80's Commercials Vol. 1014

These commercials aired on CBS on September 22nd, 1980

1. Rubik's Cube (Partial. This was the year that this classic 80's puzzle toy was first released)
2. Downyflake Waffles and Pancakes
3. CBS Special Presentation Bumper
4. "SPFX The Empire Strikes Back" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Downy)
5. Downy (When you start being followed around by the ghost of yourself who scolds you for not using Downy...it's time to take your meds, Barbara)
6. Ivory Liquid
7. Promo for "The Magic Of David Copperfield"
8. Toyota SR5 Longbed Truck
9. Ragu Pizza Quick Sauce (3:55 I'm pretty sure that I once saw Scooby and Shaggy eat this exact sandwich on an episode of "Scooby-Doo")
10. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (Spoofing "The Barber of Seville" opera by Rossini)
11. "SPFX The Empire Strikes Back" Commercial Bumper (This is my favorite BTS documentary produced for the original Star Wars trilogy. It not only goes into the special effects of "The Empire Strikes Back", my favorite Star Wars movie, but also goes into the history of special effects in cinema and it's also hosted/narrated by Mark Hamill! The full documentary can be seen here:    • Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back: SP...  )
12. Promo for "M*A*S*H*", "WKRP In Cincinnati" and "Lou Grant" (This was actually promoting the shows that followed this special)
13. CBS Station ID
14. ARCO
15. McDonald's 25th Prize Celebration
16. C&C Cola
17. KNXT News Bumper (With Connie Chung)
18. "SPFX The Empire Strikes Back" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Camay)
19. Camay
20. Crest
21. Sure Roll-On Antiperspirant
22. U.S. Army
23. Maybelline Great Lash Mascara
24. Oscar Mayer Bologna
25. Promo for "A Rumor Of War"
26. Promo for "Papillon"
27. "SPFX The Empire Strikes Back" End Credits
28. Promo for "John Schneider...Back Home"
29. CBS Newsbreak
a. Iraq declares war on Iran (The Iran-Iraq war officially started that day and ended nearly 8 years later in August of 1988)
b. State Dept concerned for safety of U.S. Hostages held by Iran (Once the hostages were released in 1981 the Reagan administration supported Iraq in this conflict by providing them with intelligence, economic aid and equipment:    • Видео  )
c. President Carter and Senator Kennedy unite in Beverly Hills (Ted Kennedy had challenged Carter for the nomination earlier in 1980 but failed to gain enough delegates to cause a brokered convention)
d. Cross Country balloonists bail out of balloon over Ohio (After another failure with the "Super Chicken II" later that year, balloonists John Shoecraft and Ron Ripps succeeded in crossing the country in the "Super Chicken III" on October 12th, 1981)
30. Campbell's Chunky Soup
31. CBS Newsbreak
32. CBS Station ID
33. Alphy's (Have I been to an Alphy's restaurant? I've never even heard of it! Apparently this was a chain of restaurants in the Los Angeles area owned and operated by the grocery store chain Alpha Beta)
34. Datsun 200-SX
35. Channel 2 News Bumper
36. Kellogg's (I would totally watch a Broadway style musical about breakfast cereal)
37. Ronald Reagan For President
38. Clorox 2
39. "M*A*S*H*" Commercial Bumper
40. Aunt Jemima Lite Syrup
41. Paul Masson Carafe (With the voice of Orson Welles...looks like they caught him when he was sober)
42. Promo for "John Schneider...Back Home"
43. Promo for "The Magic Of David Copperfield"