70's Commercials Vol. 3

These commercials aired on ABC on January 1st, 1979
1. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumper
2. Promo for "AM" (With Regis Philbin)
3.KABC Happy New Year Bumper
4. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Tickle and Dr. Pepper. I regret to inform everybody that the Tickle commercial was skipped *cue "Price Is Right" horn*)
5. Dr. Pepper (With David Naughton)
6. Sugar Free Dr. Pepper
7. Promo for "Happy Days" (I wonder how many little Henry Winklers are out there?), "Laverne & Shirley", "Three's Company" (Regal Beagle FTW) and "Taxi"
8. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumper
9. TV Guide (I like the creepy computer music in the background. It reminds me of the music in "Forbidden Planet")
10. Vons (I miss the days when you could just walk into a television set)
11. First Federal Savings
12. Grandma's Fruit'n Oatmeal Bars (That Kangaroo died penniless and alone)
13. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumper
14. Promo for "The Sugar Bowl"
15. Secret (This guy obviously just wants to wear lady things. With Richard Kline)
16. KLOS 95 1/2
17. KABC Happy New Year Bumper
18. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumpers
19. Alpha Beta
20. Grape Nuts (With Will Rogers Jr.)
21. TV Spot for "Force 10 From Navarone" (I've haven't heard anything good about this, but Harrison Ford is in it so it must be somewhat awesome...right?)
22. Yuban (He likes another woman's coffee! What is a wife to do?!?)
23. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumper
24. Promo for "Hollywood Squares" (That Elizabeth Taylor joke is sad now. Sorry I didn't post these earlier /sadface)
25. NAACP "Dollars For Christmas" PSA
26. Victoria Station
27. Canada Dry
28. "Rockin' NYE" Commercial Bumper
29. ABC Happy New Year Bumper

[@kellypolfleit3942]

The’70’s was the best decade of my life

[@zachhoran]

David Naughton, who had the 1979 pop hit Makin It, theme to a short lived TV show. He later co-starred on My SIster Sam and played Pyramid as a celeb a few times in the 80s.

[@ZanaB33z49]

I have never seen a Grandma's product ad in my life...I didn't know they had TV commercials

[@BikerBenny]

When commercials were a spectacular Broadway musical haha 😁😀☺

[@billybarnett2846]

I watch these old commercials and wonder how many jobs in advertising don't exist anymore? 79 was a good year. To be honest, anything before 2000 was good to me.

[@madgang201]

Don't we all miss those days when every ad on television was a musical? I know I do.

[@michellepost5232]

My teen years!! I never liked Dr.Pepper, but liked Pibb, and still do. It's still sold. Love these ads, such sweet memories!!!

[@karena222fu]

I was 12 in 1979 and I remember 75% of these thanks these took me back to a better time.

[@tomservo56954]

The man in the Alpha Beta ad is Alan Hamel...Suzanne Somers' husband.

[@traceymallard]

i remember the store Alpha Beta! i totally forgot about them until i saw this video! wow this really brings back memories! im loving it.

[@starskylvr]

Isn't that the same actress on the coffee commercial that said the same line on Airplane? They look like the same actress.

[@Yubl10]

I didn't know that Canada Dry used to make stuff for mixed drinks. Nowadays, I mostly know them for their ginger ale although I really don't like ginger ale.

[@burnforce]

One of the fortunate one's to have a VCR back in 1979! Thanks for the memories ;)

[@Vintageclassiccommercials]

Great old commercials . Thanks for posting them .

[@elc1960]

That first Dr. Pepper ad is the one whose audio appears on the 1989 Tee Vee Toons CD "The Commercials." That's right, you can purchase a CD of TV commercials. God bless America.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@plasticvideo No. If anything, it's his sister Ellen. His mother died of cancer in 1978 at the age of 66.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@starskylvr Airplane was specifically referencing this ad campaign. Yuban used it throughout the 70's and utilized dozens of actresses for the commercials. BTW, the actress in Airplane is Lee Bryant and looks *nothing* like the woman in the ad here.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Wow , I graduated high school in 1979! Has it been 41 years ? Where did the time go?!

[@GinaGionicci]

One can only weep,I grew up in brooklyn nyc ,the disco era ,and all the jr high school stuff,time did fly ,we can only wish we can turn back from this 2021 ,peace

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@GinaGionicci 👍

[@wmbrown6]

And besides the "spacey" music in the TV Guide ad, the mellifluous voice of the late Taylor Grant.

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

This is STILL one of my faves because I lived in LA at this time. I especially remember my Mom having her coffee and watching AM LA with Regis.

[@ducatipainting6414]

Love the creepy background music in the TV Guide commercials. Brings back memories!

[@80sCommercialVault]

@zachhoran He also played the lead in "An American Werewolf in London", which is what I know him from.

[@ratesforless]

TV Guide. My God, where did the time go?

[@IRgEEK]

wow. thx for reminding me how old I am! ;-) '79 was by far one of my fav years as a 13 yr old punk. Skating and listening to Cheap Trick, Clash and other funnzies all day. I can recite these commercials word for word even today. Of course we only had 3 channels + PBS at the time but still.

