70's Commercials Vol. 1

[@yujinny1999]

I lived in Memphis from 1967-1977 and when I saw the Dobbs Ford commercial it brought back a wave of memories from my childhood. Thanks for uploading.

[@bigmankralc]

As much as i love 80s and 90s Commercials, its always a great treat to see older commercials just to love the campiness

[@bigdannyg1969]

Even though my wife and I have been stuck at home during these last few days, due to the ice and snow storms, that hit our area this week, we made the best of it by sitting down together and reminiscing, while watching these classic collections of 70's commercials, bring back so many wonderful memories for both of us.Thanks for all of the hard work in recording, collecting, organizing, listing, and categorizing all of these commercials, so that others can view them, and enjoy them. Great job.

[@elc1960]

The announcer in those CBS Fabulous February promos was Dick Tufeld. He was pretty much ubiquitous from the late 1950s to the '80s advertising everything from Rice-A-Roni to Raleigh cigarettes to Green Giant veggies, plus he was the voice of the Lost in Space Robot.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

I was born in '76 so I obviously don't remember these ads,but it's always fun to watch them.

[@StarfieldRailway]

Man, that's some classic flashback stuff there. 1978 was the year I finished kindergarten and started first grade. I remember the general formats of most of those commercials from way back in my life. I'm 40 now, and I'm pretty tripped out after seeing all of that.

[@madgang201]

Ok, now you have 70s commercials also?! This just in, you're awesome! I know I won't get to see many of these but still.

[@maha77]

I am _savoring_ the nostalgia just watching these. Suddenly I'm a kid again, laying on the couch, mom is cooking dinner, the world seems so much larger, but safer, life seems full of wonder and excitement, and mystery. Can't wait till summer to play outside until after dark

[@asouthernwriter]

I was born in 1986 and love these vintage commercials! Says a LOT about what we have in 2014...

[@LilCosgrove]

That woman dancing in the Leggs commercial, not gonna lie, is what I think of when I imagine what the 70's looked like. Also monster-Fred in the 7-11 commercial is me every morning.

[@JasonNation72]

Ha, I remember how, during the TV show promos, they always mentioned mountain with central time zone, they haven't done that anymore in years!

[@blueyoshigamer9667]

Sweet 70s commercials too! Your great dude!

[@gli7utubeo]

Very fine! Rare and appreciated. Thanks!!

[@ZachArmstrong02]

Damn I wish I grew up in this era

[@colleenhoperue5538]

I was a 1977 baby.I love these commercials.

[@paulomachado5542]

Love it! Brings Back a lot of memories! Thank you!

[@BadWebDiver]

Here's to all those unsung VO guys! I always get a thril from those deep dulcet tones!

[@jumbybird]

Brings so many nostalgic feelings.

[@Zanaaa50]

This bunch of commercials are AMAZING! I am 36 but I remember alot of stuff from '78 television. I have a great memory in general but most of my memories start from the age of 3. I could read at that age and paid close attention to TV ads in particular. Thanks for putting these up. BTW The L'eggs ad is simply repugnant, I mean, really.

[@rizinggodfist3049]

Wow! you had a VCR back then? lucky! lol....much thanks for your uploads & clear video/sound....thanks to you & other KZbinr uploaders, you make it possible for us to travel back in time.

[@80sCommercialVault]

I didn't record a lot of the video's I've posted. I was born in 1984.

[@Lovejazz01]

Wow Fred Montiesi and Dobbs Ford , never thought I would ever see commercials from Memphis on this channel, thanks very much! Brings back so many memories! I was 17 when these aired.. (this was WREG tv Channel 3)

[@80sCommercialVault]

WREG, the CBS affiliate in Memphis.

[@Lovejazz01]

80sCommercialVault thanks

[@bigroy38]

The 7-11 coffee commercial was the first funny Super Bowl commercial I remember.

[@IRgEEK]

@4:35 yep, right up the road from me in Memphis at I-240 and Mt. Moriah. Still a Dobbs Pre-Owned there to this day. Only one Montesi's left on Summer. Great video collection. Thx!

[@pLAST3RdISAST3R]

These are so great! Even though I was born in '80, now I can go back even further!!

[@Shawn666Hellion]

The World Beyond, that's an awesome flick

[@80sCommercialVault]

@manyvideoinerests It was a manufacturing arm of AT&T that produced telephones, as well as other electronic equipment and devices. The Vitaphone system that brought sound to motion pictures was developed by Western Electric, along with other advances in sound technology. In 1984, WE was swallowed up by a new division of AT&T and in 1996 became independent and split/sold its assets.

