ABC and CBS Commercials (1979-80)

[@Spookje09]

Takes me back to such an innocent and carefree time. I was around 10 years old and loved all of those shows and sitcoms. I remember all of these commercials. Loved ones were still alive for holidays and gatherings. Star Wars toys and arcade video games. I miss those times and hope my little boy looks back with some fondness when he's grown.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

My senior year in high school (1979-80). A magical time.

[@dace938]

This is such a GREAT way to kill an hour. That ABC promo guy ("Tuesday !!! It's an all new Happy Day's ..." just takes me back to those days.

[@markfaulkner5626]

The “ABC promo guy” was legendary Ernie Anderson, father of director Paul Thomas Anderson.

[@saeedashtiani1968]

Except those days we ditched commercials to go and pee. Now I am using it to enrich my vocabulary. Those words can sell ice to Eskimo.

[@OofusTwillip]

@@markfaulkner5626 In the 1960s, Ernie was Ghoulardi, in Cleveland, where he also worked with Tim (who was still using his real name, Tom) Conway. They did a comedy album together. Ernie was often in the audience at "The Carol Burnett Show", and was Carol's announcer and sometimes played bit roles on the show. When Tim had his own variety shows, Ernie was his announcer.

[@Wonderhussy]

I'm just going to watch this and pretend it's 1979 instead of 2021... Now pass the quaaludes😁😁😁

[@1984potionlover]

I'm drinking some weed tea, but dang, fresh out of Quaaludes ...I can offer you a cuppa(the gudstuff), and a muffin with homemade velvet chocolate "dreams" ;) icing. Come float like a butterfly, and "buzz" like a bee! (apologies to Muhammad Ali for messin' with his prose)

[@scotplemmons4209]

Back to infancy

[@seymorekeester2193]

Couldnt even imagine weed would be legal back in 79.....

[@toots810usa6]

I lived in Miami in 1979. I was 14 yrs old in HS, and there was souped up van with portholes that would pull up along side my friends and me when we were walking home from school. It was a pharmacy on wheels and the guy was always trying to sell us Ludes LOL.

[@markfaulkner5626]

Oh, yes. Opening door “714” would be a very relaxing trip.

[@pacificblue3955]

I’ve had all that I can take with the 2020’s. I’m headed back to 1980. Who’s with me?

[@msbigdog1460]

I'm with you!! When do we leave?

[@pacificblue3955]

@@msbigdog1460 Day after tomorrow. I gotta pack up my wine collection.

[@msbigdog1460]

@@pacificblue3955 great! We can take my 73 Beetle, just gimme the directions and we're on our way! 🤣

[@pacificblue3955]

@@msbigdog1460 I’m pretty much up for anywhere it’s warm year round so I can SCUBA dive as often as I can. And oh yeah, also have along my totally badass 1974 Dodge Challenger. Year round perfect weather, classic cars, and fine wine. Sounds pretty great to me.

[@msbigdog1460]

@@pacificblue3955 okay, we'll drive the Challenger and tow the Beetle, lol. That is if my son doesn't try to steal your Challenger, he loves those.

[@gf328]

Me: annoyed with KZbin ads interruptions. Also me: watching ads

[@NJGuy1973]

1970s commercials are more entertaining than 2020s shows.

[@AlexSosa777]

Instead of listening to rain or snow storm's to help me sleep. This always does it for me. Comfort zone.....

[@KevinOrtega1980]

Helps me as well

[@msbigdog1460]

Thanks so much for posting this. It takes me back to a time when life was so much easier and enjoyable! Please keep them coming. Now if only we could get the t.v. shows from this era. I loved the series 'Vegas'.

[@marybetheby5184]

Everybody would have to be black now...

[@impalaman9707]

I wished Litton hadn't gone away. They made quality microwaves--in fact, the first one my parents bought lasted all the way into the 90s! I used it to heat up my Swanson's "great start" breakfasts every day before school in the 80s

[@rick3747]

Yes, I agree my grandparents had a Litton bought in 1978. It lasted until 2006 if I remember correctly. That is crazy long time for a microwave.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I watched Eight Is Enough every week. Nicholas and Nancy were my favorite two kids.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Thanks for these. Takes me back to much happier time. ❤️❤️ Loved tv and movies back then....hate them now.

[@thomasbrown3356]

Isn't it funny that you may not have thought of the Ma Bell jingle in over 40 years, but you can still sing it, word for word.

[@whatupgigi]

I’m getting a Time Machine and I’m going back! Anyone want to come along?

[@Wentrashane]

Wait for me!!!

[@whatupgigi]

@@Wentrashane I will!

[@damienmercer4731]

….I’m down for the ride!

[@brianfantana8510]

Must have watched a lot of TV when I was a kid...I remember a bunch of these commericals.