[@weeg65]

I was born and raised in So. Calif. And in the San Fernando Valley, and after seeing these commercials, it brought back tons of memories. Especially the KLOS-95.5 add! Listened to that station until the day I moved out of there in 1986...

[@violetzebras]

Never heard of Victoria Station before so I Googled it. A railroad themed prime rib restaurant. A fairly popular place in the 70's but was bankrupt by the mid 80's.

[@Gilbs2211]

Aw snap, I was 2!!!

[@80sCommercialVault]

@WebVMan He was 47 at the time and IMO looks WAY younger than that.

[@wmbrown6]

I also see KLOS, in those days, used the same background music for the ads as their New York sister station, WPLJ 95.5, did.

[@allluckyseven]

Oh, wow... The actor in the Dr. Pepper ad is the guy from American Werewolf in London!

[@smichelle65]

"Force 10 From Navarone" received the dreaded BOMB rating in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide.

[@stephaniestavropoulos1639]

WOW!! Seeing that Vons commercial, little did I know that 20 some odd years later, I would move out to Southern California, and this would be the grocery store of choice. I am still shopping there. Only now, instead of walking up and down the aisles like used to do, I am now utilizing their home delivery service.

[@starskylvr]

Secret commercial - guy is actor from Threes Company that played Jack Tripper's best friend.

[@elineff2791]

Richard Kline commercial with him using the name Jack -- GO FIGURE!!

[@Asiablue]

The Alpha Beta commercial has ex-TV host Alan Hamel. He is married to Suzanne Somers.

[@springloadedchicken]

yeh, those pepper's are an interesting breed alright.....

[@jcoors8790]

8:00 so that's where the scene came from in Airplane.

[@jpbourdon2671]

From being a Pepper to an American Werewolf in London.

[@quad5186]

He was really Makin' It back then .

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

I know this is 2 years old, but you are correct, it is Ellen Travolta, John's sister. She also played Chachi's mom on Happy Days, and played a waitress in Grease.

[@Diskoboy1974]

Jim never vomits at home....

[@Jeff98177]

Isn't that Ellen Travolta in the Vons commercial?

[@BryonLape]

I remember many of these.

[@TheCWPFilms]

Richard Kline aka Larry from Three's Company in Secret commercial?

[@tamumalone5456]

The Yuban lady was pn Airplane!

[@traceymallard]

i was surprised to see richard kline in a commercial! i only remembered him from three's company! and i used to love grape nuts! i had it in summer camp in the sanbernadino mts in 1976! this really brings back great memories.

[@Donpatch88]

i love the dr pepper add around the 1 minute mark :D

[@Stephanelli]

OMGOSH I thought I was the only one that thought the TV guide background music was creepy! I'm glad to know I'm not alone!! Love your videos!! Brings back so many memories!! Thanks for posting!!

[@LilCosgrove]

Stephanelli 1974 Make that three. I've never seen the ad until now and it definitely unnerved me a bit.

[@plasticvideo]

@80sCommercialVault holy cow, you're right! That's quite a spread between siblings you have to admit.

[@rafaelsiegel]

At 5:00 it's "Larry" from Three's Company!!! Ironically his character is called "Jack", ha.

[@jcoors8790]

He looks at the camera too!

[@KB9TKB]

I remember an Alpha Beta in Tucson when we lived out there in the late 70's early 80's when I was a kid. The Dr. Pepper ad sure brings back memories. Is the music from the a.m. LA promo the same music used as the theme from Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous? I know I heard it years ago somewhere.

[@JimRockford853]

I love all these commercials, especially the Rockin New Years Eve '79 bumpers

[@RandomDudeFromSomewhere]

That's not Jack, that's Larry! Oh great, Larry is impersonating Jack again.

[@tamumalone5456]

Larry wants her Secret😂😂😂

[@smurfette1509]

Tamu Malone LOL Nice entry. As a transwoman I've lived a lifetime involved with gender issues and there's just something that gives me the creeps about that commercial. But that's just me, I'm not saying other transpeople would feel the same.

[@weirdowaldo]

Ellen Travolta in a Vons commercial ... priceless!!

[@bmorefunnyman1]

Wasn't Alice from the "Vons" Commercial later to replace Miss Garrett from Diff'rent Strokes?

[@lucasboydjr]

i remember that rockin eve show, i was 14 the village people performed "are you ready for the 80's"

[@nowhereinslowmotion]

Laverne & Shirley and Taxi lol. My mum and I liked Christopher Lloyd's character on the latter. He was awesome doing that part and had us in stitches rofl hahaha.

[@kellybobdonahue1966]

1979 was not a great year for me with pneumonia in May and was pretty sick until the end of the year when I moved to Kansas.

[@fromthesidelines]

I'm sorry to hear that. I understand what you went through.

[@defenderoFreedom]

@BallisticLife about your commec: I thought that sounded famililar: "He NEVER orders seconds on coffee" from Airplane joke. :)

[@mefault]

I love how Richard Kline's name in the Secret ad is Jack. The irony...LOL.

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

3:30 I wonder if that steak is still good...

