Category: 1970’s
HOW DO YOU HANDLE A HUNGRY MAN?
I remember these Campbell’s Manhandlers commercials mostly because of that jingle. It had that big, rugged sound that immediately got…
Why Did Kids Have to Be Warned About Blasting Caps?
I remember seeing these warnings as a kid. They showed us what blasting caps looked like and told us never…
THE NIGHT MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WAS BORN — SEPTEMBER 21, 1970
Can you imagine the NFL without Monday Night Football? On September 21, 1970, America sat down for the first regular-season…
Ford Once Used “Fix It Yourself” to Sell Cars
Could you imagine a car manufacturer running this commercial today? This is a 1969 commercial introducing the 1970 Ford Maverick,…
SHOW THE GRANDKIDS HOW IT WAS DONE!
Before stretchy fabric book covers and plastic sleeves, we had the brown paper grocery bag! Every September, out came the…
Ann Blyth: The Movie Star Hostess Turned Into Mom
A viewer asked for Hostess commercials with Ann Blyth. Fortunately, this one was easy to find. I do get requests…
CBS NFL Today 1977 — When Sunday Football Started With Brent, Phyllis and Irv
There are certain sounds that can immediately take you back, and this old CBS NFL opening from 1977 does it…
MIGHTY MOUSE & ZESTABS — WHEN CARTOON HEROES SOLD VITAMINS
Seeing Mighty Mouse selling vitamins takes me right back to an era when our Saturday-morning cartoon heroes seemed capable of…
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…
“Ever Eat a Pine Tree?” — The Commercial That Turned Euell Gibbons Into a Punchline
This may be one of those commercials where one sentence became much more famous than the product being advertised. Euell…