CBS TV commercial breaks - December 29, 1968

A collection of TV ads aired on CBS during the NFL Championship Game (Browns vs. Colts), played on 12/29/1968.
1. American Airlines
2. New York Life
3. "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" CBS Friday Night Movies bumper
4. Taster's Choice instant coffee
5. Winston cigarettes
6. 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I
7. Muriel Cigars
8. John Hancock Life Insurance
9. Marlboro cigarettes
10. Personna razor blades
11. Shell gasoline
12. 1969 Lincoln-Mercury
13. "The Ed Sullivan Show" bumper

[@chuckf6163]

Loved the late 60s, wish I had a time machine to go back in re live the late 60s.

[@seahorseguy]

David Wayne doing the American Airlines voiceover in the first commercial.

[@rick2340atyahoocom]

That Mustang was sweet

[@mellowman-mr2nl]

That new dad looks closer to 48 than 28

[@zrrifle.]

I remember seeing the Don Knotts movie (Mr. Limpet) on TV that year - only reason I remember that was because my dad was in Vietnam at the time.

[@cwartelle]

1968 was the most culturally tumultuous year of the 20th century, but you could never tell by these commercials.

[@muzikdude1188]

It was intentional. The public wanted TV programming to be an escape from all of the turbulence of the times that they were being inundated with regularly on the news, and the networks obliged with fun, light-hearted shows that rarely if ever made any mention of Vietnam, civil rights, or any of the other news items of that period.

[@lindaeasley5606]

@@muzikdude1188 which was better than being inundated 24/ 7 through every bit of programming with depressing shit. Life did go on for the average American

[@chuckf6163]

Only tumultuous for those who delve in negativity, every year has those dysfunctional types, especially now. No the 60s was a smoother different time than today. Much more family values, maybe not as much as the 50s, but definitely was a wonderful time.

[@josuebezerradasilva3183]

As Americanas são mulheres lindíssimas e a moça Susan Bernath é muito linda,será que ela ainda é viva?!.

[@brentmann2988]

6:28 George Coe on the voice-over for John Hancock. He was the longtime voice of Toyota starting in the late 70s. He also appeared in several skits during the first season of SNL.

[@mjt2231]

The young new dad would be in his 80s now, a great-grandfather.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The American Airlines spot is v'o'ed by David Wayne. And the stewardess is very nice looking.

[@daniellaubsch1605]

Ahhh what memories!

[@pattibrooks1907]

Love old commercials

[@kevbomevbo3492]

The Muriel cigar commercial reminds me of "Goodfellas".

[@markschlesinger]

Sad that we can see the ads but NOT the game!

[@iangraham9988]

Was that New York Life ad implying that selling insurance was some sort of side hustle?

[@derryk1]

Who would have known "made guys" smoke Muriels.

[@luisreyes1963]

What do you expect mafiosos to puff on, Silva Thins? 😆

[@ernestcruz6316]

​@@luisreyes1963I would've guessed Di Nobilis...

[@musicom67]

2:08 - What's with the 25-second CBS Station ID? This a network feed tape without local inserts? Amazing this stuff exists, unless you are sneaking it out of CBS Archives after the transfer from the video reel ;-)

[@craigsmith157]

Damn, I wasn't even born yet and I'm a grandfather.

[@acito9037]

My mom was 2 months old lol.

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

Very well done.

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Colts (1968 NFL Championship Game).

[@zaq55]

Never understood the whole cigarette / filter thing. If your tobacco is so good, why do you need to filter it? Shouldn’t companies be encouraging you to suck that stuff straight into your lungs?

[@joedirt3449]

silky boy

[@vividwatch47]

A post "Ben Casey" Harry Landers plugging coffee!

[@musicom67]

And make sure you 'look for the MAN tasting coffee", because god knows the women were coffee-shamed misogynistically to death in the Mad Men 1960s. Women came onto the label many years later... BTW, wonder if young Bill Clinton got any ideas from those Muriel ads with a widowed then re-married Edie Adams sexpotting it up.

[@marlinmaveric]

I was 8 months old.

[@Salvatore1268]

Wow the day I was born

[@warlaker]

I was born 3 months before...funny that 1 of the ads was set in a maternity ward. Our generation being born.

[@wonmoss0206]

Back when the pilots started the Mile High Club with the stewardesses.

[@Perririri]

I'm Jane, fly me!

[@stonefaceBRC]

Look at that mustang sheesh

[@luisreyes1963]

And that's Arte Johnson as the wacky German soldier from "Laugh-In".

[@cathierobinson9419]

Tv must of been boring or unavailable at this time for my parents as this is 9 months before my birth

[@saturnoc4975]

😂😂

[@MMacG1167]

Wow, I had just turned one in November. What an interesting example of how much slower the world used to be. Most of the ads are a full 60 seconds long, and most have no accompanying/background music to speak of. They basically consist of a narrator or person just talking to the viewer in an unhurried manner. You could never do that today. Obviously the coming of the remote control, and the huge increase in the number of channels has made commercials much faster and more active in their presentation. I think that's Mae West in the Muriel Cigars ad.

