CBS commercial breaks - December 30, 1973

CBS commercial ad breaks aired during the 1973 NFC Championship Game (Cowboys vs. Vikings), aired on December 30, 1973. The quality gets a little rough in the middle third but does clear up.
1. Eveready
2. American Bankers Association with Byron Nelson
3. Muriel Cigars
4. Goodyear
5. American Oil with Johnny Cash
6. Volunteering PSA with Tommmy Nobis
7. The Equitable
8. Burlington Northern
9. Ford Torino with Hugh Downs
10. Goodyear
11. STP Oil Treatment
12. IBM Copier II
13. Ford Mustang II
14. Goodyear
15. New York Life
16. American Oil with Johnny Cash
17. American Express x 2
18. Bell Long Distance
19. Ford Pinto
20. Schlitz Beer
21. Colt 45 Malt Liquor
22. Dutch Masters Cigars
23. "Papillon" trailer
24. Alka Seltzer
25. REA Air Express with George Blanda
26. Muriel Cigars
27. Mystery Double Feature with Mannix and Barnaby Jones

[@59plexi]

i love watching these.....i drift away from the madness of 2021.......

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

And 2024

[@LannieLord]

You can ALWAYS tell when a clump of commercials come from a SPORTS broadcast : TIRE / GAS / OIL commercials , and NO commercials for ladies or kids.

[@Zoomer30]

My God, that was a mid size car? Looked like a boat. Huge.

[@kingporter67]

Very good commercials from December 30, 1973!!

[@70sbbqfreak74]

I was exactly 3 1/2 years old when these aired,wish I could go back and start over again 🙏🏻

[@michaelsharpe8246]

I was 7 years old 😊

[@teresahooks3746]

I was 10 years old

[@christinaharris5087]

rip johnny cash 1932 -2004

[@shellybellysf3911]

A Ford maverick, don’t see many of those around anymore. Cheap transportation and people drove them into the ground. Way better then the pinto. Around the 7 minute mark for STP.

[@horseathalt7308]

Mavrick was a very decent and reliable mid size car .

[@rkmugen]

Every now and then, I often post how much I wish I was living in the late 1960's through the late 1970's.... but then Johnny Cash reminds us all of how very real the gas/energy shortage was. :(

[@b3j8]

Late reply but, yeah, the energy shortage yrs WERE rough. But then again, I remember sev yrs before when stations would have gas wars. People would eagerly await the lowest price a station would go to get(keep) your business! Even for a kid who only needed a gallon to mow afew yards. hey, a couple cents was a couple cents.

[@firstptr3and10_]

I remember there were many many trees. Trees everywhere. I miss all those trees. Where an abandoned mall now stands, a fprest once was .

[@pattibrooks1907]

Loved the old commercials of the 2000s 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s and of today s !!

[@pattibrooks1907]

Love commercials of every decade !

[@luisreyes1963]

Really? 🤨

[@danschreffler1280]

Car commercials of the 1970s: "Nice seats, rear view mirrors and shifter knob (please don't ask what's under the hood)"

[@luisreyes1963]

No wonder so many Japanese & German cars were bought. 🚗

[@veelalynne]

3:00 Johnny Cash on the energy crisis. The young squirts today have no idea what a pain in the butt the energy crisis was.

[@fscap811]

vela lynne odd/even days, long lines at the pump, days with no gas at all and the price of gas sky rocketing.

[@timdailey2690]

2022: hold my coffee

[@veelalynne]

@@timdailey2690 I know, right? I was so innocent 3 years ago...if I only knew what was coming...

[@timdailey2690]

@@veelalynne same here. And for reference I was 6 in 1973. 👍

[@tm100pct7]

Man those cars...

[@floridagator1765]

Dad worked for the equitable back then.

[@brentmann2988]

13:18 it's not a 70s commercial compilation without the voice of the great Peter Thomas.

[@Foxonian]

I think this may have been the last year that cigar ads could still be shown on TV before they were banned.

[@johnpastore7685]

1976 they were banned

[@elsamarie4963]

An ad for Papillon!!

[@TimelordR]

The Ford Pinto, my dad told me it's a "Claymore mine with wheels". And Colombia no longer grows tobacco, just thought i'd share that with my fellow KZbinrs.

