WCBS Commercials- February 11, 1979 (Gone With the Wind pt 1)

This video is from a betamax tape in my collection I recently digitized from 1979 recorded in the NY area. It consists of commercials that aired during a special movie airing of Gone With the Wind on WCBS, with a lot of fun 70s nostalgic commercials included, Enjoy! :)
Content in order of appearance:
00:00 "All in the Family and Alice won't be seen tonight watch them next week at their regularly scheduled time" bumper
00:14 "cbs special presentation" bumper/ Gone with the wind bumper intro
02:16 "This portion of GWTW sponsored by Polaroid"
02:26 Polaroid Commercial
02:56 Bell system telephone commercial
03:39 Polaroid sonar automatic focusing commercial
04:09 Glad 2-Ply Trash Bag commercial "Like a Bag in a Bag"
04:38 whirlpool refrigerator commercial "Quality our way of life"
05:09 New! Neosenaphrin 2 medicine commercial
05:40 "We now return to GWTW starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh"
06:02 Avon makeup commercial "Avon it never looked so good"
06:34 Hallmark Valentine's Day Commercial
07:04 Honda "We make it simple" commercial
07:34 Michaloe Light "Good Taste runs in the family" commercial
08:06 "We will return to GWTW starring Vivian Leigh" bumper
08:16 "We're Coming On" Thursday 21st Grammy Awards Thursday 9:00/8:00
08:35 "This is cbs" bumper/ Pan-am airline commercial
09:08 "Come on up to Northern Fried Chicken" chicken commercial
09:38 Muppet Show bumper "Leslie Uggams Monday night"/ "We now return to GWTW starring Vivian Leigh and Leslie Howard" bumper
10:01 Stauffers chicken Divian commercial
10:32 Sony betamax vcr commercial "the leader in video recording"
11:03 "It's nice having friends to depend on" bell telephone commercial
11:33 Crum & Forster insurance commercial
12:03 "We will return to GWTW starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh" bumper
12:13 Special Day M. A. S. H/ Special Time! One Day at a Time/ then Dolly and Carol live Nashville "Wednesday 9/8c"
12:33 "This is Cbs" bumper/ American Airlines companion fare commercial "We're American Airlanes. Doing what we do best."
13:06 Sanyo "disco dance" commercial
13:36 "Special Report: Frat House Fever WCBS-TV News NY" promo/ "Gone With the Wind" bumper
13:49 Polaroid One-Step Commercial
14:20 "Moist and Chunky" dog chow commercial
14:49 Anacin "safety with extra strength" commercial
15:20 Harlequin Romance novel commercial
16:01 "1979 Volkswagon Does it Again" commercial
16:31 Lipton flavored tea "Spice in Your Life" commercial
17:03 All-State "You're in good hands with All-State" commercial
17:35 "Welcome to our People pleasing places" holiday Inn commercial
18:16 "We're Coming On" cbs bumper/ 21st Annual Grammy Awards with host John Denver promo/ "This is cbs" bumper
18:50 "I Love NY" Broadway show tour commercial
19:50 "Superman joins Mike Monday 4:30pm" promo/ "This portion sponsored by the DuPont company" bumper
20:20 "You and DuPont" chemical commercial
21:20 Avon makeup Commercial
21:50 Michelob light beer commercial "Good Taste runs in the family"
22:33 Marathon Man "Cbs Sunday Night Movie 9:00/8:00c"
22:53 Cbs Special News break segment
23:57 Sports Monday New York Times commercial
24:27 The Good olds Guys automobile NY commercial
24:57 "Leslie Uggams Muppet Show Monday night" promo/ "We now return to Gone with the Wind" bumper
25:18 Sonar 1-Step camera Polaroid Commercial
25:48 "Paul Masson will sell no wine before its time" commercial
26:18 Owens-corning insulation commercial
26:49 New York Life "For all of your life" commercial
27:41 You and DuPont chemical commercial "You and DuPont there's a lot of good chemistry between us"
28:42 Sylvania Superset TV commercial
29:12 "There's nothing like the one and only whopper" Burger King commercial
29:52 Special Day M. A. S. H/ Special Time! One Day at a Time/ then Dolly and Carol live Nashville "Wednesday 9/8c" / "This is cbs" bumper
30:15 Emigrant Savings Bank Commercial
30:45 Emery express small package service
31:19 "We now return to GWTW starring Vivian Leigh this portion sponsored by.."
31:47 All Temperature Cheer detergent commercial
32:32 Crest toothpaste commercial
33:17 dawn dishwashing liquid commercial
33:59 Rhine Wine of California commercial
34:30 extra strength Tylenol adult liquid commercial
35:01 Dry Idea antiperspirant commercial
35:31 "And now some scenes from tomorrow night's conclusion of Gone With the Wind" bumper/ promo scenes for the next night with voiceover
37:00 Caitlyn Jenner "Support your local United way" psa
37:11 Grammy promo / "This is Cbs" bumper
37:27 Newswatch segment NY News Brief
38:28 Chase Advantage Bank Commercial
38:58 Tiparillo cigarettes commercial
39:14 60 Minutes promo
41:07 All-New Ford LTD car commercial
41:36 Zenith System 3 color TV set commercial
42:07 Western Electric Touch Telephone commercial
42:37 Wasau insurance commercial
43:08 60 Minutes (Partial News segment)

