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Frank Zappa: Crossfire - 1986

Submitted by Roland Faust on Sun, 06/20/2010 - 03:02
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Zappa appeared on CNN's Crossfire and debated the issue with Washington Times commentator John Lofton in 1986. Zappa's passion for American politics was becoming a bigger part of his life. He had always encouraged his fans to register to vote on album covers, and throughout 1988 he had registration booths at his concerts. He even considered running for President of the United States.

On September 19, 1985, Zappa testified before the US Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organization, co-founded by Tipper Gore, at that time married to then-senator Al Gore. The PMRC consisted of many wives of politicians, including the wives of five members of the committee, and was founded to address the issue of song lyrics with sexual or satanic content.

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K-Tel Rock 80 Album Commercial - 1980

Submitted by Roland Faust on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 21:05
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K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums.

New Wave is a genre of music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock.

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Bill Cosby for New Coke - 1985

Submitted by Roland Faust on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 15:55
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New Coke is the reformulation of Coca-Cola introduced in 1985 by The Coca-Cola Company to replace the original formula of its flagship soft drink, Coca-Cola (also called Coke). Properly speaking, New Coke had no separate name of its own, but was simply known as "the new taste of Coca-Cola" until 1992 when it was renamed Coca-Cola II.

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Hertz Commercial with OJ Simpson & Friends - 1984

Submitted by Roland Faust on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 15:41
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Here is a ad for Hertz I found on a old vhs. It features O.J. and Arnold Palmer with cameos by Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith living large on their Miller Lite "less filling, tastes great" fame. I wanted to doctor the commercial but it is pretty hilarious on its own. O.J. gets a litle irrate.

Simpson's amiable persona and natural charisma landed him numerous endorsement deals. He was a spokesman for the Hertz rental car company. He would be depicted running through airports, as if to suggest he was back on the football field.

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