February 5, 2021: Bruce Campbell, (The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness), promoting Detroit’s WHYT radio station. Original Airdate: February 1984.

February 6, 2021: William Sadler (Die Hard 2, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey) promoting Miller High Life: The Champagne of Beers.

Original Airdate: February 1986.

February 7, 2021: Ernest P. Worrell promoting Sprite. Jim Varney played the character in various local and national television commercials before making the transition to the big screen. Original Airdate: February 1986.

February 8, 2021: William H. Macy enjoying Taco Bell. Additionally, Fred Gwynne (The Munsters, Pet Sematary, My Cousin Vinny) was the voice-over announcer in the commercial. Original Airdate: February 1985.

February 9, 2021: Will Arnett (Arrested Development, The Lego Batman Movie) goes home for Manwiches. Original Airdate: October 1987.

February 10, 2021: Paul Rudd (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Ant-Man) playing with power for Super Nintendo.

Original Airdate: January 1991.

February 11, 2021: Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) singing praises and dancing outside McDonald’s for their new McDLT. Original Airdate: February 1985.

February 12, 2021: Willard Scott, a former NBC Today Show Weatherman, as the original Ronald McDonald (1963-1966).

February 13, 2021: Jaleel White (Family Matters) stacking Oreo cookies.

Original Airdate: July 1985.

February 14, 2021: Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld) and Anne Meara (ALF), a real-life couple and comedy duo, visiting Jack in the Box.

Original Airdate: November 1976.

February 15, 2021: Christina Ricci (The Addams Family) eating Franken Berry cereal. Original Airdate: October 1990.

February 16, 2021: Vin Diesel (The Fast and the Furious) showing off his skills in the Breakin’ in the U.S.A. (1984) instructional video.

February 17, 2021: Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men) mocking “Data” when he promoted Saturday Night Live.

Original Airdate: February 1994.

February 18, 2021: Adam Sandler (Saturday Night Live) appeared on MTV’s Remote Control (1987-1990).

February 19, 2021: LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow, Star Trek: The Next Generation) in a public service announcement.

Original Airdate: September 1987.

February 20, 2021: Jesse Ventura, professional wrestler, actor, and former Minnesota governor, promoting WWF action figures.

Original Airdate: November 1990.

February 21, 2021: William Shatner’s infamous performance of Elton John’s Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) at the Science Fiction Film Awards (1978).

February 22, 2021: In 1965, Adam West (ABC’s Batman) enjoys a glass of Nestle Quik.

February 23, 2021: A few years before This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer appeared on Rob Reiner’s TV Show (1979). Reiner’s comedy special featured the group in a parody of NBC’s concert program The Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack.

February 24, 2021: Flash Gordon (1980) promises to “save every one of us” in a promotional commercial on HBO. Original Airdate: December 1982.

February 25, 2021: The A-Team episode when H.M. Murdock (Dwight Schultz) was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. Special Guest Star: Pat Sajak.

Original Airdate: January 14, 1986.

February 26, 2021: Seann William Scott (American Pie) ignores the “purple stuff” and goes straight for the Sunny Delight.

Original Airdate: December 1996.

February 27, 2021: Gates McFadden (Star Trek: The Next Generation) as a French-born expert of pastries for Sara Lee Croissants.

Original Airdate: April 1985.

February 28, 2021: Tanya Roberts (The Beastmaster, That ’70s Show) talks about headaches for Excedrin over-the-counter pain reliever.

Original Airdate: December 1976.

March 1, 2021: Leonard Nimoy demonstrates the Magnavision LaserDisc Player (1981).

March 2, 2021: Bruce Lee promoting ABC’s The Green Hornet (1966).

March 3, 2021:  “Macho Man” Randy Savage, master of Macho Madness and highly articulated for Power Posing, loves Slim Jim beef snacks.

Original Airdate: April 1995.

March 4, 2021: Rich Koz (Svengoolie) hosted the Koz Zone. The weekday show featured host segments and sketches in between syndicated cartoons.

Original Airdate: September 1992.

March 5, 2021: Joel Hodgson (Mystery Science Theater 3000) performs stand-up comedy on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Original Airdate: November 12, 1983.

