Commercials 1973-1974 30mn for you Commercial Junkies.

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

I just like watching these old ads from the 1970's. It brings back memories to me of growing up in that decade and how I miss those years.

[@brucegwynn8509]

I was born in 1967 so I was a kid watching and growing up with all of these. I have held back tears several times at only 10 minutes in, what is funny though is Leslie nielson must have been born with grey hair

[@TheTruthResearchers]

We loved our 1963 Red VW!! Still adorable, fab function, and FUN in '73!!!!! Thank you for these SPECIAL Memories!!!

[@luvs2cover]

Isn’t this great y’all I close my eyes and I’m taking back to a more heartwarming time. Thanks for sharing 🥰

[@kingporter67]

Outstanding 1973-1974 commercial junkies!!

[@RandolfLycan]

Sometimes I watch match game 73 and when they go to a commercial break, I play this video for a minute and a half.

[@Dion-rz3fz]

That's almost kind of sad. Just shows how much we long for better days! I know I do.

[@johnward6699]

The best decade ever to grow up in

[@cynthiarobertson4660]

I grew up in the 70’s. Wonderful and fun times.

[@jimmysanders4813]

I was born in 1963 and I remember this time.

[@anitakinnear6735]

Me too. I was born in January. You?

[@wanegoodson7994]

I miss those years

[@byromania]

At 24:09, that's singer/actress Ketty Lester. She played Hester Sue on Little House on the Prairie. Watching these old commercials has given me a surprising sense of peace, and I have been instantly transported back to my childhood in the 70s. Thank you.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I LOVED her on Little House On The Prairie and her singing voice is so beautiful. She turned 94 ( I think) last year.

[@wnychevy09]

At 12:36 ,the voiceover for this classic 1974 Chevrolet commercial was the late Alexander Scournby

[@zaq55]

I remember him from those National Geographic Specials

[@luvs2cover]

Thanks so much I’m a huge classic voice over fan 😊

[@patriciaannhellums745]

good ole days are gone. memerious are just to remember. those were greatest commercials. how i wish i could go back to 1973 i was 18. iam 65.

[@dwightpowell6673]

It's all downhill... aches and pain...penis don't work.

[@dwightpowell6673]

TWA... EASTERN..... CONTINENTAL,..PAN AM..all gone

[@dwightpowell6673]

Is Avon still around?

[@carolinagirl1967]

I was 6 yrs. Old and yes those were the best years!it would be nice to rewind.

[@Mark-yy2py]

Time flies. I remember 1973. I was 10 then…now 61.

[@taylorp535]

Ahh Zenith, their corporate/warehouse was VERY close to my house!! My grandpa told me about the company and we would pass it all the time!!! He had a Zenith for YEARS until it finally went kaput! I miss their TVs!! They REALLY lasted

[@rickybobby6579]

i smoked some really good pot and watched this...i felt like i went on a time machine back to the 70's, for a while....very trippy!

[@mikehartsook5281]

I was born in 1961 and grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, I REMEMBER SMOKING COLOMBIAN GOLD AND COLOMBIAN RED BUD, AND TIE STICK, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER AND WATCHING THESE COMERCIALS, THEY WERE A LOT BETTER THAN THE STUPID ONES ON TV THESE DAYS

[@mikehartsook5281]

$35 for a ounce $17,50 a half ounce $8.75 for a nickle bag. It was a LOT LOT BETTER THAN what you GET these days

[@missyglittervlogs3543]

I was born in 1973! These commercials are 46 years old wow!!

[@marcuswilliams6840]

You mean 46 years young!😊

[@batgas23]

Awesome! Thanks again for the great commercials from the 70's!

[@shawnmalone9711]

I remember the United Bank Account of California ad ! It was the fall of 1973 , I just started Junior High. My parents bought me a used color TV set and I had it in my room. I was the envy of my peers. Thank you, Rick for bringing back pleasant memories of my late parents!

[@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418]

That's a very sweet story. Back then you didn't have to worry about what your kids were watching! God Bless💞

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418 Thank you. Did you pick your screen name from Louis Jordan's 1946 song, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chicken's? I heard the record on an oldies station.

[@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418]

@@shawnmalone9711 Ha-Ha! Yes I did!😃 You are the first person to mention it! I am very impressed by your general knowledge! I first heard the song on the radio when I was still a child - and I thought it was the cutest and funniest thing I had ever heard! Then when I was trying to think of a username, it just somehow came to me. Thank you for your sweet reply and God Bless 💞

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418 👌

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418 In the mid 90s I used to go to a swing club and the record was played a lot. There's also a program called "Rhapsody in Black".The host Bill Gardner plays a lot of Rhythm and Blues records from the 1940s and 50s. He 's on Saturday afternoon from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. It's on KPFK 90.7 FM. You can go to the station's website because he has programs on for two weeks.

