tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post8787455523092788398..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: October 4, 1980Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-91564941816732891252019-03-21T02:22:58.822-04:002019-03-21T02:22:58.822-04:00I thought the joke was that Mason Adams did the vo...I thought the joke was that Mason Adams did the voiceover for the Smuckers commercials.JoeMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891491974360684371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47919522194014415352014-10-08T16:02:58.946-04:002014-10-08T16:02:58.946-04:00What was most amazing about the Minnesota/Pittsbur...What was most amazing about the Minnesota/Pittsburgh game being blacked-out in the Twin Cities was the fact that Pittsburgh was not only the defending Super Bowl champions, but had won the big game in four of the previous six seasons.<br /><br />If any Minnesota Vikings' home game in 1980 should have been sold out (and thus, locally televised), the Pittsburgh game would have been it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-90377950214268132362014-10-07T16:38:04.772-04:002014-10-07T16:38:04.772-04:00Heh - forgotten about that one!Heh - forgotten about that one!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-27458118056347283362014-10-06T09:51:18.659-04:002014-10-06T09:51:18.659-04:00Actually, I got that joke (alluding to the old Smu...Actually, I got that joke (alluding to the old Smuckers ad) not from the ad campaign itself, but from the old Saturday Night Live sketch (and I mean OLD Saturday Night Live sketch, from the first season of SNL) where they spoofed that ad. "With a name like Fluckers, it's got to be good"Richard J. Marcejhttp://www.theblabbingbaboon.com/noreply@blogger.com