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These commercials aired on WXIA on February 12th, 1980
1. Dairy Queen Brazier (Partial)
2. Coca Cola Superbowl of Motocross
3. WXIA News Bumper
4. WXIA News Update
a. Georgia Senate approves medical marijuana measure (Georgia was one of the first states to approve medical marijuana for cancer and glaucoma patients but this bill failed to provide any mechanism for how cannabis would actually be distributed to patients and ultimately did nothing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)#1980_medical_cannabis_legislation)
b. Creation bill
c. Man sentenced to 13 years for kidnapping girl in Florida (In July of 1979 James Keith Tucker kidnapped 5-year-old Caroline Thompson from a motel parking lot in Daytona Beach, FL by stealing her parents' station wagon while they were checking in. He was later apprehended by police after they were recognized at a motel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina nearly 500 miles away. The girl and the two family dogs in the car were thankfully unharmed: nytimes.com/1979/07/31/archives/girl-5-abducted-in-florida-is-rescued-suspect-held-shot-fired-at.html)
d. Serial killer Ted Bundy given third death sentence in Florida (These sentences ultimately resulted in his execution by electric chair in Florida in 1989)
e. Iranian foreign minister says they will cooperate with U.N. efforts to end hostage crisis (The hostage crisis was not resolved until the signing of the Algiers Accords in January, 1981)
5. National Home Life Assurance Company U.S. Veterans Health Insurance (With Roger Staubach)
6. Ed Sherwood Chevrolet
7. Davison's
8. TV Spot for "Saturn 3" (A British produced sci-fi film starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel. It was a critical and commercial bomb)
9. Elaine Powers Figure Salons
10. Sports Illustrated
11. A&P
12. Rothchilds Candies
13. Topex
14. TV Spot for "Jaws 2" (Originally released in 1978, this was a theatrical re-release. The original "Jaws" had been re-released to theaters for Memorial Day in 1979)
15. Celeste Pizza-For-One
16. Eckerd Drugs
17. Burger King Chicken Specialty Sandwich
18. TV Spot for "Foolin' Around" (IMDB and Wikipedia state that this movie was released on October 17th, 1980 but I can pretty conclusively date these to 2/12/80 so this might have been some sort of test screening or limited release)
19. "Star Trek" End Credits
20. Job Squad (The last two commercials here are from an unspecified date in February, 1980)
21. K-mart Kolor Match Yarn
These commercials aired on WXIA on February 12th, 1980
1. Dairy Queen Brazier (Partial)
2. Coca Cola Superbowl of Motocross
3. WXIA News Bumper
4. WXIA News Update
a. Georgia Senate approves medical marijuana measure (Georgia was one of the first states to approve medical marijuana for cancer and glaucoma patients but this bill failed to provide any mechanism for how cannabis would actually be distributed to patients and ultimately did nothing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)#1980_medical_cannabis_legislation)
b. Creation bill
c. Man sentenced to 13 years for kidnapping girl in Florida (In July of 1979 James Keith Tucker kidnapped 5-year-old Caroline Thompson from a motel parking lot in Daytona Beach, FL by stealing her parents' station wagon while they were checking in. He was later apprehended by police after they were recognized at a motel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina nearly 500 miles away. The girl and the two family dogs in the car were thankfully unharmed: nytimes.com/1979/07/31/archives/girl-5-abducted-in-florida-is-rescued-suspect-held-shot-fired-at.html)
d. Serial killer Ted Bundy given third death sentence in Florida (These sentences ultimately resulted in his execution by electric chair in Florida in 1989)
e. Iranian foreign minister says they will cooperate with U.N. efforts to end hostage crisis (The hostage crisis was not resolved until the signing of the Algiers Accords in January, 1981)
5. National Home Life Assurance Company U.S. Veterans Health Insurance (With Roger Staubach)
6. Ed Sherwood Chevrolet
7. Davison's
8. TV Spot for "Saturn 3" (A British produced sci-fi film starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel. It was a critical and commercial bomb)
9. Elaine Powers Figure Salons
10. Sports Illustrated
11. A&P
12. Rothchilds Candies
13. Topex
14. TV Spot for "Jaws 2" (Originally released in 1978, this was a theatrical re-release. The original "Jaws" had been re-released to theaters for Memorial Day in 1979)
15. Celeste Pizza-For-One
16. Eckerd Drugs
17. Burger King Chicken Specialty Sandwich
18. TV Spot for "Foolin' Around" (IMDB and Wikipedia state that this movie was released on October 17th, 1980 but I can pretty conclusively date these to 2/12/80 so this might have been some sort of test screening or limited release)
19. "Star Trek" End Credits
20. Job Squad (The last two commercials here are from an unspecified date in February, 1980)
21. K-mart Kolor Match Yarn