[@WildChildMcCloud]

Wow listen to the music at 3:30 Way ahead of it's time and this is like 1973. Sounds like early techno.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Yeah it sounds like something from 1988

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

watching MANNIX on ME-TV every night now.

[@cellyniagomez741]

Life was so simple back in the day

[@shellyweiers121]

It sure was

[@dwightpowell6673]

Not really for black people.

[@mckinleycason8884]

Oooh, Kitty Lester in that Michelob commercial! What a voice!,

[@mckinleycason8884]

Ketty Lester

[@fromthesidelines]

They waved the right amount of money in front of her. 😉

[@epaddon]

17:10. "Surely you're not doing a serious commercial for Ford?" "I AM doing a serious commercial for Ford and don't call me Shirley!"

[@BigTez40]

Her name's not Shirley.

[@BigTez40]

A flight to remember in Chrome color. the quality goes in before etc, etc.

[@ninathompson1435]

That Was Perfect!

[@kayodephillips5435]

Good old days ❤️😊❤️

[@NoirL.A.]

ZENITH tv's were extremely popular back then they were all over the place.

[@luisreyes1963]

Heck, my 2 aunts and uncle each owned a Zenith color TV back in the 70's. We had a Sears one. 📺

[@muffs55mercury61]

We had one (our first color TV) from 1970 until it the picture tube finally went in 1984. The repairman only had to be called three times during those years.

[@roxannestorm2616]

RIP Hank Arron

[@elc1960]

Damn, you must've really liked that Continental commercial...you included it twice in this video. The guy in the Westclox ad was Terry Kiser from Weekend at Bernie's and its sequel.

[@epaddon]

15:39. No Bill, sooner or later, *they're* gonna get YOU!

[@shawnmalone9711]

Dude , you had me rofl and I like Bill Cosby's humor! 😂😂😂😂

[@mrsnoopyaaaaa]

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE...........

[@michelmurphy1979]

Well said!

[@ninathompson1435]

Indeed... ! They Will.

[@milosands7402]

I don't know about y'all, but I love to get baked and watch 70s comercials.

[@merce10554]

Me too.

[@DRC-of2ci]

I'm doing it right now lol

[@cheekybastard1018]

I’m not baked, but a little fried.

[@timlegg6181]

Killer buzz and get the munchs and watch old commercials far out man

[@stephanim2436]

Doing it right now

[@jeaniechowdhury6739]

Who could forget clock radios. I want one. Forget Alexa.

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

Your beauty is timeless.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

I'm looking for a commercial from the early 1970s for Ex-Lax that was filmed at a zoo. It showed people visiting the zoo that looked like the animals. One lady looked like a llama, and another looked like a giraffe, and it showed her face in extreme close up chewing. We always laughed at it.

[@luisreyes1963]

Ex-Lax. No better source for cheap laughs. 😁

[@anitakinnear6735]

Sounds hysterical but I don’t recall seeing it.

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

Great to see Ketty Lester in the Michelob commercial!

[@RIXRADvidz]

2:55, RIP Hank Aaron. 2021

[@dannettedavis5836]

The woman singing in the Michelob commercial played Hester Sue in Little House on the Prairie. I just noticed that.

[@THEDOPEGAME]

The Avco commercial seemed really “modern”… as in 1990’s early 00’s modern. Impressive

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

The background music is so ahead of its time too

[@HaywoodZarathustra]

One thing's for sure: there were no logos in the bottom right of the screen on TV in those days, logos such as "OVS".

[@LNSmithee]

30:06 United’s “Mother Country” song never fails to give me chills. 🥹

[@fromthesidelines]

25:03- "Before it's cancelled, see 'BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE'! It's nothing like the movie- but then, you don't know any better! Premiering Wednesday, September 26th, on ABC! *PLEASE????"*

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thanks. I think that's Terry Kiser in the Westclox ad, Peter Ratray in the Martini and Rossi, and Holland Taylor in the RC Cola.

[@eytannavon3018]

Yes, it is Teri kaiser!

[@byromania]

I also think that's Holland Taylor.

[@jamesslick4790]

Yeah, I was there! When bicycles were named after 15 year old Buicks, and the "Flair" pen, wrote for about a page and a half. LOL! at least Roadmaster bikes worked!

[@micmac99]

14:54 "The Voice of God" Norman Rose on the voiceover for the NBC promo. He is also on the VW spot at about 23:10.

[@darrylelkins681]

Cool airline ad.....When flying was cool.....

[@fromthesidelines]

11:15- William B. Williams, announcer.

