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Posted in 1970's

Josephine the Plumber: Comet’s Cleaning Queen

Josephine from the Comet cleanser commercials was played by Jane Withers, who had already been famous years earlier as a…

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Posted in 1970's

When Aftershave Came With Self-Defense Instructions

Hai Karate was one of those aftershaves that sold the joke as much as the scent. It launched in 1967…

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Posted in 1980's

There Was More For Your Life At Sears

Back in the early 1980s, Sears was still one of the big American shopping destinations, and their “There’s More For…

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Posted in 1960's

Mystery Date

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

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Posted in 1950's

N-E-S-T-L-E-S… Nestlé’s makes the very best…

I have vague memories of Farfel the dog himself, but that Nestlé’s jingle? That’s burned in there for life. You…