1972: Our Lives Through TV Commercials

[@JennyWinters]

I am probably the only person that cries in these 1960's and 1970's commercials. I was a kid in the 60's and a teen in the 70's and looking back I'd love to go visit my parents in that time. The things we took for granted back then. Just to go back to visit. No cellphones or tech bs just a lovely world at least from a kid point of view. I knew about Vietnam and it was horrible to watch on TV but this is all now nostalgia and it hurts now cause I just want to not be old and go back to a time when life was ok. Thanks for putting up with my melodrama.

[@lesbw356]

No you’re not alone

[@LeSiZmOr]

Same. I have fond and VIVID memories of my youth as far back as 4 years old. Blessed.

[@Karen-hf9mh]

Thank you for sharing my same feelings. Born in 64, we had to have been the luckiest generation to have lived. Why did it have to change

[@user-yc9eo8ju3d]

Also born in 1964. I wouldn’t change my childhood for anything. We mid-60s kids have our own niche. God bless you.

[@itzhakbentov6572]

Born in 1960; I agree. I look forward to revisiting that time.

[@richdelgado3405]

1920: "We'll all be driving flying cars." 2019: Watching commercials from 1972.

[@cls90]

👍

[@jefferyoetter6884]

Lol 😂

[@hydrolito]

Airplanes and smaller flying devices as seen in movie fly away home have gone down in price so could possibly buy a used airplane for a few thousand or a smaller flying device that has single seat new for that price. Can see other videos about prices of these, of course prices subject to change based on supply and demand.

[@ruseter84]

Hey can I get 10-15 of those record selectors

[@gator9339]

2022: Still watching commercials from 1972

[@thegoldendog7991]

The commercials then were more entertaining than television shows are today.

[@celticmoon111]

Exactly 🎉😂

[@maryvalentine9090]

I was born in 58. Some of these commercials drove me absolutely crazy in the day. Kind of comforting to see them now.

[@mgmlioness67]

Right? I cannot believe I just sat here and watched the commercials that used to push me toward the kitchen or bathroom 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mattosullivan9687]

Born in 63 same deal

[@mahalalel7771]

Me too. I was born in 1970 and some of these commercials put an earworm in my ear for years and here I am again. God help me...

[@c.c.7687]

Sammy Davis Jr. smoking a cigarette in a commercial for GE tape recorders? Just more proof that the 70s were the coolest years ever.

[@angeldesigns1385]

my parents: “smoking doesn’t make you look cool” Me: “BULLs#¥+”! Lol It may not be healthy, but it looks pretty cool!😂

[@JennyWinters]

I was gifted that tape recorder on a xmas and I loved that thing.

[@JennyWinters]

@@angeldesigns1385 I remember when they had cig commercials on TV.

[@maryvalentine9090]

😆😆

[@marygarza1596]

I was a 8 year old but Loved those days life is never the same ❤❤❤❤😂😂 now

[@keithtaylor6498]

I'm 61, and I remember all of these commercials! Haven't thought about them in awhile!

[@shreddder999]

even landover mall?

[@barneyporter6138]

I'm 64 and I remember many of these commercials but not all of them but I miss them man if we could go back to them days they sure were better in many ways

[@bobbydavis2299]

@@barneyporter6138 Yep, the world has changed, definitely not for the better.

[@thef8ofman984]

Just 46 short years ago we were complaining about the commercials on TV, now we come here to watch them, Haahhaaa.. Funny how things change.

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

TheF8ofman In the 80s I served in the United States Air Force Rammstein airbase Germany we had one TV station American forces network there was no TV commercials they had been deleted came home andI really enjoyed the commercials on TV, Like “where is the beef!”

[@pauldee3832]

TheF8ofman Yes,but let’s remember when you watched TV in the ‘60’s & ‘70’s the commercials only interrupted the shows for 60 seconds. Now commercials interrupt TV shows on an average of 4 minutes. Therefore,for example Big Bang Theory is actually 16minutes 47seconds. I’ve timed it 10 times; from opening dialogue to the end. Well, the actors DO make $1 million per episode.

[@mycitywasgone4216]

Hey, I was 17, these commercials didn’t bother me , I was busy getting pussy ... I just come here to see to see these commercials, Because I don’t get pussy anymore 😂 (Did he say the “P”w0rD❓)

[@sambradley2975]

Exactly!

[@Anth230]

@@mycitywasgone4216 Yup...that's what you get for getting old.... hahahahahahaha

[@brianbaswell5895]

70s and 80s let me come back home!! I thought the future would be better, I was wrong!! I'd even settle for the 90s!

[@scottburton9701]

These commercials certainly bring back a boatload of memories.

[@UnleashTheGreen]

who would of thought a bunch of commercials would make you feel like weeping.

[@shemcphe]

OMG...thats exactly how I feel.

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

@@shemcphe I still have my happy meal in the freezer for aĺl these years.

[@gulfcoastmarc6388]

I'm homesick for a place that no longer exists.

[@SweetPotatoesBlackStyle25]

So true. Today is insane

[@petegobeckli1386]

K-TEL.

