1968: Our Lives Through Commercials

[@lennomenno]

I was a kid in 1968. I wouldn't trade my late 60's-70's childhood for anything kids have today.

[@PCFixer]

I WISH I'd lived earlier sometimes, Damn the modern world sucks...

[@stupaul3233]

Me too! Especially as a sports fan in NYC when I saw 3 of my hometown teams win championships for the very first time!

[@toniboyer3322]

I was born in 73, so a lot of my childhood was late 70s thru the 80s...miss a lot of those times...

[@Toast0808]

Agree. Born in 1968. My childhood was all about the 1970’s. Teenager in the 1980’s. So much better.

[@forrestbrennan7093]

Instablaster

[@jjoyce46]

I was 3 years old in 1968. Still had very good memories of those days. Wished I could go back

[@jchow5966]

Me too. Maybe in our next life we will get a choice to go back and live it again a little or a lot differently.

[@utuBrV1oI]

The commercials back then were a million times better than the programs today!

[@tomsha8800]

I think you're correct. Best Wishes. Sincerely, Tom

[@JRF1961]

Life was so much simpler for those of us who were 7-10 years old in 1968. I miss those days and the life I had in the USA of my youth. This was also the year my DAD finally bought a Color TV, a 25 inch Magnavox with a turn table stereo. Only in America!!

[@sunbeam8866]

We got our first that year too. Dad was in the military, and bought two Panasonics through the base PX - a 'big' 19" table model , with a beautiful wood-veneer cabinet, for the rec-room, and a 16" 'portable' for the master-bedroom. I inherited the table set in 1978 when I moved to my first apartment. It died by the early '80s, and I converted the wood cainet to store LP records - which it still does today!

[@Laceykat66]

I love how we tried so hard to cut the commercials when we taped a program, NOW we see them as defining our lives. Thanks for the memories.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

You had a VCR back then? Guess you were the first one ever!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Wonder how many people watch the Super Bowl JUST for the commercials?

[@Laceykat66]

@@TheBrooklynbodine Me !! Though this last year was a complete dud.

[@ed9492]

The really depressing thing is they still define our lives.

[@frankwm1988]

@@ADAMSIXTIES They weren't introduced until 1975 with the Betamax, followed by VHS in '76

[@blainewelles2202]

These commercials are better than regular programs are today.

[@lindaeasley5606]

Although 1968 is considered by some historians to be one of the most tumultuous years since the Civil War period ,as a kid it was a great time to be alive . I have fond memories of '68

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Agreed. It was great with the Flintstones being on after school. A variety of toys that were indestructible - they had to be with me constantly testing them to their limits. Plenty of other kids in the neighborhood to form a mob re-creating WWII movie scenes.

[@DonRRicks]

As do I. I was 13 and in junior high, worries were virtually nonexistent

[@aitch3]

I was a kid then too.

[@dirtyharry7616]

yes it was i was 10 yrs old with a bike and unlimited freedom

[@daveyhouston]

So do I rock and roll star trek dark shadows space ghost groovy ghoulies the Archie's cartoon show and my favorite the banana splits adventure hour

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

It's amazing how many synapses reconnect when you have not seen these ads in 50 years! I was 8 at the time and many of these have come back to memory! :-)

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Yes, I've noticed that, too. I've heard commercial jingles on youtube that I'd forgotten about for decades myself.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

@@willoughby1888 mmmmkay.

[@karenroy9045]

@@TheBrooklynbodinewe s a w a a a

[@EricMcDowellegm]

I was 9 years old in 1968. What memories here! Thanks so much for what you do.

[@MrDongodon]

Being born in 1957 and watching these commercials is like going back in time thank you FredFlix man how the world has changed.

[@FredFlix]

It sure has, Donald.

[@dagr382]

And not necessarily for the better, either

[@MrDongodon]

David Russell ... how true that is.

[@paulhawk8277]

Donald Brown ...same year here....agreed...WOW....great times....what the heck happened to the America we knew?

[@MrDongodon]

Paul Hawk ... America was taken over by domestic enemies ....peace.

[@Mbase-apollo]

I was 8 years old in 68 , And I wish I had that big color TV too watch cartoons on. Watched them all in black and white.