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

I miss the 1970's. It was a good time to be a kid and a teenager.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@usamimiproductions They're actually 33 years old at this point. I did some major color correction on these...everything was washed out and yellow.

[@maha77]

my favorite is 03:04 "Here's to good friends, tonight is kinda special...tonight, tonight, let it be Lowenbrau'

[@JasonNation72]

+Ray Cist Yep, 3:09, that's the late Paul Gleason from Breakfast Club and Die Hard. Poor guy passed away in '06 of mesothelioma.

[@IceJoseph7]

I wish those Ford car prices were current!

[@aquarius4953]

You need less time to buy a car, nowadays.

[@elc1960]

Singing the Lowenbrau jingle was the awesome Arthur Prysock. Not as well known as Joe Williams, but just as good a singer.

[@62muki]

Great commercials, I was 11 back in the day when t.v. Was free as a bird in the sky. Now you have to pay and use that digital box thing ( $49.99) plus the antenna another 15 bucks . Thank God for You Tube !

[@maha77]

03:03 My FAV commercial, 'Here's to Good Friends, tonight is kinda special'

[@80sCommercialVault]

@pacific707 From the 70's to 2002 it was brewed in America under license by Miller...with a slight difference in flavor to the original brand brewed in Munich.

[@tvtimetravel]

Indeed Tony Randall did have his own sitcom that time!

[@randyj420]

I'm pretty sure the bottle of Wisk we have in the laundry room is from the 70s.

[@stangable5564]

Randy J you must live with a hoarder.

[@PotbellyJesus]

9 cents for a hot dog, at least a homeless person could eat even if there wasn't that many of them. Nowadays you have to have good credit and get a loan for a hot dog

[@SoSoPrettyMS21]

Right.😂😂😂

[@aquarius4953]

It is not the price that is important. It is how long it took to be able to buy something.

[@PotbellyJesus]

Man this comment is from 5 years ago, I finally got my credit up and got the loan for that hot dog. They even included the bun for first time hot dog purchase. The grind never stops.

[@hazeldavis3176]

@@PotbellyJesus Now you can rent out half your hotdog to help pay for the other half. The true American Dream.

[@nicholephillips2994]

Are you serious?

[@BrianSmith-wh9bi]

Bell Telephones? Seems like 100 years ago. 😀

[@pmorrison77]

You mess with the Lowenbrau you get the horns.

[@AngryCanadian1971]

HA. Thats funny.

[@ep838]

Great commercials!

[@JohnQ1127]

@shortbread71, "Love Sydney" didn't come out until 1981, this was an add for "The Tony Randall" show which ran from 1976-1978.

[@RoxyAlexander]

LOVING vintage 7-11 smocks and cups!!

[@80sCommercialVault]

@arclight2012 Not denying that price is insane, but it's with a coupon and a minimum $15 purchase. Being recorded during January, they were probably trying to get rid of their stock during a time when not many people are outside grilling hot dogs.

[@mefault]

Just before I checked my account I was wondering when you were going to start posting 70's ads. ...And...VOILA!! Call it a temporary psychic moment...LOL!!!! Or coincidence!!!

[@bluematter08]

@80sCommercialVault True but nowadays to get a discount on anything you have to spend 50 dollars and even then it's only a few cents. I love your nostalgic commercials though! Yours is my favorite youtube channel!

[@TeriLynn923]

The Jeffersons, Maude, and Kojak- wow, I remember watching all these shows and all those people are dead.

[@stanleycostello6541]

I forgot the Sucrets commercial. As it was running, I remember it clearly. Funny how things stick in your mind...

[@Zanaaa50]

Tony Randall had a sitcom in the early '80's called "Love, Sidney" It was good

[@BrianSmith-wh9bi]

It started with aTV movie with Lorna Patterson. Funny, in the movie they showed the character as gay. But in the series there was no mention.

[@tujohnboy]

Dobb's Ford is in Memphis, Tennessee , That's where I bought my truck in 1995. lol Didn't expect that commercial to be in there at all. Aim is familiar, 7 11 , Excedrin, and especially Sucrets, I was 10 years old.