[@PhaQ2]

There was a bit of a design flaw that validates your dad's concerns about the Pinto. When in a severe rear impact accident, the fuel filler neck would push through the bottom of the tank and spill fuel onto the hot exhaust.

[@timdub70]

Ford Mustang II-Look what they've done to my car! They put a Mustang body on a Pinto! 1974 was the only year the Mustang didn't have a V8 option.

[@FawleyJude]

It was a really dismal change to the Mustang.

[@smittykins]

The Eveready Alkaline eventually became Energizer, IIRC.

[@horseathalt7308]

I didnt know that the alkaline battery was even around back in 1973. I didnt notice them until the late 70s at the earliest

[@johnxaviere]

Awesome commercials thank you

[@tamumalone1718]

Vertical hold please😄😎📺

[@zaq55]

No - twist the nob the other way. There it is.

[@fscap811]

Isn't that actor Dane Clark in the Goodyear tire commercial?

[@fromthesidelines]

YES.

[@chickypooh73]

I was born this year

[@Mike-rp8ev]

WOW I just turned 9 years old

[@dlsofsetx]

My 16th birthday.

[@Cjnw]

170 000 miles, about 275 000 kilometers

[@ChadtheHammer]

Johnny Cash: "Slow down on the highways." *speed limit rises by 20 mph*

[@pattyheitzman8635]

I was 9 back then.

[@firstptr3and10_]

6

[@Cjnw]

3:42 - Did he say Jesus !! :P \ " Shortage eases "

[@luisreyes1963]

Burlington Northern merged with Santa Fe in 1985 to become BNSF Railroad. 🚂

[@ir10031981]

[@Cjnw]

Great Oil Crisis of 1973. BTW., America. Is. Not. The. Autobahn. Stay alive at 55.

[@paulcheek5711]

that pinto is now full size very sad

[@FlavioGirl]

wasnt that richard hatch in the muriel commercial?

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

Man, I didn't think this commercial break was ever going to end. That's sarcasm by the way.

[@deweydodo6691]

the pinto and mustang2 for under 3 grand

[@jondstewart]

13:50, back when Schlitz was a decent beer in the same category as Bud or Miller. For the past 40 years it’s been complete garbage that makes PBR look like craft beer.

[@SamMan-by2jj]

2:53

[@Nyakallo-ji7er]

Johnny cash

[@conormacdonald6237]

Minnesota Vikings 27 D Dallas Cowboys 10

[@ErnestTeeBass]

You bet your bippy!!

[@Cjnw]

STP - great for cars, bad for starships !! _Star Trek: Picard_

[@dlsofsetx]

Are Muriel or Dutch Masters cigars still made?

[@luisreyes1963]

Yes, both are still available where cigars are sold.

[@SamMan-by2jj]

1:24

[@fromthesidelines]

7:35- David Wayne, announcer

[@tamumalone1718]

Hugh Downs with brown hair😀🤓

[@greatriffishere]

Hugh is still alive today and is 98!!

[@fromthesidelines]

14:19- Billy Van for Colt 45

[@BigSCTVfan]

Seeing Johnny Cash do oil company commercials really hasn’t aged well for his legacy.

[@rick2340atyahoocom]

Stupid comment

[@BigSCTVfan]

@@rick2340atyahoocom Being a shill for big oil isn’t very progressive.

[@rick2340atyahoocom]

Which is why he did the commercial since he wasn’t stupid

[@SamuelPuffin26]

17:34

[@marcelochagas5438]

3:40

[@fromthesidelines]

13:19- Peter Thomas, announcer

[@fromthesidelines]

15:34- Fred Foy, announcer

[@doublequin]

3:43 "Until we're short of Jesus?"

[@luisreyes1963]

He meant: Until The Shortage Eases. ⛽

[@joniyoung1732]

Miss Jaime Fudge Parker Union. MR.GREENWOOD VOICE

[@hazcat640]

Bank commercials, save energy commercials seem familiar? Yep, we were in a recession and heading into a depression just like now. The dollar is about to tank and banks are going to fail, soon. Be ready.

[@kevinosborne2927]

Man, some of those cars were ugly.

[@joniyoung1732]

MISS JAIME FUDGE PARKER Bath Soap Bath Sickle Mr.Greenwood Voice

[@joniyoung1732]

MISS JAIME FUDGE Arthur Parker Japanese Matthews Mr.Greenwood Voice

[@SamMan-by2jj]

2:56