[@lisatyler9581]

Me too! But I’d love to be back there again

[@jeantetreault132]

I was born in 1968. That was a very special time era, when people had style, class and elegance. Hence! despite my younger age, i'm surely proud and glad to say that i come from the sixties and that i was a little part of it too, as well! Thanks! for this wonderful presentation, on the KZbin channel. Johnny, Montreal, Canada ❤️

[@seaofmadness2622]

Im still hooked on the classic cars and music of the 60s! Its great to be a kid again! Thank you Fred! This is awesome

[@Daviticus042]

I was born in 1968, so these commercials didn't actually bring back any memories for me. (Except the pizza rolls one-I saw it on a TV special once.) Still, this video made an excellent time capsule for my birth year. Thanks.🙂

[@darrylthomas2664]

I'm a 1962 Baby & these commercials bring back so many memories......when life was simple & uncomplicated ❣

[@jamesrogers47]

I was born in '62 as well. 1968 was first grade and the beginning of the end of the first phase of my life. The world portrayed in many of these commercials was the world I thought I would always live in. What a foolish child I was.

[@DrowsyDoll1964]

Ditto:)

[@darrylthomas2664]

@@DrowsyDoll1964 💪🏾👍🏾🙏🏽

[@matrox]

Edie Adams and the Muriel cigar commercials was a TV staple since the early 1960s.

[@firedrum8]

I wish I could have stayed there for ever.

[@gramethyst2920]

I absolutely love seeing the clothes and hairstyles and especially the cars from back in the day. Thank you Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Leslie.

[@sodiebergh]

The year I was born! Love seeing what they were advertising then. Thank you for this compilation, Fred 🤗

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Charles.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 1967.

[@MultiRabe]

Wow, I was just 8yrs old in ‘68, but I remember all these commercials - mostly by their jingles! This video brings back a lot of fond memories of relatives that were alive in those days! Thank you for sharing this 👍👌✌🏻😎

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Roberto.

[@cordelwhite1749]

You’re the same age as my parents! God bless!

[@michaelmakes1225]

I can remember then, 14 years old, watching this nifty world, itching to reach the day when I could join in the fun,full speed...but when I got there,it had just left,and wouldn't be back...since then,been waiting for anything nearly as good..still waiting 🥺

[@FredFlix]

Thoughtful comment, Michael.

[@1978garfield]

I feel that way when I look at footage of the World's Fair in NYC in 64 and 65. I want to buy the future they are selling. I was born 10 years later and it was all long gone by then. Another thing I remember is the JC Whitney catalog. They would send you catalogs every few months for free for about a year. I sent off for them multiple times in my child hood. I would drool over all the cool accessories and dream of being old enough to drive and having a job to pay for them. .By the time I started working all the cool stuff was gone.

[@chrisstephens5310]

this video takes me back to a good time in my life I wish that I could go back

[@sheltonlaskin7427]

I wash 10 and memories come right back like it was yesterday,man what I would to go back to 68👍😃👍😃👍

[@randallsage6740]

This brings back real memories. Seriously. I can remember.... the toys, large tv's ( big wooden things ), RC Cola, I had a 67 firebird ( about 1975 ), Marlboro's, Winston's. Large facilities that made everything from tv's, to washing machines, to vehicles ( Ford, Chevy, etc. ) most everything was made in America. I sit in front of this computer now and...... think.... it's all kind of sad now. Thank you Fred for posting, this is a good one, very good one.

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate it, Randall.

[@hankaustin7091]

I agree with Randall.. a VERY good one!

[@rebeccagriggs3262]

Yeah, american made with pride

[@heyidiot]

You bet your ass I remember You Know Who's daughter...

[@lincolnpaul1814]

Randall Sage you’re crying over growing old.

[@elijahcaver2152]

I was born in 1993, and I would have done ANYTHING for that voice controlled Kennedy Airport as a kid!

[@shibolinemress8913]

I was just 5 in 1968, but still remember a lot of these, especially the slogans and jingles. Thanks so much for the memories! 🤗

[@lindalovesmusic9091]

How much simpler our lives were back then.. No internet, cell phones, video games. We appreciated our few hours of TV each day. We didn't live by electronics

[@kazh8190]

Машиналар 60 70 жыл..Дизайндары ен мыкты,биз союзда турып бундай тусимиге кирмейтин.

