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Here is some interesting info about the Commodore commercials featured in this section:

The Vic20 and C64 commercials from 1982 have all been captured of a video tape. A *huge* thanks must go to John Wehler from the USA. He got the video tape with the Vic20 and C64 commercials from a Commodore salesman back in 1982. John Wehler has kept the video tape in all these years. He then mailed the original NTSC tape to me in Denmark. It was then copied / converted to a PAL tape, and then captured to my PC, hence the quality which could have been a bit better. Again please allow me to thank John Wehler. These unique TV-commercials are an invaluable contribution to the Commodore community. Thanks must also go to Brian Andreasen for helping me do the NTSC/PAL conversion needed in order to capture the clips.

The Australian 1983 commercial with the girls in pink bikinies was aired in connection with an awards show broadcasted by Channel 7 in Brisbane, Australia. The commercial hasn't been recorded directly of TV though. It has been captured from a VHS dub made by the television network which was struck from their original broadcast master tapes. This is just so cool! A *huge* thanks to Maurice Powell for sending this great material to me.

The 4 Canadian radio commercials from 1983? was kindly submitted by Michael J. Popil who found the clips on a tape when he was working as a copywriter at CFUN/CHQM-FM radio in Vancouver, Canada. The clips have been captured in high quality 192 Kbps mp3. All clips are so-called "donut" versions which means that each individual radio station would add their own announcer copy over the music bed in the middle.

The 1985 C64 commercial was aired on Channel 10 in Australia. No additional information available. Thanks goes to Jon Hammill.

The 1985 radio commercial was kindly submitted by Lance Lyon. No additional information. A higher quality version will be much appreciated!

The 1990 C64c TV commercial was kindly submitted by Chris Ryan. No additional information. A higher quality version will be much appreciated!

WANTED! WANTED! Rumours say that in the USA in the early 80's there were some "Star Trek-ish" Vic-20 and C64 commercials that were hosted by William "Captain Kirk" Shatner and Leonard "Mr Spock" Nimoy. Can anyone confirm this?

Are you in possesion of higher quality versions of the 1985 radio ad and the 1990? C64c tv commercial? If so, please contact me by email or by using the feedback form.

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English Commodore Commercials

Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.495 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.454 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.495 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.509 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.495 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.468 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.620 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.129 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.102 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model..........Vic20 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.029 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.522 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.536 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........5.554 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.116 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.143 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.188 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard
Model............C64 Country......America Media.....Video(TV?) Year............1982 Publisher..Commodore Size........2.129 KB Duration........0:10 Format..........mpeg Sender...S.Ladegaard	Model............C64 Country....Australia Media.............TV Year............1983 Channel....Channel 7 Size........5.502 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender......M.Powell
Model............C64 Country.......Canada Media..........Radio Year...........1983? Channel.CFUN/CHQM-FM Size..........714 KB Duration........0:30 Format...........mp3 Sender.Michael Popil	Model............C64 Country.......Canada Media..........Radio Year...........1983? Channel.CFUN/CHQM-FM Size........1.399 KB Duration........0:60 Format...........mp3 Sender.Michael Popil
Model............C64 Country.......Canada Media..........Radio Year...........1983? Channel.CFUN/CHQM-FM Size..........723 KB Duration........0:30 Format...........mp3 Sender.Michael Popil	Model............C64 Country.......Canada Media..........Radio Year...........1983? Channel.CFUN/CHQM-FM Size........1.436 KB Duration........0:60 Format...........mp3 Sender.Michael Popil
Model............C64 Country....Australia Media.............TV Year............1985 Channel...Channel 10 Size........5.509 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender...Jon Hammill	Model..C= In General Country....Australia Media..........Radio Year............1985 Channel............? Size..........894 KB Duration........0:57 Format...........mp3 Sender....Lance Lyon
Model...........C64c Country......America Media.....Television Year...........1990? Channel............? Size........1.024 KB Duration........0:30 Format..........mpeg Sender....Chris Ryan