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Gomer Pyle Sings — The Voice Nobody Expected

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was mandatory viewing in our house. My dad was a Marine sergeant, so there was no missing…

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“WHAT IS THIS, SOME SORT OF PEYTON PLACE?”

This was a little before my time, but I certainly remember my parents and other adults saying, “What is this,…

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FUNYUNS — THE SNACK THAT ALMOST WASN’T CALLED FUNYUNS

This commercial takes me right back to when a bag of Funyuns seemed like one of the strangest snacks in…

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Mr. Bubble Gets You So Clean, Your Mother Won’t Know You

Hey, it’s Saturday, and for a lot of us, that used to mean bath night! Mr. Bubble made bath time…

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Mystery Date

If you grew up in the 60s or caught reruns later on, that first Mystery Date commercial was one of…