February 23, 1981 KTLA commercials

Here's a block of ads that aired before, during & after a KTLA-5 (Los Angeles) airing of the French Connection II. Here's what you'll see:

1. Mark C. Bloome tires
2. V8 vegetable juice
3. Lysol spray with Harvey Korman
4. Chimere perfume
5. 20th Century Fox logo
6. 5 Movie Theater logo
7. McDonald's Build a Big Mac game
8. SelecTV promo for Apocolypse Now
9. Pan-Am airlines
10. Estee Lauder beauty products
11. See #6
12. Promo for the Tuesday movie Rough Night in Jericho with Dean Martin
13. KTLA News Update promo
14. Brief promo for Starsky & Hutch
15. KTLA-5 bumper
16. See #6
17. Chun King Chinese food
18. Jacoby & Meyers law firm
19. Volkswagen Dasher
20. Brentwood Savings bank with George Burns
21. See #6
22. KTLA-5 News Update
23. Audi 4000 5+5
24. Huggies diapers
25. Kraft Casino cheese
26. Public Insurance Service
27. Promo for Columbo: Perscription:Murder
28. Thrifty shopping centers
29. Wrigley's Doublemint gum
30. Gas company PSA (for insulating your home) with Allen Ludden & Betty White
31. Ad for the stage production for Camelot with Richard Burton
32. See #7
33. See #6
34. Jacobsen riding lawn mowers
(at this point, I edited out one ad because it promoted smoking.)
35. Datsun (Nissan) cars
36. Hill Bros. Coffee
37. Golden West Broadcasters logo

Enjoy!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• ktla-5
• los angeles
• commercials
• february
• 1981
• bloome tires
• v8
• lysol
• chimere
• 20th century fox
• mcdonalds
• selectv
• pan-am
• estee lauder
• rough night in jericho
• news update
• starsky & hutch
• chun king
• jacoby & meyers
• volkswagen
• brentwood savings
• audi
• huggies
• kraft
• public insurance service
• columbo
• thrifty stores
• doublemint gum
• psa
• camelot
• jacobsen
• datsun
• hill bros
• golden west broadcasters

[Tubewings]

Wait...an ad that promoted smoking from 1981?

[gamelover1949]

More like one of those cheap cigars that circumvented the ban of smoking ads. I still didn't feel right about allowing it.

[TerryT1976]

This video set brings back memories. Even though I was four years old, I can still remember these ads and the way KTLA used to be. Thanks for posting.

[gamelover1949]

Your welcome. It's fun to travel back in time to see these ads.

[jdelachjr2002]

The promos are from February 23, 1981. Movie aired from 8PM-10PM PST.

[gamelover1949]

Alrighty. I'll get to that right away.

[manyvideoinerests]

Golden West? I didn't realize they owned a lot. They owned WCXI Radio in Detroit which was country on AM 1130.

[Kuahmel]

How many of you had Mark C. Bloome click in your brain when seeing the first commercial? I totally forgot about them before this clip! That was John Stephenson on the voice for that one.

[tall32guy]

LOL! Look at those computers in that insurance ad! It's funny how technology has changed since then! It wows me and makes me laugh at the same time, every time. LOL

[tall32guy]

That road on the Audi commercial looks REALLY icy! I am wondering how they went that fast without going off the road! LOL

[TIPTON340]

That's the voice of Frank Welker (Freddy from Scooby-Doo) as the voice of the fat

construction worker in the McDonald's commercial.

[tvtimetravel]

@nanlisa Was commercial filmed before his stroke on October 7, 1980?

[mrgiosb123]

The Voice Over In The Rough Night in Jericho Promo Is Bill Berry.

[nanlisa]

This was over two and a half months before my second visit to L.A. Also, Allen Ludden died four weeks after that last visit.

[ILoveLogos75]

Do You Happen To Have Anything From SelecTV?

[bhayes06]

I believe the female voice in the Estee Lauder spot is Joan Van Ark.