In 1969 and 1970 The Monkees starred in a series of Kool-Aid TV commercials, and some print ads. This was after Peter Tork had left the group.
Category: 1970’s
Virginia Slims Commercial
Virginia Slims were introduced in 1968 marketed to young women with the slogan You’ve Come A Long Way Baby. The cigarette much narrower and longer “tailored for the woman’s hand” according to the commercial.
When E.F. Hutton Speaks TV Commercial
The stock firm E.F. Hutton formed in 1904 gained fame during the late 70’s and early 80’s with the commercial campaign “When E.F. Hutton Speaks People Listen”. The brokerage firm then was bought out by Smith Barney Corporate Trust, and Citigroup. In 2012 E.F. Hutton was revived by executives of the former firm and Stanley Hutton Rumbough, grandson of E.F. Hutton.
Hee Haw–Hey Grandpa What’s For Supper?
Hee Haw was introduced in 1969 and ran until the late 1980’s. Grandpa Jones was Louis Marshall Jones who was an old time country and gospel singer as well as a banjo player. Grandpa Jones was inducted into the County Music Hall Of Fame in 1978. He passed away in 1998 after suffering two strokes after his second show at the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 84.
Carol Burnette and Charo
Unisex Salon was the name of this skit in Season 7 Episode 2 of the Carol Burnett Show. Tim Conway attempts to get a home life interview with Chiquita who was played by Charo. The fun begins when he has trouble with her mother played by Carol Burnett.
This clip was originally uploaded to YouRememberThat.com by member Naomi on December, 19 2007.
John Cappelletti Heisman Speech 1973
When Penn State’s John Cappelletti won the Heisman Trophy in 1973 as the country’s most outstanding collegiate football player, he dedicated the award to his dying little brother Joey. Not a dry eye in the house…