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How many of you remember hearing “Hooray for Beefaroni” and suddenly wanting a bowl? This 1970s commercial turns a simple…

How many of you can still hear Geoffrey Holder’s booming voice and unforgettable laugh before this commercial even gets going?…

This short CBS promo was advertising a surprisingly historic Sunday night on March 19, 1978. All in the Family said…

Do you remember when CBS Sports Spectacular could fill an afternoon with sports we rarely saw anywhere else? This short…

“Good evening.” With those two words, Alfred Hitchcock welcomed viewers into a weekly world of murder, mystery, suspense and wonderfully…

“Give a hoot, don’t pollute!” Those six words made Woodsy Owl one of the most memorable public-service characters of the…

How many of our viewers became EMTs, first responders or entered another medical field because of the television show Emergency!?…

Wearing one of his familiar sweaters and sitting against a dark background, Bill Cosby holds up the can, calls it…

As requested by a number of viewers, here is the Raggedy Ann Colorforms commercial I remember from childhood. I have…

This 1975 commercial begins with customers confidently attempting to describe a Big Mac. Most of them quickly stumble over the…