ABC Saturday Morning commercials (1973)

Taken from four reruns of H.R. Puf-N-Stuf as well as one episode of The Osmonds off an unknown affiliate.
1. Cheerios
2. Kenner Jenny Jones & Baby John nursery set
3. Hasbro Knuckle Busters
4. Pistol Polo by Marx
5. Milton Bradley Operation game
6. H.R. Puf-N-Stuf mid-show bumper
7. Trix
8. TTP Tower & Car
9. IceBird
10. American Red Cross "Learn to Swim" PSA featuring Goofy
11. Mattel Big Jim
12. G.I. Joe
13. Romper Room Inchworm
14. Another H.R. Puf-N-Stuf mid-show bumper
15. The Brady Bunch promo
16. (same as #9)
17. Multiplication Rock: "Four Legged Zoo"
18. Kool-Aid
19. Multiplication Rock closing bumper
20. SSP Ultra Chrome
21. Another Cheerios
22. Snoopy Pencil Sharpener
23. Another Trix
24. Yet another H.R. Puf-N-Stuf mid-show bumper
25. G.I. Joe Secret of the Mummy's Tomb
26. Cracker Jack
27. Grammar Rock: "Interjections" with Nabisco sponsorship bumper
28. Nutter Butter
29. Grammar Rock closing bumper
30. G.I. Joe Search For The Stolen Idol
31. Frosty Sno Man snow-cone maker by Hasbro
32. Peace Corps/Ad Council
33. (same as #21)
34. (same as #23)
35. One more H.R. Puf-N-Stuf mid-show bumper
36. (same as #22)
37. Lucky Charms
38. Multiplication Rock intro with General Foods sponsorship bumper
39. Multiplication Rock: "12 Little Twelvetoes"
40. American Lung Association
41. (same as #19)
42. (same as #12)
43. Marathon bar
44. Mr. Bubble

[@georgeford3687]

I was 12 in 73, but doing the math makes these commercials 50 years old. Man where did time go?

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

A lot of happy memories waking up saturday mornings early 70s with bowl of cereal watching these classics at age 5

[@elmobolan4274]

Have another nutter butter peanut butter sandwich cookie, i so remember this commercial !!! 57 yrs

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Remember when Trix cereal was just round ball shaped pieces,and it tasted better as well

[@stebaer]

These Commercials return memories of my childhood.Yes,they really do touch my heart with sentimentality.

[@albertinathompson8933]

Multiplication Rock! I can’t even imagine something this educational today. 😢

[@susanfit47]

ABC ran reruns of H.R. Pufsntuf September 1972-73 and from 1973-74 Sunday Mornings. It originally aired on NBC 1969-1971.

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

Oh wow! I remember that Operation commercial but hearing that girl go "HA. HA. HA." just cracked me up!!!! I completely forgot that part 😂

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

Schoolhouse Rock… Disney’s way to make school much easier. 16:15, When you find out you’re 50 this year, like the Darkest Side of the Moon, the exciting Exorcist, the adorable Luci Christian and the grand American Graffiti. 💖

[@teresapflaumer5717]

INTERJECTIONS! My All-Time Favorite Schoolhouse Rock Song!

[@sarahmcmann5253]

My mom loves INTERJECTIONS too

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

I sang it at an open mic night.

[@chipdrusano]

5 decades really makes a difference! It’s all computers now!

[@pannoni8449]

Heck, Schoolhouse Rock did try Computer Rock in the '80s, but so much of the info presented in those shorts is very dated and forgotten compared to the more memorable shorts (up through Science Rock).

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

Awww, Melissa Gilbert in the Pistol Polo commercial.

[@pannoni8449]

"We'll return after these melissages!"

[@jctoon627]

19:22 Johnny Hart’s B.C. comic strip cave people brought to animated life by Levitow/Hanson. Abe Levitow’s cartoon studio did a couple of Action PSAs as well as The B.C. Thanksgiving Special.

[@OofusTwillip]

"Little Twelvetoes" is the strangest of the Multiplication Rock songs. The strangest concept, and the strangest song with the strangest chords. Those chords give it a really creepy vibe. The concept of a base-12 number system would be familiar to kids who had been taught New Math in school. (Tom Lehrer's song "New Math" explains it.) Composer-singer Bob Dorough said "Little Twelvetoes was very hard to play, not least because he had to speak the words naturally instead of singing them, except for the chorus and the multiplication table.

[@jasobres]

14:35 A rare Grammar Rock intro with the National Biscuit sponsor.

[@juanborrego7421]

A classic G.I Joe Action figures commercial in 1973.