[@MMAfighter38113]

I could watch these all day. Thanks for the upload. 47:30 ‘Of Ghosts & Angels’ was an unusual episode of ‘’Charlie’s Angels.’’

[@jessecoffey4737]

STATIONS AND AIRDATES: 0:00 KMBC-TV9, Kansas City, Missouri, November 19, 1980 6:38 KMBC-TV9, Kansas City, Missouri, November 26, 1980 13:59 ABC, c. May 1979 29:07 WCVB-TV5 Boston, December 24, 1979 (Christmas Day) 38:48 WCVB-TV5 Boston, December 26, 1979 50:25 KABC-TV7 Los Angeles, California, January 13, 1979 55:26 KABC-TV7 Los Angeles, California, c. January 1979 1:00:15 KNXT-TV2 Los Angeles, California, February 1980

[@brealdo1ha3ker45]

thank you, Bandit

[@melaniemills4505]

I loved Soap! 😍

[@manterprise]

Thank you very much for what you are doing!

[@misterelom]

1:04:13 I kinda miss when networks used to do these celebrity variety specials. They seem pretty hokey looking back at them but they had their certain charm.

[@juanmanuelpena5319]

The second actor in the Litton Ad is the General from War Games!

[@seaningram3285]

3:38 The Athlete formerly known as Bruce Jenner.

[@melaniemills4505]

Yeah, he's a real man's man...😎👍

[@williamprobus7386]

I know it's a crazy world

[@mknorman7236]

Those were the days … wish we could go back

[@OofusTwillip]

Considering all the dental and medical advances since then, I'd still want to visit the 2000s for treatment.

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

...even when you're just showin' off." Always loved that commercial.

[@laustcawz2089]

Terrific!! Only thing missing is promos/clips from CBS's "The Incredible Hulk".

[@swhite8381]

This made me realize how much I need to update my appliances because I still have a couple of them 😆

[@mukbangsareawesome6335]

It scares me that I have vague memories of that Saran Wrap commercial lol

[@markfaulkner5626]

I remember it well. It’s Brian Bennett’s incidental music Glass Tubes that makes it memorable, sort of like Tubular Bells from The Exorcist.

[@seaningram3285]

@@markfaulkner5626 I remember that commercial on TV and that music.

[@markfaulkner5626]

@@seaningram3285 It’s the perfect marriage of image, music, and narration, something that was once done so effectively in commercial television.

[@TexasTimelapse]

It's scares me that I remember all of the commercials. Time sure does fly by.

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

and for me, the Soap series music and the Stir Crazy movie preview. lol

[@uhdudewhy7980]

Pete Conrad in the Nikon camera commercial. He was the 3rd astronaut to walk on the moon. I remember reading about his death (RIP). It happened just a few miles from where I lived.

[@zaq55]

The irony @ 37:50: Meredith Baxter Birney and Kristy McNichol fighting over the same man.

[@laustcawz2089]

How is that irony?

[@zaq55]

@@laustcawz2089 Both women would later come out in real life as lesbians. I know it’s just a fictional TV show, but looking back at it now, I had to comment.

[@laustcawz2089]

@@zaq55 Hadn't heard they'd come out.

[@darthdennis6681]

Thats hilarious!!

[@sheriheffner2098]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.LMAOWFOTFAPMP!

[@tkohl]

32:00 or so "I am a moron and this is my wife, she's frosting a cake with a paper knife" Zappa called it...lmao

[@squidman556]

Its irony at it's finest when you have to watch commercials in order to watch a program about commercials. Hmm

[@swannoir7949]

The GE iron commercial ... does anybody other than me, still iron clothes.

[@laustcawz2089]

3:37 Caitlin Jenner--the early years.

[@RIXRADvidz]

3:37, omg Caitlyn Jenner !!! before .... 5:45, the Dow Jones breaking records at 1000, 2022, 35k+

[@williamprobus7386]

The Dow Jones almost broke 1,000 it's crazy

[@swampfox946]

Youthful Barry Corbin alert at 41seconds in.

[@samanthab1923]

War Games

[@Liquethemodel]

No way they tore the Saran Wrap that perfectly

[@sboloshis1188]

“Simple”? My bowl cut says so!

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

"When it Comes to keeping its feet, there is only one Steeler I cant beat". Legendary.

[@seaningram3285]

50:55 It's Regis Philbin 😃 R.I.P. Regis.

[@TexasTimelapse]

5:37 is something that caught my attention. How things have changed. That's chump change now.

[@danger0riley252]

Can we still chill a Cella? Is it still made?

[@drzfinezt180]

A time when commercials used original music and no silly(corny) innuendos.

[@tias.6675]

That's what I prefer. Sounds so beautiful and calm.

[@abox5]

Hey, Bruce Jenner before he became a transformer.

