70's Commercials Vol. 33

These commercials aired on ABC on October 2nd, 1978
1. Wrigley's Gum (Be that house on the street that gets egged for giving out sticks of gum)
2. Handi Wipes
3. Promo for "Match Game PM"
4. Bowery Retirement Plan (With Joe DiMaggio. WTF at the very beginning though)
5. Ivory
6. Savings Bank Life Insurance
7. TV Spot for "Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe?"
8. Fazi-Battaglia
9. WABC Eyewitness News Update (The Yankees went on to win the World Series against the Dodgers)
10. "Hollywood Squares" End Credits
11. Manufacturers Hanover (With Tim Conway. The ad seems uncomfortably long)
12. Tom McAn
13. McMahon Services for Children PSA
14. WABC Station ID
15. Hallmark
16. Campbell's Manhandlers (Stop saying "manhandler")
17. Halls
18. Pizza Hut (Let yourself go)
19. Promo for "Happy Days", "Mork & Mindy", "Three's Company", "Taxi", "Barney Miller" and "Soap"
20. ABC Station ID

[@rsdaddy141]

Aww,come on lady...at least give out PACKS of gum. 😜😜😜

[@helpu2health]

I can guarantee that lady that gave out the bubble gum for Halloween her house got egged

[@river8760]

🤣

[@bozoinc4628]

Definitely lol

[@michellecholewczynski6675]

😂

[@Qboro66]

It wasn't even bubble gum... It was just chewing gum...

[@drk9011]

And breaking up the packs into single sticks?!? What a tightwad!

[@Lovejazz01]

Love these, ABC was always my favorite network in the 70’s and 80’s..

[@emilyneace5993]

I love all these oldies

[@davidronson8712]

Gum for Halloween? LOL, the kids would destroy your decor and flower beds if you do not give them chocolate bars.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

9:39--Some great TV comedy programs! Mercifully, channels like Me TV and Antenna TV are now rerunning them.

[@juancampanur7548]

Being a 70s kid I sure miss these TV commercials not like the crap we see on tv

[@MyownpersonKeta]

I know what you mean.

[@theafroalien3169]

Thanks for the memories 👍🏾

[@sublimnalphish7232]

Ahh Thursday night comedy. That's about my "whole" of watching TV back then. And a 1970's occasional MASH but Saturday night live was a must watch. What else is a teen going to do with a 10 o'clock curfew on Saturday night?

[@yusakug]

9:10 - Oh, the memories of when Pizza Hut used to be some of the best pizza you could get. Used to love eating there to celebrate the weekend as a kid. We still have the same restaurant from my childhood, but the quality has gone so downhill, it's not worth eating there anymore.

[@rsdaddy141]

yusakug right? They were the bomb!

[@timothysprengeler4071]

I loved Pizza Hut back then too. I have to agree that it's not what it used to be, although I'm glad they resurrected their old logo (I never cared for the modernized version).

[@beb1527]

I haven’t eaten in a Pizza Hut since the 70’s, sounds like I haven’t missed much!

[@sheriheffner2098]

I miss going to a eat in Pizza Hut. I thought the crust was better with the silver pizza pan they brought out to your table. I still love Pizza Hut. Papa Johns pizzas make me sick. Dominos pizzas are pretty good too.

[@sublimnalphish7232]

I didn't remember the commercial but I guessed the pizza before it gave the name just by the crust.

[@annettelanham9897]

I remember going to PH when I was a kid in Colorado. The red checkerboard table cloths, and the textured red plastic beakers they served the fountain drinks in. My mom got me hooked on Blue Cheese dressing from the salad bar. My dad used to give me quarters to put in the juke box to play 'Blue Bayou' by Linda Ronstadt.

[@nigelstringfellow5187]

Chewing gum is wholesome..who would have thought it...

[@Sillydee97]

First time I heard gum described as “wholesome”

[@Linda7647]

Gum is a wholesome treat? LOL!