March 6, 2021: Mr. T pities the fool who missed his interview with Barbara Walters. Original Airdate: February 1984.

March 7, 2021: Harry Anderson (Night Court) was the guest host for NBC’s Friday Night Videos. Original Airdate: November 1, 1985.

March 8, 2021: Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved by the Bell) eating a well-balanced and nutritious breakfast. Original Airdate: June 1986.

March 9, 2021: Loni Anderson (WKRP in Cincinnati) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (professional actor, former California governor) enjoy Diet 7-Up, their favorite low-calorie beverage. Original Airdate: July 1982.

March 10, 2021: Brian Quinn (Impractical Jokers) is the Man Holding Mooby Figurine, an uncredited role, in Kevin Smith’s Dogma (1999).

March 11, 2021: Kurt Russell, known as a former child actor at the time, auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars (1977).

March 12, 2021: Estelle Getty (The Golden Girls) starred in a workout video called Young at Heart – Body Conditioning with Estelle (1993).

March 13, 2021: Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) enjoying a Fruit Corners Fruit Bar. Original Airdate: December 1986.

March 14, 2021: Alfonso Ribeiro (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, America’s Funniest Home Videos) performed as the Tap Dance Kid at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Original Airdate: November 24, 1983.

March 15, 2021: Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele, GoldenEye) is a suave gentleman in a Diet Coke commercial. Original Airdate: January 1987.

March 16, 2021: In 1990, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles save the city from Gridlock. Additionally, the voice talents from the original animated series were used to promote the new Los Angeles rail system.

March 17, 2021: Don Herbert is Mr. Wizard, a man who teaches children about science in a fun and creative way. Original Airdate: 1954.

March 18, 2021: In 1980, Corey Feldman (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter) prefers Milk Mate Real Chocolate Syrup to other brands.

March 19, 2021: In 1980, C-3PO and R2-D2 takes a sick boy to “a galaxy far, far away” when he opens a specially marked box of Puffs tissues.

March 20, 2021: In 1966, The Monkees consume Kellogg’s Cereal in the middle of nowhere to appease their advertisers.

March 21, 2021: In 1990, Arleen Sorkin (the original voice of Harley Quinn) portrayed an eccentric restaurateur on NBC’s Days of Our Lives.

March 22, 2021: Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite) delivers a pizza to a dinosaur in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994).

Additionally, Denise Richards (Wild Things, Starship Troopers) and Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) played the titular characters.

March 23, 2021: Justine Bateman (Family Ties) and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) answer the tough questions about dating in the How Can I Tell if I’m Really in Love? (1986) educational video.

March 24, 2021: In 1998, Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) portrayed Eric Brady, twin brother of Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney, host of NBC’s The Biggest Loser) on NBC’s Days of Our Lives.

March 25, 2021: In 1985, Dave Coulier (Full House) hosted the fictional sketch comedy news program Out of Control on Nickelodeon.

March 26, 2021: Jessica Walter (Arrested Development) portrayed the villainous Morgan LeFey in CBS’s Doctor Strange (1978).

March 27, 2021: Tony Todd (Candyman) plays a gang leader who controls and terrorizes a public housing apartment building in Enemy Territory (1987). Additionally, the film features Ray Parker, Jr. (Ghostbusters) as a telephone company repairman who fights back against Todd’s gang.

March 29, 2021: In 1990, Jennifer Aniston (Friends) and Charlie Schlatter (Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow) portrayed siblings Jeannie and Ferris Bueller, respectively, in the short-lived NBC sitcom based on Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986).

March 30, 2021: “Weird Al” Yankovic in a dress rehearsal before officially hosting the first AL-TV broadcast to promote his album on MTV.

Original Airdate: February 22, 1984.

March 31, 2021: Vanilla Ice (Teenage Mutant Ninja II: Secret of the Ooze) wants everyone to “drop that zero and get with the hero” in Cool as Ice (1991).

April 1, 2021: Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough) sends the Dark Knight to the grocery store for his favorite beverage. The Diet Coke commercial was included on the original home video release of Tim Burton’s Batman (1989).

