendship Pins and Bracelets

If you were a girl during the 1980’s, and you had friends, you probably were given friendship pins and bracelets. . .and, more than likely, you created a multitude of your own and gave them away to all of your girlfriends as well.

If you were a proud recipient of a coveted friendship pin, you proudly displayed it (along with every other friendship pin that you received) on your tennis shoes, attaching them to your shoe laces. Whether you wore leather hi-top Reeboks, kangaroos, jazz shoes or a worn out pair of Chuck Taylor’s, if you had friends, you had pins on your shoes.

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard is a television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.

It follows Bo and Luke Duke, two cousins living in a rural part of the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia, with their cousin Daisy and wise old Uncle Jesse, racing around in their customized 1969 Dodge Charger, The General Lee, evading corrupt county commissioner Boss Hogg and his inept county sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.

1970 Pepsi Commercial

Here's a nostalgic 1970 commercial for Pepsi. Weren't times so much simpler then?!

You've got a lot to live and Pepsi's got a lot to give!

Little Golden Book: Three Bedtime Stories

A Little Golden Book memory...

Three Bedtime Stories (1982)

80's "Trees Are Terrific" PSA

Here is an 80's PSA from the National Arbor Day Foundation called "Trees Are Terrific"

1985 American Dairy Council Butter Commercial

Here is a 1985 commercial from the American Dairy Council promoting butter.

Get 'em all a little pat of butter!

The Electric Company: The Menu Song Skit

Here is a catchy song called, The Menu Song, sang by Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno on an episode of The Electric Company.

1979 NBC "Proud As A Peacock" Promo

Here is a 1979 Proud As A Peacock Promo featuring clips from older NBS shows as well as various scenes featuring the NBC Peacock logo.