Survivor: Guatemala reunion, ER and WHIO Night Beat

The label says The Mighty Ducks. What I actually found when I played it was the Survivor: Guatemala reunion, then an ER recording, and then WHIO’s Newscenter 7 Night Beat. The movie could still turn up farther along; I haven’t finished the tape.

The reunion break is a whole December 2005 shopping trip: a Pontiac Torrent giveaway, the Memoirs of a Geisha trailer, a talking dog selling HomeAgain microchips, and a Ludlow Wireless spot where a kid hits an impostor in the nuts. Quaker Oats turns up twice. The NBC stretch moves to Paul McCartney selling XM Radio and a Citibank ad with somebody digging through the trash. Then the WHIO news gets specific to Dayton, with slick roads in Huber Heights and a drug bust, before one more run of ads. I came in with a hockey movie written on the label and got three different pieces of television instead. There’s more to watch.

Content inventory

Shows and segments (playback order)

• Survivor: Guatemala reunion on WHIO; original episode date December 11, 2005, not a verified recording date.

• ER on NBC; episode identity unverified.

• WHIO Newscenter 7 Night Beat: Donna and Jim; slick roads in Huber Heights; a Dayton drug bust.

• Further contents unviewed; The Mighty Ducks is the handwritten label, not an observed program.

Commercial inventory

Survivor reunion

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a01: Sparkle: “It’s a Diet Coke thing.”

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a02: Quaker Oats: “12 points down.”

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a03: “’Tis the season for tools”: Home Depot.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a05: Sprint picture phone: RadioShack.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a06: Memoirs of a Geisha trailer.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a07: Leapster L-Max SpongeBob game.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a08: Undercover cop: Degree for Women, “No sweat.”

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a09: Laird Hamilton: American Express surfing commercial.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a10: Buick with heated washer fluid.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a14: Puffs cartoon-people commercial.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a15: Epson PictureMate: prints pictures at home.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a16: Cadillac: Season’s Best sales event.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a17: Dog (Gary Sinise-voiced, per viewing notes): HomeAgain microchip.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a18: Quaker Oats again.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a19: Kohl’s for the holidays: “Whole lotta love for you,” gift cards.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a23: Cadillac again (Dayton dealer mentioned at the end).

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a24: Breathe Right strips.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a25: Buffalo Wild Wings: 35-cent wings on Tuesdays.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-a26: Ludlow Wireless: Cingular agent; kid hit the impostor in the nuts.

ER

• VHS-2026-500-er-a01: XM Radio ad with Paul McCartney.

• VHS-2026-500-er-a02: Morgan Freeman for St. Jude.

• VHS-2026-500-er-a03: Gillette M3Power Christmas ad hinting at Paul Walker / The Fast and the Furious.

• VHS-2026-500-er-a04: Lexus.

• VHS-2026-500-er-a05: Applebee’s: animated.

• VHS-2026-500-er-a06: Burlington Coat Factory: “Decorate yourself for the holidays.”

• VHS-2026-500-er-a07: Citibank: digging in trash.

Newscenter 7 Night Beat

• VHS-2026-500-newscenter-7-night-beat-a01: Kohl’s Mega Gift Sale: digital camera, video games.

• VHS-2026-500-newscenter-7-night-beat-a02: Steak and shrimp double features at Applebee’s.

• VHS-2026-500-newscenter-7-night-beat-a03: Lunesta.

• VHS-2026-500-newscenter-7-night-beat-a04: OG iPod commercial.

Station and show promos

Survivor reunion

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p04: Survivor Pontiac Torrent giveaway.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p11: The Early Show promo.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p12: NCIS promo.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p13: The Amazing Race finale promo.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p20: Jack Black and Dr. Phil on Letterman promo.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p21: CSI promo.

• VHS-2026-500-survivor-reunion-p22: Bill Nye on NUMB3RS promo.

ER

• VHS-2026-500-er-p08: Snoop Dogg on Leno.

• VHS-2026-500-er-p09: Dane hosts Saturday Night Live with James Blunt.

• VHS-2026-500-er-p10: Torino February 2006 Olympics.

Newscenter 7 Night Beat

• VHS-2026-500-newscenter-7-night-beat-p05: Oprah on Letterman.

Tape details

• Archive ID: VHS-2026-500

• Format: Home Recording; VHS; condition Fair.

• Viewed: September 10, 2026 (partial); the remaining tape is unviewed.

• Recording dates: source notes associate December 2005 with the observed blocks; the exact dates of recording have not been verified.

• On the label: “The Mighty Ducks”; preceding writing is crossed out.