April 2, 2021: David Hasselhoff (Knight Rider, Baywatch) returns to active duty to stop a group of evil terrorists in the made-for-television movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998).

April 3, 2021: Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU) is the Chewties Spokesman on MTV’s Wonder Showzen. Original Airdate: April 22, 2005.

April 4, 2021: Michael Chiklis (The Shield) made his film debut as John Belushi in the controversial biopic Wired (1989).

April 5, 2021: P.J. Soles (Halloween, Stripes) enjoying a piece of fried chicken in a 7-UP commercial. Original Airdate: March 1978.

April 6, 2021: In 1999, Mitch Hedberg (actor, comedian) wrote, starred, and directed the still-unreleased film Los Enchiladas!

April 7, 2021: In 1989, Rick Moranis (SCTV, Little Shop of Horrors) attempts to use the pay phone. Instead, Bobby Brown distracts him in the Ghostbusters II‘s On Our Own music video.

April 8, 2021: Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) appeared in NBC’s Babes in Toyland (1986), a made-for-television Christmas musical.

April 9, 2021: Lynda Carter (TV’s Wonder Woman) had her big screen debut in the crime drama film Bobby Jo and the Outlaw (1976).

April 10, 2021: Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory) holds the record for the shortest-tenured actor to appear on-screen as a featured cast member for NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Metcalf’s only appearance was a prerecorded segment for Weekend Update.

Original Airdate: April 11, 1981.

April 11, 2021: Christian Slater (Heathers, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) had a cameo appearance as a security guard in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). Unfortunately, his two scenes were only included in the European version of the film.

April 12, 2021: Roddy Piper (They Live) teaches children to exercise and stay away from drugs in the Fighting Fit (1992) educational video.

April 13, 2021: Jack Black (actor, comedian, and musician) is visibly upset after the Mariner killed his friend in Waterworld (1995).

April 14, 2021: Huey Lewis (singer, songwriter, and actor) judges Marty McFly’s rendition of The Power of Love to be “too darn loud” in Back to the Future (1985).

April 15, 2021: Harrison Ford (Star Wars) plays a bellhop in his first known movie role in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966).

April 16, 2021: In 1986, Hunter Carson (Invaders From Mars) and Tina Caspary (Mac and Me) were the original Bundy children on Married…With Children. After the pilot episode was filmed, their scenes were reshot with David Faustino and Christina Applegate.

April 17, 2021: Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) as a worker at Camp Sasquatch in Meatballs Part II (1984).

April 18, 2021: Bill Murray appeared in Tom Schiller’s science-fiction comedy film Nothing Lasts Forever (1984). The movie was shelved by the studio and never released in theaters or on home video. In 1994, the film was shown on international television channels. Eventually, in 2015, Turner Classic Movies showed the film on American cable television.

April 19, 2021: Supaidāman (1978) was a Japanese live-action television series produced by the Toei Company. The show was loosely based on the Marvel Comics character.

April 20, 2021: A boy finds himself turning into a furry creature whenever he gets hungry in the direct-to-video My Pet Monster (1986).

April 21, 2021: John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne with his daughter Aimee in a promotional video for CBS Records. Aimee is the Osbourne child who declined to be a part of the family’s reality show on MTV.

Original Airdate: April 1984.

April 22, 2021: Quentin Tarantino was the director, editor, co-writer, co-producer, and featured actor of the partially lost black-and-white amateur film My Best Friend’s Birthday (1987). The film was made while Tarantino was working at a video store in California.

April 23, 2021: SICO introduces music videos for the Rocky IV (1985) soundtrack. Sylvester Stallone revealed the upcoming Director’s Cut will remove Paulie’s robot from the film. Stallone stated that “The robot is going to the junkyard forever, no more robot.”

April 24, 2021: Redd Foxx and Dennis Burkley (King of the Hill) become roommates in Sanford (1980). The series was the rarely seen continuation of Sanford and Son (1972-1978).

April 25, 2021: Sid Haig (House of 1,000 Corpses) as King Tut’s Royal Apothecary on ABC’s Batman. Original Airdate: September 28, 1966.