[@manonmars2009]

I was 11 in 1972 and remember those days quite well. It was, for a child, a really cool time because toys were so cool and the color TVs were coming of age. We had a Curtis Mathes in 1969 and bought another in 1974. Talk about a TV set. Since I'm going back in time, I want a new Chevrolet, a Zenith TV and K-tel record selector.

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I was 10 in 1972. And I remember the time quite well. And for a kid the summer time was the best because my mom and dad and I would travel. I loved that year. I did so much more than the year before.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

In '72, we had a circa-1960 Zenith black-and-white. I forget how many radios we had (including the car radio), but I DO know that they were AM only. But back then, you could get anything you wanted on AM, be it your favorite music, news, or talk shows. Damned sight better then than now. I was 9 in '72 myself.

[@djuanawhite7826]

I was 11 in 1972 as well & I totally agree it was a super time to be a kid.😁

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

One year older than me. I would have been 10 in 1972. And yes this year I will be 60. I remember when the first color TV sets came out. My mom and dad got 3 color TVs and there was one in the dining room and one in the living room and one upstairs. I grew up in a 3 bedroom two bathroom condo in Yoba Linda down in Southern California.

[@becca5100]

Yeah, that record selector - with space age technology. Amazing!

[@Stephanvann1965]

I was 7 when these came out and I remember many of them. Life is funny, you can't wait to grow up and then you do...now that you have you love to look back. This was great!

[@davidm1149]

I remember my friend had an Action Jackson figure with a parachute. I think we also had Hot Wheels. I felt bad since I didn't want to be like the spoiled kids wanting all those toys. We also had my father's Lionel train layout downstairs. We used to run it around every friday after school. I wish I could remember more things a lot clearer, seems as if it went by way too fast.

[@3373-g8z]

The last age I wanted to turn, was 16, 1986. I told my friends they were fools for wanting to be any older! They finally understand! They admit I was beyond right. In the 70s, I never really wanted to be an adult. The adults I knew argued all the time.

[@morenofranco9235]

Horrid! And I lived thru it all. AND I became a commercial designer! Producing Packaging, point-of-sale merchandising, magazine advertising. Television advertising. What a life! Thanks for the trip down memory lane, FredFlix.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Moreno.

[@davedrivas8851]

I Turned 14 Years old on November 7th 1972. Lived Out in The Country in Northern Wi. Only had 2 Channels To Choose from and that's what got me into Radio!

[@williamopalewski651]

I remember the papa, mama, and baby burgers at A&W

[@joyr6687]

I passed an elderly man and lady in a Chevy Impala yesterday. Those things were as big as tanks. The couple probably bought it new.

[@midnightrunner684]

I had a 1974 Chevy Impala back in the mid 1980's. ..An old man and his wife owned it. .Body and interior where mint condition too ..The old man wanted to buy his wife a smaller car for her to drive ..He put the Chevy up for sale ..A girl with a 1970 Chevy nova stopped in to look at the car ...She only wanted the engine out of the impala to put in her nova .." 350 engine " so the old man sold her just the engine out of it ..My cousin came to me and said " Ron wants to know if you want the body of that old impala ,Said all its missing is the engine ...We towed it to my house ..At the time I was driving a 1972 Oldsmobile 9 passenger station wagon with a 455 4 barrel ..My Dad and I yanked the engine and 400 turbo transmission out of the Olds and dropped it into the impala ...455 4 barrel 400 turbo Trans 3:73 rear end ..That was the fastest Car I ever owned ....I miss that car these days

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@willoughby1888 Remember Olds 98s? And Toronados? Oldsmobile ceased production many years ago. My brother bought a '76 Omega new. Olds Toronado was the 1st front-wheel drive car, if I'm not mistaken.

[@oldsguy354]

@@TheBrooklynbodine I had a 69 Delta 88, a 69 98 luxury coupe, a 73 Toronado, a 72 Cutlass, a 78 Delta 88, an 83 Delta 88, and a 79 Custom Cruiser that i still own and drive today. So yea, I remember the Oldsmobile's. I remember in the late 1980s they had the ad campaign "it's not your fathers Oldsmobile", I remember thinking that is why their sales are off, because if they'd build my fathers Oldsmobile, I'd buy one them. ;)

[@oldsguy354]

@@willoughby1888 I can't remember for sure, but I believe the "Super Rocket 425" was the ultra high compression version. If it is, you would really wish that you still had that one. They are worth thousands these days. The ultra high compression 394, your 425, and the 69 and 70 high output (high compression) 455 are very valuable engines these days. I threw away a 69 HO 455 years ago. Today, you'd be hard pressed to find a good one for 5 thousand dollars. Hard to believe isn't it?

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I remember the "Not your Father's Oldsmobile" spots. One had a 74-year-old man with a new Oldsmobile with the young ladies chasing him, and his 100-year-old dad tsk-tsking. If I remember right, Harry Belafonte, Ringo Starr, and :Leonard Nimoy did their own spots, too. That campaign was from the late 80s. Congratulations on still driving your '79. here's hoping for many more years and thousands of miles.

[@glenrosarian2352]

Those were the days when you actually enjoyed the commercials. And the coco puffs commercial-- I can remember getting toys and 'prizes' from boxes of childrens' cereals. I used to empty the whole box just to get them. The '70s were a great time to grow up!

