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These commercials aired on NBC on December 14th, 1978
1. "An NBC Special" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Pillsbury)
2. "A Holiday Tribute To The Radio City Music Hall Rockette" Intro (Diahann Carroll was in a lot of Holiday specials that year...just a few weeks before this she appeared in the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special")
3. Pillsbury (With Eddie Albert. Featuring Burger King, Poppin' Fresh Dough, Pillsbury Cake Mixes and Figurines. Pillsbury bought Burger King in 1967. In 1988 Pillsbury and all of its assets were sold to Grand Metropolitan PLC)
4. Pillsbury (Featuring Steak and Ale Restaurant, Speas Apple Juice, Poppin' Fresh Cookies, Pillsbury Grain and Flour, Pillsbury Plus, Frosting and Wilton Cake Decorating Kit. Whew! Is there going to be a test on all of this?)
5. Pillsbury (Featuring Poppin' Fresh Pies, Totino's Pizza, Microwave Foods, Frozen Foods and American Beauty Pasta)
6. Pillsbury Commercial Bumper
7. Promo for "Stubby Pringle's Christmas" and "The Winds Of Kitty Hawk" (Aired on 12/17/78, the 75th anniversary of the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk)
8. WNBC NewsCenter4 News Promo (The Lufthansa heist mentioned took place on 12/11/78 at JFK Airport and was the largest cash robbery committed on American soil at the time. It was later a major plot point in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas", which dramatized mobster Henry Hill's involvement in the heist)
9. Hess Toy Trucks
10. TV Spot for "Caravans"
11. Beatlemania! at Winter Garden Theater (This was a Broadway musical revue of the Beatles music that ran from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 the creator and producers of this show were sued by the Beatles/Apple Corps for Trademark infringement and were ordered to pay $5.6 million plus interest)
These commercials aired on NBC on December 14th, 1978
1. "An NBC Special" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Pillsbury)
2. "A Holiday Tribute To The Radio City Music Hall Rockette" Intro (Diahann Carroll was in a lot of Holiday specials that year...just a few weeks before this she appeared in the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special")
3. Pillsbury (With Eddie Albert. Featuring Burger King, Poppin' Fresh Dough, Pillsbury Cake Mixes and Figurines. Pillsbury bought Burger King in 1967. In 1988 Pillsbury and all of its assets were sold to Grand Metropolitan PLC)
4. Pillsbury (Featuring Steak and Ale Restaurant, Speas Apple Juice, Poppin' Fresh Cookies, Pillsbury Grain and Flour, Pillsbury Plus, Frosting and Wilton Cake Decorating Kit. Whew! Is there going to be a test on all of this?)
5. Pillsbury (Featuring Poppin' Fresh Pies, Totino's Pizza, Microwave Foods, Frozen Foods and American Beauty Pasta)
6. Pillsbury Commercial Bumper
7. Promo for "Stubby Pringle's Christmas" and "The Winds Of Kitty Hawk" (Aired on 12/17/78, the 75th anniversary of the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk)
8. WNBC NewsCenter4 News Promo (The Lufthansa heist mentioned took place on 12/11/78 at JFK Airport and was the largest cash robbery committed on American soil at the time. It was later a major plot point in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas", which dramatized mobster Henry Hill's involvement in the heist)
9. Hess Toy Trucks
10. TV Spot for "Caravans"
11. Beatlemania! at Winter Garden Theater (This was a Broadway musical revue of the Beatles music that ran from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 the creator and producers of this show were sued by the Beatles/Apple Corps for Trademark infringement and were ordered to pay $5.6 million plus interest)
