The Great American Home Series was an advertising campaign for Sears featuring historical homes they would paint for the ads.
Category: 1980’s
Luke and Laura’s Wedding
In 1978 General Hospital was close to cancellation ABC hired Gloria
Monty as the new executive producer a to attract a younger audience. A
drunken Luke Spencer raped Laura Spencer who then falls in love with
him. Critics complained of the forced seduction as the plot. Luke and
Laura became what was known as a supercouple to the soap opera world.
On
November 17, 1981 the fictional couple were united and was watched by
over 30 million viewers and remains to this day the highest rated hour
in American soap opera history.
Greatest American Hero TV Intro
Ralph Hinkley is a Los Angeles public school teacher hates wearing the red costume that gives him superhuman abilities. There is one problem, Ralph lost the instruction manual and has to learn the abilities often times by accident.
California Raisins Commercial 1986
A claymation commercial made for the California Raisin Advisory Board in 1986 to the 1968 hit by Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapvine. The commercials became wildly successful and spun off many TV specials like Meet The Raisins in 1986. They eventually became the mascots to Post Raisin Bran on packaging and commercials.
Remembering the Best of the 80’s
John Goodman McDonald’s Commercial
n 1983, before John Goodman was Dan Conner on Roseanne he signed with the William Morris Agency to produce a McDonald’s commercial. I guess it is better to have your first acting job at McDonald’s than your first job there!
Madonna Pepsi Commercial
Released for March 3, 1989 for her Like A Prayer album, Pepsi-Cola signed Madonna to a $5 million deal to use it as a commercial and sponsor her world tour. There was just one problem, Madonna refused to sing or dance for the video so the portrayed her revisiting childhood memories.
Johnny Carson As Ronald Reagan
In a 1982 Tonight Show skit reminiscent of the old Abbott and Costello ‘Who’s On First?’ routine, Johnny Carson plays a befuddled Ronald Reagan being briefed by Jim Baker.
Jane Russell 1981 Playtex Bra Commercial
Jane Russell’s measurements were 38D-24-36, and she stood 5 feet 7 inches. She was a good spokesperson for the full figure gal!
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.