[@zacherylevoy]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@melaniemills4505]

Yeah, he was a real man's man...👍

[@feltongailey8987]

That Grenada looked like a brick. About like a Volvo 240 looked like a 1st graders drawing of a car.

[@mw4mpr]

The Action For Children's Television commercial!!!! That was an ear-bug song for me forever! "Treat TV with TLC, tender loving care."

[@williamf.buckleyjr3227]

0:40 Tony Montana's lawyer in "Scarface'.

[@susanb2015]

"Here's to good friends. Tonight is kind of special. The beer we'll pour must say something more. Tonight tonight tonight let it be Lowenbrau."

[@jonboxleitner7354]

The Lite Beer from Miller ad at 15:59. #Swag before its time. 😎😎😎

[@Jeffdraws101]

Dang the actor who played He Man did a lot of commercial work.

[@sboloshis1188]

Bowl cuts.

[@brentmann2988]

Good call on John Erwin! 17:31 for Levi's Sportswear.

[@OofusTwillip]

He voiced Morris the Cat too.

[@jeannettesummers1884]

So strange to hear the commentators describe upcoming sitcoms.

[@kathiec1333]

Susan Blanchard and Joyce DeWitt with competing pantyhose commercials.

[@wishfulthinking9399]

This is like anti-anxiety medicine for me, without any unwanted side effects. Comfort tv.

[@peteradaniel]

3:30 Is that Bruce Jenner for Minolta?

[@swannoir7949]

Yes

[@NJGuy1973]

The person formerly known as Bruce Jenner.

[@irvan36mm]

2:56 One of the funniest movies made

[@laustcawz2089]

Nahhh. Even the first Wilder/Pryor pairing (1976's "Silver Streak") was way better-- kzbin.info/www/bejne/apTcmXWopLamhKM

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

Hey, it's our friend Kaitlyn at Time 3:37

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

Omg Stir Crazy is still one of the funniest movies ever made! I loved “Soap” one of the funniest shows of the 70s. Barney Miller was also a great show! The Iranian hostages and the peanut farmer. Isn’t it funny that when Ronald Reagan, (who I voted for as well,)took the oath of office,how fast the Iranians put the hostages on the plane

[@NJGuy1973]

That's right, we bad!

[@billb1860]

GREAT Vid! Thanks! Women, like Cars, were so much more attractive back then, part of the reason I drive a huge old Chrysler & live with a slender natural redhead woman

[@msbigdog1460]

Yes, cars were built so much better back then. I have a 73 Beetle, it's in better shape than my 2006 SUV, and far less rust 😂

[@OofusTwillip]

If you maintain your car well, it'll last a long time. My parents drove a 1993 Lexus until last year, when Dad died, and Mom moved to a retirement home. That car now qualifies for reduced insurance as a "classic car". My brother drives a 14-year-old Toyota. Not a speck of rust on it. It has no computerized instrument panel to distract, and it starts with a real key, not a stupid key that thieves can hack from a distance to steal your car.

[@alanvallazza9781]

Barry Corbin in first ad after the Soap introduction

[@brentmann2988]

17:31 John Erwin on the voice-over for Levi's Sportswear. 19:06 the unmistakable voice of Jackson Beck for Jeep. 44:33 Len Gochman, an all-time great voice-over talent. 55:46 the voice of William Schallert, who was the dad on The Patty Duke Show. 36:22 Joe Sirola for Duraflame.

[@zaq55]

Great job as usual. Now try the narrator @ 46:27

[@brentmann2988]

@@zaq55 That's the voice of Percy Rodriguez.

[@zaq55]

@@brentmann2988 Nailed it

[@brentmann2988]

@@zaq55 8:35 who is this voice-over guy for Colgate? Very distinct voice and I've never been able to track down his name. Any ideas?

[@zaq55]

@@brentmann2988 I don’t recognize him. Did search for Colgate ads, but no luck.

[@mcatherinew4779]

I so love these, especially because most of them are from New England! I lived in Connecticut and Massachusetts until I was 18. Who sang the whole song from Big Red ? Thank for the upload. Sub'd.

[@Diskoboy1974]

It's hard to believe somebody actually recorded Carter Country. Lol 🤣😂

[@raulledesma4213]

MAGNIFICENT MEMORIES 👍 👍🎶😉🙏

[@VHSGUY_ANALOGCOMPANY]

Can we get a Jefferson’s episode from 1979🙏

[@rick3747]

Weezie!

[@freebirdforever2674]

17:33 - BY THE POWER OF PANATELA!!! 🗡⚡️

[@giovannigonzales5152]

Sometimes, I wish Cartoon Network DID existed in the late 70's and the early 80's. (Please respect my comments, No trashy talk to me.)

