It can be intolerable to watch a two-minute commercial break in any era, during that era, but somehow watching 13 minutes of them can be moderately entertaining with the passage of time. When commercials are fresh, the cheesiness is just too close; it’s embarrassing to our humanity. As the decades pass, the novelty supersedes the shame.

And so Perfect Duluth Day dusts off the VCR to reluctantly present a thick montage of 20-year-old TV spots.

Index
00:00 Duluth International Airport
00:30 Sammy’s Pizza
01:00 Larson Chevrolet (Chevy Malibu)
01:15 Anderson Furniture
01:45 Falk’s Pharmacy (delivery)
02:14 Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge
02:45 Tree Tales Poster Contest
03:16 Luther Eggebrecht Chevrolet
03:48 Falk’s Pharmacy (answering questions)
04:17 CCM High School All-star Hockey Game
04:47 Robert Kaner Law Office
05:17 GCO Flooring Outlet
05:46 Healthy Foods Healthy Kids
06:17 Kolar Autoworld Original Arena Sale
06:47 Dollar Days
07:16 Matt Brode’s Weather Kids
07:31 Elizabeth Ries WDIO Promo
07:35 Larson Chevrolet (Chevy Silverado)
07:50 Menards
08:20 Larson Chevrolet (Chevy Impala)
08:35 Evan Schwabe UMD Hockey WDIO promo
09:06 Arrowhead University Consortium
09:36 Elementary Achievement Awards
10:06 Duluth Pack
10:37 Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank
11:07 North Star Ford
11:37 Congratulations to High School Hockey All-stars
12:08 Vacationland Home Furnishings
12:38 Black Bear Casino