[@maryvalentine9090]

Actually I kind of freaking hated the commercials. I am a baby boomer and I told my daughters who were born in the 90s that we are at the “jingle Generation”. Stupid jingles clear back from the 60s are still stuck in my head.

[@cocoaorange1]

So did I. To think some of those kids are grandparents now.

[@stephss]

Glad I'm not the only GenX'r suffering with nostalgia. Imagine how GenZ feels growing up in this dumpster fire. We all deserve better. Thanks for the memories 💌

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Steph.

[@elmobolan4274]

Me too-Generation X-56 yrs old...

[@crocodile1313]

@@elmobolan4274 I'm 53 and graduated high school in 1987. A funny thing I heard a while back about Generation X: We are the final generation to grow into adulthood without the internet. And boy am I thankful for that!

[@elmobolan4274]

@@crocodile1313 I know right-so glad I'm older!!!

[@deborahberglund725]

I am what you would considered ___. Not a baby boomer, because they changed they criteria. Not a gen Z or whatever. Love the commercials. The Marlboro Man! I am gonna have a cig

[@csredmond518]

I love that I'm watching a commercial for the ODYSSEY on an XBox One! Thanks man. I appreciate the amount of work these must take.

[@FredFlix]

It's a labor of love, Christopher

[@michaelodonnell9756]

@@FredFlix There was life before Atari after all.

[@FredFlix]

@@michaelodonnell9756 You betcha!

[@johnbockelie3899]

That action Jackson theme still runs through my head after all these years and I'm 62 now. Thanks.

[@SupersonicChip]

It's actually amazing to see how much integrity many of these companies had about their products...

[@jamesrogers9185]

And they were MADE IN THE USA.

[@reneastle8447]

If they still do today, that would be brilliant.

[@reneastle8447]

@@jamesrogers9185 It can still happen.

[@richsackett3423]

Gawd what a mark. Don Draper sure had his way with you.

[@sheltr9735]

I'm skeptical. Certainly, the cereal manufacturers didn't care at all about the kids. But, even with regard to the ads that were heavy on the engineering, I mean, we all know the Pinto was just awful, right? It's great to see all these ads that I also remember. But one really needs to be skeptical as we look back...

[@mikeaball2142]

The Coke jingle was sung by The Fortunes,who had a hit with,"Here comes that rainy day feelin" again".They also sang the previous Coke jingle,"Things go better with Coke". Great vid Fred!

[@FredFlix]

Didn't know that about The Fortunes, Jan.

[@Johnnycdrums]

It sounded like Nancy Sinatra singing the Cougar XR-7 commercial.

[@ir10031981]

Bob Barker began to host The New Price is Right!

[@jamesmack3314]

Rainy day feeling again...that's a catchy tune!!

[@HomebrewStew]

That's what I thought.

[@adm712]

..and Im sure back in 1972 a great many of these products were produced in factories on American soil and providing American workers with a paycheck that allowed them to support their family.

[@matthewnorman1303]

I was a newborn in January of 72. Awesome commercials.

[@roaddawg3217]

me too!! march '72, you're old lol

[@seymorekeester2193]

Matthew Norman , I was born Jan 67. I remember a few of the commercials ! Peace.

[@Stussmeister]

Very interesting. I wasn't born in the 1970s (my mother and father were in elementary school and college, respectively), but as a history major, I can appreciate how these commercials reflect the times. It's also interesting to think about how "finger-tip control of music" can mean one thing (moving LPs forward in an organizer), then fifty years later it means something else (using your phone's touch screen to access/play a song).

[@RobertWestfall-w3k]

My generation.i was born 58 . It seams we all no now what a special time we lived in

[@darrellludlow]

Wow, that mail on your computer terminal technology really seemed neat. I wonder if it ever caught on.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

I thought that looked pretty advanced. When I was at work in the late 70's, the whole company still had those god-awful green screens that would burn your retinas. It wasn't until the 80's that they upgraded to 4 color CGA screens.

[@Onteo1]

Darrell Ludlow I don't know, let me google that on my phone. Xerox was the inventor of the mouse too.

[@vinskeeter]

Darrell Ludlow It never caught on.

[@DelilahThePig]

The sad thing is it was merely a pie-in-the-sky concept in 1972. Any office worker enthused about the notion of e-mail, mice and calendars with automatic reminders would have had to wait to just about retirement to get a taste of that life. And, just like the tractor, better tech just means everyone's expected to react quicker.

[@Mike1614YT]

it didn't catch on. until they added porn. lol

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

Ooo, the year I would turn 10 and for a kid the early 1970' s were so cool. I could play outside with my friends until sundown then it was time to go home. I loved the summers the best because I could stay up until 10:00 in the evening. And the drive ins, such fun.

[@shawnee1895]

I still love the nostalgia of Drive Inns. The ones I visit when I can are in Atlanta, GA and Lake Cumberland (Somerset, KY). Wow those days.

[@tsf5-productions]

This also was a favorite year for me...21 - 22 years old...had a grand time in girl dating, friendships in church, following the Indy race cars as a fan. Lots of the TV commercials I forgot or never actually seen.

