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Thumbelina
How many of you remember Thumbelina, or perhaps one of the many different versions that followed her? This commercial appears…
Every Girl Can Be Popular… According to Marcia Brady!
At the height of The Brady Bunch, Maureen McCormick was not just playing one of television’s most popular teenagers. She…
The DeLorean: A Dream Car With a Wild Story
The DeLorean DMC-12 looked like it had arrived from the future, even before Doc Brown turned one into a time…
The Osmonds cartoon
Before Donny & Marie became a TV variety-show staple, the Osmonds had their own Saturday morning cartoon. The Osmonds aired…
Ball Buster: Yes, This Was a Real Game
Some toy commercials age gracefully. Others come back years later and make you wonder how nobody in the room stopped…
Dairy Queen and the Cartoon Rock-and-Roll Sell
This old Dairy Queen ad has that familiar feel of a commercial trying to grab kids fast. Instead of just…
ABC’s 40th Anniversary
ABC 40th Anniversary. How many faces or shows from the past do you recognize? 33 years later, do you think…
The Lone Ranger: “Hi-Yo, Silver!” and the TV Western That Started Early
Before TV westerns took over the 1950s, The Lone Ranger was already riding across the small screen. The series premiered…
Sugar Jets: Space-Age Cereal In A Bowl
Sugar Jets was a General Mills cereal from the 1950s and 1960s, right when everything “space age” seemed exciting to…
It’s Thursday night in 1966/67. What’s on ABC?
It’s Thursday night in 1966/67. What’s on ABC? Bewitch at 8:30, Love on a Rooftop at 9:00 and That Girl…