April 26, 2021: John Stamos (Full House) must avenge his father’s death by fighting Gene Simmons (KISS) in Never Too Young to Die (1986).

April 27, 2021: John Bloom (Joe Bob Briggs) portrays a deputy in the first part of ABC’s The Stand miniseries. Original Airdate: May 8, 1994.

April 28, 2021: Christine McGlade appeared on Turkey Television (1985-1986). The Canadian series was created for Nickelodeon in response to the popularity of You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990).

April 29, 2021: In 1988, Vincent Price, legendary movie icon, wanted to help you escape the torture of scrubbing mildew.

April 30, 2021: DeForest Kelley (Star Trek) appeared in Time to Kill (1945). The educational short film was produced by the American armed forces. The film featured George Reeves (Adventures of Superman) and Betty White (The Golden Girls) in supporting roles.

May 1, 2021: In 1989, the Duke of the Grill teaches Bill the Trainee during an official Wendy’s training video. The secret to success includes learning the important Grill Skills Rap. While Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, introduced the video, no one famous appeared in the segment.

May 2, 2021: Angus Scrimm (Phantasm) portrayed the High Elder in Vampirella (1996). The made-for-television movie was based on Warren Publishing’s black-and-white horror comics magazine.

May 3, 2021: ABC’s Fridays parodied the incoming Reagan administration and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). The late-night comedy series featured Mark Blankfield (The Jerk, Too), Michael Richards (Seinfeld), and Melanie Chartoff (Parker Lewis Can’t Lose).

Original Airdate: December 12, 1980.

May 4, 2021: Fluke Starbucker, Augie Ben Doggie, Chewchilla, and Ham Salad join forces to rescue Princess Anne-Droid from the evil Empire in Hardware Wars (1978).

May 5, 2021: Stephen King (Maximum Overdrive) heckles anachronistic medieval motorcycle club members while eating hoagie sandwiches in George A. Romero’s Knightriders (1981).

May 6, 2021: Stanley Burrell (M.C. Hammer) wears a pair of magical dancing shoes to transform into a crime-fighting superhero on ABC’s Hammerman (1991).

May 7, 2021: Joel McHale (The Soup, Community) denies Aunt May’s mortgage refinance application in Spider-Man 2 (2004).

May 8, 2021: In 1982, the Sunnyland Refining Company wanted to compete with Skippy, Peter Pan, and Jif Peanut Butters. Soon, the company made a licensing deal with DC Comics to market their food product with Superman characters.

May 9, 2021: Mr. T sings about treating mothers right in the direct to video educational film Be Somebody…or Be Somebody’s Fool (1984)

May 10, 2021: Tim Dunigan battles the cyborg tyrant Lord Dread in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987).

Originally, Dunigan was hired to portray “Face Man” on NBC’s The A-Team (1983-1987). After the pilot episode was filmed, the network executives decided Dunigan was too young for the role. Quickly, Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica) was hired to replace Dunigan in the series.

May 11, 2021: Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds) appeared on Freddy’s Nightmares. The syndicated television series was based on the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Original Airdate: February 4, 1989.

May 12, 2021: In 1995, Keri Russell (Felicity), Rick Gomez (The Adventures of Pete and Pete), Jim Breuer (Saturday Night Live), and Andrew Lowery (My Boyfriend’s Back) appeared in the unaired pilot episode of Clerks. Allegedly, Kevin Smith was in the middle of production for Mallrats (1995), so he did not know about the failed attempt to turn his previous movie into a network-friendly sitcom.

May 14, 2021: Jay Johnson (Soap) hosted the short-lived game show So You Think You Got Troubles?! (1982).

On the show, contestants were interviewed and offered advice by a professional guest panel. The contestant decided which panelist’s advice the audience liked more. Doing so correctly won the contestant $10 multiplied by the percentage of the vote. For example, if the most popular panelist’s advice received 60% of the vote and the contestant successfully chose that panelist, the contestant won $600.

May 15, 2021: Thirty years before Marvel’s Infinity War (2018) or DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019), the Saturday Morning Cartoons joined forces with the financial backing of Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities to prevent drug-abuse among children in the television special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. Original Airdate: April 21, 1990.

