Category: 1970’s
Ann Blyth: The Movie Star Hostess Turned Into Mom
A viewer asked for Hostess commercials with Ann Blyth. Fortunately, this one was easy to find. I do get requests…
CBS NFL Today 1977 — When Sunday Football Started With Brent, Phyllis and Irv
There are certain sounds that can immediately take you back, and this old CBS NFL opening from 1977 does it…
MIGHTY MOUSE & ZESTABS — WHEN CARTOON HEROES SOLD VITAMINS
Seeing Mighty Mouse selling vitamins takes me right back to an era when our Saturday-morning cartoon heroes seemed capable of…
FUNYUNS — THE SNACK THAT ALMOST WASN’T CALLED FUNYUNS
This commercial takes me right back to when a bag of Funyuns seemed like one of the strangest snacks in…
“Ever Eat a Pine Tree?” — The Commercial That Turned Euell Gibbons Into a Punchline
This may be one of those commercials where one sentence became much more famous than the product being advertised. Euell…
THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON — A LABOR DAY TRADITION
For a lot of us, Labor Day weekend wasn’t complete without the Jerry Lewis Telethon. You could turn it on…
Happy Meals
Here’s a commercial showing the beginning of something that eventually became such a normal part of childhood that it’s hard…
Before Taxi, Judd Hirsch Was Selling Us Listerine
Take another look at the young radio DJ in this commercial. That’s Judd Hirsch, years before Taxi, Ordinary People and…
Remember Holmes & Yo-Yo? ABC’s Short-Lived Robot Cop Sitcom
Here’s one of those shows where you mention the title and somebody immediately says, “I remember that!” — even though…
Jiffy Pop — Was It More Fun to Make Than Eat?
It’s Friday night, and this one brings back that whole feeling of the weekend finally being here. Maybe there was…