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1994 Hot Pockets Commercial

This is a 1994 Hot Pockets commercial that aired on WCBS Channel 2 during a commercial break of WCW Worldwide on 4/23/94.

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Frozen foods are seen as the unhealthiest kinds of nourishment in the grocery store, but Hot Pockets remain fascinating, because they ultimately solved a big problem—they made eating meals handheld and portable, but also incredibly easy to cook. But that's not even the most interesting thing about them. Tonight's Tedium is going to be about the cultural roots of the Hot Pocket.