For God's sake I really miss this flavor of TV. It was weird. When I had 13 channels, I always found something to watch. And, now that I have 1000+ channels, can't find a damn thing.

@CDash162

5 жыл бұрын

13 channels??? In Ireland we only had 5. But there was always something good on. Now we have 100+ but it's all rubbish.

@marianmoser-otto3590

5 жыл бұрын

Bad Mako I totally agree with you. Sometimes I can't find a single thing to watch. You Tube is more entertaining!

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

+Charlotte Dashwood 13 channels, which included 3 major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) and a few "local" channels, I guess (I can't remember what the rest of the channels were), and for a given channel you had to move the TV antenna around and "hope" for good reception. The 13 channels were so-called "VHF" channels, and also there were (in theory) some "UHF" channels but I don't remember them having good reception (at least on our TV). I agree about modern TV--we have several hundred channels (or less, depending on how much you're willing to pay for cable) but it's almost all junk. There's also satellite TV (as opposed to cable), but I assume it's pretty much the same.

@CDash162

4 жыл бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 No Satalite TV is actually good. You have the Sony channel for your Hart to Hart and TJ Hooker and Forces TV runs the A Team and " V " . Theres also The Love Boat and Fr Dowling Mysteries. All that great 80s stuff. You should really consider getting a satellite installed but make sure you get someone to put it up who knows what they are doing.

@MarmaLady__

4 жыл бұрын

Not-so-smart aleck Same here! Lol Except.. we barely had 5 or 6 channels. Guaranteed 3 local/national network channels, plus PBS and 1 or 2 channels on uhf.. if it was a clear day and the antenna was right in place. Lol. looking back now, those were the days... I enjoy watching these long blocks of commercials or having them in background while I’m cooking & cleaning...Brings back great memories. Notice now that we actually had awesome *jingles* back in the day; & funny how we know all of them and the lyrics. These days, there’s nothing to compare.

This takes me back to when I was a kid. My sister and I laying on the carpet in the living room watching T.V.! I would love to go back to those days! Times seemed so simpler back then!!

@darcymoon2109

Жыл бұрын

It was simpler! The paint choice - flat or semigloss. That’s it hahah

I was 14 years old in 1978. What a great decade to grow up as a kid!

@MisterMikeTexas

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Threes company, Taxi. Never was there a better lineup on tv....ever! Hands down

@duffyboston545

4 жыл бұрын

suev33 3 My favorite show was "CHiPS." It was great to see it right off the bat, even if it was the ending.

@eduardo_corrochio

3 жыл бұрын

On Saturday nights in 1973, CBS had the greatest line-up in TV History: All in the Family, MASH, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, and The Carol Burnett Show.

Love it :) TV was so much simpler. 3 networks and PBS.

@jeffbowen2608

9 ай бұрын

Yup KTVU, KRON 4, KPIX 5, KGO 7 and KQED 9 home of Sesame Street and The Electric Company!😀

@tconnection7935

20 күн бұрын

@@jeffbowen2608are you gonna discredit the uhf channels too

I’m a 65 year old burned out welder that feels like a beat up 55 Chevy. These commercials make me feel like I’ve gone back to a better time for a few

@heidigolden6880

4 жыл бұрын

I bet that you were an awesome 20-something year old guy in these days!

Finally ran into a 70's commercial video that featured my hometown channels KRON, KTVU and KGO in San Francisco--brings back so many memories of my 70's childhood. I really miss those days.😢

@jeffbowen2608

9 ай бұрын

Yup me too-8 years old growing up in Vallejo, CA. I would have seen all these ads.😊

The 1970s had some unique advertising . I remember the margarine commercials . Imperial ( crown pops on head after a taste ) Chiffon ( "Its not nice to fool mother nature") Parkay - the tub that says BUTTER when the lid was opened

@luisreyes1963

5 жыл бұрын

Funny thing they all were based in a single chemical formula. ⚗️

@LindaMerchant-bq2hp

2 ай бұрын

And tidy bowl man and culligan water

Wow, I remember those hanging plastic jewel beads at Wendy's. Wish I could go back to the early 80s.

