Invader Zim, Pop-Up Brady, Disney Channel and WLIO broadcast mix
Craig’s notes
The label gave me Jetsons Movie and Invader Zim. It left out most of the good stuff. First came a Nickelodeon airing of two Zim episodes and a Nicktoons bumper. Then the tape moved to Nick at Nite, and I found The Brady Bunch with pop-up facts all over “The Cincinnati Kid.” The Kings Island connection makes this one of my favorite Brady episodes, so finding the version with pop-up facts was a big deal for me. I started looking for another copy while it played; a short clip and other collector discussion were enough to cool down my first thought that we'd found something completely unavailable.
The episode cuts off roughly three quarters of the way through, right when I wanted the rest. Suddenly we're on Disney Channel preview weekend with Jetsons: The Movie. The preview offers and promos around the film were nearly as interesting to me as the movie, and then Quantum Leap turned up too. On the second viewing I followed Quantum Leap into WLIO's Lima News Journal. That last turn gave the tape an actual local newscast, with stories about Roger Coleman, a gas explosion, the presidential race and Dan Quayle arguing about Murphy Brown. I started with cartoons and ended in Lima local news. The person who wrote the label really undersold this one.
Content inventory
Shows and segments (playback order)
- Nickelodeon: Invader Zim: “Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain” followed by “Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy”; first episode logged without commercials; episode-guide date August 24, 2001.
- Nick at Nite: Pop-Up Brady: The Brady Bunch, “The Cincinnati Kid”; approximately three quarters present before recording switches.
- Disney Channel preview weekend: Jetsons: The Movie: May 29, 1992 block, with preview subscription offer and surrounding continuity.
- Disney Channel Summer Preview Show: A short program/presentation after the movie, with Kids Incorporated promo.
- Quantum Leap: Begins after Disney material and continues into a WLIO-TV block from May 1992 (exact day unresolved).
- WLIO-TV Lima News Journal: May 1992 local news: Roger Keith Coleman execution coverage, natural gas explosion near Detroit, Bush/Perot/Clinton polls, Dan Quayle on Murphy Brown; reaches end of tape.
Commercial inventory
Nick at Nite break before Pop-Up Brady
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin trailer
- Caltrate
- Ball Park Franks
- Tic Tac
- Oral-B CrossAction
- Manwich
- Kikkoman teriyaki claymation spot
- Maalox compared with Mylanta
- Diflucan yeast-infection treatment
- Yaffa (as transcribed)
- Hardball trailer
- Best Western with oversized pillows
- Revlon Skinlights
- Simply Grillin’ vegetables
- Sara Lee classic cheesecake bites
- Rhino Billboard Top Hits of the 90s CD offer
- Rat Race trailer
- Argento cheese zipper-top package (name as logged)
- Formula 409 cleaner
- Louis Rich carving-board chicken
- Peppermint-pattie spot; brand unconfirmed
- State Farm lava research
- Maytag dishwasher / no prewash
Pop-Up Brady / Nick at Nite
- Mazda Zoom-Zoom
- Caress
- Chilled Spirit album offer
Quantum Leap / WLIO
- MetLife with Snoopy
- Dove, New York setting
- Sani-Flush
- Mazda MX-6
- Milk “you’re not a kid anymore”
- Chi-Chi’s Celebration Sampler
Station and show promos
Invader Zim / Nickelodeon
- Invader Zim Nicktoons bumper
Disney Channel preview weekend
- Tall Tales and Legends: Pecos Bill
- Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride channel bumper spoof
- Still Not Quite Human
- The Golden Seal
- Disney Channel subscription offer with Jungle Book quartz clock
- Kids Incorporated (Summer Preview Show)
Quantum Leap / WLIO
- Mark & Brian, Swedish bikini team spot
- Days of Our Lives
Nick at Nite break before Pop-Up Brady
- Woody Harrelson Cheers promo
Tape details
- Archive ID: VHS-2026-469
- Format: VHS; mixed off-air recording.
- Viewing: 2026-07-08, 2026-07-09. Four blocks; Pop-Up Brady incomplete, tape watched to end on second viewing.
- Label: Handwritten entries include Jetsons Movie and Invader Zim; other entries not reliably transcribed.
- Broadcast-block dates: Disney May 29, 1992; Nickelodeon August 24 and 31, 2001. WLIO local-news block is from May 1992; the exact day remains unresolved.