[@NonServiam1312]

Yeah no one relied on electricity back then... 🤡

[@barncat35]

The Internet ruined everything.

[@mackdeleon4831]

Love this video.its time out for me from the world we live in today. Thanks for this.

[@gary-qn7wu]

I was 10 in 68, love these videos, brings back a time I wish we could go back to

[@crystalyang255]

Everyone looks so slim , healthy and presentable. No tattoos to be found.Even the smokers look healthy.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Before the breathing issues kicked in.

[@vanillaexplosion99]

@@annapaulikonis2433 My dad was smoking heavy in 1968(was 37 years old then) and he is still around going to country dances on the weekends to ick up women. Of course my dad always worked and was always lightweight and still is. The Japanese smoke a lot and have much lower lung cancer rates than Americans. In fact more America's per capita get lung cancer today than in the 1950's through 70's.

[@lohphat]

Everyone WAS thin. It wasn’t until in the early 70s the corn lobby pushed for more grains and less fat in the “Food Pyramid”. That was the beginning of the obesity epidemic.

[@rosesprog1722]

@@lohphat Back then Kool-Aid was unsweetened, you added your own... it's the sugars, they put just a little everywhere now, we don't really taste it but if they took it out we would become very depressed, it's more addictive than heroin and just like with cigarettes, they all know it but they are so wealthy they can hire the best liars... I MEAN LAWYERS, sorry, they have many friends in Washington, they still have children working for them in the Dominican Republic and they are such good salesmen, some people still think fat gets you fat and suar will give you enough energy for the whole day. I quit long ago and I read every label but nothing matters more than going outside to do things we truly enjoy. If you're interested there's a film called ''Sugar Inc'' and a lecturer named Robert Lutsig and millions... hundreds of free and honest sites. Cheers, have fun and if you ever find unsweetenedc Kool-Aid please let me know, I miss it so much!

[@Mark-yy2py]

It’s the processed crap we eat and they did not have phones to waste away time.

[@skylilly1]

I remember when we got a tv console. My Mom would lemon pledge it once a week. It was like a huge piece of fine furniture back then. LOL And WOW, the cars!

[@matta3968]

I love the 60s! Cruising in your muscle car, wreaking of Aqua Velva and smoking a Marlboro.

[@chromabotia]

I was there. Most enjoyable to see again. Imagine oil companies who cared about their full service stations and the whole retail experience. It really brings back memories. Thanks for posting!

[@raymondfleming7349]

The Jeno's Pizza Rolls commercial is absolutely priceless. Thanks Fred.

[@davidfifer4729]

Yes, and it's even better when you understand that the commercial is itself a parody of Lark cigarette commercials of the same period. Stan Freberg at his best.

[@sunbeam8866]

I was thinking "Was that the year pizza-rolls came out?'

[@hankaustin7091]

and the hits from FredFlix just keep coming!!! F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S yet again Fred!

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate it, Hank.

[@TakersMissy]

Thanks for this video, too! I was hoping to see the '68 Mustang commercial - and I wasn't disappointed!! Good times; great memories. :-)

[@markhough7770]

I was 8 years old in 1968 and the Detroit Tigers won the World Series. Good times in Michigan.

[@pastorearl1]

Wonderful old commercials. Even though I was 9 I remembered many of them vividly - especially the pizza roll one. The best thing about watching Bewitched in the fall was to see a preview of the new Chevy cars. Thanks much, Fred!

[@jeffkeith3654]

The First Car I remember walking down the street to the dealership with my Grandfather. Setting in the show Room was this BEAUTIFUL 68 Chevy Impalla sandstone Gold, ! He fell in Love with it as well! We walked in and I was looking over the Inside all while him and the Dealership owner were working out a Deal. Yes he bought it, OMG We had that car until 1979! It was my First Car!

[@johnfranklin5277]

I was 8, 9 years old in 68. Remember alot. In 67, our neighbors bought a brand new Mustang. I thought it was super cool! In 1977 I bought a 68 Mustang in very nice shape. 289, automatic, factory AC, power steering, and 4 wheel drum MANUAL brakes! Weird. Finally I had a cool car to drive to High school. Was my daily for 3 and a half years when I bought my 1st brand new car. I still have it, its in excellent condition, still going down the road. I have to say though that the reflection in the rear view mirror of the 17 year old looks quite different from the 64 year old! Lol.

