November 21, 2011: Is You Is or Is You Ain't

I added 25 more ads today, from August and September, 1996 issues of TV Guide Magazine including one in the Channel 13 gallery. It's a Sunday, 9/1/96 full-page ad for The Jerry Lewis Stars Across America MDA Labor Day Telethon which was also seen on WKEF-TV 22 in Dayton, WSYX-TV 6 in Columbus, WKJG-TV 33 in Fort Wayne and WJBK-TV 2 in Detroit. There are two in the CBS gallery, a Thursday, 8/29/96 ad for Candid Camera's 50th Anniversary Special (Leeza Gibbons, Peter Funt) and a Monday, 9/2/96 full-page ad for Late Show with David Letterman. There are seven in the FOX gallery including a Wednesday, 8/28/96 ad for Party of Five "Going, Going, Gone" (Matthew Fox, Paula Devicq). There are also two Thursday, 8/29/96 ads for season premieres, the first ad for a one-hour Living Single "The Engagement" (part 2 of 2) and "Ride the Maverick" and the second ad for New York Undercover "A Time of Faith" (part one of two). Next are two full-page Sunday, 9/1/96 ads, the first ad for the season premiere of Fox NFL Sunday featuring the Detroit Lions playing the Minnesota Vikings (James Brown, Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw, Ronnie Lott, Barry Sanders, Warren Moon) followed by a second ad for the premiere of Big Deal (Mark DeCarlo). There's a Tuesday, 9/3/96 ad for USA vs. the World: The Ultimate Competition (Mary Lou Retton) and a Thursday, 9/5/96 full-page ad for the season premiere of Martin, "Is You Is or Is You Ain't" (Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell). There's one in the PBS gallery, a Monday, 9/2/96 ad for Adventures from the Book of Virtues. There are three in the UPN gallery including a Tuesday, 8/27/96 ad for Moesha "The List" (Brandy) and the series premiere of Homeboys in Outer Space "There's No Place Like Home, or Return of the Jed Eye." Next is a Tuesday, 9/3/96 two-part ad and listing for the series premiere of The Burning Zone and a Wednesday, 9/4/96 ad, listing and close-up for the season premieres of The Sentinel, "Flight" and the conclusion of the two-part Star Trek: Voyager epsiode, "Basics" (Kate Mulgrew). There's one in the WB gallery, a Wednesday, 8/28/96 two-part ad for two series premieres, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher "Cheap-Os" (Mitch Mullany) and The Jamie Foxx Show pilot episode. There are nine more in the Vintage Cable Ads gallery. There's a Sunday, 9/1/96 ad for The LPGA State Farm Rail Classic on SportsChannel, a Monday, 9/2/96 ad for Sitcom Superstars on A&E's Biography (Tim Allen) and a Tuesday, 9/3/96 ad for the Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery. There are two Lifetime ads, a Monday, 9/2/96 ad for "Devil's Food" (Suzanne Somers, Dabney Coleman) and a Tuesday, 9/3/96 ad for the Lifetime premiere of a Canadian series called Traders. The two-hour premiere episodes were "Options" and "Pennies From Heaven." There's a Wednesday, 9/4/96 full-page ad for MTV's Video Music Awards '96 and three ads for movies on the Sci-Fi Channel, a Tuesday, 9/3/96 full-page ad for "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," a Wednesday, 9/4/96 ad for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" and a Thursday, 9/5/96 ad for "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." The last of today's ads is in the the Other Vintage ads gallery, an 8/31/96 full-page ad for NFL Sunday Ticket on DIRECTV. More September 1996 ads are on the way...