I was 18 in 1978...LOVED that year. Thanks SO much for putting this together...I appreciate your efforts...great job!!

@hankaustin7091

4 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up x 1000 Mark, i was 18 in 1978 as well !

@jillhanschen4463

3 жыл бұрын

I was a newborn baby in 1978.

@davidmitchell9575

3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff 👍🏻 I was 8 y/o

Those were the better days.for me.simpler and down to earth.

Wow TV sure has changed. I miss the good old days 😪

@dalemulholland2387

Жыл бұрын

Gone totally to hell...that's why I never watch it anymore...it's just to trashy.

It’s funny how you remember almost every one of these once you see them again. Wow the Honda express was $300 ! You can’t buy tires for that now

I told my 13 year Daughter, I was going back to the 70s. She said, you can't, I wasn't born. I said, don't worry, I'm taking you with me. She said, can we stop at the 90s? I said sure but, we are not going to stay too long. Your Brother was born 1976 so, he's good.

I was 15. I miss commercials like this. Today's ads are usually for prescription meds and are repeated over and over.

I always liked the Holiday Inn jingle.. nice vocals and love the chords!

I love seeing things from the past that I remember I was in 8th grade when these these commercials aired

Love watching American vintage ads, and this is an epic compilation. Great work!

Great to see commercials from the year I was born ! 😊🌸Thanks for sharing these .

Oh god this News Update is the most 70's looking thing, EVER.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you mean the one at 1:10 or the one at 51:40. The video screens in the background were framed to look like another (color) TV, but with comically-bad video graphics, at least in the 51:40 news clip--primitive images and gaudy colors (the tornado at 52:05, LOL). The news anchor's tie in the 1:10 news clip is so wide it looks like it covers his whole shirt, almost. Either way, LOL......

Absolutely fantastic collection!

A Great Time To Enjoy The Simple Things In Life! TV Was Free, People Were Laid Back And Happy And Prices Were Affordable! Now You Pay An Arm And A Leg To Watch TV, Everyone Is In A Rush And Prices Are Through The Roof! These Commercials Are A Prime Example Of A Unique Time In Our Lives! Thank You So Much!👌😀

@barbaramurch6883

Жыл бұрын

Because I Like To! It Makes A Paragraph Or A Sentence Much Bolder! Yes I Grew Up In The 60's and 70's When TV Was Free!

45:58 hysterical used car ad! Great leisure suit! 🤣🤣🤣

@Cloudscout

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is one of my favorite commercials in the whole thing.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

FYI: The Chevy LUV pickup truck was actually manufactured by Isuzu Motors of Japan. 🗾

Such a hoot, takes me back to being 12 again. Oh, and at 8:10 that's comedy genius Jonathan Winters with Mrs. Puff, Mary Jo Catlett. Thanks for these retro gems.

@zaq55

4 жыл бұрын

Whoops - didn't see your comment until I posted mine.

@eduardo_corrochio

4 жыл бұрын

@@zaq55 We've all done that before, LOL 😊

25:12 "Jim never vomits at home..." IIRC, they got the same actress for the role in Airplane. One more joke that will sail over the head of the younger generations.

@SuV33358

5 жыл бұрын

Yep😆

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I vaguely remember the commercial (and I've got the movie Airplane! on DVD). Maybe "Jim" is having an affair with the second-cup-of-coffee lady. ;)

@zaq55

4 жыл бұрын

Good catch.

@slowneutron6163

4 жыл бұрын

"I take my coffee black....like my men."

@sanchpaul0223

3 жыл бұрын

TOTALLY!!!!

When you skip the weekly movie and watch the commercials 😂😂😂

I Was 7 WOW😁😁😁 Thanks Matthew For Taking Me Back ❤️

@diesel4135

4 жыл бұрын

I was 6

I'm 43 and this is the first time I've ever heard of a Chevy Monza. Im guessing it was short lived.

