Here’s audio from a January 6th, 1976 commercial break aired on ABC affiliate WMAL-TV (Channel 7) in Washington, D.C.:
This particular commercial break aired during Happy Days from 8-8:30PM ET. Included are two commercials and a brief promotional spot for The Bionic Woman.
Here’s a transcript:
[Maybelline Great-Lash Commercial] The microscope proves it. “Great-Lash Maybelline. Puts lashes in the [indecipherable]. Builds great body. Real protein. Great-Lash Maybelline.” The microscope proves the difference before and after Great-Lash. Builder-Brush applicator finds, colors, thickens lashes you didn’t even know you had. See your skimpy lashes look thick, thicker, thickest. Great-Lash mascara, fine eye makeup, sensibly priced. Maybelline.
[Mazola Corn Oil Commercial] A message on serum cholesterol from Mazola Corn Oil. Good eating habits are an important part of your family’s good health. Recently, a total dietary program was tested to reduce serum cholesterol. It included skim milk, lean meats, fruits and vegetables, and Mazola, pure corn oil. Result? Serum cholesterol was reduced an average of 17%. Couldn’t your family benefit from such a dietary program? Ask your doctor.
[ABC The Bionic Woman Promo] Get ready for The Bionic Woman. The six million dollar experiment worked once but will it work for The Bionic Woman? January on ABC.
About This Recording
Source: Reel-to-reel audio tape
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 1976
Network: ABC
Station: WMAL-TV (Channel 7, Washington, D.C.)
funny timing…I was In college dorms at that very time//NO ACCESS.. —-notice little emphasis on catchy… jungles at all! with no empahsis on T & A ……. most audiences went to the water closet for a break( or food snack) == viewership would have dropped considerably.**…best forgotten.. at that time I used cassette Panasonic rq209s solely to record/ —-never reel to reel……*why here?