[@hrhlou]

Tom Foster Terrible year for me. Started 1st grade and 12 years of hell. Hated school from day 1. But the 70's were great, esp 1976.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

Lou G. Same thing for me, only I started school about a year later.

[@dwightpowell6673]

What year did you lose your virginity?

[@jo-annbastings]

Zenith télévision were the best! Excellent quality and their life span were amazing. «Their quality goes in before their name goes on.» a logo well deserved!

[@EntertainMe463]

We had one too,it lasted forever!

[@knerduno5942]

Curtis Mathis with their 10 year warranty

[@ohiohiker4301]

My dad would buy nothing but Zenith.

[@JennyWinters]

OMG remembering how I constantly fiddled with the antenna ears to get a good reception as a kid.

[@JennyWinters]

Ours had wheels and we could put it anywhere. But damn those rabbit ears to try to get the best reception. Plus in my childhood we had supersonic booms around the same time frame and I would jump 2 feet in the air every time it happened till they finnaly said no to that.

[@erinl7946]

Crazy how looking at commercials during a time I wasn't even alive in makes me emotional. Seems like a better time to be alive vs now. Get me out of the year 2022 or the last decade to be honest.

[@JJørgensen]

Get me out of here and put me anywhere between 50's to 80's.

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

Things were sweet, pure and cheesy. Wish you were there, many TV shows and movies warned us about 2020-2030. Don't believe me? Watch Soylent Green and Network.

[@BradfordPost]

I grew up in the 60's and 70's and believe me,I wouldn't mind being back there right now.Things were so much easier and more relaxed than they are today,or maybe it seemed that way because I was a kid,I don't know.

[@BradfordPost]

@@BillyBatsonMarvel Yup. Exactly.

[@jerraldwest8531]

Bad food, tacky decore, too much cigarette smoke, terrible hygiene, crappy t.v. image quality, even when compared to the 60's. No thanks. Fantastic music though.

[@Foxonian]

My grandfather had a '72 Ford Galaxie 500. Really nice car for it's time.

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

I drove a green coupe in the 1990s and it was pretty reliable. Nice and big.

[@2012spacetraveler]

My dad had one also, a real nice burgundy colour

[@cannong1728]

my parents had a '71 Galaxy 500...what a great car. I got it when I turned 17 and drove it until the transmission went out...about the time I went to college. I wish I had had enough money to have it fixed...I might still have it today!

[@corettejones]

Back in the day, parents had remote controls, they were called their Children! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RedBud315]

Don't forget they were also the fine tuning feature when they held the rabbit ears at a certain angle.

[@gwendolynwilborn1743]

Hilarious and true! Lol!

[@KyleButler82]

More than once we had TV's that the tuner knob broke, so we used a screwdriver and/or pliers to change to one of the 3 stations we had.

[@stevenmeadows6917]

Yep I was the remote control, door answerer, phone answerer, snack getter, rabbit ears antenna adjuster, thermostat adjuster, and oh yes,....light switch operator. LOL

[@jaygrey1212]

@@stevenmeadows6917 Same, lol!

[@monosteel]

Love the Commericals and yes Rachel Welch doing commercials ❤❤❤❤

[@vanmann8347]

So glad that I lived in a far better time. People were friendlier, life was less chaotic and tv was cleaner. People kept their sexuality pretty much to themselves and didn’t try shoving their opinions down other people’s throats. Back then you really could “agree to disagree” and that was fine. I blame the government and the one sided media for constantly putting on group of people against the other. Even smoking pot was back then was a laughing good time. I pity this generation if they don’t wake up to the hypocrisy and constant hatred that they are being exposed to by evil forces who’s only goal is to control them. GOD help this planet 🌎. 🙏🙏🙏

[@Blugraffiti5]

Amen!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💕❤️💕

[@Towering_Pantload]

@@Blugraffiti5 Amen! to your "Amen"!

[@juliemedlin7443]

My dad drove a Ford Galaxy for 25 years! That thing was like a tank with a sofa in it. My brother was playing Dukes of Hazard, and jumped it off an embankment. It didn't have a scratch and ran like it was brand new!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

haha Tank with a sofa.

[@ohiohiker4301]

@@johnsmith-ug5tp That line made me laugh, too! Great line! 👍

[@LeSiZmOr]

I was 10 years old in '72. ahhh... take me back!

[@chickapey]

I was born in 1971 but remember that clarol herbal essence shampoo commercial.... loved it as a kid

[@louischristopher7116]

I was 12 that year and remember many of these commercials. Life was simpler 50 years ago.

[@alhi6240]

Born in '60. Twelve year olds are very impressioned by the media, I guess it shaped who we are.

[@johndodson4511]

Happily watching these commercials over the TV shows they put on air these days.

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

One of my most cherished possessions is an autographed photo from Ann Blyth (Hostess ad at 26:45). Miss Blyth was a big star in the 1940s and 50s and is most famous for her Oscar-nominated role as Veda in 1945’s “Mildred Pierce” opposite Joan Crawford. She is still with us today at age 94.

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

We hated commercials back then but now we watch them. How times have changed?