[@Whtxombi]

Its the dirt, sweat and assorted crud that collected around your shirt collar.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@BigBrotherMateyka Nothing beats the ones you can pick up at police and repo auctions. Older Gov't produced time machines are also worth having, and can often be obtained with the right connections. Lots of bells and whistles on those things, let me tell ya. Stay away from the Kenmore brand time machines at Sears though. My displacement annex once got fried using one of those things, and I winded up in the outer orbit of Jupiter! Very embarrassing...

[@heliomoonwave]

I was three when that 7-11 commercial aired, and it completely freaked me out.

[@LHZZ12MM]

...and that "AIM" commercial...woah!!! How many times I saw that and as a kid it just went over my head...but I still remember the dialogue (kid: "AIM tastes good!" "Taste does not fight cavities, *Flouride* fights cavities" "Mrs. Davis..AIM *HAS* flouride, AIM *fights* cavities!" etc etc etc...) ...I'm just in nostalgia overload now...I'd better shut up and enjoy...later!

[@80sCommercialVault]

@blugreen123 Lowenbrau is an actual German beer. "The World Beyond" is a very cheesy movie about Mud Golems.

[@LHZZ12MM]

"Extra Strength Means Excedrin".. Wow...just...wow...I hadn't seen that commercial since when it last aired and now I'm having a total mind rush :0)!!!!

[@jillsmith633]

I totally forgot about Shields and Yarnell.

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

@80sCommercialVault I found that government models are exorbitantly expensive. They charge you an arm and a leg for something that doesn't even go back to when MTV was decent. And that's even without the unbelievable warranty charge and insurance policy! What a ripoff! I should have also mentioned that I saw a great bargain on QVC one time, but they were sadly all out of stock. Thanks for the help anyways. I shall always be on the lookout for a new sale. Cheers. =)

[@JamiePGee]

One of the people seen in the Excedrin was Connie Sellecca, who was only 22 at the time.

[@VadersFist95]

Born in 95' but damn I wish I experienced this

[@5argetech56]

I was there.. Born in 1959! It was all great!

[@michaelsharpe8246]

I was born in 1966

[@taratupa73]

Probably. I'm guessing West Memphis. My main clue was the mention of I-240, which encircles Memphis, just east, across the Mississippi.

[@DanZero77]

There's a little monster in all of ussssss we can feel beastlyyyyyyy 7-eleven is a lifesaverrrrrr and coffee can perk up your morningggggg. That AIM ad -- WTF? If I ever got wound up over using the wrong toothpaste, something isn't right. Tony Randall's very own show lasted 2 seasons, one on ABC and one on CBS. Creepy music on those closing credits!

[@Jorkus_]

ROFL at 4:36... the best take they could get involved someone off camera throwing a snowball at the chick. Actually, i can't tell if that's part of the commercial or not. Thank you, Dobb's Ford dealership

[@felicity4711]

“There’s content from the late ’70s out there that I think is worth posting.” I agree: the late seventies are, to me, honorary years in the early eighties! ☻

[@Wamdeb]

OMG, that's the teacher from the Breakfast Club doing the Lowenbrau commercial!!! =-D

[@fantastopotomus]

I know this is from the 70's, but 9 cents for hot dogs?! They should still be 9 cents, the quality hasn't gotten any better I'm sure :P

[@thakozhani]

omg..the acting is oscar worthy and a brand new car under 5k? wow..lol..i love that i was born in the 70's..

[@kimthompson1520]

Great one 80scommercialvault

[@Donflorgon]

Wow, were do you get this footage? Do you have to clean it up? It looks so clear. Thanks again, I really enjoyed this 70's Vol.

[@DanZero77]

Also, I believe these commercials came from CBS affiliate WREG-TV in Memphis, TN, if you want to add that to the info box.

[@LaPersonaNonGrata]

I'm soo glad I wasn't in my 30s in the seventies - it's got a weird nostalgia feel to it.

[@WavyGravyTrain1]

Lowenbrau was a great beer eating 9 cent hot dogs.

[@Barber747]

This is a first! Where did u find these?

[@RovingRoy]

It got replaced with "economic chains around the collar" getting ever so tight! Plus, the brunt of commercials today seem to be about how wonderful prescription drugs are.

[@corv989]

That 7 Eleven werewolf looks like Unknown Hinson

[@SweptAway529]

Not sure about the others, but I *think* the mustached guy in the Lowenbrau commercial was an actor who'd appeared on the soap opera "The Edge Of Night". Don't recall the actor's name, but am pretty sure his character name was Miles Cavanaugh.

