Nobody Bodders Me!

During my vacation I spent a pleasurable few days with some old high-school friends and there spouses and children. We all grew up in Bethesda Md., just outside of Washington D.C.

After coming home, we all corresponded about how fun it was hanging out again…and somehow the subject of an old commercial for a local Karate business was mentioned.This prompted me to do some research. As was commented, this one commercial is impossible to find. Strange, for we all remember and love it. Even stranger is all the other ephemera from 80’s D.C. television I was able to find.

YouTube, the Mecca of Video and animated Ephemera revealed a bounty of old commercials from Channel 20, an independent TV station that filled my weekends with Sci-Fi and Classic Comedy films as well as shows like UltraMan, Johnny Socko, and Lancelot Link.

This thread provoked me to do a search for the host of Channel 20, Captain 20 and his alter ego Count Gore De Vol. Amazingly, I found plenty of information on Mr. 20…purely because Dick Dyszel himself has been devoted to keeping it alive. When not supplying Podcasts of classic and new Count episodes, this man DJ’s Weddings and whatnot.

Still, very little information on the original commercial that sparked this obsession. My workmate, who also grew up in Maryland was able to come the closest to finding the Holey Grail of District TV. Jhoon Reee, the namesake of this business is still alive and well it seems, and is taking himself into the World Wide Web. His site is currently under construction, but promises to launch in mid July. Will Mr. Ree’s site contain the 30 second spot we have all stored bits of in our collective unconscious? We’ll see..

If anyone finds more classic media from our nations capital or even more importantly, finds the Jhoon Ree “Might for Right” commercial, please drop me a line.