[@angeldesigns1385]

Lol I said the same thing! Growing up, we would have done anything to avoid these commercials but today, we view them for entertainment purposes😀

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

@@angeldesigns1385 and to reflect on “the good ole days”. 😒

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@BillyBatsonMarvel i second that

[@georgejennings8026]

"Sears opening soon" that's a statement you'll never hear again .

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

Never would have Dreamed that the major stores of our day would be gone 😢

[@bajaborracho9139]

I was just in mexico they still have sears in TJ! And LaPaz!

[@hangtimedangjang]

Out of the dozens of these types of vids I've watched, this is one of the best collections.

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate that, Big Fun.

[@lagerr119]

im from the 90s and its still sad watching older commercials like this, because nothing will ever be built this good again, We gained cellphones but lost all standards of quality

[@wnychevy09]

Believe it or not I still have a SSP car a El Camino from 1973 but I have no T stick to make it work so I'm looking for one by the way the voice-over announcer in the Xerox commercial was the late Alexander Scourby two of the Chevy commercials were voiced over by Robert Goulet and one was voiced over by Casey Kasem . Thank you Fred for posting this video it brings back a lot of memories. by the way I was 11 years old in 1972

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, wnychevy09.

[@robinmurray5266]

wnychevy09 Try one of those things that grabs hair in drains. Might have to file the teeth down a bit. My moms actually used the T stick in the 70s to clean the clogged sink in bathroom.

[@Paul-qo1hb]

My neighbor has a 1970 El Camino in the garbage

[@FawleyJude]

Nice collection of stuff. I get a kick out of how many of the ads had big musical production numbers, no matter how strange it was for the product--Wesson cooking oil, McDonald's, Serta (with Joey Heatherton, who was later regularly lampooned by SCTV), Country Club Malt Liquor ("A Lot to Drink Without Drinking a Lot", because it was higher alcohol than beer), even Richard Nixon. I also like the ads for TVs touting their modular construction which "makes repairs easy". Repairs? I forgot about TV repairmen. Now, when the TV stops working you just toss it in the trash and buy another one. That Pepsi ad--I had a professor in college who told the class, "Hemingway and his colleagues were the Lost Generation, people from WWII were the Great Generation, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg were the Beat Generation, but you unfortunate folks will go down in history as the Pepsi Generation."

[@FredFlix]

Good comment, Jude.

[@sixsixxsixxxx]

Your professor was a fool

[@FawleyJude]

My professor had a sense of humor. You apparently don't.

[@dianagruver5767]

These are awesome! I was 7 in ‘72 and remember quite a few of them. Feed a family of 4 for under $4 at McDonald’s... 😂

[@dougr3142]

I remember a Big Mac cost 65 cents in 1972!

[@alforliniteaching5670]

I'm mixed between great memories and sadness too.

[@Hydrostream1972]

Now it's like 30bucks. To feed 4 people at fast food place.

[@jefferyoetter6884]

And as a kid, McDonald's was good too. Not today though

[@thebrinx9632]

@@Hydrostream1972 per the "Inflation Calculator": $4 in 1972 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $28.35 today. I'd say you hit the nail right on the head!

[@jeffthrow6892]

I also thought about how I watch TV shows these days.....recording them on a DVR & speeding through the commercials with absolutely no interest in seeing them, & yet, truly enjoying seeing these old ads. Must be a nostalgia thing, I guess......

[@realmichaud]

I think the reason is todays commercials are mostly pure propaganda, LGBTQIA SJW NPC propaganda.

[@rubyirene2500]

@@realmichaud I find that most of the commercials today are about suing some company for medical issues gone wrong, or wrecks on the road. I haven't seen any good, fun commercials in years, unless I go to KZbin and look for old TV commercials. Sad that the kids of today will never be able to experience the days of our youth.

[@timhoovermusicman]

Same...

[@Cowboy1959]

Landover Mall was the major shopping attraction in Prince George's County, Maryland when it opened in 1972, but it had a relatively short heyday and began declining as early as the mid-'80s. In its prime, the mall had a number of quality stores, including four anchor stores. It also had one of the first sports shops where you could buy NFL licensed merchandise. My brother and I spent many hours there one summer while our mom took sewing classes in the Singer store. The class started before the mall opened for the day, so we wandered around and waited until the stores opened up. Our days always featured a trip to Orange Julius for a slice of pizza which, as I recall, was pretty good. In the '80s other competitors sprang up, and Landover Mall lost its luster. It also being located in a high-crime area, shoppers started avoiding it, especially at night. Likewise the stores experienced high volume of shrinkage due to theft. The death blow came as the anchors began closing: Hecht's, Garfinckel's, and Woodward & Lothrop either went out of business entirely or were absorbed into larger department store chains. By the '90s, Landover Mall was practically a ghost town, with just a handful of stores clinging to life and no shoppers to serve. It was finally torn down a few years ago, and while there have been a number of development plans for the land, the acreage remains barren and empty. It sits about a mile from FedEx Field, and I expect that when the Redskins finally abandon FedEx for the new stadium they are planning, the entire area will be up for grabs for redevelopment.