@jeffbowen2608

9 ай бұрын

Most dependable car we ever had was our 1971 Chevy Malibu, passed down from my grandma. That car lasted 15 years until 1986 when I reached high school. My grandma bailed us out after our 1974 Ford Maverick kept going kaput on us. We never ever bought a Ford again after that terrible experience.

Thank you, Mr. Sparby! One hour of old television commercials!

Hey it's Robert Conrad!.. He was Milo Janus in Columbo... I actually uploaded the gingle onto my KZread channel years ago. Lol

@MyownpersonKeta

5 жыл бұрын

I love that episode of Columbo. 1 of my favorites.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, what the he-- is a "gingle"?!? And BTW where did you see Conrad in this vid?

The news anchor, Dennis Richmond in Oakland, CA, worked in that job for 40 years and retired in 2008. I just had to look that up. He was great.

@Cloudscout

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I learned that when I was doing research to establish the dates for the recordings. We moved away from the area before I was old enough to know anything about local news anchors but his career is pretty remarkable.

@HerAeolianHarp

2 жыл бұрын

Dennis!

@jeffbowen2608

9 ай бұрын

Van Amburg, Jerry Jensen and Pete Giddings’ “GO DO IT!” were our family’s choice for news.

This was a fantastic compilation . Thanks for the hard work !

WOW!! No commercials of some kind of pill to help you with one thing and end up giving you cancer! Or no media puppet non sense. I love the 70s, 80s

@Susiecat24

5 жыл бұрын

unclebugspayton They did advertise cigarettes back then though..... heck as a kid I would run in to buy my mom’s cigarettes at the pharmacy. I have never smoked because I hated it that she smoked and figured I had enough second hand smoke to kill me lol But I agree during every show now it’s some kind of pill with horrible side effects that sound worse than what you are taking it for! I always joke about the medication for crohns and say yes cancer is so much better than some stomach aches and diarrhea lol I would love to relive the 1980’s it was truly magical as a teen. I actually went outside and played and lived to tell about it now and my mom didn’t sue anyone when I got hurt. I miss the old days and I am saying this at 48 years old and a mother to 6 and grandmother of 2.

@BrianBattles

4 жыл бұрын

And they still built buildings with asbestos and let you smoke everywhere!

@sherryhannah498

2 жыл бұрын

@@Susiecat24 I have never smoked my mama told me Sherry don’t start it’s a bad habit she smoked for 31 years she quit in ‘88 I hope you will reply to this

One of the better mixes. Thanks for the Post. I love seeing the raw bumpers, filler/local ads, and the news bits as opposed to just the corporate commercials. Nice pic of the sign of the times. Well done and thanks again. Took me back,

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I never heard the term "bumpers" (or "raw" bumpers??) before watching this vid. Still trying to figure out what it refers to.

@RedHeadedStorm

3 жыл бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 me too

Loved the old commercials from the 2000s 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s and even today s !!

I had that Levitz bedroom set (except for the corner desk) from when I was 7 in 1970 until my parents split up and everyone moved out of our big house in 1990. (I was already living in Germany by then, but they'd kept my room for me for when I came back to visit.). If the set design in the commercial was already 8 years old at the time of this commercial, no wonder it was on sale! Still, mine was definitely built to last, so it was a good deal! 😊 I remember that when I first got it, I had to climb up the foot of the bed to get in! Thanks for the memories! 😊

It’s so cool to see these comercials again

The Ford fiesta was getting 46mpg 40 years ago? What the heck happened? We need that car today. Holy crap.

@Cloudscout

5 жыл бұрын

MPG ratings in the 70s were kind of BS. Also, nobody will buy a car today that takes 12 seconds to go from 0 to 60.

@cameronmallory5807

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cloudscout that's true. Great bad commercials. I think it would be fun to put together these commercials. Good job buddy.

@cameronmallory5807

5 жыл бұрын

There was one that caught my eye for even being 40 years ago the one with the single father and son. Its title was learning how to survive single parenthood. Some people think that single parenthood started yesterday but it has been going on for awhile.