[@kathleensheridan2063]

Wow, Awesome commercials! Boy, it brings back so many great memories of the past. I wish I can go back and be a kid again. Thank you for the memories!❤️

[@edithdavis2848]

Thank you. Love all the memories these bring.

[@ticket88]

Ha! I love this! In 1968, what determined your friends' circle was what Hot Wheels parts and/or cars you could bring to the meet! Such good times!

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

I was a kid in 1968. I would be 7 that year and I too wouldn't trade growing up in the late 60's and 1970's for anything that the kids have today. And these old ads remind me of those happier times.

[@FredFlix]

I'm glad, Dorthy.

[@aitch3]

The Gulf big tire commercial is compelling I thought as a kid. Also remember well the RC Crown Cola with Nancy Sinatra, I tried to dance along.

[@Higgins-cm9bb]

I was in a commercial with Linda Blair around 1966 - 1968. It was for County Fair Bread and Cupcakes, filmed in Washington DC. It aired everyday on all of the networks for over a year. I haven't seen it since then, but would love to see it again and show my kids. The commercial was in black and white and we sang a jingle: "County Fair's a great delight. It's Bread that makes you sharp and bright. It's made from the dough that makes kids grow, straight from County Fair." And we danced around a spaceship. Does anyone have it or remember it?

[@HC-cb4yp]

This one looks like early 60s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYmtqJKpbtZkh9E

[@DTD110865]

I hope somebody does find it, because I want to see it now.

[@merce10554]

I sure knew what I was doing delaying watching this vid. Just for "There's something about an Aqua Velva man" - wonderful surprise - has been worth it. I hope you do more of these. I'm a big fan of old commercials. Thanks for the wonderful memories.

[@frankvillagomez5316]

Gulf No Nox commercial! OMG...I totally forgot about that! That is truely a blast from the past! Thanks for the memories!!!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Frank.

[@paulcatania1315]

Hey Fred, thanks for the stroll down memory lane! What a mind job!

[@susanclark6987]

You know these pathetic trolls are spreading their hate when you see all the thumbs down....on Freds wonderful videos!? Thank you so much Fred...the people who lived it appeciate them !!

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate that, Susan.

[@DTD110865]

@@FredFlix Hey, whatever you may feel about childhood or the times these commercials are from, some of us are still glad to see them.

[@FredFlix]

@@DTD110865 Do you think I'm not glad to see them too?

[@DTD110865]

@@FredFlix I'm sure you are and I'm sure you're glad to show them to us. And we're glad you're showing them to us as well.

[@shanewhitefeather6298]

FredFlix, you did it again, buddy! Love this one. Then again, all your work is top notch. You are a sensation!!

[@gringagringa3307]

Long ago and far away. Rocking chair memories. Thank you 💐 08-20-18. "feed the hungry"

[@Flynbrd68]

Chevy Nova SS!!! OMG...yes yes! 💖👍

[@paulhawk8277]

I was eleven....i liked the toy commercials then....was playing little league baseball....riding my bike..was saving for a cb radio with my paper route and snow shoveling money....good times....oh yeah...built models...planes,cars ships,hot rods,rat rods..mercury and Apollo rockets rocket,lunar lander...a lot of fun...the days of innocence ....thanks Once again Fred....good stuff

[@murlemory3361]

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[@jpsned]

Back when most commercials were 60 seconds long! Nowadays many are only 10 seconds long. My favorite is the Dial commercial at 17:46: simple, no dialogue, drives the point home brilliantly. (Interesting that in the cigar commercial at 32:06, they show a "Mercury" dime being flipped. That design was replaced in 1946 by the Roosevelt dime, so it had been old-fashioned for 22 years. But I imagine plenty of them were still in circulation.) And wow, the jingles... "The drink that leaves the others cold! Pepsi pours it on!" That tune came back to me instantly! (BTW, I was nine in 1968...) 🙂

[@maryclarafjare]

Fantastic.... thanks for this!!!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Mary.