[@jimrosson5697]

Cowboy 1959

[@jimrosson5697]

Cowboy 1959

[@kellyq21]

Jim rosson what is the purpose of posting a poster's name and nothing else?

[@jbgroup1]

I lived a few blocks from Landover Mall before the eventual downfall. My first experience was in 1976 when my mother bought me a pair of Toughskins jeans from Sears. It was the place in the early to mid 1980's for teens until the crack wars in the town across the street (Glenarden) and then the general decline of the Landover area. Fun fact: The opening of Landover Mall was considered a threat to a then older mall Tyson's Corner Center. It was thought that a newer mall with four anchors (compared to three at Tyson's) and being on the eastern side of the Beltway would attract people from the District of Columbia and Montgomery County and reduce the market for Tyson's Corner Center which was then not as developed as it is now.

[@Cowboy1959]

I spent a lot of hours during my teen years at Landover Mall as well. In the '70s and early '80s it was a very good mall, especially for our area. Before Landover Mall opened up, the big shopping center in the area was probably Prince George's Plaza, then an open-air mall (as opposed to a strip center). When Landover Mall started gaining traction, a roof was installed at P.G. Plaza and it became an indoor mall. Between Landover Mall, the closing in of P.G. Plaza, and the building of Columbia Mall in 1971, mall shopping came to the D.C.-Baltimore corridor in a big way. Forty-seven years on, malls all across America are dying, and the brick-and-mortar model nowadays is open-air Town Centers (or "Town Centres", depending on how pretentious the developer is). Glenarden and Landover haven't changed much since the crack war days, unfortunately, but P.G. County is one of the richest African-American-majority counties (as well as one of the highest-income counties) in the U.S., and since there is a lot of open land ripe for development in that area they will hopefully enjoy a renaissance over the next few years. Unfortunately, there are a lot of ideas for the area but no firm plans as yet.

[@monkeywrench2800]

I recall seeing many of these commercials back in the day.... Only on a KZbin channel would I be watching them again.

[@pharflo]

I like the K-tel record selector. With the comeback of LPs, we could use that again today.

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

I drove a Ford Galaxie 500 in the 1990's while in college - big and fun to ride with friends.

[@JennyWinters]

At least you were not in a Pinto that exploded

[@raginrajan5351]

“And Sears, opening soon.” There’s something you don’t hear anymore.

[@FlavioGirl]

now its sears, closing soon :(

[@farpointgamingdirect]

The Arby's in Laurel MD still has their original 'big hat' sign and it works perfectly

[@michaelorenstein9165]

I interned at WLMD-Radio in Laurel in '76. I remember going to that Arby's with one of the talk show hosts and discovering the Beef & Cheddar.

[@bugoobiga]

Commercials so good back then that nobody ever hit "skip ad"

[@leothomas1199]

The year I was born.👶 1972 this is great thanks. ✌

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Leo.

[@FlavioGirl]

yep me too. :D

[@dwaynemauk566]

Life was really much more simple and rewarding up through about 2000. Something changed in our country after that. I was born in 1967, so many of these commercials bring back memories that really make me wish one could turn back the clocks.

[@glenndelconte2648]

I was turning 11 in 72. Life was simple until the mid 70's. Before that, Dad would work, Mom would help with the kids and house work. Many families had 2 or more kids, and only 1 car. Dad was able to work and pay for the house, bills, food and even save for his kids College fund. Later around 78, mom began to get out and start a career, eventually working to pay for after school child care, because she had to work. Unattended kids with cool games began to change. They grew up and had kids that grew up and had kids. NOW we have parents that do not know how to be a parent. Responsibility, discipline, consideration for others? Who cares...

[@Locustskies]

I completely agree! It’s depressing times now…

[@jcalvert9955]

Simpler times

[@mikeleyshon1799]

Nice effort, enjoyed a lot ! ... Country Club Malt Liquor ad... "A lot to drink without drinking a lot" Sign me up !

[@randallsage6740]

Really nice, loved a lot of what was inside, thank you for posting !!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Randall.

[@magistrumartium]

K-TEL RECORD SELECTOR (3:39) This was a big hit. Everybody bought one. "Space-age design"? ! I love that! The Apollo missions were ongoing when this commercial aired. Remember? (Gimme a thumbs-up if you remember.)

[@CrowdfundingHell]

Apollo was winding down at that time, ending in December of 1972.

[@dalemulholland9114]

Those selectors didnt work at all..

[@3hooks781]

These are amazing! It's tempting to think of that as Tony the Tiger appearing in the Exxon ad.

[@mystymtnkrissy]

That wasn't Tony The Tiger. It was the Exxon tiger

[@kathleensheridan2063]

Great memories Fred! I remember having a snoopy toothbrush. Great job gathering up all this great information.❤️

[@A_New_Yorker_Lost_In_Florida]

I love your philosophy, no ads on a commercial montage. 😜 almost poetic!

[@ClayLoomis1958]

11:18 My Grandparents had one of those Zenith TV's with Space Command remote control. It made little pinging sounds and the channel changer was still an analog dial with a servo that would clunk-clunk-clunk your way through the channels, one at a time. Seemed to work ok, as long as you didn't jingle any pocket change or shake your key ring in front of it, which would turn off your TV or start changing channels on you. Got to say though, the remote never needed batteries.

