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Peabody and Sherman
Peabody and Sherman were one of those great little pieces of Rocky and Bullwinkle that managed to sneak some history…
My Favorite Martian
When I think of My Favorite Martian, I really don’t remember watching it as a first-run show — I remember…
The Monkees, Bugs Bunny and Kool-Aid
Talk about putting two things together that you wouldn’t expect — The Monkees and Bugs Bunny selling Kool-Aid! But the…
The Bullwinkle Show
I think one of the reasons Rocky and Bullwinkle still holds up is that when we watched it as kids,…
Flatsy Dolls: They Were Flat and That Was That!
Here’s one that really could only have come out of the late 1960s — Flatsy, the doll whose big selling…
When Jonathan Winters Sold Us Hefty Trash Bags
Here’s one of those commercials where the product almost takes a back seat to the guy selling it. Jonathan Winters…
Enjoli: The 24-Hour Woman Who Could Bring Home the Bacon
Who remembers “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan…”? Sometimes the commercial becomes more memorable…
You’ve Got a Lot to Live, and Pepsi’s Got a Lot to Give
This is one of those commercials where I remembered the Pepsi slogan, but I never really thought about everything they…
Liberace Feelin’ Groovy
This may be one of the strangest—and most wonderfully 1968—things I’ve come across in a while. That’s Liberace getting “groovy”…
You Get A Big Delight In Every Bite
This early commercial takes us back very close to the beginning. Ho Hos were introduced in 1967 after first being…