70's Commercials Vol. 23

These commercials aired on CBS on December 17th, 1978
1. CBS Special Presentation Bumper
2. Kodak
3. Gallo Rhine Wine
4. TV Spot for "California Suite"
5. Promo for "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" (Classic)
6. Promo for "A Christmas To Remember"
7. Norelco
8. Country Blend Cat Food
9. Liquid Plumr
10. "All In The Family" Commercial Bumper
11. Promo for "Kaz" and "Dallas"
12. McDonald's Gift Certificate
13. Promo for "From Kitty Hawk To The Stars"
14. "All In The Family" Commercial Bumper
15. Polaroid One Step Camera (With James Garner and Mariette Hartley)
16. Hickory Farms (Why is Santa dressed like a stuffy old college professor? He's got the elbow patches and everything!)
17. JCPenney
18. Promo for "The Millionaire"
19. Alka Seltzer (With Sammy Davis Jr.)
20. Ken-L-Rations Tender Chunks (With James Whitmore. "Brooks was here")
21. Kodak Ektra Cameras (With Michael Landon)
22. "All In The Family" End Credits
23. Promo for "Alice"
24. "Promo for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
25. United Cerebral Palsy PSA
26. CBS Newsbreak (Wow, I never knew Ed Bradley was young!)
a. OPEC to raise oil prices by 14.5% (This sparked another oil crisis in 1979)
b. U.S. Embassy warns US citizens to stay off streets of Taipei
c. Replica of Wright Brothers plane flies (barely) in Kitty Hawk for 75th anniversary of their first flight (They also built a replica for the 100th anniversary in 2003 but it failed to fly due to bad weather)
27. Sine-Off
28. CBS Newsbreak
29. CBS Station ID
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[@44excalibur]

I was eight years old when these aired. Every time I think I miss the 80s I watch these videos and realize that I miss the 70s just as much.

[@elc1960]

I kinda lost a bit of the Christmas spirit when they stopped airing those Norelco Christmas commercials where Santa Claus rides the electric razor over the snowy hills. To me, it just isn't Christmas without them.

[@mariellclement8092]

I LOVE THAT CBS SPECIAL PRESENTATION OPENING!

[@lisab7977]

I was 12 when these aired. Wish I could go back to this time in my life!

[@timothysprengeler4071]

"A Charlie Brown Christmas"--what a classic! Kind of sad to hear that it, along with the other Charlie Brown specials, won't be airing on network TV this year.

[@barnabycollins7337]

Hickory Farms was sample heaven! I remember trying to teach the cat how to Chow Chow Chow & hoping in vain that our sinks would clog.

[@mitzithompson6585]

I was a kid in the 70s and I remember these commercials very well

[@talkieful1710]

Ah the 70s! 40 years ago. Was almost 16 and sometimes feels like it was yesterday.!

[@moongoddess1496]

After watching this. I went and watched the "Alice" pilot online. What a great show.

[@miketroncin749]

I remember watching that show a lot as a kid but beyond Mel calling Vera a ding bat and flo telling him to kiss her grits, I can't say I really remember any of the plots

[@moongoddess1496]

Mike Troncin In the 2nd episode, Alice went on a date with one of Mel's friends from college, a pro football player. By the end of the date, he tells Alice he is gay. Did not know they touched on such things in the 70's.

[@miketroncin749]

Yeah that was pretty early for that subject... Wasn't it like ten years til Roseanne kissed Hemingway? I remember that being a big thing

[@timothysprengeler4071]

I love "Alice"! I actually never watched it during its original run, but nowadays I enjoy it on Antenna TV.

[@steveng.willis618]

The best Christmas I remember as a kid was 1978. I got my Starbird toy I had been wanting. I wish I still had it. Great memories!

[@timothysprengeler4071]

Mine too! I remember getting an electric train set that year.

[@kevinbrown-ge6sz]

I had forgotten about those Norelco "gotcha" commercials. They used to bother me when I was a kid. Just before this video got to the gotcha part I remembered what was coming and looked away.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

2:41--I'd kind of forgotten about that Country Blend Cat Chow. After seeing that commercial here, I recall that my family occasionally fed it to our cat back then.

[@jillsmith633]

Wow, what a Christmas gift - a 50 cent McDonald's coupon. It's the thought that counts though, lol.

[@watchxfiles]

But the coupon was worth more that's the joy of receiving a McDonald's coupon.

[@gb_audiovisual]

1 month after the Star Wars Holiday Special.

