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George Plimpton Sells Intellivision
Mattel chose writer George Plimpton to promote Intellivision because he brought both intelligence and sports credibility to the commercials. Plimpton…
ABC’s Wide World of Sports
For generations, Saturday afternoons meant watching Jim McKay “span the globe” on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Beginning in 1961,…
Josie and the Pussycats
“Long tails and ears for hats!” Josie and the Pussycats brought music, mysteries and wild adventures to CBS Saturday mornings…
Marcus Welby
Long before television doctors relied on dramatic emergencies and high-tech machines, Dr. Marcus Welby was the calm, caring family physician…
Chatty Cathy
Chatty Cathy was one of the dolls that made kids stop and stare back in the early 1960s. Introduced by…
These Cards Are Marked!
I don’t know why, but this M&M’s commercial was a big hit in my family. The whole joke was simple:…
Slip ’N Slide Memories
I’ll never forget when we got our first Slip ’N Slide back in the 1970s. I had to be the…
O.J. Simpson and the Hertz Airport Dash
In the 1970s, O.J. Simpson became one of the most recognizable pitchmen on television thanks to his Hertz commercials. The…
McHale’s Navy
The show aired from 1962 to 1966 and starred Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Commander Quinton McHale, the skipper of PT-73….
Space Food Sticks
They were chewy, rod-shaped energy snacks developed after Pillsbury worked with NASA on foods astronauts could eat in space. The…