70's Commercials Vol. 68

These commercials aired on ABC on September 16th, 1977
1. "The Making Of Star Wars" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Levi's)
2. Levi's
3. Levi's Dura Plus Denim
4. Ford Fiesta
5. Ultra Ban II (The "harmful gases" they're talking about are Chlorofluorocarbon aka CFC's, which were determined around this time to be a major factor in ozone depletion: en.wikipedia.o... They were later banned by the Montreal Protocol: en.wikipedia.o...)
6. ABC Station ID
7. Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing
8. Sears
9. Promo for "Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" and "The Six Million Dollar Man"
10. Promo for "Curse Of The Black Widow" (Despite the cheesy premise, this is not a bad TV movie for the time and was produced and directed by Dan Curtis...who also created "Dark Shadows" and produced "The Night Stalker" TV movie that began the "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" TV series. This is essentially like an extended episode of "Kolchak", with the main private eye character investigating a series of murders committed by a supernatural entity)
11. "The Making Of Star Wars" Commercial Bumper
12. Promo for "Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy" (Eldest of the Kennedy brothers, he died during World War II while on a mission to test a radio controlled drone aircraft armed with explosives that went off before the crew could bail out and parachute to safety. Had he survived the war, he likely would have run for President instead of his younger brother Jack)
13. Star Wars Posters at Burger Chef (Amazing! With C-3PO, R2-D2 and Darth Vader! The Burger Chef employee here is the late Denise Nickerson, who was best known for playing Violet Beauregarde in "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory"!)
14. WOI-TV Station ID
15. Levi's
16. Soft Scrub
17. Ford Trucks
18. "The Making Of Star Wars" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Levi's)
19. Promo for "Fish", "Operation Petticoat" and "Starsky & Hutch"
20. "The Making Of Star Wars" End Credits
21. ABC News Brief
a. Senate votes for Pregnancy benefits
b. Day two of Bert Lance's Senate testimony (He was director of Office of Management and Budget in the Carter administration and questions arose about possible corruption when he was in charge of Calhoun First National Bank of Georgia. Lance resigned his position as OMB director around a week after this. In 1980 a jury acquitted and cleared him of these charges. He is best known for popularizing the quote: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" in a 1977 interview)
c. Former indicted Nixon aides ask to be released from prison (H.R. Haldeman was released on parole in 1978 and John Mitchell was released in 1979)
22. Westinghouse
d. Opera star Maria Callas dies at 53 (Considered the greatest soprano of the 20th century)
23. Promo for "The San Pedro Beach Bums" and "49ers Vs Steelers"
24. TV Spot for "One On One" (This was written by Robby Benson and his father)
25. Audio Labs
26. WOI-TV Station ID
27. The ABC Friday Night Movie Intro: "Curse Of The Black Widow" (This movie can be seen here: • Video )