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

Cynical Atheist 40 year old steak? Thaw that monster out and trow it over some coals... I'll eat it. What's the worst that could happen?

[@kingers36]

I dont know how anyone could stay up threw all those commercials to watch the ball drop id be exhausted.

[@oDJOldskull]

Folgers too.. . I've got that little red can from my uncle from states. The flavour is so-called 'vanilla' but the taste is like old stinky rugs...

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

I was just picturing that! I've seen 'Airplane!' countless times and I love it.

[@LaPersonaNonGrata]

I recognize that guy from the 'secret' commercial, but what's better is he looks at the camera @ 5:31 ! lol .

[@DanZero77]

No Tickle ad! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! That TV Guide music was used extensively in their ads through the mid 80s. Enough DRAMA on that Secret ad? Force Ten reminds me of the Rush song! I would be more upset over the fact the guy want's more of that other woman's "coffee"! (as you said in your description) So Yuban saves relationships now?

[@MMacG1167]

I watched New Years Rockin' Eve '79, at least part of it. I was in the 5th grade at the time. I distinctly remember seeing Blondie perform what must have been "Heart of Glass" on it. It was the first time I had ever seen or heard them. I couldn't believe how high Deborah Harry's voice was. No reference to Dick Clark in the bumpers at this point in time.

[@JestAGoof]

I remember going to my local Alpha Beta until Lucky came in and bought the location up. =(

[@7jpt]

Look how young Regis Philbin looked!

[@ericbrork]

Yeah! Regis on AM L.A.

[@blugreen123]

@ChadzBeerReviews i've often wondered that myself. it's an eternal mystery

[@SplendidCoffee0]

DAMNIT! Your profile pic scared the hell out of me!

[@paktype]

That music used to send chills up and down my spine, and not from happiness. Major creepiness.

[@sherri419]

He used to be a Werewolf.

[@maha77]

Sugar Free Dr Pepper. The taste of wet gym socks in a can

[@tamumalone5456]

maha77 yuk😜😂😂

[@melissacooper4282]

Ewww! Nasty!

[@ducatipainting6414]

I think it's the best diet cola out there. Other than Fresca.

[@sarniatownreggae]

2:42 OMG, I remember those creepy old TVGuide commercials.

[@happydragonpictures]

The American werewolf is a pepper!

[@dutchvanderlinde5855]

Happy Dragon Pictures See, anyone can be a pepper.

[@tulllguy]

lol at Dr. Pepper dude hair.

[@jerzeyjax2024]

The secret commercial is Larry from Threes Company

[@b3j8]

I'm a Pepper too! Aand that will be bouncing around in my head for awile! Again!

[@TheTubeTempest]

Damn I want a dr pepper.

[@davidwitcher4032]

What does yellow mean? Slow down! Whaaaat daaas yellow mean? Slow down! Whhhaaaat daaaaase yellow mean? Classic Reverend Jim.

[@ClintScottFischer]

Haha, Larry from 3's Company in a commercial, and his name is Jack!

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

@starskylvr Now I know where the actress in the movie got that.

[@BallisticLife]

Sooooo, now I get this. In the movie Airplane, a man and his wife order food, and the wife says "(man) never has seconds of coffee". That was a joke on the Yuban ads. I GET IT NOW! Airplane was made in 1980, I always thought it was just a joke, not a REFERENCE!

[@christosvoskresye]

That Sugar Bowl matchup of Alabama and Penn State sounds promising!

[@smurfette1509]

christosvoskresye LOL It does not...it just shows how nothing changes over time: It's always 'bama. I'm sick of it.

[@Rizky06]

I wonder what "pinpoint carbonation" is. Is this another secret of the universe that I missed out on? *wink*

[@sparkie119]

Does Vons still exsist in So Ca?

[@Shawn666Hellion]

That tado promo looked very similar to Detroit radio station the WRIF 101

[@ReginaldForman]

All I know is that I'm a pepper.

[@setamluos1]

I'm a pepper.

[@txvoltaire]

4:01 They make sure there is a fake smile on everyone's lips--or they're fired!

[@tomservo56954]

@BallisticLife "Jim never vomits like that at home"

[@elc1960]

I've never been much of a drinker, but I'd have gladly paid for that woman in the Canada Dry ad to come and extol the virtues of their fine products in person...after all, television only goes so far in selling a product; sometimes the best approach is a personal one (wink wink)...

[@TeriLynn923]

Too bad you don't have the Tickle commerical. That was the first deodorant I ever used. I remember that Dr. Pepper commercial very clearly!

[@plasticvideo]

#10 is John Travoltas mom. I'm serious.

[@Marckymarc71]

Yep, Vons is still around. It's owned by Safeway, or vice versa. I moved from LA to the Northwest and my Vons card worked at Safeway.

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

@plasticvideo It's his older sister Ellen. A lot of people think she's his mom!

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

Tickle anti persprant I can't believe they went there lol. I never liked watching Dick Rockin Eve or Time Square because I would jealous that I wasn't there

[@jillsmith633]

I remember this New Years Eve. It was the beginning of a New Year but the end of my marriage.