Category: 1970’s
“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…
Muriel Cigars — Edie Adams Made “Hey Big Spender” Her Own
Here’s one where the commercial spokeswoman may have become better remembered than the product. Edie Adams spent an incredible 19…
Who Ya Gunna Call? Dustbuster!
I think the Dustbuster was one of those products that seemed to suddenly appear and then before long everybody knew…
Remember Junior Jumble?
Remember Junior Jumble? This was one of those little newspaper features that could keep you busy almost as long as…
Cathy Rigby Built Quite a Career After the Olympics
This old Cathy Rigby Stayfree commercial brings back a completely different Cathy Rigby memory for me. Back in the 1990s,…