@smileybubbles9894

5 жыл бұрын

The Ford is imported from Germany they said meanwhile the Toyota is manufactured stateside

@andrewcolsen

5 жыл бұрын

@Peter Piper, Toyota did not have any American assembly plants in 1978. They were all imported from Japan. It wasn't until later on into the 80s did Toyota build an assembly plant in the US.

18:23 Bonnie Herman, one of the all-time great jingle singers. She is best known for singing "And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there." 50:11 The legendary Paul Frees on the KTVU station ID. 41:09 This might be the voice of Linda Hunt. 41:39 Lester Rawlins on the voice-over for Wendy's.

I was 8 years old...great memories! Thank you!

Look at how dispassionately the anchor reads the news in that update, those days are gone for good.

54:55... I haven't seen those DRY SACK ads in ages! "DRY SACK... it's a MAN'S drink!"

You mean they used to advertise PRODUCTS on TV and not just Class Action Lawsuits? Wow, imagine that.

@MyownpersonKeta

Жыл бұрын

Right. I miss these days.

@Laceykat66

Жыл бұрын

@@MyownpersonKeta Funny but I never though I wold agree with that. We used to HATE the cimmercials. LOL

KTVU back in the 70s was most excellent. At 1:04:55 you can hear that they were showcasing the "man with no name" westerns on three consecutive nights for the 8:00 movie. Good times. I know for a fact I caught "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" that week. :)

The Safeway at 9:11 is still there. If you Google 850 La Playa St, San Francisco, you can see it still has the mansard roof but an updated facade. It is about a block from the beach. I was a teenager when these ads were on, I remember we were fascinated by the Nestea Iced Tea ad as it was apparently this really complicated pre CGI special effect composite (they weren’t really falling into the pool).

CALGON, take me away!! I've said this for years, but hadn't seen the commercial in decades. So cool to see it again. :)

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Mad pets, creditors calling, screaming children...gonna take more than a Calgon bath to calm her frayed psyche. 😵

when I listen to this I fell asleep and I love it I have the best dreams also. Back in those days even

LOVE THIS - Thank-You.

9:22 I've never seen someone so excited to tackle a house-interior paint job!

@hermanator74301

3 жыл бұрын

They were fucked up on some shit!!!!

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Out of their tiny minds. 🤪

The pretty actress in the "Body On Tap" commercial (at 35:18) is Kim Basinger.

A Sears and a KMart ad. It's a pity both stores are extinct. They both were great stores.

@dalemulholland2387

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mostly to that damned Wal Mart

I was a sophomore in high school that year. I remember all these commercials and network news briefs and bumpers. Sad really...

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I'm about the same age, but I've never heard the term "bumpers". From the vid title, I thought maybe they meant cool bumper stickers (seen on cars) or something.

@sherryhannah498

2 жыл бұрын

James Rogers it not sad

Love these ads. I was 8 years old growing up in Vallejo, CA & I would have seen all these ads.

48:29 The Foot Fixer! Oh man we had that. Hell, I think I might have used that exact model in the late 90s (we had it a long time)

The Apex of American Television ... by 1992 for the most part I Stopped Watching TV Programing . Might have watched 2000 hours since 92 . It has done my Mind a World of Good , Love seeing these older Commercials and Bumpers from a Time when TV was something :) QC

That Visa commercial... I remember that ! Wow...

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

13:19 Mario...? 😆

"Just look for the pearl please..." Lmao!

@saxongreen78

3 жыл бұрын

So many smutty lines in these ads. 😊

It’s kinda funny for me to watch these when it was the year I was born.. I just mean it makes me feel older 😄

That chef in the thumbnail looks like he invented creepy-pasta! ;-)

@eduardo_corrochio

4 жыл бұрын

LOL... Chef Boy-Am-I-Scared Creepy-O's Pasta

@shibolinemress8913

Жыл бұрын

@@eduardo_corrochio 🤣👍

@eduardo_corrochio

Жыл бұрын

@@shibolinemress8913 😊

Wow , half of these commercials wouldn’t be produced today because of our hyper sensitivity ... 70s and 80s were the best of times!