[@fromthesidelines]

10:32- And just think- if it weren't for the Betamax recorder and tapes, you wouldn't be seeing *THIS!* 😃

[@fromthesidelines]

4:31- Todd Susman. 5:09- George S. Irving. 7:05- Burgess Meredith, annoucner. 7:48- John Forsythe, announcer. 14:44- Ralph Bell, announcer. 23:37- Lloyd Bridges, announcer. 30:16- Eli Wallach for Emigrant Savings Bank {yes, it's still around} 33:30- Phil Tonken, announcer.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Back when TV movies and specials were annual events and most people didn't own recording equipment. If you missed Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, etc. you had to wait a full year to see them again.

[@fromthesidelines]

In the case of "Gone with the Wind", it was almost two and a half years since NBC had first telecast the film {on November 14-15, 1976}. And they needed the ratings much as CBS did in 1979- and they got it {47% of all TV viewers watched it on NBC}. However, on February 11, 1979, viewers had to choose between "Gone with the Wind", ABC's "Elvis" TV movie [featuring Kurt Russell], and NBC's presentation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (on "THE BIG EVENT"). The results? "Elvis" attracted 39% of the audience [27.3 rating], with Scarlett & Rhett a close second [24.3/36], and "Cuckoo's Nest" third [22.5/32], which Fred Silverman (president of NBC) wasn't too happy about. And incidentally, this month {April 2024} was the latest that "Gone with the Wind" returned to theaters for another limited engagement, celebrating the 85th anniversary of its original release.

[@iscariot666]

@@fromthesidelines Thanks for that information. Where does one acquire historical share and rating data?

[@fromthesidelines]

In this case, it was BROADCASTING magazine.

[@iscariot666]

@@fromthesidelines Thank you kindly for that information.

[@fromthesidelines]

You're welcome!

[@fromthesidelines]

2:26- James Garner and Mariette Hartley {"I am not James Garner's wife. Not! Not! Not! I'm merely his concubine."- NATIONAL LAMPOON, "Letters from the Editors", 1981}.

[@sirdarklust]

Being from NYC, I remember this stuff. It's funny how we called commercials "bathroom break" back then, but now look at them nostalgically.

[@meredith_vintage]

That's awesome that you lived in NY area :) Do you remember seeing the Crazy Eddie ads and other local ads? I grew up near that area also but a lot of the commercials were before my time.

[@sirdarklust]

@@meredith_vintage Crazy Eddie was on seemingly every commercial break. There were tons of those filmed. There were a lot of local ads, especially on the indie stations of the time (5, 9, 11). I remember Karl Ehmer very well. Also, the Spanish stations (41 & 47) had a lot of their own cheaply made ads.

[@petarnedeljkovic9791]

Do you remember seeing Carrie on CBS?

[@c.d.scalemodels9198]

I sure do, the exorcist as well.

[@OofusTwillip]

17:03 - Allstate - The blonde woman is Beverly Sanders.

[@meredith_vintage]

Thanks :) I will add that into the description

[@fromthesidelines]

And Ed Reimers speaks for Allstate.

[@Demille40]

37:00 Bruce Jenner. Jesus.

[@marissaionta8003]

Cool! +Meredith_Vintage question. How many Disney Channel Recordings do you have?

[@meredith_vintage]

Thanks! And I don't know the exact number but I have a lot ranging from the early 1980s-2010's.

[@wmbrown6]

Dave Campbell was the WCBS local V/O, Alan Berns handled the CBS movie.