[@gli7utubeo]

Yeah, no batteries. Amazing.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

Yeah, it was all mechanical. Had little tuning forks in the remote. Not sure what technology was used to pick up the sounds. It was WAY before smart TV's.

[@DelilahThePig]

Each button was an ultrasonic chime outputting a very specific frequency. The TV had a microphone with a tuned circuit ready to trigger each function when heard. I think the ultrasonic was high enough to not get nuissance tripped by typical household sounds.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

Very early remote tech that, much like Instant On TV's, came and went pretty quickly (although modern flat screens are pretty close to instant). My Dad bought one of those Instant On models. You hit the switch and instant picture. Worked great, until the picture tube was burnt out after about a year.

[@gli7utubeo]

Thank you very much Delilah! 'never knew anything about that kind of technology. It seems ahead of its time. I wonder if it's in use anywhere today...

[@rangers199487]

The SSP cars were great toys.

[@5argetech56]

rangers199487 Wirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................

[@Footjones]

One of my favorite toys growing up!

[@welltorleasing]

I loved the sound of those. :)

[@juniorxeastny8169]

yeah.....my third grade teacher had a desk drawer filled with confiscated SSP and Matchbox cars!!!!

[@silvereagle2061]

Those pull cords tore up my hand between my thumb and index finger but I didn't care lol

[@jeffsilverman6104]

I turned 13 that year and it was a great time to be growing up. Back when advertising was just that, pure product adverts presented in a pleasant and easy way.

[@CaryMGVR]

*You aren't kidding ....* *"a pleasant and easy way" is the key.* *Now, commercials use deliberately unnatural camera angles, etc., etc.* *And God forbid a commercial now actually, you know, ADVERTISES A PRODUCT.* *Now commercials are just 30-second bursts of: "Hey, look at the stupid White guy!!" propaganda ....* 😥

[@jeffsilverman6104]

@@CaryMGVR Exactly. When in years past, commercials were just a minor annoyance trying to watch T.V. but now they are offensive - especially when they hire "stars" as their spokespeople with huge multi million dollar contracts to hawk their products. I heard that Sara Jessica Parker's Garnier shampoo contract was worth like twenty million and I believe it. They demand huge money for doing nothing and the sponsors always cave in. SJP makes me want to hurl anyway.

[@nouseforaname5378]

These old commercials make me hallucinate. It’s awesome

[@adoria5]

I was 4 in 1972, so cool watching these commercials from my time as a child.

[@jamesmack3314]

Delta is ready when you are!!! Always remembered that jingle.

[@ogami1972]

I turned 46 just 6 days ago....these were the commercials my mom watched as she waited.....

[@lovereadingsnyc]

Im sorry

[@susanhuber1932]

I was born in 1953 and remember these commercials. Some days I forget what I ate for breakfast but I still remember the ad jingles. I grew up before the cell phone and the personal computer. I was not part of the computer surveillance state and I am glad. I didn't have to live where the dumb things I said or did was recorded for eternity. It was a great time to grow up.

[@GreyRockOne]

Wow! A blast from the past, 1972 my favorite care-free year for many reasons, but then I was only 16. Thanks!

[@FredFlix]

It was my favorite year as well, John.

[@snowman3390]

@@FredFlix Mine too. I was fourteen. Graduated grade school, Fischer Spassky tournament, Canada-Russia hockey series, Nixon-McGovern and so much more.

[@JennyWinters]

That was the year that they put the kids in huge wide collars and double knit polyester and it was the rage. I am so glad that stuff is gone now. I love the era but hated the fabric and colors. My granny loved loved double net polyester and it was because it dried well and did not stretch.

[@hiridavidfeign]

One thing that I've learned from these videos is how much work Herschel Bernardi got as a voice-over artist. I never realized it before. Along with people like Alan Melvin, Dick Tufeld, Henry Corden, these guys were the voices of my youth and I always love hearing them. Great work as always, thanks.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome.

[@brucegwynn8509]

I waz born in 1967 , I remember these like yesterday, I wish I could go back and get a do over , for real!!!

[@lestersabados1306]

My first car. A 72 red impala custom. 350 v8. Ran great and I paid 150 bucks for it. Met its demise when a skum in a Corvette nailed the driver's side

[@SupersonicChip]

The K-Tel Rec-ORD selector has to be my favorite so far!

[@nanodon4]

With its SPACE AGE design! ....Ha!

[@djdon60]

@@nanodon4 had one, myself. Its' performance was spotty.

[@sambradley2975]

These commercials take me back.

[@ozzymoto6483]

I knew the words to every commercial. I’m getting old.

[@nick9463]

These commercials from the 70s were so hypnotic, wow!!

[@Laura151The]

Actually, every home had a remote control unit for their TV sets. It was called a child. Also, I remember using Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo when they first came out with it. It really had an fresh herbal scent.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Laura Daly I miss ClairolHerbalEssenseShampoo

[@m.k.8158]

Anna Paulikonis the stuff had a problem...bees were attracted to the scent....some people even got stung.

