ABC Went All Out to Promote Their Stars in 1980

20 Comments on ABC Went All Out to Promote Their Stars in 1980

1. Are any of them still alive?

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2. Hated it. Most of those people looked like they were making a hostage video.

   Although it did bring back memories of some pretty good shows;

   Mork and Mindy
   Benson
   Barney Miller
   Bosom Buddies
   Laverne and Shirley

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3. Can you imagine tv stars now agreeing to be in a song and dance number? It’d probably be to some awful hip hop “song.”

   Well, John Davidson has great hair and I always thought Ann Jillian was super pretty. I enjoy these retro flashbacks!

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4. One of them looked like Red Buttons. I didn’t know he was a “thing” in 1980.

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5. Ann Jillian had killer tiddies.

   – Cartman

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6. Smiles everyone, smiles.

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7. Is that Tom Hanks in the lower left-hand corner at 1:27? Bosom Buddies was on ABC starting in November 1980.

   I doubt it was those stars singing.

   And I still think Joyce DeWitt looked way better than Susan Sommers.

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8. Hollywood schmaltz. Or should I say SCHMALTZ! And quit reminding me how long ago the 80’s were.

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9. Back when actresses were beautiful. You can tell how old I am when I think that Inga Swenson (Mrs. Kraus on Benson) is the prettiest of them all.

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10. I always masturbated to Joyce DeWitt.

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11. In family perfect harmony, I beleived it!

12. Ayyyy!

13. During that time frame I was working so much I don’t even know who those celebrities are.

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14. Cute. I don’t know which people were in which shows because I basically stopped watching tee vee when I stopped baby sitting as a teenager. All I remember was that I hated baby sitting on Friday nights because all that was on was Night Gallery and some other scary show like it. Oh, and Love American Style — which was awful.

    I always thought it was true that our tee vee broadcasts really did go out into space forever to be picked up in some distant galaxy by aliens, how utterly embarrassing that would be.

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15. AA 5X5x51 check citizens free press

16. ABC did something like that occasionally to push the new season.

    And most of them could sing.

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17. Work with the lens.
    Lick your lips.
    Energy.

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18. That was amazing. No wonder “Battle of the Network Stars” worked so well as summertime filler.

    They don’t make TV like that anymore.

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19. Hated it. Totally gay. Like all musicals.

20. And the wonderful voice of Ernie “Ghoulardi” Anderson at the end. 👍