Category: 1970’s
ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons 1971
This is what Saturday mornings looked like when the cereal bowl was full, the TV was warm, and the whole…
Nanny and the Professor-Were You A Fan?
Nanny and the Professor premiered on ABC on Wednesday, January 21, 1970, and ran until December 27, 1971. It starred…
K-Tel Records
K-Tel records filled in the gap of the 45 single hits not on our Columbia House Records!
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbarino!
Before Saturday Night Fever, before Grease, and before John Travolta became one of the biggest movie stars of the 1970s,…
Henry Fonda, Jodie Foster and Peter Brady Selling View-Master?
This is one of those commercials that makes you stop and say, “Wait… is that who I think it is?”…
Ho Ho Ho… Green Giant!
Some commercials you don’t just remember — you can still hear them. The Jolly Green Giant made vegetables feel bigger…
Before Snoopy Was Shaving Ice, There Was Ice Bird
Before the Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine became the one everyone remembers, Kenner had Ice Bird, a 1974 toy that promised kids…
When Even Toilet Paper Had Style
Today, designers tell us how to fluff a couch, karate chop a throw pillow, stack coffee table books, and make…
Speedline Race Cars: The Hot Wheels Rival
Many of you asked about these when I posted the Hot Wheels advertisement. So now I have to ask: which…
Here’s Lucy
Here’s Lucy kept Lucille Ball on Monday night TV with the same kind of physical comedy, celebrity guest stars, and…