Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's the majority of a broadcast (just missing the opening segment) of the ABC daytime soap One Life to Live, as presented over WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.

Plot points in this installment involve such characters as Bo Buchanan (Robert S. Woods), Uncle Pike (Don Chastain), Dorian Cramer (Robin Strasser), Pat Ashley (Jacqueline Courtney), Edwina Lewis (Margaret Klenck), Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony), Karen Wolek (Judith Light, pre-Who's the Boss?), Clint Buchanan (Cliff Ritchie), Viki Lord (Erika Slezak), Sam (?), Mimi King (Kristen Meadows) and Asa Buchanan (Phil Carey). (if anyone can give any more of a synopsis, please leave it in the comments and we'll add it here)

Show bumper voiceover by George Ansbro.

Includes:

Last few moments of episode Act I (joined in progress), followed by opening titles

Commercials for:
Jell-O Strawberry Gelatin, with fresh fruit and Cool Whip (to make strawberry pie)
Tang Instant Breakfast Drink (with Florence Henderson and young budding ballerina)
Kraft Salad Bar (with various dressings)
Levi's Jeans (with Paul Frees as the voice of a dog speaking of a young boy, Billy, played by Jason Hervey of "The Wonder Years" fame)

Act II

Commercials for:
Flintstones Plus Iron chewable tablets
Suave Conditioning Formula Shampoo
Nature Valley Granola Bars
Betty Crocker Potatoes (in five flavors)

Act III

Commercials for:
Spray 'n Wash - "Gets Out What America Gets Into"
Pepsi - "Catch That Pepsi Spirit"
Lightwaves Self-Timing Soft Perm - by Toni
Promo for Benson, Goodtime Girls and "Casino" (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Wally Parker)

Act IV

Commercials for:
Oscar Mayer Wieners
Baby Magic baby bath
Aqua-Fresh toothpaste/gel

Bumper

Promo for Fridays (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercials for:
Luvs diapers (voiceover by Norman Rose)
PM Magazine (promo with The Gatlin Brothers)

Station ID / promo for 10:00 Update (featuring Iola Johnson) (voiceover by ??)

Act V

Commercials for:
Crystal Vanish with Chloride Plus
Crystal Drano (featuring the booming, house-shaking voice terrorizing housewives)
Diaperene Baby Powder (animated)
Midol (with the special "anti-spasmodic" for women)

Act VI

Commercials for:
Mellow Roast instant "coffee and grain beverage"
Stove Top Stuffing (with Anthony Edwards as the son) (voiceover by Mason Adams)
Soft 'n' Pretty Bathroom Tissue (with a robot)
Promo for General Hospital (voiceover by Bill Owen)

Act VII

Commercials for:
Nair Soft Fragrance - with 25% more baby oil (sung to tune of "Short Shorts")
Tampax Super Plus tampons
Listermint and Listermint Cinnamon mouthwash (with Carrie and Eric)

Ending credits (with promo voiceover for Fridays, That's Incredible!, "Intimate Strangers," and General Hospital after F.Y.I., by Wally Parker)

F.Y.I. (FYI) with Hal Linden, about increased incidences of skin cancer among young people from being out in the sun too much, and how to protect oneself when out (recording ends before his F.Y.I. does)

This aired on local Dallas/Fort Worth TV on Friday, August 1st 1980 within the 1:00pm to 2:00pm timeframe.

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