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All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

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Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1980-09-30

Runtime: 50 mins

Director: Walter C. Miller

Writer: Steve Martin, Jeffrey Barron, Pat Proft, Neal Israel, Earl Brown, Carmen Finestra, Gordon Doyle, Denny Johnston, Sean Kelly, Michael McManus, Mason Williams

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary

Original title: All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

Production Companies: Joseph Cates Productions, 40 Share Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

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