[@ernestcruz6316]

That was Edie Adams in that Muriel ad. She did commercials for them starting around 1963 or '64 and was still doing them into the '70s.

[@b3j8]

Sure had alot of dead air betw commercials back then. Unless there is some tech screw-up you won't see that today. Money, money, more money!

[@dlsofsetx]

At the time Winston was the best selling cigarette,today a nearly extinct brand.I'd like to see all cigarette brands become extinct.

[@fromthesidelines]

R.J. Reynolds doesn't even make "Winston" anymore.

[@dlsofsetx]

I know.

[@craigsmith157]

Barry I. Grauman That can't be true everywhere. I manage a gas station. We carry Winstons.

[@fromthesidelines]

ITG Brands markets Winston these days....and they're trying to keep it before the public in as many places as they can sell it.

[@johnhoward3042]

who cares

[@davidgiusto1542]

Jake LaMotta in the Muriel commercial.

[@fromthesidelines]

So is Edie Adams.

[@dlsofsetx]

The night before my 11th birthday.

[@nancycampbell9554]

1 day before I turned 2 months old . ( born oct 30th 1968)

[@trickytoes]

35 years before I was born

[@Perririri]

♑

[@luisreyes1963]

What a pity there are no shows like Ed Sullivan's on TV anymore.

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

Edie Adams & Murial Cigars,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@maggie2sticks717]

Wow, American Airlines should watch this! Instead of slamming people down on the aisle and knocking their teeth out, they could make them smile.

[@johnhoward3042]

She didn’t have to deal with the scum that flies today. They were on the bus back then.

[@terrapins]

that was united you fucking idiot

[@mirden1953]

Player72 It was American Airlines. 0:58

[@tonyktown]

@@mirden1953 He was responding to the post eluding that the passenger beat down was on AA when in fact the beat down was on UA. I don't think there is any question which airline is featured here.

[@mirden1953]

@@tonyktown Ok so it was UA. The only reason I even replied to that idiot is because how nasty he was in his comment.

[@pattibrooks1907]

Love commercials of every decade !

[@joeykardos7602]

It's so great to see these old NFL broadcasts again!!!

[@ladyi7609]

Man, it's too bad that the one bonafide awesome classic commercial in this bunch is for a cancer stick, aka Muriel Cigars! That woman was a #1 boss bitch from the word "go" and the whole commercial was acted and directed just perfectly. I would love to see a remake of that commercial done these days except for a change in what it advertised, and putting in whomever we've got around who could be this fabulous of a diva -- maybe Adele? I'm glad. BTW, that just a decade later commercials acknowledged that women could be life insurance people too (just see a late '70s Allstate commercial, for one) and the car commercials weren't so cheesy. Oh, and the man waiting for his baby to be born belonged to my parents' generation (i.e. born in the early - mid 1940s), but I didn't come along until 1979, at which point I'm pretty sure men were in the delivery room along with their wives and pipe tobacco smoking wasn't allowed inside the hospital.

[@mikehileman9476]

You used to be in any waiting room and puff away...pipe tobacco or what ever. And commercials were perfectky accepted advertising cigarettea. Nobody cared about fuel economy , they wanted V8. fire breathing monsters

[@jsilence418]

who is Harry Landers, and why should we believe him about the instant coffee, that's what i want to know ?

[@fromthesidelines]

He originally co-starred on "BEN CASEY" (1961-'66), and is best known to most people today as "Dr. Coleman" in the last original "STAR TREK" episode {which was filmed around this time, and telecast in June 1969}, "Turnabout Intruder". Harry also became famous for these "Taster's Choice" ads from the late '60s through the early '70s.

[@ladyi7609]

Yeah, instant coffee is pretty horrible and this generic person isn't convincing me otherwise. I think I would have stuck with the percolators until coffee brewers came around.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Nice factoid about Harry Landers.

[@lestersabados1306]

That look the lassie gave the bagpiper when he did the Winston jingle gave me a chubbie

[@professor1966]

My second birthday.. My dad didn't like football.. Oh well.

[@Perririri]

♑

[@hazelyt7385]

3:41 best part😆🤣

[@MKIVWWI]

Winston commercials rock!

[@luisreyes1963]

Winston smells good like a (click, click) cancer stick should...⚰️

[@a.j.vincent3047]

I like the winston cigarettes commercial at 3:29

[@tonyktown]

03:40 That look. Did he show her his impressive 'bagpipe'???

[@frab_br]

3:39 - Who is this singing in the ad for the Winston Cigarette?

[@joedirt3449]

my mama

[@7173boss351mach1]

can someone post the 1968 L&M tv commercials with the hula girls please, she says in the commercial "ni maile ni ika, L&M", I would love to seethis commercial before I bite the dust.

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Colts (1968 NFL Championship Game).

[@bjdon99]

Sure cigarettes are poison, but there were some great coffin nail ads