[@sgtearache5303]

"wring-garound the cawler"

[@TinyDancer500]

Far out, man, groovy ;-) Yes, Tony had his own sitcom (imaginatively titled "The Tony Randall Show") for a couple of seasons, but it was the sting of his next (and last) sitcom in the early '80s that, apparently, kept him from ever doing another series. That one was "Love, Sidney" co-starring the divine Swoosie Kurtz. His character was written in the premiere movie as a gay man, but the show shied away from the whole controversy which ticked Tony right off. What a loss to the TV world that was!

[@MSgtSlaughter]

The second actress in the Exedrin commercial, "Joe" in the Lowenbrau commercial, and "Mrs. Davis" in the AIM commercial all look familiar. Maybe they had minor roles in TV. The Dial actress looks similar to actress Caryn Richman. She would have been 21 or 22 in the commercial.

[@SagaSagaVGM]

Oh neat, guessing you got this from Super Strange Video? I have the same recording of The World Beyond. Great movie. Ring around the collar~ *sad face*

[@tamumalone5456]

Pantyhose in the 70's and 80's I think it was the law

[@fofuxsake309]

Tamu Malone now it’s yoga pants and nobody is doing yoga.

[@cheripiez67]

now i have to look up why regular pam wasn't available in certain states

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

Yes,AIM does taste good!

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

@TheCinemaFan94 Does anybody know where I can order a decent-working time machine? I tried all the bargain marts in town and they don't seem to carry any for some strange particular reason...

[@mountainsandsea]

wow, how time has flown.

[@badgersrule01]

Check out the Dobbs Ford spot at 4:38. Someone throws a snowball at her. Also does anybody know who the teacher is in the Aim spot? She looks really familiar. Maybe someone on Sesame Street or some other kid's show comes to mind.

[@scooterss2112]

Only Sucrets is not around still. Pretty amazing.

[@eles214]

I'm wondering if the other guy is Joel Crothers in the blue windbreaker fr Dark Shadows...

[@coderspy]

yes

[@toppcatt99]

Aspirin and Sucrets??? That must have been his first cold.

[@bluematter08]

Anyone know why regular Pam wasn't available in Oregon Washington or Western Idaho?

[@pacific707]

@pacific707 Ahh - I stand corrected! It was Miller. Still, I remember that it was a good tasting beer and I enjoyed it.

[@DanZero77]

Finally, this site I went to which features more information on "The World Beyond" suggests that Connie Selleca is featured in the Excedrin ad. kindertrauma dawt calm/?p=355

[@AskMrScience]

LOL @ Carl Sagan. That's just what I was thinking.

[@wowjunky07]

Man, if only car prices was still that cheap.

[@nbagoats4819]

They really pushed that flouride on us back in the 70s and 80s.

[@christineferreira2181]

Oh no I’m too late to see who won Miss Arkansas!

[@shortbread71]

@johnQ1127 I know - I was responding to someone else's comment about Love Sydney that had nothing to do with this clip other than the fact that Tony Randall was in it. You may want to check the rest of the comments to see what I was responding to before 'correcting' me.

[@eles214]

Paul Gleason

[@sparhopper]

Remember, you're watching 'media'. It does not _accurately_ represent the culture it claims to. Media creates it's own culture, by _mocking culture_ (5:39) more than anything else. These commercials are as representational of the 70's, as much as today's commercials (3/16) are, of our own culture. Would _you_ want _today's_ commercials to represent our culture, _for the future_ to look back on? -Wally...

[@80sCommercialVault]

+sparhopper That entire argument hinges on the assumption that commercials haven't changed between the 70's and now. They absolutely represented the culture back then. Campaigns like "be a pepper" and "where's the beef" became culture defining icons. That simply doesn't happen anymore. Commercials have transformed from little time capsules into bland, soulless ads for car insurance and prescription medicine. The medium is essentially dead and has been replaced with "skip this ad in 5 seconds"

[@catlover10192]

Things like commercials only show the side of culture that was "ideal." It takes news broadcasts and Hollywood movies, especcially rated R ones to get any sort of idea what it was really like.

[@person800]

That phone commercial at 5:39 was painfully relatable. I don't think that was mocking culture at all.

[@ToSatisfyU2013]

Dang my older sister was a year old when these aired. Old commericials.

[@Yubl10]

This is pretty much the only way that someone like me who didn't grow up in the 70s can somewhat experience it.