Upgraded video file on this one.

Victor Buono died January 1 1982, almost three months before the broadcast of this program.

Going by IMDb, she was probably 18 when these commercials came out. She was on her way to Wellesley. She was quite attractive in that polyester uniform...

They also phased out the guy in the hat and replaced him with Geoffrey the giraffe. I don't recognize the voice.

Smctopia - Half of the cards were from a normal deck. The other half were all the same (in this case, the ace of spades), cut slightly shorter than the others. They were then arranged short card-regular card. It's a little hard to explain from there.

Armitage - I had one of those stripper decks, too. And a marked deck with which I would play poker with my brothers...

I had what was known as a stripper deck (no, it didn't have naked lady suits on the cards...I had a deck of those too, though). The deck was factory cut a certain way as not to notice at first glance that the cards narrow from top to bottom. I would have to physically show you how it works. It is so simple. Never could get the hang of marked cards though.

So what WAS the secret to those cards?

Another one from the late 60's. This would run during Cubs games. There was a longer version where, after Howard Miller spoke, the kid came out with a big plate of spaghetti or chop suey, set it on the couch, and the two of them started eating and knocking the food onto the furniture.

The commercial might have come from a videotape from the early 70's, but it ran from the late 60's. "Hi, I'm Marshall Brodein, a professional magician" was a catchphrase at school.

I have been waiting for this one! I think I mentioned this in the forums a few years back. Great find!

Found it: http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/forums/index.php?showtopic=1347