[@rsdaddy141]

I was 5 when these were aired 😁

[@LilCosgrove]

Amazing that after all this time, JCPenney STILL has the exact same logo! Nice to see when nearly everyone has changed theirs a good five times at least at this point...

[@80sCommercialVault]

They actually did change their logo in 2011, but reverted back to their original logo two years later: adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/j-c-penney-scuttles-logo-introduced-ceo/244660/

[@LilCosgrove]

80sCommercialVault Wow, that's pretty cool! Thankyou for always informing on these cultural details with links and everything!

[@watchxfiles]

Aren't they gone

[@80sCommercialVault]

JC Penney is still around. Can’t bother to do research aka a simple google search? Don’t comment on stuff with potentially misleading information.

[@rileybryantlam]

Wow! I didn't know rotary razors came out that early! Cool!

[@80sCommercialVault]

Electric rotary shavers were invented in 1939

[@DanZero77]

It was nice to see an original airing of All In The Family here, complete with the bumpers and end credits! I was going to point out the "1 month after Star Wars Holiday Special" after seeing the Newsbreak at the end, but it's already been taken care of. (that special also had an infamous Newsbreak with Marlene Sanders and even was on the SWHS Rifftrax!)

[@mst3kanita]

I don't understand what was so infamous about it.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

"All in the Family" is currently airing on Get TV, but without the original end credits sequence.

[@tdrewman]

I remember when the gas prices went up to 85 cents a gallon after opec raised prices.

[@TTrigg]

that CBS Special Presentation bumper never gets old..BlueSky Studios shouldve done a riff on it using their logo for "The Peanuts Movie" wonder what was it that pre-empted 'Alice' in order for the show to return at an hour later than usual lol

[@80sCommercialVault]

The next Sunday was Christmas Eve. Alice was pre-empted by The Nutcracker (probably the 1964 TV special with Eddie Albert as host). imdb.com/title/tt0221445/

[@berto1169]

Isn't that the coffee lady from Airplane! in the Hickory Farms ad? ("Jim never vomits at home.")

[@krowy86]

She is!

[@JohnnyUtah15]

+berto1111 Nice catch! I also think the man who plays the Santa is actor Bill Irwin ( /www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=5362 ). The voice sounds familiar but I'm not 100% certain it's him. The guy with the bag on his head in the Alka Seltzer commercial, I believe he is Dr. Beeper from Caddyshack.

[@amhaney1]

I was a sophomore in high school when these originally aired.

[@fscap811]

I miss cameras and buying film and getting it developed.

[@bbqfreak7971]

fscap811 really....people nowadays have thousands of photos on their phones and never get them developed,these times really suck if you ask me 😕😕

[@MM-fc9fz]

JAMIE NEWMAN they still make ‘em. One with a built in battery.

[@SuV33358]

Not me. It was a pain in the ass. I'm all for instant gratification 😆

[@talkieful1710]

You can still buy 35m film. Clark and York develop them.

[@JerryOrbachFan]

Having to scoop water out of a clogged bathtub with a pot would really suck.

[@kayandaeddings4803]

These commercials came out a month after I was born.

[@brittneyrutherford]

If only I could be like 25 and live in every decade... almost

[@ConwayTruckload]

I was a sophomore in high school at this time.

[@miketroncin749]

09:26 - I don't always lift, but when I do, that's NOT where I want my spotter...

[@matttaylor4467]

Brooks was here.

[@katenash1189]

Why isn't Melissa McCarthy remaking that Cat Chow ad?! She would nail it!

[@JerryOrbachFan]

😂

[@Anousenka]

6:06 - what's on her nose?! :D

[@seffola]

It's her third nose

[@Anousenka]

seffola Hee :D

[@Vebinz]

+Annusya Pipi I believe a bindi, though she put it on her nose for some reason (maybe playfulness?).

[@Anousenka]

Vebinz I thought it could be a bindi, but I didn't know they were at all popular in the late '70s! LOL, it's weird :D

[@JerryOrbachFan]

I wish episodes of Kaz could at least be found on KZbin. I'm crazy about Ron Leibman.

[@aunajasowell6694]

Does anyone know the name of the music for Gallo Wine?

[@tamumalone6468]

James Garner was hot!

[@LikaLaruku]

Hey, 80sCommercialVault, would you happen to have a collection of commercials from malls? I love how they say that dog food is "meat FLAVORED" & "cuts LIKE meat," implying that it's artificially flavored filler.

[@thomasbrown3356]

The cat chow lady always annoyed me.