80's Commercials Vol. 1125

These commercials aired on ABC on April 21st, 1985

1. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper (Recorded during the made-for-TV movie "Embassy": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089086/)
2. 1986 Mazda B2000
3. Doritos (At the time Nacho Cheese was the only flavor, with Cool Ranch introduced a year later in 1986)
4. Met Life
5. Promo for "Three's A Crowd" (A spin-off of "Three's Company" that aired for one season)
6. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
7. Promo for "Who's The Boss" and "Hail To The Chief" (From the producers of "Soap", "Hail To The Chief" was a "comedy smash" only for it's premiere episode on 4/9/85, where it won its time slot. It soon fell sharply in the ratings and only aired 7 episodes before its cancellation)
8. Volkswagen Vanagon Clearance Sale
9. Thomas' English Muffins (Their packaging hasn't changed a lot, but I remember they were packaged exactly like the box at 3:25 for many years after this)
10. KGO Channel 7 News Bumper
11. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
12. Sun Light
13. Chrysler LeBaron GTS
14. Listermint
15. Ben-Gay (I'm guessing the original actor here was British and they dubbed him over with an American actor)
16. Promo for "MacGruder & Loud"
17. ABC Station ID
18. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
19. Kentucky Fried Chicken Kentucky Nuggets
20. TV Spot for "Stick" (Opened #1 at the box office the following weekend but ended up a flop, grossing just $9 million with a $22 million budget. The film was Burt Reynolds' fourth film as director, but the movie was heavily recut by Universal with the studio insisting that Reynolds reshoot the entire second half of the film before release)
21. Promo for "Hardcastle & McCormick" and "Marathon Man"
22. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
23. ABC News Brief
a. White House rejects ceasefire and peace talks from Nicaragua (Peace would eventually come in the form of the Esquipulas Peace Agreement, which had been an ongoing project of the Contadora group of Central American countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquipu...)
b. West Germany marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (Ronald Reagan later gave a speech here on 5/5/85 during his European trip celebrating the 40th anniversary of VE Day in World War II after he generated controversy by planning a visit to Kolmeshöhe military cemetery in Germany that included the graves of 49 members of the Nazi Waffen-SS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg...)
c. Holocaust survivors march in Philadelphia
24. Timex
d. Brazil's Prime Minister dies
25. Bank of America
26. AT&T
27. KGO Channel 7 News Bumper
28. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper
29. Clorox 2
30. Style Shampoo
31. Real Cheese
32. Mazda RX-7
33. Promo for "20/20"
34. 1986 Mazda B2000 LX
35. McDonald's Double Cheeseburger
36. Aquafresh Toothpaste
37. Promo for "Lace II" (You had me at Phoebe Cates)
38. "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" Commercial Bumper