Watching Television Tonight?

I've been meaning to scan and post this photo for some time.  I found it among a bunch of unrelated studio photographs at an estate sale a couple years back.  Given my penchant for TV Guide posts, it seemed appropriate.

I can only assume it's a promotional photo given to grocery and drug stores to show what display stands they could order to push their TV Guide sales.  The issue shown at the top of the stand is the 1956/57 Fall Preview edition.  Next to that are the words, "This Week's Issue", so I guess you would hang either a picture or an actual copy of that week's edition over that each week.  On the back of the photo are some numbers which I assume to be the dimensions of the display.

What was on TV January 17th through 23rd, 1981

Get ready to adjust those rabbit ears, it's time for this week in television once again.  This time it comes from 1981, or commonly known as "Morning in America".

Hertz Rent A Car Pamphlet

Nothing really to comment on this, just some cool graphics on this Hertz Rent-a-Car brochure.  It appears to date from the 1950's.  The company that sponsored it, Atlas Travel Service of Dayton Beach, Florida is still in business as is Hertz, of course.

What was on TV January 12th through 18th, 1980

Posts have been a little light lately, it's that time of the season. It might be cheating, but here's a TV Guide re-post from last year (with a few additional scans).  I'm not exactly running out of issues to post, but the supply is getting thin.  But don't worry, I have a brand new one coming soon.  Until then, from this week in 1980, it's America's favorite Highway Patrol Officers, Ponch and John.

Super 8 Disney

Before the days of live streaming video, DVDs or even VHS, your only option to view your favorite Hollywood movies in the comfort of your own home, short of waiting several years for them to appear on one of the 3 major networks, was to buy them on home movie film, in 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm formats.  Unless they were cartoon shorts, these films were usually extremely condensed versions of the movie or even just a few favorite clips compiled into 200 foot segments.  While we had a home movie projector growing up, it was limited to those films my father had shot documenting various vacations and holidays.  My parents never bought commercially released films and in fact I don't believe I even knew they were available.  Thanks to this 1980 Walt Disney Super 8 Home Movie catalog I found at the great film estate sale last year, I now have a glimpse into the world I missed.

How Meat Moves to Market

This comic book premium was published by Swift & Co. in 1966 and tells the story of...

Merry Mork, Robin, Wherever You Are

I found this December 1979 issue of McCall's magazine today while going through some storage tubs (it's purging time here in Garage Salin' land) and though the holidays are over, it seemed too appropriate to post now and not wait another year.  It features Robin Williams on the cover and a nice article inside.  There's also a portion of the script from the "Mork & Mindy" Christmas episode from that year.