Craig’s notes
RadioShack sold speakers, phones and cables while this played in its stores, but the February ZTV tape also had music videos, a movie-song countdown, the Jetsons advertising Sprint, and a segment explaining surround sound. Then it went back to the product pitches. We watched it over two streams and reached the end on May 13.
On this tape
May 12 viewing
Mixed in-store programming. The sequence within each group below is based on the viewing notes; precise boundaries between groups are not established.
Segments and music
- Conrad Wilson, described in the notes as from the “Groundhog Day place”; identity and segment unclear.
- RadioShack skits: a woman buying a fax machine and caller ID; old batteries and one more plug in an outlet; older people buying phones.
- Basketball segment; RadioShack Unlimited.
- Top 10 Movie Songs Countdown: #10 Amy Grant, “The Things We Do for Love”; #9 Celine Dion, “My Heart Will Go On”; #8 Whitney Houston, “I Believe in You and Me”; #7 Wet Wet Wet, “Love Is All Around”; #6 Bryan Adams, “Everything I Do”; #5 Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You”; #4 Bruce Springsteen, “Secret Garden”; #3 Elton John, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”; #2 Jennifer Warnes, “The Time of My Life”; #1 Celine Dion and Clive Griffith, “When I Fall in Love,” as listed in the notes.
- Music videos and features: Mariah Carey, “Dream Lover”; George Harrison, “Got My Mind Set on You”; Yanni, “Love Is All”; MC Skat Kat with Paula Abdul, “Opposites Attract”; London Beat, “I’ve Been Thinking About You”; Gary Barlow, “So Help Me Girl” (98 Sure Shot); Patsy Cline, “Crazy” (Time Capsule); Haddaway, “Life”; Wilco, “Outtasite” (XTREME!!!!); Dixie Chicks, “I Can Love You Better” (Young Country).
- Answer Corner: Brent Anderson hosts; Keith Rieders discusses surround sound.
- Looking to the Future: Predictions: “Soft Ice Hockey” with NHL bloopers and a lost puck; an NBA height-cap segment with a short basketball player identified tentatively in the notes as Mugsy.
- Sports Time: NASCAR trivia.
RadioShack ads and promotions
- Optimus speaker sale.
- Wide Angle Optimus Speaker spot with cats.
- FRS radios: father and children at a mall.
- VCRs and home theater gear.
- Cordless phones.
- Connectors.
- Optimus speaker pitch.
- Cellular phone: a friendly walking phone.
- Jacks and plugs.
- RadioShack Answers Plus credit card.
- RadioShack congratulates Fleetwood Mac on its Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
- The Jetsons promote a Sprint store grand opening, possibly on the moon.
- A further Jetsons/Sprint clip, apparently continuing the first; the voice identification is uncertain.
May 13 viewing
Segments and music
- Best of British Film Comedy clips.
- Huey Lewis, “Itty Bitty Pretty One”; Marvin Gaye, “National Anthem”; Bee Gees, “Stayin’ Alive”; The Jazz Hole, “Shining Star”; Sting, “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free”.
- Fats Domino, “I’m in Love Again” (Time Capsule).
Ads and promotions
- RadioShack scanners and headphones for NASCAR fans.
- The Jetsons/Sprint continuation back on Earth.
About the program
The RadioShack Television Network label identifies this as a ZTV tape for in-store play from January 29 through February 21, 1998, code VRADIO.9802. Those are the printed play dates, not a known recording date.
