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This TV promo always upped my mood as a kid (Original Post) Montauk6 Aug 2022 OP
I don't remember this one, but I was just a toddler. The one I remember Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #1
Yeah that was the show's intro you're recalling Montauk6 Aug 2022 #2
I try and do 5 miles walking a day. I've done 4 today and was going to leave it at Scrivener7 Aug 2022 #3

Wingus Dingus

(8,407 posts)
1. I don't remember this one, but I was just a toddler. The one I remember
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 05:54 PM
Aug 2022

is "Spanning the Globe!" with the Agony of Defeat ski jumper dude.

Montauk6

(8,617 posts)
2. Yeah that was the show's intro you're recalling
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 06:33 PM
Aug 2022


I truly thought the poor skier was Pres. Ford (I had no sense of irony or sarcasm as a wee lad as I read this in some Q&A column at the time).

My post was the commercial played during the week. LOVED that music!

Scrivener7

(52,739 posts)
3. I try and do 5 miles walking a day. I've done 4 today and was going to leave it at
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 06:38 PM
Aug 2022

that. That video has me tying up the sneakers.

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