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70's Commercials Vol. 102

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These commercials aired on CBS on May 7th, 1978 1. "Rhoda" and "On Our Own" will not be seen tonight... 2. CBS Special Presentation Bumper 3. "Elvis In Concert" Intro/Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by General Electric) 4. GE Bright Stik 5. Frigidaire Washing Machine 6. Pond's Cream & Cocoa Butter (With Don Ho) 7. Promo for "The Alamo" (Amayzing!) 8. Phillips' Milk Of Magnesia (Does it really need to come in that enormous bottle?) 9. GE Brew Starter 10. Kool-Aid 11. "Elvis In Concert" Commercial Bumper 12. Promo for "Johnny Cash Spring Fever" (The CBS logo at the end of this promo looks like a hood ornament) 13. Milk (4:37 What makes clowns clownier? We're trying to SELL the product, not scare people!) 14. Promo for "America's Junior Miss Pageant" 15. GE Food Processor 16. Tender Vittles Cat Food 17. Volkswagen Dasher Champagne Edition (The "Champagne Editions" sold by VW at this time were limited run models with different exterior and interior colors. Also, the Dasher was known as the Passat outside of the U.S.) 18. Riunite 19. GE Super Pro Hairdryer 20. Geritol 21. CBS Newsbreak a. Senate Arms Services Committee tells Pentagon to consider reinstating the draft (The U.S. moved to an all-volunteer military in 1973 following Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign promise to end the draft. Young men still must register with the Selective Service System, but the draft has not been reinstated since 1973) b. Former CIA officer says they ran secret war in Angola (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Angola) c. Price of oil expected to stay the same for rest of 1978 (Mostly true, but the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution caused oil prices to skyrocket in 1979: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis) d. Israel PM Menachem Begin's visit to U.S. ends 22. Contac 23. CBS Newsbreak 24. Promo for "America's Junior Miss Pageant" 25. Buick Sentry 26. WJBK News 2 Bumper 27. "All In The Family" Commercial Bumper (Sponsored by Cover Girl) 28. Cover Girl Clean Make-up (With Cheryl Tiegs) 29. RainTree (With Kelly Harmon) 30. Tab (11:48 RIP Willie Mays) 31. Ritz Crackers (With Andy Griffith) 32. Promo for "America's Junior Miss Pageant" 33. "All In The Family" Commercial Bumper 34. Purina Kitten Chow and Cat Chow 35. Cover Girl MoistureWear 36. "All In The Family" End Credits 37. Promo for "The Alamo" 38. Promo for "Murder At The Mardi Gras" 39. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Dental Care Protection Plan 40. Pepsi 2 Liter Bottle (I kept expecting one of them to say "Up ya nose with a rubber hose!" And it's kind of crazy that 2 liters of soda were sold in glass bottles at one point) 41. Ford Fiesta (Originally designed by Ford for the European market, this was eventually replaced by the Ford Escort in 1981) 42. Bell Telephones 43. Johnson & Johnson Sundown Sunscreen 44. Johnson's Baby Shampoo 45. "Alice" Commercial Bumper 46. Chrysler Cordoba S 47. Norelco Rotary Razor 48. "Alice" End Credits 49. Promo for "Johnny Cash Spring Fever" 50. Promo for "M*A*S*H" and "Lou Grant" 51. Gorman's 52. Amoco Premium Lead-Free Gasoline 53. WJBK TV 2 Newsbreak (Ted Kennedy went against his word and ended up running for President in 1980 against Jimmy Carter and ended his campaign at the 1980 Democratic National Convention) 54. WJBK News Promo (With Walter Cronkite) 55. "Johnny Cash Spring Fever" Intro/Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Buick)

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