@dalemulholland2387

Жыл бұрын

They just don't have brains enough to produce anything half way decent..

Time when people were free and happy ... Golden Time

Wow a huge 19" TV!

4:19 Actor Sean Connery passed away on October 31, 2020. RIP 😔💕

Amazing how similar a lot of this is to today, not much has changed

@dalemulholland2387

Жыл бұрын

These are a 1000 times better than the lousy garbage today

@joebickers893

11 ай бұрын

Lol. They are so much alike they're different. Not one commercial is hinting how bad it is to be a str8 white male and how I should be ashamed 😂

10:25 LOL, the Plymouth Volare wagon. My parents bought one brand new in '76 and took it back a month later and threatened to sue the dealer because it was a lemon. They came home with a new Dodge Colt and kept it for the next 15 years.

terence hill from my name is nobody is an italian actor. :)

I wish that I can find that late Campbell's Soup commercial about the kids performing a school play about farm animals. There was one little girl dressed up in a chicken suit who marched back and forth across the stage while the other kids sang "I'm a chicken noodle and the only chicken noodle, and the only chicken noodle better do!" Does anyone know how to find this commercial?

That was my neck of the woods that time!

OMG Suave shampoo - 100 gallons for a dollar!

@pressrolls

4 жыл бұрын

haha

@Perririri

4 жыл бұрын

You mean 100 _ounces_

@hermanator74301

3 жыл бұрын

@@Perririri It was a joe-hokkke!!!

That "weekend photographer" in the Colony wine commercial at 33:26 is Spencer Milligan, Will & Holly's dad Rick Marshall from Land of the Lost. And Kim Basinger in the Body on Tap shampoo commercial (35:18), with Cheryl Tiegs in the Clairesse ad immediately afterward. At 39:43 you have Morgan Brittany in the One-a-Day ad. Ronnie Schell from Gomer Pyle is at 41:39 in the Wendy's ad.

those dishes....$42-$68 are $164-$266 in 2019 dollars

Oh man, that trippy CHIPS end theme....amazing.

31:49 man, that's a powerhouse line up! Four classics back to back!

1978, probably the absolute darkest time for automobiles. Horrible vehicles offered with lousy power.

@saxongreen78

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...but the Concord - I like those, anyway.

Erin Gray from Buck Rogers appears as the brunette in the Woolite ad at 13:33. That Sylvania Superset ad (20;13) features Dan Resin, better known as Dr. Beeper from Caddyshack, as the talking head on the Sony TV (20:20). At 22:12, that's James Harder in the Bell Telephone "Be Choosey" spot. He's best remembered as Nabisco Fig Newtons' Big Fig.

Now you know why we live to buy. We’ve been hammered with these ads from the day we were born. Not only TV adds but Billboards and Magazine adds. We know no other way but to consume, consume and consume more. This is the definition of Capitalism at its core. Ask yourself, “What do I want to buy next”. Buy, Buy, Buy, Buy, Buy. Maybe just maybe Capitalism isn’t the answer to peace and happiness. If you have a better idea, I would love to hear what it is.

@ralphkinkaid5244

5 жыл бұрын

It most certainly isn't communism or we will end up like the hundred million murdered Russians and East Europeans under the Jewish led Bolsheviks

@violetenergy4392

5 жыл бұрын

Consumerism is right.

@RustyOpel

5 жыл бұрын

So far there is not one that has worked better despite what the so far shifted left of late Democrats want you to think.

18:05 Actor on the left in the glasses was in Bullitt (1968). He played the Hotel clerk who witnessed the assailants entering the hotel to kill Ross.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

He was Al Checco.

"Edward James Olmos as Henry" in the CHiPs credits!

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Who's Olmos?

@StukInBuf

4 жыл бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 He played "Santiago" in MIAMI VICE... and later played the part of Jaime Escalante in STAND AND DELIVER, as well as the part of Selena's father in SELENA.