[@greg5011]

I was 23 and just released from the Army..it was bitchin..I purchased a 1966 canary yellow GTO with bucket seats....super Bitchin..

[@calvinguile1315]

I always loved the Lincoln cougar ❤ I always wondered how they got him way up there😂

[@markstein1916]

All I can say is BETTER DAYS! Thanks for posting these great memories. Wish the country was still innocent, principled and united. Now they do everything possible to cancel and divide us.

[@dlighted1277]

Better days for white folks. People Of Color were still struggling for equality... and in 2024, are still struggling.

[@rickeyferguson6904]

I was 15 in 68. I remember all those commercials. I'd like to see more of different years.

[@telcobilly]

1968 was an unforgettable year for me. My dad got out of the Air Force after being gone for 3 years. My brother and I went to live with him due to his earlier divorce. I clearly remember both the MLK and RFK assassinations and the all day funeral train coverage of RFK. Later after spending a summer at my grandparents farm in Oklahoma, we drove cross country in my dad's new '68 Pontiac Lemans. My sister returned to our mother in Portsmouth NH and we all boarded a ship on our journey to South Africa. I was turning 10 that year.. I'll never forget those times! I returned to the US in 1979 and now I'm retired in the Philippines..

[@lisatyler9581]

Exciting life!

[@Stafford-d8u]

I remember the Ford Lincoln Mercury cougar/Kat on the sign. Also I remember matchbox cars. I would love to have those now

[@brenthaymon280]

Most of the commercials today are for drugs, lawyers, Medicare and insurance. Wish I could go back to the 60's and 70's and relive my childhood.

[@jadeblues357]

I agree. All the commercials today are obnoxious.😊💯

[@gregoryhagen8801]

& Boner pill's.

[@pibly7784]

Same here !

[@gregoryhagen8801]

@@brenthaymon280 & E.D. pill's. They make it sound like no man over 35 can get it up.

[@ExploringearlyAmericans]

I started school in 1968. I sure miss those days.

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

Yay! The year I was born! Awesome, thanks for this Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Velvet Cyberpunk.

[@Zoetropeification]

Thanks for this compilation. When I saw them first time around they were all in black and white. My parents didn't get a color tv until 1970.

[@Virgovixen10]

🙏If I knew that there could be a way to go back in time (like in the movie Somewhere in Time) and to keep my lessons learned from now, I would do it! Movies hold a great deal of truth and I believe we can manipulate time. Now I’m just hanging on to knowing God will (by grace 🙏) take me out of this demonic world soon! I’m tired and I can’t fight much longer.❤ All I have are these past memories to hang on to!❤

[@sqeakgeek]

That was eve Plumb "Jan Brady" in the stacy doll commercial

[@1967apple]

We got our first television around 1975, was used and it was amazing!

[@jonhinson5701]

Great memories of tv-- Dark Shadows, Star Trek, great cartoons like Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Herculoids, Space Ghost.

[@nativevirginian8344]

The Monkees and Bewitched!

[@juicyfruit382]

I love it!! Commercials that are not PC overloaded. Let’s go back!!

[@michaelsladnick5482]

#triggered

[@windellchapman8397]

My favorite year …I was 16 ,& the commercials then were as interesting ( sometimes more) as the programs they sponsored 🥰 Thanks for sparkin the memories 👍🏼

[@FredFlix]

Sure thing, Windell.

[@thewatcher5271]

Thank You Fred! Some Memories Never Fade & I Remembered A-lot Of These Commercials.

[@FredFlix]

Sure thing, Watcher.

[@robertkeefer7791]

1968 Mustang. I was 17, and wanted that car!

[@grownnatural2321]

I remember most of these commercials, I was 7 years old. I remember that a lot of old movie stars would pop up in television commercials (Frank Sinatra) and his daughter (Nancy Sinatra). Thanks for the memories.

[@Indrid__Cold]

OK, I almost PISSED myself with the "mouthwash for lovers" commercial. Breath that could kill a MOOSE!!! Priceless!!!

[@jchow5966]

Back when commercials were interesting/entertaini g. Everyone was watching the same 3 channels/shows/commercials. It was wonderful & people were closer.