[@kathleenh3695]

Haha I just saw that ! Wtf?

[@Linda7647]

@@kathleenh3695 I was like okay, I've heard it all now.

[@tomloft2000]

esp. sugar free

[@Linda7647]

@@tomloft2000 LOL. Right.

[@jenniferr9624]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tripdefect87]

Who in their right mind would give kids gum for halloween? Somebody is just asking for their house to be tee-peed

[@louieemborong785]

Gum as a treat. In a plate. Okay...

[@Mushrooms503]

😂😂

[@sheriheffner2098]

That was back when gum had sugar and gum base, no NutraSweet or Sucralose.

[@xfaktur2261]

RIP Tim Conway.

[@TinyDancer500]

Classics! The actor in the Thom McAn ad is Charles Kimbrough, best known as Jim Dial on "Murphy Brown" in the 1980s.

[@samanthab1923]

Thom McAn & Handi Wipes haven't thought of those in years.

[@Desslar]

Thanks!! I knew I recognized him from somewhere.

[@Qboro66]

The Thom McAn ad was filmed in Lower Manhattan over by 55 Water Street...

[@elc1960]

RIP Charles Kimbrough in that Thom McAn commercial.

[@drk9011]

Pizza Hut was actually good in the 70s (just like in the commercial)…went downhill fast in the 80s.

[@elc1960]

It's still better than most of the the national pizza chains that deliver. Miles better than Little Caesar.

[@Unlucky13ification]

Can't imagine the controversy that would follow if Campbell's Manhandlers soup existed today

[@bokbokboklovefriedchicken7261]

Or how about Swanson’s Hungry Man TV dinners. Or Manwich sandwich fillings. I miss the good old days!

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Did they know what Manhandle means?

[@demetriamcinnis6887]

@@bokbokboklovefriedchicken7261 i'm pretty sure hungry man dinners and manwich sloppy joe are literally stocked and sold across the country every day lol

[@tamumalone5456]

Wrigleys one minute chewing gum😄

[@daveyhouston]

Nobody wants damn gum on Halloween screw that noise

[@LittleTut]

🤣😅😅😂😂

[@MyownpersonKeta]

😂😂😂

[@sheriheffner2098]

They don't make Chili Beef Soup anymore. That used to be my favorite kind too. And it lookd like they stopped selling Split Pea with Ham too.

[@shanehardy5676]

I guess the chewing gum industry definitely lost out on the Halloween thing. ???????????

[@sublimnalphish7232]

I never see anyone chewing gum like we did back in the 1970's . I've never been one who cared much for chewing gum but knew a lot that did. It seems to be out of fashion these days or is it just my peeps that don't chew any or much?

[@frankcastle6003]

i just started 8th grade. good times

[@sublimnalphish7232]

Hi Punisher how's ya marveling?

[@oneluvblk]

Happy Day Mork & Mindy Three's Company Taxi Barney Miller Soap! What a lineup. WHO BEAT IT?

[@yusakug]

8:51 - I think I'm easily amused, because that guy's face combined with that strange sound effect playing cracks me up when I see it.

[@ChapBloke]

Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? is a great film if you get the chance to watch it. Just throwing that out there.

[@Lovejazz01]

fattoler still have never seen it, I would like to see it now, thanks!

[@Qboro66]

It played at the legendary Loews Astor Plaza on W 44th Street near 7th Avenue... according to the commercial...

[@mojojojo8223]

She gave out Wrigley's gum for Halloween...I know it's a commercial but I'm sure she would have gotten punched in her Wrigley face ROTFLMFAO

[@peterluhoway3498]

I loved that gum as kid still chew it when I can find here in Toronto 🇨🇦

[@mojojojo8223]

@@peterluhoway3498 Hello from the States!!!!

[@chancedaman4204]

Pizza looked wayyy better back then

[@elc1960]

It was. Believe me.

[@gargantuaism]

Can you imagine ANYBODY in 40 years sitting through the dreadfully boring commercials that are on today? All we get now are dreary medical commercials with shots of people laughing hysterically at picnics while endless side effects are read.

