In its heyday, McDonald’s hired jingle writer Barry Manilow to write the theme song.
Category: 1970’s
Froot Loops Bird Bot Commercial
Fruit Loops were introduced in 1962 and originally there were there were red, orange, and yellow loops, the color of Toucan Sam’s nose. There is no fruit in Froot Loops and the cereal is just one flavor, not a combination of the individual fruit flavors as many think.
Toucan Sam’s catch phrases were “Follow my nose! For the fruity taste that shows!” or “Follow my nose! It always knows!”
Chiffon Margarine It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature!
Actress Deana Dietrich was Mother Nature Chiffon Commercials produced by the D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles advertising agency from the 1970’s and into the 1980’s. Mother Nature would usually say “my delicious butter” and voice actor Mason Adams would tell her “That’s Chiffon margarine, not butter … Chiffon’s so delicious it fooled even you, Mother Nature” which she would reply ” It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” followed by thunder and lightning. Once in a while, the agency would change it up to elephants charging. The commercial would end with a jingle “If you think it’s butter, but it’s not: it’s Chiffon.”
Room 222 TV Intro
Room 222 was an comedy drama that aired on ABC from September 17, 1969 thru January 11, 1974. The show won three Emmy Awards. Sadly the only main character that has passed at this writing was actor Lloyd Haynes who played the role of Mr. Pete Dixon. He was 52 and died of lung cancer on December 31, 1986.
3 Stooges Last Appearance and TV Fail
This was the 3 Stooges last public appearance in 1970. Their first and last TV show attempts end in failure.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/qguhEmV_R6A
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Levis Laughing Song
The 1972 Levi commercial Good Morning World or Laughing Levi’s commercial jingles is one of those songs that will get stuck in your head for sure! The jingle is based on The Fendermen’s 1960 hit Mule Skinner Blues which can be heard here:
The Levi commercial, with some yodeling goes:
“Good morning world, I’m ready for you, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, wearing my Levi’s, Le-he-he-he-he-vi’s. Le-he-he-he-vi’s, Haw-Haw, Le-he-he-he-he-vi’s “
The stop action video shows a young teen boy in a variety of colored jeans and shirts from Levi’s, from traditional blue to brown and red. The quality of the video, the best that is available online has been color corrected from the faded film stock.
There isn’t much information on the jingle or the commercial itself. One source says the jingle and commercial was produced by Mike Koelker from the Mad Man advertising team of Foote, Cone & Belding of San Francisco.
Kool Aid Commercial With The Monkeys
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.
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.