This is VHS-2025-002. Taped off WTTE Fox 28 Columbus. Condition: fair. Star Trek TOS episodes voted on by viewers, then the big anniversary special hosted by Shatner and Nimoy. The Super Nintendo had just launched. That era hangs over every ad break.
Lost Media
The Columbus local ads are gone. Mr. Hero commercials from 1991. The Calif and Handleman law office spot. These were regional buys that never got archived anywhere. The national spots — Long John Silver’s, Tuna Helper, Stanley Steemer — those are findable. The Columbus-specific stuff isn’t.
About This Tape
The anniversary special is worth watching on its own. Gene Roddenberry, DeForest Kelley, Nimoy and Shatner hosting together. September 1991 was a weird moment for Star Trek — Next Generation was running, the original cast was winding down, and the franchise was bigger than it had ever been.
The WTTE station IDs are good. The whole tape feels like a very specific Columbus Sunday in 1991.
Commercial Inventory
- Milk – It Does a Body Good
- Star Trek Cards Commercial
- Franco-American Gravy
- Mr. Hero Commercial (Columbus local)
- Calif and Handleman Law Offices (Columbus local)
- Long John Silver’s
- Au Gratin Potatoes
- Tuna Helper
- Stanley Steemer
- US Government Used Cars
- The Psychic Hotline
Streamed December 30, 2025 on Twitch.
