Decade: 1980s
Bobby Jones: How I Play Golf – A Round of Golf
1988 SyberVision instructional tape presented by Jack Nicklaus, built from Bobby Jones original 1931-32 Warner Bros. film shorts. 40 lessons. Jones retired at 28 after the Grand Slam. A golf ball hit the camera lens during filming and they left it in.
Something Wicked This Way Comes, maybe
A Fuji HQ T-120 in a mismatched Polaroid sleeve, handwritten label reading Something Wicked This Way Comes. Either the 1983 Disney film or something else entirely.
Two movies, one wrong sleeve
Sony T-120 in a mismatched Royal Sound sleeve, handwritten labels: I Desire and Wolfen. One is a cult horror film. The other is a 1982 ABC TV movie that never got a proper release.
Children’s Circle: Corduroy & Other Stories
CC Studios 1986 animated anthology on an EATON tape. Three picture book adaptations: Corduroy, Panama, Blueberries for Sal. No sleeve — just the cassette.
Couch Potato Workout with Larry Bud Melman
Larry “Bud” Melman hosts a 1989 workout video for people who hate exercise. Six couch-based movements, diet tips, and a rap anthem called “Born To Sit.”
Everybody’s Baby, Working Girls, and Cincinnati Commercials
The 1989 CBS TV movie about baby Jessica McClure’s well rescue, recorded off WKRC Cincinnati — plus the ending of Working Girls caught on the same tape. Condition unknown, now digitized.