May 19, 2021: Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street) portrays a local troublemaker in Tobe Hooper’s Eaten Alive (1976).

May 20, 2021: Neil Connery, brother of Sean Connery, portrayed the civilian brother of Britain’s best secret agent. He uses skills in plastic surgery, hypnotism, and lip-reading to stop an international crime syndicate in Operation Kid Brother (1967). The self-referential Italian film was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989-1999).

May 21, 2021: In 2000, Michael Cera (Arrested Development) portrayed Larrabe Hicks on the Canadian television series I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!

July 5, 2021: Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad) is skeptical about Billy Peltzer’s Mogwai story in Joe Dante’s Gremlins (1984).

July 28, 2021: Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) uses a flying motorcycle to fight terrorists in Megaforce (1982).

August 13, 2021: Nicolas Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, played Brad’s Bud in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).

August 30, 2021: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) wants to help you relieve hemorrhoid itch and pain. Original Airdate: February 1986.

August 31, 2021: Mark Boone Junior (Batman Begins) and Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs) watch trailers and clips from exploitation films in Film House Fever (1986).

September 4, 2021: Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) takes a break from dancing and singing praises about the McDLT. Now, he double dips potato chips for Delta Gold (February 1986).

September 9, 2021: Bill Bixby (The Incredible Hulk) promotes Dietac. The product was an appetite suppressant for people who do not want to get angry while dieting. Original Airdate: April 1981.

September 10, 2021: Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) tells you where he likes Sprite. Original Airdate: November 1992.

September 11, 2021: The teaser trailer for Spider-Man (2002) featured bank robbers caught in a web between the Twin Towers. Two days after the towers fell, the movie studio pulled the trailer and other promotional material which featured the buildings.

September 13, 2021: Tim Allen (Home Improvement) admires his automobile for Chrysler Oldsmobile. Original Airdate: October 1983.

October 21, 2021: T.J. Hooker (William Shatner) and Greenpeace need everyone’s help to fight toxic waste. Original Airdate: January 1986.

November 16, 2021: C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) catches R2-D2 smoking a cigarette in a public service announcement for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Original Airdate: February 1981.

December 22, 2021: Mr. T encounters a multiverse doppelganger in the NBC television special A Christmas Dream.

Original Airdate: December 16, 1984.

December 24, 2021: Fred Flintstone offers a bowl of Fruity Pebbles to Barney Rubble. Original Airdate: December 1986.

December 31, 2021: Betty White (The Golden Girls) trusted 1-800-PetMeds because of their fast service, free shipping, and big savings.

Original Airdate: December 2007.

May 4, 2022: May the Schwartz/Fourth Be With You!

May 13, 2022: Crispin Glover (Back to the Future) can’t dance to his favorite record or find the corkscrew in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).

June 20, 2022: Margaret Hamilton (The Wizard of Oz) returned as the Wicked Witch of the West on Sesame Street. She wanted to teach children how to face their fears. Ironically, the live-action segments received a strong and adverse reaction by a large number of parents. They claimed the topic was too frightening for their children. In response to the criticism, the episode was pulled from syndication and never released on home video. But the footage was preserved in the Library of Congress archives for public viewing during special presentations. Production Date: October 10, 1975.

June 21, 2022: Bob Odenkirk doesn’t have time to bond with his child on HBO’s Mr. Show (1995-1998). But there are many other fathers that deserve recognition even though they have “spread their life too thin.”

June 28, 2022: Quentin Tarantino (From Dusk Till Dawn) appeared as an Elvis Presley impersonator on NBC’s The Golden Girls.

Tarantino said he was grateful for his early acting career because the residuals helped during production on Reservoir Dogs (1992).

Original Airdate: November 19, 1988.

July 20, 2022: Gary Oldham (Tiptoes) appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote The Dark Knight Rises (2012) with a dramatic reading from R. Kelly’s autobiography. Sadly, ten days later, during a midnight screening of the film in Aurora, Colorado, a gunman wearing a gas mask entered the theater and opened fire killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. In response to the tragedy, the studio suspended their marketing campaign. Moreover, cast members stopped appearing on television shows to promote the film.