[@garrysaint-vil725]

Right here on channel 7 🪦 Bill Rice voice

[@nyccatholic2765]

AMAZING GEM THANK YOU!!!!

[@luisreyes1963]

Operation is still a popular game, now made by Hasbro. 👨🏽‍⚕️ Patrick Wayne was the cowboy in white for Marathon candy bars. 🐎

[@JHollowayNetwork]

H.R. Pufnstuf originally aired on NBC's Saturday Morning lineup in 1969-70.

[@EddieKyteABCDEFG12345678910]

Do you remember The Banana Splits Adventure Hour?

[@JHollowayNetwork]

@@EddieKyteABCDEFG12345678910 I remember watching it when it re-ran on Boomerang, they would show the "Arabian Knights" segment regularly during Boomeraction.

[@daleschroeder-jm9gu]

I LOVE G I JOE BEST EVER😁

[@OofusTwillip]

Pistol Polo - with Melissa Gilbert.

[@shaheedturner3652]

Wow that's awesome Melissa Gilbert made a lot of commercials a year before Little House on the Prairie aired in 1974!! She was a well respected actress in the world!!! And so is Kim Richards too!!! The 70s never faded away!!! Thanks for posting this!!! I love Schoolhouse Rock too!!!!

[@BrianKliewer]

6:24 and Melissa Sue Anderson on the Brady Bunch.

[@daleschroeder-jm9gu]

simply delicious😁@@BrianKliewer

[@Mark-yy2py]

lol Melissa Gilbert for pistol polo!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Melissa Gilbert was in the pistol polo commercial

[@extendedpinky]

Laura ingalls played pistol polo

[@teresapflaumer5717]

1972-73 season, Winter 1973.

[@luisreyes1963]

The Osmonds cartoon was the fruitiest show on TV that year. 🤪

[@stantonrogers]

Request: Multiplication Rock: The Good Eleven

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Conjunction junction whats your function

[@pajamamar2011]

Gary Owen's narrating the Operation game commerical!

[@EddieKyteABCDEFG12345678910]

Gary Owens voiced Blue Falcon in Dynomutt, Dog Wonder.

[@andyrose5616]

That’s not Gary Owens.

[@jctoon627]

Was this recorded around Fall 1973 or more possibly, 1974? If so, what day and month is it?

[@pannoni8449]

Sometime during the spring/summer of 1973, as The Osmonds was dropped from ABC's fall 1973 lineup, with Superfriends taking its place. There's no promos for any primetime shows or local news hints, so that's about as approximate as we know.

[@acholl980]

@@pannoni8449 The Osmonds moved to Sunday mornings along with Kid Power and Make a Wish.

[@jctoon627]

@@pannoni8449I’m guessing this was recorded around May 1974 on a Sunday morning.

[@arnoldzyphill3167]

has anyone see the walking on air cancer society animated psa from the early 70's ?

[@BB..........]

Inchworm still has to be one of the strangest ridable kids toys ever made. Who thought that was a good idea?

[@rynwin1]

It's actually a good tool for young kids to realize mind and motion connection. Physical therapists still use it or a similar version.

[@w.a.powell1929]

To: All Video Staff Members In Charge of “pannoni 8” > > > You made an error at line number 32. The television commercial at the "19:21" mark is the classic animated 1973 public service TV commercial for the (discontinued) government agency known as ACTION; and it featured (the late) Johnny Hart's "B. C." Comics Characters. If you have the time, then you and your staff members should contact the KZbin™ people who will help you fix that line. You, your staff, and the KZbin™ staff must rearrange line number 32 exactly like this: > > > > > "32. ACTION Public Service TV Commercial With Johnny Hart’s “B. C.” Comics Characters - From The People of the Advertising Council" > > > That is the proper way to arrange that line. > > > Please remind them to make that change. I thank you for your attention.

[@TVFan810]

How come these ads aren't in color?

[@amnesiahayes]

I see colors but it’s very desaturated. Probably the degradation of the recording media, which I cannot say for sure what media that was.

[@pannoni8449]

I'd imagine this was recorded on a 1/2" reel-to-reel, which were more prone towards degradation from improper storage compared to later formats (VHS, Beta).

[@amnesiahayes]

@@pannoni8449 that makes a lot of sense.

[@amyreynolds3619]

Jenny Jones was way ahead of her time. #Singlemom

[@nicoleberry2750]

@pannoni8449 I would like to know if it's O.K. to send you a list of what I would like to see on your KZbin channel.

[@jctoon627]

14:33 Rare Grammar Rock intro sponsored by Nabisco

[@luisreyes1963]

That Nutter Butter cookie character was a bit of a weirdo. 😅