Sports hero Bo Jackson teams up with rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley to pitch Nike cross-training sneakers in another of the brand's "Just Do It" television commercials. Among the "Bo Knows" guest stars are LA Dodger Kirk Gibson, LA Ram Jim Everett, basketball star Michael Jordon, tennis icon John McEnroe, champion runner Mary Decker, and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. The BetaGems channel also has "Bo Jackson 1992 CBS TV promo Bo Knows Shows," "Bo Diddley 3-5-89 two songs TV performance," "Bo Diddley & Ron Wood 11-20-87 NYC performance," "Al Di Meola 4-10-92 & Bo Diddley 4-16-92 TV performances," "Bo Diddley & BB King with Guns N' Roses trio & Steve Stevens 3-5-95 Vegas," "Fabian's Goodtime RnR 8-29-85 Bo Diddley, Chubby Checker rare TV broadcast," and "Bo Diddley live 1985 'Put the Rock in Rock & Roll' late night TV."

BetaGems also has "Nike Air 180 sneaker 1991 animated TV ad," "L.A. Tech Light Gear 1993 shoes light up ad," "Denis Leary & Deion Sanders 1992 Nike Xmas ad," "Adidas 1992 Mutombo sneaker TV ad," "1987 Roo's Shoes with built-in pocket television commercial," "1989 Easy Spirit Dress Shoes basketball ladies TV commercial," "1988 Nike ad: Dog's POV LONGFORM version," "Charles Barkley 1992 Nike ad Barkley on Broadway," "1996 Nike Air Flex Max TV commercial," "British Knights 1992 Derrick Coleman sneaker TV ad," "British Knights 1991 sneaker cartoon TV ad," "1990 Dominique Wilkins for Reebok shoes TV commercial," and other vintage shoe ads in a playlist called "Rare and lost TV commercials."

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. This upload features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. To be used for research and archive purposes only, no commercial reproduction allowed.

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