1989 Al Lewis Grampa Munster 1-900 phone line TV commercial

The American Talk Network strikes again with this 1989 television commercial for a 1-900 "Grandpa's Monster Phone" line featuring Al Lewis AKA Grandpa Munster (a name he couldn't legally use, but "Grandpa Monster" seemed close enough). Callers also received a free glow-in-the-dark monster patch, but be sure to get your parents' permission before calling! $2 for the first minute and 45 cents for each additional minute. The BetaGems channel also has "1989 Romance Hotline over-30 1-900 television commercial," "1989 Romance Connection television commercial," "1987 Phone Friends 1-900 television commercial," "1988 Phone Friends 1-900 phone TV commercial," "1989 Phone Friends 1-900 phone TV commercial," "1989 Phone Friends Hotline animated television commercial," "1989 1-900 Party Line television commercial," "1988 Matchmaker Connections 1-900 phone TV commercial," "1988 True Romantic Confessions 1-900 phone TV commercial," "1989 Club Teen 1-900 phone line television commercial," "1989 1-900-New Kids On the Block telephone line," "1989 Paula Abdul 1-900 phone line television commercial," "1989 Salt-N-Pepa 1-900 phone line television commercial," "Munsters unused 1964 intro with LYRICS," "Butch Patrick & Pat Priest Feb. 1990 Munsters TV interview" and "1962 Fred Gwynn sings By the Light of the Silvery Moon."

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from the early 1980s into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online.

Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads. In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.