The top ad heralds the two-hour season premiere episode, "Time Of The Hawk," which introduced Thom Christopher as the series' new resident alien, avian humanoid "Hawk." The other is for the third episode, "The Guardians." When I was a kid, poring over TV Guide each week, planning my viewing schedule, I loved these kinds of advertisements, which always promised so much... which is one reason why I post them on this blog. They spark great memories from a less cynical time.
A bunch of Buck Year One TV Guide ads can be found HERE.
What's cool about this is not only the art--but the fact that they'd commissioned art for different episodes. These days you just see the same photoshopped crud re-used over and over again.
ReplyDeleteThose old ads were great. You really don't see that kind of illustration work anymore and that's a shame. Seeing those ads reminds me of how I myself used to comb the TV Guide every week, meticulously looking for movies and shows to record on audiotape (and later, videotape). Does anyone even buy TV Guide these days?
ReplyDeleteSweet memories, I loved Buck Rogers when I was a kid. Good Times!!
ReplyDeleteThose were the days, my friend. Back then, I couldn't wait for every issue of TV Guide to come in the mail sometime around Wednesday. Still have a couple of those issues, which I love looking through from time to time, just to remember how full the TV schedule was back then. Nowadays, I barely watch TV and can't remember the last time I read TV Guide. Good, critical articles back then, too, about things like the effect of TV on various aspects of society, not just more swooning writeups on celebrities. And how about the Close-Ups?
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