[@impalaman9707]

Believer it or not--I thought up the idea of a 24-hour a day cartoon channel when I was in 6th grade! I, too, thought the idea was 10 years too late. At the time, MTV was going, and I thought: "If they can have a 24-hour video network, sports network, or movie channel---why not a channel that plays nothing but cartoons! I mean, there was enough cartoons even then to fill that much time!

[@swampfox946]

Caitlyn Jenner looked so much different back then...

[@paulcarucci7936]

🤣🤣🤣

[@diamond13130]

😂😂😂

[@feliciajenkins5041]

😂😂

[@sheriheffner2098]

I thought that's who that was

[@zacherylevoy]

😊🤣🤣🤣

[@elc1960]

In that Litton microwave oven commercial, that's some helmet hair that woman has there...

[@EricLehner]

No masks, no drug commercials, no forced identity politics, no Anti-America rhetoric. What's not to love?

[@msbigdog1460]

Exactly! I so miss the 70's and 80's. Things were so simple back then, so thankful I got to experience those years.

[@OofusTwillip]

No constant ads for law firms. No commercial blocks repeated in every single ad break, and within the same ad break. Overall, commercials back then had way more creativity, optimism, humour, and entertainment value. And product shots were mostly of the actual product, not a CGI rendering.

[@OceanPatriot777]

Man how I hate the 21st century

[@msbigdog1460]

So do I!

[@swannoir7949]

Model Carol Alt in the Cachet commercial

[@Radar8756]

1:06:18 this might be the most evil play i have ever seen in a vhs recording.

[@thecjb2003]

26:59 That, my friends, is the beginning of senility. 🤣🤣

[@neilgibbons2532]

OMG I LOVE THOSE PANTYHOSE ADS😜

[@moraster]

Boy oh boy I LOVE this job pervin 9:20

[@larrys3821]

I miss Lowenbrau beer

[@samanthab1923]

Classy Miller

[@porshprix4286]

Same

[@sheriheffner2098]

Remember when the mom in Poltergeist was singing that song before she found the dead bird?

[@swannoir7949]

They no longer make it?

[@elizabethowens8548]

How was it that business invested in these highly produced commercials? A . Businesses were in the United States,the labor forse had wages set by unions,consumers were loyal to products made in the United States. Then Reagon economics psychosis

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I'd rather go back to the 1970's. I love that century. Love from Marysville California

[@KevinOrtega1980]

Decade you mean

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

@@KevinOrtega1980 Right, but I say that the 1970's was and is the best time. Love from Marysville California

[@stevengallant6363]

5:48 I want to go back and invest.

[@robertthomas5736]

Videos Like This are Educational Entertainment ,Please Share,Thank You For Posting This

[@RaneMP2016]

I just want to see my Solid Gold Dancers

[@robertthomas5736]

Where's The Delorean Time Machine Parked,I Have The Keys and The Mister Fusion 😅

[@markhines192]

RIP Bruce genner.

[@natashaschmidt5908]

48:37-news cast about possible war w Iran and Afghanistan

[@backforblood3421]

8:21 Jennifer Cooke!

[@seanberry1969]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@neilgibbons2532]

Did that black girl just say ivory is like an old friends🧔✌

[@swannoir7949]

LMAO

[@liamsvideos6053]

Den2 BOB HEATLIE

[@blackirishrose4040]

No toothpaste fight cavities better than aim

[@eugenesmith2363]

Good afternoon 33:54

[@wishfulthinking9399]

JENE NATE', JEAN NATE'!!!

[@avengerscap]

Too many ads for TV shows.

[@freebirdforever2674]

16:17 😱

[@ddicin7759]

Funny how Reagan would enact the changes that made the comfy middle class world depicted in these adverts disappear forever. Excellent voice-over talent back then; people sounded more grown up and sophisticated than now.

[@swannoir7949]

Right. And he's a Republican. But they wanna blame the Democrats all the time for their mess..

[@alanvallazza9781]

You are so dumb. Carter destroyed the middle class. Reagan helped usher in the wealth.

[@itoo3654]

These commercials are from the seventies. Reagan had nothing to do with it

[@tristanmullen8015]

@@itoo3654 Reagan had everything to do with it lol. These ads are from 1979 and early 1980 - when the middle class still existed. Reagan gets elected in the Fall of 1980 and by the end of that decade, the middle class has disappeared.

[@tias.6675]

Has to be the most terrible president ever. Then Biden and Obama.

[@survivingchicago5797]

Soap was the first in a long series of degenerative television programming

[@swannoir7949]

Starting with The Duke's of Hazzard.

[@DanRiordan-fi4oy]

Soap was one of the funniest, best written, and best acted sitcoms of the 70s with huge ratings and a dedicated audience until a bunch of fake Christians who never watched it boycotted it into being take off the air.

[@SchindlerElevators24]

I have autism💋

[@rick3747]

So do I.