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

The music,movies and commercials back then are better than the garbage of today.

[@jpsned]

My big sister used Herbal Essence shampoo. I tried it, and yes, I remember the nice herbal scent. 🙂

[@lightmarker3146]

The Herbal Essances was made with good ingredients and smelled wonderful. Also the shampoo Yuca Dew made with yuca plant made hair feel wonderful .

[@knighttuttrupriprock9733]

I was 12 in 72, really enjoyed that, thanks. The leggy doll, how bizarre.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, KR.

[@gregsells8549]

3:15 Lindsey Nelson calling Bob Griese's moves in the Orange Bowl. This Sears ad (imagine getting a suit, tools and a car battery in one store) was back-to-back Griese with Vitalis, in the year of the Dolphins' unmatched perfect season.

[@blessOTMA]

Love your videos Fred. How did you collect all this stuff? Did your father work at a TV station? Rock on.

[@muffs55mercury61]

May be a DVD compilation as I recognize some from my own dvds.

[@TheScrappyCat]

@@muffs55mercury61 Yes, Amazon has several DVD collections you can order--lots of years available.

[@CollectionCorner]

Sometimes I ask myself, “If I could go back, would I?” Videos like this really make that a tough decision. Leaning toward yes as I watch this. At least we can visit for a while on KZbin 😊

[@lc2748]

Thank you so much for this! I remember most of these, and I loved them all❤ Such nostalgia

[@sambradley2975]

I loved this herbal essence commercial.

[@davidgerard4369]

Watching these (now) classic commercials only underscores how unimaginative and ingratiating commercials have gotten 50 years on.....sad.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

Nice1 Love the Chevy impala commercial , Xerox, Zenith TV , Sammy Davis tape recorder a true blast from the past

[@YTfancol]

Wonderful compilation, thank you so much for sharing it.

[@franciscodanconia45]

That xerox computer is what Steve Jobs swiped and turned into Apple Computer a couple years later!

[@rodneykingston6420]

Well, what was Xerox thinking, showing this stuff on TV years before they had a readily marketable product? The average person in 1972 saw this commercial and didn't even get that the guy was sitting in front of a computer. In 1972, a computer was a great big room sized thing with blinking lights on it that a person in a lab coat operated. When we saw this commercial in '72 (I vaguely remember it) we thought he was looking at a portable TV turned sideways and wondered why anyone would want their mail put on TV. It was about 3 or 4 years later when some company (and I think it was WANG) put out a commercial that introduced the idea of Word Processing - typing at a screen and being able to fix any mistakes before any ink was put to paper, that made us 70s people go "Oh Wow!" Obviously the guy with the system in that commercial had word processing available to him as an application, but it was not obvious in '72 when we still looked at the IBM Selectric as a modern marvel

[@garydavidson922]

Actually, Xerox GAVE Steve Jobs and co. the technology that they had developed for the "paperless office" because Xerox didn't want to reduce paper usage in the workplace. Of course, IBM beat Apple to market because of Bill Gates/Microsoft and the MS-DOS program he had bought for $15,000 and then turned around and licensed to IBM.

[@AngryHybridApe]

Eeeyup.

[@chancegoode173]

Francisco d’Anconia if only we knew then what we know now. I would have rushed to invest in Apple and never purchased a Ford Pinto lol

[@gregggoss2210]

Many thumbs up on this one Fred.👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Gregg.

[@peterbeth2027]

I remember Landover Mall and that commercial. Hechts, Woodies, Garfunkel’s- all gone and Sears hanging by a thread. Very sad and a decent mall. Always great videos Fred. I find myself binge watching them especially your time capsules in SC-always excellent and poignant.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks a lot, Peter.

[@MrTrashcan1]

I was in DC in 1981 and remember that mall and those stores.

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

I’m from the DC area (NoVa) so I get it. Our malls died like Landmark. Fair Oaks is on its last legs. They redid Springfield Mall but it’s lost its original 1970 charm (with its big 1-2-3-4 entrance numbers).

[@roaddawg3217]

Born in '72, best year ever, for me anyway...

[@FlavioGirl]

same here :)

[@lindsey607]

Raquel Welch, man, what a delicious looking dish she was back in the day. A definite dime if ever there was.

[@rebeccakleitz3177]

I sure miss Pontiac and Plymouth.

[@charlesscatola5488]

Great memories of my youth . How many of those things no longer exist?

[@179cpv]

I still remember those Ella Fitzgerald Memorex commercials to this day.

[@BELCAN57]

Ah, 1972 when "midsize" cars were bigger than today's luxury models.

[@roadmaster720]

lard assed cars to be more exact.

[@larryshaver3568]

@@roadmaster720Kramer-mobiles

[@hobbified]

They made regular cars smaller, so now everyone just drives an SUV that's twice as big and twice as ugly.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

You could run into an oak tree head on with no seatbelt and get out and walk away with only a few bruises and scratches. Dems were da days.

[@dindog22]

The K-Tel Record Selector really worked. we had one

[@l.salisbury1253]

1:09 - I live in the MD/DC area- I remember TV spots for Landover Mall (which has since been closed... and leveled!).