April 18, 1975 commercials

Taken from Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Washington Bullets and the Buffalo Braves off WCBS.
1. First National City Bank (partial)
2. WCBS 2 New York ID
3. CBS Friday Night Movies pre-emption bumper
4. Ford Granada
5. Schick Super II
6. Sears Dynaglass Wide Guard
7. Weatherbeater paint at Sears
8. Miller High Life
9. NBA on CBS commercial bumper
10. Hertz
11. Ford Mustang II/Maverick/Pinto
12. NBA Playoffs mid-commercial bumper
13. Kojak promo with Sunday on CBS bumper/ID
14. Beck's Beer
15. Fiat 128
16. New York Telephone
17. Another WCBS 2 New York ID
18. State Farm Insurance
19. Converse shoes
20. Ford LTD
21. Norelco coffeemaker
22. Sears DieHard battery
23. (same as #6)
24. Colt 45
25. (same as #4)
26. The Securities Industry Association
27. Special Olympics
28. 1975 Women of the Year Awards promo bumper with tomorrow on CBS bumper/ID
29. The Wrapper (partial)
30. Peter Sellers for TWA
31. Yet another WCBS 2 New York ID
32. STP Oil Treatment
33. Allstate
34. National Baksetball Hall of Fame
35. Volkswagen Rabbit
36. Brigade from Arrow
37. AMC Gremlin
38. Bell System
39. Lincoln Continental Mark IV
40. Johnson's Baby Shampoo
41. The JCPenney Battery
42. Chevrolet
43. Another NBA Playoffs mid-commercial bumper
44. Cher special promo with CBS ID
45. Capone movie trailer
46. One more WCBS ID
47. Buick Century Special coupe
48. Sure
49. Another VW Rabbit
50. The CBS Late Movie promo bumper with CBS ID

[@LannieLord]

You can always tell when old commercials are pulled from sporting events: LOTS OF TIRE commercials.

[@JerryOrbachFan]

It amazes me how much different people looked in the 70s.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

They looked just like my parents.

[@thermaldetinatorsonly8857]

Because there's no atrazine, DDT, or BPA, back then, 😢

[@elc1960]

At 10:34, in the TWA ad with Peter Sellers, the blonde with the headset on is Teri Garr.

[@TL_oS]

So exciting to get some 1975 stuff. Pure gold, thank you🌼🌸👏👏👏

[@JerryOrbachFan]

Hard to believe 1975 was nearly 50 years ago. 😯😮

[@erikzmajkovic3046]

WOW!!! Channel 2 New York from 1975!!! I wasn't even three years old yet at the time! (I was born on July 5.) Very weird game show themed commercial for the AMC Gremlin. Very nice CH2NY still photo IDs, including those two nice gentlemen & that nice elderly boat captain. Oh, Morgan Freeman was pretty good in that Sure deodorant commercial. Oh, that Special Olympics PSA was lovely! Thanks so much for putting this up. It's great!

[@mrgiosb123]

The Buffalo Braves NBA Team, Later Moved To San Diego And Became The Clippers, Is Now The Los Angeles Clippers.

[@jeffbowen2608]

@mrgisob123 can you imagine, this little podunk team that started in Buffalo, moved out West to San Diego to wallow in obscurity, then toiled in anonymity in LA. Now, all these years later, the LA Clippers are going to get their own brand new palace in Inglewood, the Intuit Dome. They’ve come a looong way, baby…

[@brentmann2988]

1:10 The voice of Jean Shepherd; 10:34 Teri Garr and Peter Sellers 7:16 Len Gochman, a great v/o talent; 18:12 Morgan Freeman 0:27 Don Roberston; 5:47 Lesley Miller on the famous State Farm jingle

[@wmbrown6]

0:24, 5:20, 10:15, 17:40 - Bill Martin on the station ID 17:28 - Ernie Anderson on the "Capone" trailer, followed at 17:38 by NBC's Howard Reig Who voiced the end of the Citicard ID? He was a familiar voice too . . .

[@brentmann2988]

@@wmbrown6 Yes, the voice on the Citicard tag is familiar but I'm coming up dry on a name.

[@zaq55]

Hank Simms @ 8:22 ?