[@JBM425]

The Jeno’s (now Totino’s) Pizza Rolls commercial was the brainchild of the great comedian and writer Stan Freburg. The Jeno’s ad itself was a parody of the Lark cigarettes commercial that used the Lone Ranger theme and asked people to show them their pack of Lark, right down to that “Show Us Your Lark” sign.

[@stevewood8288]

Not a lover of pizza rolls but the commercial is priceless!

[@joeprete7424]

+FredFlix ...I was just a kid then, but I do remember a lot of these. Great collection you put together FredFlix!

[@jamesmackinlay4477]

I remember a lot of these commercials when I was a kid man I used to love those hot wheel cars and tracks.I was about grown out of them in 68 good thing to. My mother figured out that the hot wheel tracks were real good to beat us kids with. WHEW those dam things hurt worse than a belt LOL.

[@ikegee7420]

no shit man

[@YankMil1]

The Hot Wheels commercial was priceless. I turned 7 in 1968. I had all the cars and tracks. Also the car commercials! The Roadrunner coyote commercial was great as well. I haven’t been this nostalgic in forever. Thank you

[@anonymoushuman8344]

The Maxwell House instant coffee ad (17:18) is wickedly meta and dark. "I tried to help, like doing the marketing. . . . You be a good little Maxwell housewife and relax a little and this marriage might survive twins." She's going to need Valium, too, and she ought to divorce this guy.

[@sunbeam8866]

Yeah! Especially for buying the WRONG COFFEE!! 🙂

[@cherrysnow74]

"Quiet I said!" Geesh!

[@robertcombs55]

1968...the year I went to Vietnam....and the America I knew was gone when I got back home.

[@juicyfruit382]

Robby Combs thank you for your service.

[@robertcombs55]

Thnx my friend!

[@joeprete7424]

Nobody is more American than you! Thank You, I sure hope you were okay after that War.

[@poe250]

Thanks for your service Robby!

[@MultiRabe]

Thank you for your service buddy 🇺🇸

[@danielpenn1734]

What I remember about this time is kindness. Almost all the time. And look at us now

[@AgentPepsi1]

Hi Daniel, There are still very kind people (I at least try to be when I can). I live in a small, rural town in the south... people are very friendly here. Not so much in the bigger cities though. That is sad.

[@davidc.pierce9631]

Daniel Penn you are so right!

[@walterappling6230]

Daniel Penn Really? 1968? Do you remember the turmoil of 1968?

[@daschundloverable]

So true Walter. I remember it well even though 13 y.o. at the time. My dad always made us watch the news. I remember crying on Christmas Eve after watching the 10 o'clock news and it ending with clips from Nam and Connie Francis singing "Where The Boys Are'. Not to forget Bobby and Martin. But still, I'd go back in a heartbeat to know then what I know now. Ain't it?

[@dirkvonkleiga5165]

1968 was a time of riots, anger and politics. It was a very negative time. Today is much better. Von Kleiga

[@carlosaguilar8032]

Incredibly clean because it's a new T-shirt for the show haha

[@slimshine953]

The cars in these commercials are fabulous! Anyone of them could now fetch a small fortune, restored, or in like new condition.

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I to was a kid in the 1960's and 1970's and I loved it. Wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

Ya, the trouble with the youth today is that thay live like there's no tomorrow, but we of the older generation know that someday there will come a reconing. And a payback for all of the things that has been done. Here in the US and the world.

[@nubianqueen1882]

Wow this is great, I was born in '68.

[@oliverharris7366]

TVs don't need AFT nowadays because they are solid state. In 1967 when I was 12 my parents bought our first color tv. Them days we only had one tv for the hole family. Iord do I miss my parents but I'm in no hurry to die to be with them I want every second of life the Lord will bless me with.

[@metsoneredsoxtwo]

Major Matt Mason was so Cool as a Kid!, Christmas 1968 :-)

[@krg038]

60 years later I still can sing 90% of the commercials. I think it was because tv was only on 3 times a week for a few hours. Wish I had my PF Flyers.

[@Lengsel7]

That Impala's pretty sweet. My family had one exactly like back in the day. I was just a kid, but I drove it on the farm to get work done. I would SO drive one of those today.

[@threellamas16]

'68 was the year we were given a color TV from my grandparents. Up until then we were watching TV on a round screen black and white. Finally...... Bonanza in color!

