70's Commercials Vol. 29

[@yusakug]

4:22 - "Not a vegetable? And it's from Bird's Eye?" NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE!! Cats and dogs, living together! Mass hysteria!!

[@hrtvfan2870]

Well, during the 1970s at least Bird's Eye had been expanding beyond frozen vegetables for a while at this point (selling everything from whipped topping to pudding during that period)

[@zachhoran]

Dover Farms whipped topping was the Birds Eye brand, circa early 80s, back when General Foods owned Birdseye

[@retroDave80]

There sure is a lot of Polyester in these commercials. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!

[@Lovejazz01]

The classic Bing Crosby/David Bowie Christmas duet!

[@unbrokenandalive1089]

Thanks for posting these!! What a thrilling stroll down memory lane!! I can almost smell the Aqua Net, White Rain and Adorn...

[@chrislang9442]

It's Ruffles or Nothing? I thought it was It's Nerf or Nothing! 😜

[@cocoinco5054]

I do believe: "Ruffles have ridges"

[@ThisGuyFrritz]

I can remember that For Fiesta commercial where it started out with a bunch of cars going through paper. There's another one like it with Ford Fairmonts.

[@elc1960]

The short order cook at the counter in the Ruffles ad was William Duell, who played patient Jim Sefelt in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. You also have No Nonsense Panty Hose's longtime spokesperson, Susan Blanchard, in one of their commercials. And that's Paul Frees as the guy reading the Sprout that story about peas. As for the two talking snowmen in the 7up ad, I know that's Paul Winchell as the snowman on the left, but who did the voice of the other one? It sounds a bit like Herb Vigran, but a much younger sounding version.

[@5argetech56]

From the valley of the jolly....... HO HO HO... Green Giant.. :)

[@yusakug]

6:05 - The TV Action Team!! Includes Archie Bunker, female Black Dynamite, and Ginger Man!!

[@80sCommercialVault]

I really want an Archie Bunker Man for Christmas. He comes with an armchair and says four offensive phrases!

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I've got the TV Action Team Van still.

[@chrislang9442]

They had to specify that it was the Twiggy from England that was in the Bing Crosby special. I guess as opposed to the one from Laos.

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

Chris Lang my question is why didn't they mention that David Bowie was also from England?

[@allenjones3130]

Twiggy and David Bowie were guests on Bing's last special, "Merrie Olde Christmas".

[@TTrigg]

Birds Eye rice dishes-why cant more products come in an"International" flavor.. XD Lou Grant promo-now i wanted to see if Lou administered a beat down to the mugger/wife-beater or whomever that guy was lol

[@timothysprengeler4071]

Wish I could find those Birds Eye international rice dishes in the store. They look really good.

[@MM-fc9fz]

GE coffee makes me think of only one thing; 30 Rock.

[@miketroncin749]

01:16 - I like how Vicks wanted to sneak in the vapo-rub but felt they had to face the label away to cut confusion over what product is being advertised

[@DougBirdacks]

great eye, good catch!

[@timothysprengeler4071]

0:30--Back when alkaline batteries were a luxury of sorts, and not the standard type of battery. 2:43--Looks like this was before they tried to (falsely) convince us that Zest wasn't really a soap. 3:45--I remember feeding our cats Tender Vittles back in the day. They were soft bite-sized morsels that fell somewhere in between "dry" and "wet" (canned) cat foods. 10:45--Ford Fiesta was imported from Germany? That's news to me. With the Ford brand, I always thought it was an American car.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Captive imports were in vogue at the time, mainly because most American cars were still being designed like boats and were not at all fuel efficient during the oil crisis. This was not even Ford's first captive import released in the 70s, their first being the Capri.

[@sacheverelle2626]

Tender Vittles does that exist anymore?

[@sirlordford]

That voiceover for the Tender Vittles is everywhere back then. Anyone know who that is?

[@miketroncin749]

04:01 - TENDER VITTLES?!? If I had parents that reacted like this I'd be on the next slow boat to China...

[@tamumalone5456]

Mike Troncin 😅😅

[@sacheverelle2626]

My mom fed our cats Tender Vittles and their teeth all fell out

[@robertstephens4037]

Interesting to see John Marler at the end. When I moved to Atlanta in 1986 he was on WAGA, a CBS affiliate at the time.

[@Zanaaa50]

Yikes! @ 2:38 this guy (IMHO) is a dead ringer for Anthony Hopkins and I am therefore CREEPED out by him in that commercial! The weird voiceover did not help either.

[@Dogsville08]

I wonder whatever became of the Bake-A-Round.

[@jillsmith633]

I bought one back then, but I couldn't get my bread out of that stupid tube.

[@DanZero77]

Lou Grant with a rather interesting topic is OUTSTANDING entertainment, according to CBS. Those 7up snowmen came close, but nothing will EVER top the Pepsi Snowman from last year. NOTHING. Channel Sevennnnnnnnnnnnnseattle.

[@80sCommercialVault]

I've never actually seen it, but "Lou Grant" is often cited as a one of the best TV shows dealing with the field of journalism and dealing with a variety of topics in the news at the time. Judging by the promo here, CBS had no idea how to sell the show to audiences.

[@tamumalone5456]

Back when 7up didn't taste like morning breath with bubbles

[@marymunkelwitz3917]

Is that Martha Quinn in the No Nonsense ad? Sure looks and sounds like her and I guess she did some commercials in college pre-MTV.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Not Martha Quinn

[@marymunkelwitz3917]

You’re right. After some deeper Googling I learned it’s an actress named Susan Blanchard. Their voices are so similar to me! Thanks for the videos, as always.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Also keep in mind, the actress who you mentioned was over 30 here...Martha Quinn was only 18 in 1977 (born in 1959). Here's an example of an ad with her from 1981, likely shot just before her gig at MTV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXiseqRvg9CjfLs

[@marymunkelwitz3917]

Yeah, Martha looks like a baby here. Side note: I had that Little People house (and still do, my kids play with it now!)

[@tamumalone6468]

Pantyhose under jeans ? Itchy and hot gross