It’s Local Connecticut Commercials Week! The following commercial originally aired on WTXX (Channel 20) in Connecticut.
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Here’s a commercial for tickets to a Bob Dylan concert at the Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut on July 11th, 1986. His special guest was Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. This particular commercial aired in May 1986.
It looks like Dylan and Petty were actually co-headliners at this show, and Dylan got top billing solely on the basis of seniority. In real life, Dylan and Petty are close friends, having worked in the Travelling Wilburys and Dylan playing backup on Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”
I would of switched the billing and, of course, put the puppet show last.
The last time I was at the Civic Center was for an Janet Jackson concert back in the 90s.