[@MissMellyVee]

Hello Bubble Buns :) it was really interesting to see all these commercials, obviously never shown on Australian TV, I loved the commercial with the farm guy, who knocks off work, with his dads's permission then heads out to pick up his date, wearing a suit! can you imagine that these days....LOL....the 60's were as far as I'm concerned the absolute epitome of elegance, the style though copied much as never been repeated quite as well as it was in the 60's...anyhow a really fun watch :) thanks boo

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Pokey. (Pokey? I just can't match your charming endearments, Miss Melly.)

[@MissMellyVee]

LOL @LoveEverton John, how interesting, that makes you on par with Mr Bubble Buns himself FredFlix......

[@binklebabe4725]

I want to go home.

[@deebedwell580]

Binkle Babe: Just click those heels!

[@briane173]

I distinctly remember nearly every ad in this vid. I was 12 at the time so much of it would stick I suppose. But it sure takes me back in time to a much more innocent era -- though 1968 was one of the most tragic and tumultuous years of the 20th Century.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

It was tumultuous because the media/news made it so

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em were you d enough to remember what was going on?

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

@@RepentfollowJesus I was born in 1956. Watched TV news everyday and read daily mewspaper. Also read my Dad's Time and Newsweek magazines

[@michaelmcconnell3294]

I remember when a tv show was in color and they would announce it.

[@malirabbit6228]

Disney's wonderful world of color!. In color!

[@danfarley1317]

The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC which was owned by RCA

[@ChadQuick270W]

Dan Farley of course as NBC was owned by RCA and they wanted to sell color television sets. I remember that very well.

[@ZnenTitan]

Who could forget the NBC peacock going from Black and White feathers to "Living Color?"

[@binyon7]

Damn. I remember when they'd say that, and I sit and wait for our old B&W to start doing "living color".

[@RJS1974]

Wow. The cars back then were spectacular. Not like the cookie cutter plastic boxes we have today.

[@chargermopar]

I only own/drive cars before 1980 and trucks before 1990. The newer ones are so ugly, and uncomfortable. It's a shame some guys paint over their chrome when restoring vintage cars, it makes them uglier. The other thing is how today's cars seem to be in bland boring colors. Oh and yes whatever happened to the bench seat? Even trucks today do not have it.

[@joansmith6092]

@@paul1242 In the 1960s, whenever we went to the grocery stores I wanted to see the 50s style cars (before I was 10 years old) but I saw Impala cars in the parking lots everywhere EVERYWHERE and I didn't like them looking so "modern",and NOW, after the year 2000 I kinda miss them...

[@blueskies1848]

Loved the cars back then. To think seat belts weren't mandatory & no solid DUI laws.

[@justinbligh]

The old cars were so inefficient. Smog used to be a problem in North America until we made more fuel efficient cars.

[@vanillaexplosion99]

@@justinbligh Yet more people die of lung cancer today in the U.S, per capita, than in 1968(FACT).

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

What great memories i remember just about all these commercials?

[@waltspears8179]

Was an amazing time .quality of life was has good as ever .1 income paid the bills .mom could stay home

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

even the prospect of community or standard four-year college degrees.

[@rachelberry1623]

Mom could stay home, until Dad had a mid life crisis 10 years later and left her for a younger woman he met in the work place.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

@@rachelberry1623 Or Dad could stay home with the kids, and Mom could have an affair with a guy she met at work.HaHa.

[@seaofmadness2622]

So true! Kids dont get the same supervision at home now! It was great always having mom there when we played outside.. Lunch was ready.. If you got hurt she was there! She used to yell at us to go back outside to play when she washed the floor! We had no problem staying outside playing even in the winter too as we always had dry clothes and kept our boots dry. In for lunch and back outside to play in the winter too! Nowadays not so much.. Sometimes i see kids on bikes where i live but definitely not like in the 70s and 60s!

[@Roxi-xz9oy]

I agree

[@flipflopsguy8868]

man that impala, I remember our aunt had it and that back seat was big enough for seven kids to sit comfortably, I remember it to be cavernous compared to my grandfathers 65 Falcon Futurea. Damn shame I've recently noticed no more RC cola on shelves.