[@MyownpersonKeta]

I recently said that same thing to my husband. It seriously makes you dislike watching tv today.

[@CommanderCronus]

That Hallmark guy is intimidating. Not the kind of guy you would ever want to owe money to.

[@DanZero77]

Gum is *wholesome* now, kids! It's 8:00. Thanks Channel 7! I'm a big WABC fan. That's one serious ad for birthday cards!

[@Lori-vg7pp]

Why can't they show these 70 commercials on TV now, instead of that garbage!!

[@frutiguro]

That Pizza Hut pizza...you don't see it like that nowadays

[@tracymesser296]

Man I agree with that!!

[@elcartero4964]

I remembered the "Great Chefs of Europe" spot, if for no other reason than the anachronistic "Rated GP!" announcement.

[@dianacooper8414]

Wait till the kids get the gum stuck in their hair!

[@WWJD85]

that girl in the ivory commercial is a cutie

[@Lovejazz01]

WWJD85 yes I was just about say she is beautiful !

[@timothysprengeler4071]

2:00--Even at my age (49), I think she's cute too! I noticed the words "Bath Size" on the packaging. I remember that some bar soaps were labeled that way back then, but I don't recall seeing other sizes.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

Was

[@tamumalone5456]

Give Hallmark OR ELSE😂😂😂😂

[@feverspell]

I don't know who the actor is in the Handi Wipes commercial, but I don't think it's John Malkovich. It doesn't look or sound like him at all. That one-game playoff the Yankees won was of course, the famous Bucky Dent game. The Red Sox thankfully pissed away a 14 ½ game lead. Hehe.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I can't wash my face with soap. It dries it out and my skin is sensitive so I have to use Dove or Euserin I know that's not the right way to spell it.

[@MyownpersonKeta]

My daughters and I have the same issue.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

8:09..The Manhandler soup commercial is freakin hilarious. What are they on?😮😄

[@MycketKar]

Eyewitness news NY with Bill Beutel

[@Joannea10b805]

Thanks for sharing the good news about the Yankees. 😭😡

[@marx686]

Bowery retirement plan? No thanks Ill stick with SS and my 401K.

[@Awesoman]

That Ivory girl is wearing a picnic table cloth.

[@RemnantCult]

Picnic cloth was a popular fashion statement. Should make a comeback soon.

[@yusakug]

Heck, I think she's wearing the tablecloth from the Pizza Hut commercial later on in the video.

[@STMSGGG]

Happy Days followed by Mork & Mindy followed by 3s company then taxi followed barney MILLER THEN soap? I want the girl from the Ivory soap commercial a Pizza Hut pizza on Thursday night.

[@elc1960]

"...My mother thought life insurance was something only a man needed, so she never had any..." Never had any which, life insurance or men? And if men, then explain how you got here babe!

[@mrmonty86]

Gum instead of candy? Gee, you're insulting breath lady lol.

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

Danm Seattle Yep.

[@lianalonge1984]

1:30 (Bowery Retirement Plan) I guess the opening of the commercial was trying to elude that Joe DiMaggio was at the time, just as SEXY as his former wife Marilyn Monroe? 🤷🏽‍♀️😏 Notice how the towel completely covers his appealing physique. 😂

[@80sCommercialVault]

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

[@elc1960]

Fazi-Battaglia wine? Just ask for some of that Fozzy Bear wine, they'll know what you mean...

[@Clay3613]

The Ivory commercial makes me not want to buy the soap....

[@justoutofframemoviereviews656]

the Hallmark card pitchman looks eerily like Iron Eyes Cody...except with eyebrows and polyester.

[@MMAfighter38113]

I’d rather have Wrigley’s for Halloween than Tootsie Rolls

[@kayleighandhercat1351]

Barnacle Boy!!!

[@PrimaWhiteKitty]

People spoke so weirdly back then. Doesn't feel right.