Category: 1980’s
Don’t Squeeze the Charmin Fun Facts
Beginning in 1964, shoppers were repeatedly warned, “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin!” The commercials followed grocery store manager Mr. Whipple…
George Plimpton Sells Intellivision
Mattel chose writer George Plimpton to promote Intellivision because he brought both intelligence and sports credibility to the commercials. Plimpton…
ABC’s Wide World of Sports
For generations, Saturday afternoons meant watching Jim McKay “span the globe” on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Beginning in 1961,…
Slip ’N Slide Memories
I’ll never forget when we got our first Slip ’N Slide back in the 1970s. I had to be the…
For a lot of us, this is the mail truck we remember.
Before the boxy Grumman LLV became the familiar neighborhood mail truck, the Jeep DJ-5 was the little right-hand-drive postal Jeep…
Did You Get Your Dodge Boys Shorts?
Phil Rizzuto pitched plenty of products in his day, but this Yankees/Dodge Boys spot is one of those commercials that…
Before Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, there was Luke and Laura.
Luke and Laura’s wedding on General Hospital was not just a soap opera wedding. It was a television event. In…
Cocoon: The Movie You May Need a DVD to See
I’m posting the trailer for Cocoon, and it is strange to say this about such a well-known 1980s movie, but…
When a Wine Ad Sounded Like Theater
The commercial was simple, but that was the power of it. Welles sat there with that unmistakable voice, making wine…