Ice Cream Safety, The Munsters and Suzuki

Don't Touch That Dial for October 8, 2026: Ice Cream Safety, The Munsters and Suzuki. 37 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes, short pieces): Ice Cream Safety PSA, The Munsters, Suzuki and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 0:09 Ricky Voltage opens episode 1 1:38 Ice Cream Safety PSA — A British safety PSA featuring Tufty the squirrel, warning children about the dangers of approaching ice cream vans alone. The spot contrasts Tufty's safe behavior of asking his mother to accompany him with Willie Weasel's risky decision to go by himself. 1:57 The Munsters (TV theme) — The Munsters was a CBS sitcom that ran from 1964 to 1966 about a family of monsters living together. The cast included Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa, Beverley Owen as their niece Marilyn, and Butch Patrick as their werewolf-like son Eddie. The family also had a pet named Spot that was a fire-breathing dragon. 3:21 Suzuki (commercial) — Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational company based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka that produces automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and various small internal combustion engines. The company operates across multiple vehicle and equipment categories as a mobility manufacturer. 3:51 Ricky Voltage on Howdy Doody 4:08 Howdy Doody (TV theme) — Howdy Doody was an American children's television program created and produced by Victor F. Campbell and E. Roger Muir that aired on NBC from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960. The show featured circus and Western frontier themes and was pioneering in children's programming, setting the pattern for many similar shows that followed. Produced at NBC in Rockefeller Center in Studio 3A, it was one of the first television series to pioneer color production in 1956, which NBC used to promote color television sets in the late 1950s. 5:05 La Choy Chow Mein (commercial, 1954) — Chow mein is a Chinese dish made from stir-fried noodles combined with vegetables and sometimes meat or tofu, with many regional variations across China that differ in frying methods and toppings. Chinese immigrants brought the dish to other countries, where it became popular especially in India, Nepal, the UK, and the US. It is now a common menu item at Chinese restaurants around the world. 6:05 Poldark (TV theme, 1970s) — Poldark is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham that was published in two periods: from 1945 to 1953 and from 1973 to 2002. The first novel in the series, Ross Poldark, takes its name from the main character. The BBC adapted the novel series for television twice, in 1975 and in 2015. …and 40 more. The whole running order: Don't Touch That Dial Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 61 free 24/7 channels and 190 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com .