@hermanator74301

3 жыл бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 Well known actor back in the day.

1:01:10 I looked straight on at the old C&H Sugar plant in Crockett coming back home across the Carquinez Bridge into Vallejo. So sad that factory no longer makes sugar anymore. 😢

11:24 I remember the airing of “Holocaust” was a very big deal. The movie was pretty good.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

One of the rare gems of 70's TV. That and Roots.

This makes me think of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, the part when the intercom blares out the candy giveaway. "Attention awl shawppers! If you have a Sweet Tooth, we have a Special Treat fer You..."

The "800" number for American Express still works... Sorta... LOL! :D

I can't see two women talking about tampons in the living room LOL. Funny.

@samanthab1923

4 жыл бұрын

I just saw an ad for Tampax tampons with Amy Schumer & it wasn't a skit.

38:35 It's Daniel Larussos mom! Nice car Ms. Larusso!

What Happened To Anacin, Sin-Aid, & Bufferin? I remember when aspirin use to come in those containers. Wow...memories

@theaudieappletonchannel4642

4 жыл бұрын

According to some research that I did on the web,all three are still being produced.

@BillDerBerg

4 жыл бұрын

Product tampering e.g. Tylenol of the 80s caused drug manufacturers to change the bottles

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

To some extent, they've been replaced by products like Advil and Tylenol. Also note the ad at 36:18 (Dristan, Contac & of course Bayer aspirin). Not sure what you mean by "those containers".

At the very beginning, a voice over promo interrupted by another of this kind! Weird as hell!

Ah, the year I was born...interesting!

I remember that Frigidaire commercial. They unfairly overloaded the Kenmore. That Whirlpool made Kenmore washer was a better washer than any Frigidaire.

1:05:10 "Hi, O.J. Here." Run!

In 1978 I was 7yrs. old when you're that age if its not animated you're not interested. But judging by the current events life was pretty stressful for adults.😬

Now I remember why I didn't give a shit about TV when I was in college!

The news...back when they just reported it and didn't put their spin on it.

15:00 Man, I forgot all about Underwood Deviled Ham, in those little metal cans--my mom used to buy those probably on a weekly basis, and at least once a week I'd make myself a deviled ham sandwich, with mustard. Not sure if my brother (or my father) liked it, but I sure did! (Wonder if it's still around--I don't remember seeing it in supermarkets in the last 35 years....)

@elc1960

Жыл бұрын

I know this is a 3 year old post but I had to respond: Underwood Deviled Ham is still available and tastes the same as it did way back when. I still buy a can almost every single week. They still make the chicken spread too, by the way.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

FYI: Deviled Ham is actually ham blended with various spices like turmeric, chopped peppers & Dijon mustard.

Guess what? I wasnt even born in 1978, I forgive all of you for it though.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Even the "feminine hygiene" product ads?

What the hell was the "extra ingredient" in ANACIN????

@georgewilson1354

5 жыл бұрын

LOL I know, I was wondering the same thing

@crabstick250

5 жыл бұрын

Prob caffeine!!

@honestytoafault

5 жыл бұрын

@@crabstick250 exactly

@mikebodnar4557

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know. But maybe there’s a reason you haven’t heard about Anacin for a while??

@saxongreen78

3 жыл бұрын

Nuthin'. 😊

22:42 oh the joy this machine gave creative housewives of '78 😜

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Not without the risk of grievous injury & voiding the warranty.

Casey Kasem at 2:31

@sherryhannah498

2 жыл бұрын

John yes he was the voice of NBC before Danny Dark

3:01: Is that Nana Visitor from Star Trek Deep Space 9 in the Dial Deodorant commercial?

@Cloudscout

6 жыл бұрын

Wow. I think it might be!

That Bob MacKenzie on channel 2, looks eerily similar to Dave Thomas's character from SCTV!

The Suzuki commercial is hilarious!!!!!!!!LOVE IT!😄