[@davidchriscastillo2499]

Excellent bank commercial guaranteed to keep away any potential bank robbers.

[@coyote75]

VW commercial @ 20:33 “in Pacific, Missouri” = shows Mojave Desert. Missouri sure has gotten a lot drier and boy I don’t remember the Ozark mountains cutting such a steep profile on the horizon!

[@zaq55]

Note the VW's tires screeching on dirt.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Wow haven't seen these since then (except a few that are on compilation dvds) Joan Crawford may have advertised Pan Am but it wasn't exactly a wise choice to fly on. In 1973-74 over a span of just nine months they had four fatal crashes resulting in large losses of life (plus one bombed by terrorists that killed 36 people) Aviation had a lot to learn in the 1970s and in the 1980s as well. Of all the new TV shows shown here that premiered only one--Police Story--would survive long term (Barnaby Jones actually premiered mid-season in January, 1973 & ran seven years) Almost 29,000 VW Things were built in the 1973 and 1974 combined model years. There's still some out there but I'll always prefer the Beetle or Karmann Ghia.

[@hoibsh21]

I like Dawn Dobbins.

[@hoibsh21]

ikr.

[@skipcampbell4226]

AMF almost killed HD!

[@stephenzamarin3193]

That's William Bogert in the Light Powder Arrid commercial.

[@stageprojections]

Yeah, Ferris Beuller's dad.

[@zaq55]

He was on half dozen Chappelle Shows, too

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

At 0:32 To 0:59 Look At The Talent We Had Now The Kids Have Tbe KARTRASHIANS Thank You God For Making My Birth Date 1972🙏

[@tapthatt2012]

16:00 bill cosby white owl. "We're gonna getcha. It's just a matter of time"

[@OofusTwillip]

Foreshadowing...

[@lindaeasley4336]

I wonder if he ever used that line on a victim

[@lonewolffullmoon]

In the end it got him

[@comfeefort]

16:09 I'm blown away, that has to be the most edgy creative thing I've seen for the 70's 26:48 The Thing driving out of the tunnel, that has to be Griffith Park in Los Angeles

[@ERASEREPLACEPLACE]

Kitty Lester! and pre-Little House on the Prairie!

[@dahboo2273]

Wish I could’ve been alive then!

[@timdub70]

Pendulum Pool was the successor to Skittle Pool with the same pitchman, Don Adams.

[@Foxonian]

Back when AMF made everything from bowling balls to Harley-Davidsons.

[@muffs55mercury61]

And made in the USA and not China

[@seanberry1969]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The Chevrolet spot is v/o'ed by Alexander Scourby.

[@OofusTwillip]

00:00 - George S. Irving (Heat Miser, in "The Year Without a Santa Claus") in the VW commercial.

[@zaq55]

Hmm…I’m not sure that’s him.

[@fromthesidelines]

1:00- Edward Binns, announcer.

[@felixfinkelstein1265]

I grew up in the 70s

[@charleshoff6762]

Frank Drubbon for the Ford Motor Company.

[@Neville60001]

_*Also Many of These Recordings were Recorded Off Rabbit Ear Antenna, s Not Cable TV Yet *_ For a recording off of rabbit ear antennas, this is pretty amazing; take a bow.

[@wmbrown6]

- On the "NBC Follies" promo, V/O sounds like Jerry Damon.

[@EvilEye45s]

Hey that Martini & Rossi girl is the same girl from the Prell commercial.

[@fromthesidelines]

31:29- "But I can fly in comfort- and *confidence* - on Pan Am. And if I have a complaint, why, I can march right up to anyone who works for them, and SEE to it that my concerns are answered........... (holding up a little hatchet, with a twisted smile) Even if I have to use THIS." ANNOUNCER: "PAN AM is afraid of Joan Crawford. *YOU,* we can trust."

[@micmac99]

17:09 Leslie Nielsen when he was still doing serious dramatic roles, not comedy (for another few years). He could NOT have done a spot like this in 1983 or '93.

[@OofusTwillip]

When he switched to comedy, he became his natural self. He loved comedy, and he and Robert Goulet especially loved fart-jokes. They each had a small handheld gadget that made fart sounds when squeezed.

[@brianarbenz7206]

The very same lines done seriously by Leslie in films and shows sound hilarious now.

[@alainrheault6579]

In these times, he's taking his acting business very seriously. Surely 😉😊! But, seriously, he continue even after the 80's to have some dramatic rôles.

[@2011paramedic]

This Is Mitchell Ryan, The Chase team is on the case to stop a gang of rouge militia team led by a rouge boss, Next on Chase!