[@brentmann2988]

@@zaq55 I don't think it is Hank Simms, but I don't recognize this voice.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

@@brentmann2988 Gary Merrill.

[@jeffbowen2608]

This was the year the Golden State Warriors pulled off the upset, beating the Bullets in the NBA Finals to win their first NBA Championship.

[@pannoni8449]

Even though Washington lost, they still had two more Finals appearances later in the '70s, including a title. The difference is that the now Wizards are still a joke today, and perhaps best known for being Michael Jordan's garbage time team, while the Warriors are one of the tentpole franchises of today's NBA, with a tentpole superstar leading the way.

[@jeffbowen2608]

@@pannoni8449 no one-even in the Bay Area-thought the Warriors would even get to the Finals that year. If I remember right, they couldn’t even play some of the Final games in the Warriors’ home arena because the building had been double-booked. So, for the Warriors to win the title was, for its time, one of the great upsets in sports history. Even with that title, NBA Basketball in Northern California was still very much an outpost & this region truly did not become relevant until the late 80s into the 90s.

[@douglasdixon524]

I didn't know the VW Rabbit came out in 1975. I do know that as a teenager in the 1980s those cars were everywhere.

[@JerryOrbachFan]

Still more entertaining than the crap that's being shown on TV today.

[@luisreyes1963]

The good old days of when major league sports were shown on a near nightly basis on OTA TV.

[@letshaveacuppa_official]

Absolutely. Commercials went entertaining and informative. You don’t see anything good I don’t need to hear about medication. I’m only in my 50s but you know what I’ve always learned about medication by seeing my doctor. If you need medicine, you go see your doctor.😊

[@devinq4605]

I'm from Buffalo but wasn't born until well after the Braves became the Clippers so it's rather weird to think that there was once an NBA team here that seemed to do pretty well.

[@swami1]

The mid-70s Braves were fun to watch. They had Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith(one of history’s most underrated guards) and Gar Heard.

[@iscariot666]

Another quality upload!

[@SybilKibble]

Wow, 1975! Great find!

[@soniccrp417]

I was a day old at this time!!!

[@SybilKibble]

I was -2

[@swami1]

Notice how the commercials back then actually sold THE PRODUCT and not some stupid, unrelated, unfunny storyline?

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

It was great being 15 in 1975. We would be bussed to the local Ford dealer in drivers ed. We drove around a course in 1975 Ford Granadas, with governors on their throttles.

[@mrtelevision]

The Johnson's Baby Shampoo commercial at 14:53 features Stephen Collins

[@OofusTwillip]

5:09 - Long Distance - with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca (stars of "Your Show of Shows").

[@JerryOrbachFan]

Is this your idea of a good restaurant, dog killer? - Imogene Coca as Aunt Edna, National Lampoon's Vacation.

[@OofusTwillip]

8:21 - Colt 45 - A re-creation of Buster Keaton's famous gag in "Steamboat Bill Jr.". One of a series of commercials featuring legendary Canadian character actor & singer Billy Van. This one also features Redd Foxx.

[@zaq55]

I don't see this one. What's the time stamp?

[@tysheinin8733]

Havlicek throwing around the r-word before everything anyone ever said became offensive.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That's what we did.

[@christiandivine3807]

MORGAN FREEMAN at 18:43 for Sure!

[@kylecain6685]

18:41

[@luisreyes1963]

Anything Morgan Freeman says is very trustworthy.

[@ernestcruz6316]

I'd trust Easy Reader's word on deodorant.

[@bobflewin3024]

I was 17 on this date

[@mst3kanita]

these commercials are very bon.

[@luisreyes1963]

That Asian lady in the Norelco coffee maker ad... she's cute. 😉

[@mattzed11]

How did you get these tapes at all - never mind in such excellent condition - when home recording was practically non-existent until the early 1980s?

[@bobbler2]

Is that Morgan Freeman

[@BigSCTVfan]

Yes

[@ernestcruz6316]

That's a great deal in that Buick ad (17:42); you buy the tennis car, they give you Head. Can't beat that deal!

[@fromthesidelines]

11:21- Ed Reimers for Allstate.

[@luisreyes1963]

A man washed his hair with Johnson's Baby Shampoo... Strange times those 70's. 🤨