Here's a mostly complete broadcast (with the first few seconds or so missing) of an episode of the Strawberry Shortcake series (? - was it a series? I thought these were specials), "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City" (S01E02, originally aired on January 23rd 1981?) as broadcast over WFLD Channel 32 (or, as was firmly known by this time, "Metromedia 32").
In this installment, Strawberry Shortcake travels to Big Apple City to compete with the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak in a televised bakeoff (description per IMDb).
(TECHNICAL NOTE: Every now and then, the reception gets a tad wonky and the color dissolves into little artifacts, in a manner of the "chroma" being killed off or activated upon showing of, say, a black-and-white TV show or movie - ah, the joys of viewing by "rabbit ears" or other antennae.)
Includes:
Opening (joined in progress) with writing and producing credits
Commercials for:
Grams Bear, Baby Hugs Bear and Baby Tugs Bear (of Care Bears line) - from Kenner
Kellogg's Raisin Bran (with boy on bike and showing cycling competition)
Stomper Water Demon four-wheel drive - from Schaper (each comes with its own Duracell battery, you know)
Episode Act I
Commercials for:
Rose-Petal Place - from Kenner (first variant) (Some assembly required, each - including the dolls - sold separately)
Care Bears and Professor Coldheart - from Kenner
Dream Dancer (with music sounding like "Flashdance - What a Feeling") - from Tomy
Cookie-Crisp cereal (with wizard Cookie Jarvis and kids camping outside home)
Episode Act II
Commercials for:
Rose-Petal Place - from Kenner (second variant)
Play-Doh Doodler
Trix cereal (with Trix rabbit impersonating newsboy; followed by tie-in with Rose Petal Place in specially marked boxes)
PSA for Easter Seals Safe Halloween coupons (books available at Denny's Restaurants - ending voiceover by Jim Barton)
Episode Act III
Commercials for:
Wicket W. Warwick and Princess Kneesaa of "Return of the Jedi" - from Kenner (each sold separately)
Bristle Buddies (a variant of Lego) from Playskool
PSA for Train-X (dealing with children's bedwetting problems) (voiceover by Jim Barton) (posted separately here: • Train-X (Commercial, 1... )
Sponsor billboard for Kenner
Ending credits (reception begins to weaken by the end)
Tom and Jerry as part of Afternoon Fun starts just about at the point the recording ends
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 25th 1984 during the 3:00pm to 3:30pm timeframe.
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2 окт 2021
