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These commercials aired on ABC on November 16th, 1980
1. Sony Betamax
2. Miss Breck Hairspray
3. Glad Trash Bags (With Tom Bosley)
4. Promo for "Taxi" and "Soap"
5. Promo for "The Enforcer"
6. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
7. Certs
8. Covergirl Professional Mascara (With Cheryl Tiegs)
9. Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel
10. Come 'N Get It Dog Food (We used to feed this to our dog back in the 90's. I'm pretty positive the actor here is Lyman Ward who is best known for playing the father in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
11. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
12. Promo for "Too Close For Comfort"
13. Milk (I'm pretty sure the cute policewoman at 4:53 is Shelley Long)
14. United Airlines
15. KABC Eyewitness News Bumper
16. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
17. TV Spot for "Stir Crazy"
18. Polaroid One Step Camera (With James Garner and Mariette Hartley)
19. Aim Toothpaste
20. Burger King Chicken Sandwich
21. U.S. Department of Energy PSA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis)
22. National Alliance of Business PSA
23. "Saturday Night Fever" End Credits
24. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
25. Promo for "Monday Night Football" and "That's Incredible"
26. Pepsi (With Gabe Kaplan)
27. KABC Eyewitness News Update
28. Calvin Klein Jeans (With Brooke Shields)
29. KABC Eyewitness News Bumper
30. "Too Close For Comfort" Intro (I'm leaving this in as a bonus because I love old sitcom intros. Sundays were not its normal time slot, but I think they just had airtime to fill between the movie and the 11 PM news)
31. Novahistine (The mom here is Joanna Kearns who later played the mom in "Growing Pains")
32. V-8
33. Eraser Mate Ballpoint Pen by Paper Mate
34. Purina Hero Dog Food (The girl at 14:00 is Dana Plato)
35. Promo for "Jonestown Plus Two" on "World News Tonight"
36. ABC Station ID
37. "Too Close For Comfort" Commercial Bumper
38. Toni Silkwave
39. Olympia Gold Beer
40. Promo for "The Enforcer"
41. "Too Close For Comfort" End Credits
42. Will Rogers Institute Breast Examination PSA
43. Promo for "Too Close For Comfort"
44. KABC Eyewitness News Promo
45. Taylor California Cellars Chablis
46. Pentax
47. Promo for "Born Innocent"
48. KABC Eyewitness News Bumper
49. KABC Eyewitness News (I left in the few minutes of this that were at the end of the tape as a bonus. This was covering a brush fire in Burbank, CA that was driven by high Santa Ana winds and from what I could find online it was fully contained by the next day)
These commercials aired on ABC on November 16th, 1980
1. Sony Betamax
2. Miss Breck Hairspray
3. Glad Trash Bags (With Tom Bosley)
4. Promo for "Taxi" and "Soap"
5. Promo for "The Enforcer"
6. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
7. Certs
8. Covergirl Professional Mascara (With Cheryl Tiegs)
9. Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel
10. Come 'N Get It Dog Food (We used to feed this to our dog back in the 90's. I'm pretty positive the actor here is Lyman Ward who is best known for playing the father in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
11. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
12. Promo for "Too Close For Comfort"
13. Milk (I'm pretty sure the cute policewoman at 4:53 is Shelley Long)
14. United Airlines
15. KABC Eyewitness News Bumper
16. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
17. TV Spot for "Stir Crazy"
18. Polaroid One Step Camera (With James Garner and Mariette Hartley)
19. Aim Toothpaste
20. Burger King Chicken Sandwich
21. U.S. Department of Energy PSA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis)
22. National Alliance of Business PSA
23. "Saturday Night Fever" End Credits
24. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
25. Promo for "Monday Night Football" and "That's Incredible"
26. Pepsi (With Gabe Kaplan)
27. KABC Eyewitness News Update
28. Calvin Klein Jeans (With Brooke Shields)
29. KABC Eyewitness News Bumper
30. "Too Close For Comfort" Intro (I'm leaving this in as a bonus because I love old sitcom intros. Sundays were not its normal time slot, but I think they just had airtime to fill between the movie and the 11 PM news)
31. Novahistine (The mom here is Joanna Kearns who later played the mom in "Growing Pains")
32. V-8
33. Eraser Mate Ballpoint Pen by Paper Mate
34. Purina Hero Dog Food (The girl at 14:00 is Dana Plato)
35. Promo for "Jonestown Plus Two" on "World News Tonight"
36. ABC Station ID
37. "Too Close For Comfort" Commercial Bumper
38. Toni Silkwave
39. Olympia Gold Beer
40. Promo for "The Enforcer"
41. "Too Close For Comfort" End Credits
42. Will Rogers Institute Breast Examination PSA
43. Promo for "Too Close For Comfort"
44. KABC Eyewitness News Promo
45. Taylor California Cellars Chablis
46. Pentax
47. Promo for "Born Innocent"
48. KABC Eyewitness News Bumper
49. KABC Eyewitness News (I left in the few minutes of this that were at the end of the tape as a bonus. This was covering a brush fire in Burbank, CA that was driven by high Santa Ana winds and from what I could find online it was fully contained by the next day)