Original Airdate: July 10, 2012.

August 2, 2022: Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) parodies J. J. Bittenbinder on HBO’s Mr. Show (1995-1998). Bittenbinder was a retired Chicago police detective who made public appearances to discuss crime prevention. He wrote the book Tough Target: A Street-Smart Guide to Staying Safe. Odenkirk’s character was called F. F. Woodycooks, a bizarre television host who uses unusual and funny-sounding phrases while carrying around his “crime stick.” Original Airdate: November 15, 1996.

August 11, 2022: Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) had a brief cameo as one of Eddie Murphy’s cellmates in Trading Places (1983).

August 17, 2022: Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil) confronts Maia Brewton (Parker Lewis Can’t Lose) in Adventures in Babysitting (1987).

September 9, 2022: Frank Drebin (Leslie Neilsen) uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). But it is internationally renowned opera star Enrico Pallazzo who foils sleeper agent Reggie Jackson from carrying out the dastardly task.

October 3, 2022: Seth Green (Can’t Hardly Wait) portrayed Richie Tozier in ABC’s television adaptation of Stephen King’s IT (1990). King stated his expectations of the miniseries was low. He said that “here was a book that sprawled over 1,000 pages, and they were going to cram it into four hours, with commercials.”

October 11, 2022: Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd (SCTV’s Monster Chiller Horror Theater) and Rhonda Shear (USA’s Up All Night) appeared on TNT’s MonsterVision with Joe Bob Briggs. The trio of movie hosts watched the network television premiere of John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness (1994). Original Airdate: October 31, 1999.

November 2, 2022: Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing) in his movie debut as Ace Johnson in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979).

Additionally, Nick Castle, who played The Shape in John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), wrote the screenplay for the roller disco film.

Per Wikipedia: “One evening at a Los Angeles roller disco called Skatetown, U.S.A., a rivalry between two skaters (Patrick Swayze and Greg Bradford) culminates in a contest, the winning prize for which is $1,000 and a moped cycle. After a game of chicken played on motorized roller skates, the two rivals become friends.”

December 1, 2022: David Bowie and Bing Crosby sing “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” on the CBS holiday special Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas. Original Airdate: November 30, 1977.

December 5, 2022: Bob McGrath believes in a “True Blue Miracle” on the Emmy-award winning Christmas Eve on Sesame Street special.

Original Airdate: December 3, 1978.

December 20, 2022: Frances Bay (Seinfeld, Happy Gilmore) attends the Neighborhood Christmas pageant on Christmas Time with Mister Rogers. Also, Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th) was credited for his work on the Ice Skater Makeup in Lady Elaine’s live-action dream sequence. The special was rebroadcast on PBS every holiday season until 1982.

For decades, the Christmas episode was classified as “Lost Media.” However, on December 10, 2022, the entire special was released on the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood website. Original Airdate: December 20, 1977.

May 4, 2023: Luke Skywalker (Donnie Osmond), Princess Leia Organa (Marie Osmond), Han Solo (Kris Kristofferson), C-3PO, and R2-D2 need to escape from the dancing Imperial Stormtroopers on the Donnie and Marie Show. Original Airdate: September 23, 1977.

June 23, 2023: In 1989, Tyco released the Talking Ed Grimley Doll.

June 24, 2023: In 1989, Corey Haim (The Lost Boys) had a lot to tell you. But I hoped you asked your parents before you called.

August 25, 2023: Elisabeth Shue (Adventures in Babysitting) is the Burger King employee who politely intimidates everyone to visit the Home of the Whopper. Original Airdate: December 1983.

November 16, 2023: Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) and Kel Mitchell (Good Burger) offered the Hooked-on-Phonics 4-week reading challenge. Original Airdate: September 1999.

August 6, 2025: John Goodman (Roseanne, The Big Lebowski) drinks milk for the American Dairy Association. Original Airdate: March 1981.

August 12, 2025: The National Association of Secretaries of State issued a public service announcement about the 1980 Presidential Election. “You know that’s what you’re going to say,” the voiceover announcer declared, “if your candidate doesn’t win.” Original Airdate: November 1, 1980.