October 13, 1978 commercials

Taken from Midnight Special off WNBC.
1. Midnight Express movie trailer
2. Mercury Capri
3. Odor-Eaters
4. Wella Balsam
5. Colgate
6. Bell System
7. U.S. Army
8. Pizza Hut
9. Ad Council PSA on preventing child abuse
10. Top Job
11. King Karol Records and Tapes
12. Circus magazine
13. Disney's Now You See Him, Now You Don't promo
14. Bob Hope's Comedy Salure To The World Series promo
15. Castrol GTX
16. Sha Na Na promo
17. Your local lung association promo
18. Don Kirshner's Rock Concert promo bumper
19. MG Midget
20. U.S. Navy
21. JCPenney battery
22. Certs
23. A Wedding trailer
24. Schlitz beer and malt liquor
25. Creedence Clearwater Revival 20 Great Hits album
26. Desenex
27. Grease on Broadway
28. WBLS 107.5 FM
29. Record World/The record shops at TSS featuring Yes
30. Human Feelings promo
31. The Bob Newhart Show/Mary Tyler Moore syndicated promos
32. The Price Is Right (nighttime) promo
33. Not For Women Only promo
34. Another Don Kirshner's Rock Concert promo bumper
35. Bubblicious
36. Dynamints
37. Two more JCPenney
38. Another U.S. Navy
39. Coca-Cola
40. Ford trucks
41. Edge shaving cream
42. Close-Up
43. Ten-O-Six lotion by Bonnie Bell
44. Kotex Lightdays PantiLiners
45. Tickle
46. CHiPs/Rescue From Gilligan's Island promos
47. Donahue promo
48. REO Speedwagon "You can Tune a piano, but you can't Tuna fish" album on Epic records and tapes
49. WNBC NewsCenter 4 at Six promo
50. (same as #18)
51. WNBC Cinema 4 late movie intro
52. Momma's Little Angles at the Quaigh Theatre (NYC)

[@hugoboss5895]

I remember my Nan saying in the seventies and eighties I don’t understand the times we’re living in she was in her 80s. 40 years later I’m middle aged saying actually the same thing. The end of the seventies was a blast.

[@dougmorris9317]

This is a great collection, thank you for sharing! I was 2 weeks shy of 17 when these aired, now I'm in my sixties--dang! 🙂👍👍👍

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I know where you come from. I too was in my teens when these ads first appeared. And this year I turn 61. Dang. Love from Marysville, California

[@danmccarthy4700]

Wow, I wish there were still a battery deal like the one JCPenney had!

[@VariantBank]

Odd seeing ads before my dad was even born

[@gsnfan]

I turned 11 the day before. Great TV watching at the time. The Gilligan's Island movie was one of the biggest hits that year. Gave a ratings boost for Chips.

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on red dawn in 6 years later

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on dirty dancing in 9 years later

[@ForeignerFan74]

Thanks For Sharing!

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on road house on 11 years later

[@darrylh1971]

This is from WNBC New York, not KNBC Los Angeles.

[@fromthesidelines]

I recognize one of the Channel 4 announcer's voices.

[@wmbrown6]

@@fromthesidelines - I recognise all of them - Bill Rippe, Vic Roby, Arthur Gary and Roger Tuttle. (Late night to sign-off was usually Rippe's shift.)

[@molinalong3468]

12:20 one of greasers on the outsiders in 5 years later

[@videonut1988]

Jake Holmes’ first jingle for the Army before the “BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE” jingle he also sang three years later…

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on ghost 👻 in 12 years later

[@rexbitten]

The Coke commercials are always the best ones!

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers in burger King commercial in 7 months later

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on black dog in 20 years later

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on donnie darko in 23 years later

[@wmbrown6]

The music played during the Jack Cafferty promo was a KPM number, "The Great Outside" by Keith Mansfield from 1972; that open sounded almost reminiscent of the intro of Roger Whittaker's "The Last Farewell," albeit with a different time signature.

[@wmbrown6]

WNBC V/O's heard in this clip included Vic Roby (on the "Sha Na Na" and "The Price Is Right" promos), Arthur Gary (on the "Bob Newhart" / "Mary Tyler Moore" promo), Roger Tuttle (on "Donahue" and "NewsCenter4 at Six") and Bill Rippe (local booth that late night/early morning).

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on point break in 13 years later

[@molinalong3468]

12:21 one of greasers on Christmas in wonderland in 29 years later

[@lisab7977]

Kevin Cronin’s hair sure did a 180 since these days!!!

[@user-rq7mv7pd7o]

This is when Casey Kasem did voiceover promos for nbc.

[@LannieLord]

12:35 I cannot remember his name BUT he was on that Showtime series "Brothers" as a gay brother to 2 other guys. He was originally from Long Island and I always thought he was very CUTE. He died a while back now - he could not have been over 50. Very sad.

[@stevechiotakis138]

Yes, Paul Regina. Knew I recognized him from Brothers!

[@amhaney1]

Now from 4-6, local channels show news. I miss those simpler days

[@fromthehaven94]

The local ABC station in my town still runs Judge Judy at 4pm. The other two have the news at that hour. The CBS station just started theirs to replace Dr Phil

[@annwhitaker6404]

god

[@stantonrogers]

Michael, do you have any Ace Hardware Commercials where either featuring Connie Stevens or Suzanne Somers?

[@misterelom]

That looks like a young Jane Pauley at 15:08 (sitting next to a young Tom Brokaw).

[@fromthehaven94]

Probably because they are Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw.

[@jnadle1]

Grease on Broadway?! But they had their movie just 4 months prior. Makes no sense at all.

[@timeman1966]

It started on Broadway in 1972. John Travolta actually performed in it as a character that never made it into the movie in the early 70s while the show was on tour.

[@pannoni1491]

West Side Story is another great example of a hit movie that was still running on Broadway when the screen version opened.

[@fromthesidelines]

I prefer the original Broadway musical to Allan Carr's overexaggerated- and overhyped- movie version.

[@fromthehaven94]

The movie version of Rent hit theaters nine years after the Broadway premiere. And the Chicago revival was going strong when that movie version premiered.

[@johnpastore7685]

When Pizza Hut was better

[@bobm7250]

Player's

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

I have a feeling that some of these commercials were during The $25,000 Pyramid. Because I think about six episodes aired on WNBC-TV 4 in 1978-79 including one at 1:30 in the afternoon in February 1979!

[@davidbrunson3219]

were you wearing bell bottoms that day? lol