The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "The Master Gunfighter" - WFAA-TV (Complete Broadcast, 4/29/1979) ????

Here’s the complete broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie's "world premiere" presentation of "The Master Gunfighter" [1975], a Western starring Tom Laughlin (of Billy Jack fame), Ron O'Neal ("Super Fly"), Lincoln Kilpatrick, Geo Anne Sosa, and Barbara Carrera (pre-Dallas - the TV series, not the city where this airing was recorded) - and of course "Edited for Television”, as aired out of Dallas/Fort Worth, TX via WFAA Channel 8.

All voiceovers for The ABC Sunday Night Movie are by Joel Crager.

Includes:

Station ID / promo for News 8 with weatherman Steve Newman

Show opening and film preview

Commercials for:

B.F. Goodrich tires

Alberto VO5 Hot Oil Treatment (with Rula Lenska - co-star of public TV staple "Rock Follies")

Enjoli 8 Hour Perfume (jingle set to tune of Peggy Lee hit "I'm a Woman")

Pabst Blue Ribbon

Film opening titles and Segment 1

Commercials for:

Wella Balsam shampoo (with Jaclyn Smith)

Triumph Spitfire - "Just for the Fun of It"

Beneficial Finance System (circus clown doing the "sweeping the spotlight" gag demonstrates how their All-in-One Loan works) (clown played by Emmett Kelly, Jr. - who is doing the same "Weary Willie" character his father made famous).

Giacobazzi wine - "Giacobazzi someone tonight."

Film segment 2

Commercials for:

Carefree Sugarless Bubble Gum

Volkswagen Rabbit

Promo for Monday double feature "Beach Patrol" and "Samurai" (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for "Ike" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Animated ABC ID

Film segment 3

Commercials for:

U.S. Army - 2-Year Enlistment Plan

Michelob Light (voiceover by John Forsythe)

Selsun Blue shampoo

STP Motor Oil (with Johnny Cash)

"We will return" bumper

Promo for "Ike" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercials for:

Miracle Ford - "Dallas 500"

Jack in the Box Restaurants

Station ID / promo for "Where Danger Lives"

Film segment 4

Commercials for:

Odor-Eaters - "The Offenders"

Mazda RX-7

Alpo Beef-Flavored Dinner (with Lorne Greene)

Alberto VO5 hair spray - with Miral 80 (another ad with our friend Rula Lenska)

Promos for Eight Is Enough, Charlie's Angels and Vega$ (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Film segment 5

Commercials for:

Ball Park Franks

Dr Pepper (featuring Bugs Bunny)

Schick Super II Ultrex (voiceover by Jackson Beck)

Dentyne - "Brush Your Breath"

"We will return" bumper

"Are We Second to None?" promo for World News Tonight

Commercials for:

Olympus cameras (for paparazzi to stalk unsuspecting celebrities with)

All-Pro Auto Parts Dealers

News 8 preview with John Criswell (of Dallas gas crisis at service stations, and Presidential adviser's insistence we're winning fight against inflation)

Station ID / promo for PM Magazine

Film segment 6

Commercials for:

Fiat Strada

Tegrin Medicated Shampoo (wasn't that guy in the VW Rabbit commercial?)

Promo for "Ike" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Promo for World News Tonight

Film segment 7

Commercials for:

Lowenbrau (jingle sung by Arthur Prysock)

Uniroyal Steeler radial tires (with Pittsburgh Steelers Mean Joe Greene and Jack Lambert, and Dallas Cowboys' Ed "Too Tall" Jones)

Primatene Mist and Tablets

FDS - Feminine Deodorant Spray

Film ending credits (with voiceover promo for President Carter's news conference, Eight Is Enough, Charlie's Angels and Vega$ by Allen Jefferys)

Show ending titles

Promo for coming week's Good Morning America - with Sandy Hill

Preview of coming News 8 at 10pm - with John Criswell

Promo for Gary Cooper Week ("Dallas," "Meet John Doe" and "The Naked Edge") (recording ends midway through this promo)

This aired on local Dallas/Fort Worth TV on Sunday, April 29th 1979 during the 8:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe.

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