[@OofusTwillip]

I think you mean "rogue" (pronounced "rowg"). "Rouge" (pronounced "roozhe") is what blusher used to be called, and it's the French word for "red". A "rouge" militia is much less of a threat than a "rogue" militia. 😎

[@aejimso]

there is always good orthography in the comments for videos like this.

[@d.Arbelles]

Hank Aaron ~

[@fromthesidelines]

7:03- "MANNIX": "A Way To Dusty Death" {September 23, 1973}.

[@fromthesidelines]

19:15- Hey, remember when Wrigley's offered SEVEN sticks of Doublemint for a DIME? Today, it's FIVE sticks for 35 CENTS.

[@dwightpowell6673]

In NY it's a dollar

[@dwightpowell6673]

They didn't share their Double mint gum with any black people...why?

[@fromthesidelines]

😠

[@luisreyes1963]

I can get 4 packs of Big Red gum for $1.50 at Family Dollar in Chicago.

[@fromthesidelines]

Nice deal. And by now, it's *50 CENTS* a pack for five sticks!

[@fromthesidelines]

4:32- Terry Kiser.

[@adrianlyord5300]

RIP Hank Aaron

[@jamesslick4790]

The AMF "Head" tennis racket ad would have worked in the 1980's. That shit was 10 years ahead.... I will give them a "push" for them using a 1930's Buick name for their bicycles.

[@BigTez40]

It's Christmas and better than what we had.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Avon calling. I forgot all about them. Chevy Nova...my sister had a 73...what a piece of junk. I remember driving it with my brother in 78 or 79 and hitting a puddle...water came gushing up the automatic shifter like water fountain, my brother yelling 'what a piece of s**t, then we both looked at each other and laughed like hell at my sisters lemon yellow lemon of a car! Leslie Nielson looking more like the captain in Poseidon adventure than Frank Drebin from police squad.

[@byrd56]

31:08--Would that be Joan Crawford for Pan Am?

[@tomservo56954]

Who else?

[@Perririri]

I'm Joan, fly me!

[@comfeefort]

Yeah! ....Fur Flying!

[@fromthesidelines]

0:30- September 20, 1973

[@RIXRADvidz]

Jennifer O'Neal taught Baby Drag Queens , You Want Big Eyes ! get those Cover Girl Eyes.

[@RIXRADvidz]

hold my compact, says, ''Smoky Eye''

[@zachhoran]

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice the sitcom bowed on 9/26 and was said to premiere "Wednesday" so this is from between 9/20-9/25/1973. 10/2/1973 is the night of the Carson 11th anniversary promo.

[@ericjonmagnuson2728]

That appears to also line up with the Police Story promo (starting around 13:20)--which might be for the initial airing of the first series episode (Dangerous Games).

[@Naminski1a]

16:11 - Nice time-lapse.

[@helanesolomon1724]

I really want to see this show in its entirety. NBC follies. At 0.30

[@robertcarillio9126]

Ads were far more intelligent and with many soft alluring sells. Today, all in-your-face hard, loud, and obnoxious sells that cater to bottom feeders.

[@byromania]

Truer words........

[@anitakinnear6735]

Exactly.

[@kevinivers]

Holland Taylor for RC Sugar Free Cola

[@zaq55]

Nicely caught

[@fromthesidelines]

Edward Binns speaks for Continental Airlines.

[@zaq55]

Well done.

[@martybowen1]

AMF was the worst thing to happen to Harley!!

[@brentmann2988]

29:14 Bob Landers on the voice-over for Weyerhaeuser. He was on WNEW-AM in the 60s. 30:06 Burgess Meredith speaks for United Airlines. 7:43 you can hear the singing voice of the great Bonnie Herman in this jingle for United Airlines.

[@warlaker]

10:15 Roadmaster bicycles...as seen on "Breaking Away"

[@steveb9151]

17:07 It's impossible to take this man seriously.

[@fromthesidelines]

2:00- Phil Bruns as "Al".

[@zaq55]

The original Morty Seinfeld

[@ernestcruz6316]

Regarding the CBS Adam's Rib promo, seeing Blythe Danner in that spot reminds us that her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow may be slightly prettier, but Blythe had way more sex appeal. Still does, in fact.

[@shaboom362]

Maybe Cosby will get you with Spanish fly

[@sheriheffner2098]

I LOVED Johnny Brown on Good Times and every other show he was on. But I did hate the non stop fat shaming and names the Evans and Woods families were spewing at him. 😢

[@herakleitus]

3:31 a lost Aphex Twin backing track.

[@meheuck]

9:31 - James B. Sikking from HILL STREET BLUES?

[@zaq55]

Or Ed Lauter?

[@luisreyes1963]

Could be.

[@lindaeasley4336]

A solid state chassy was some expensive high tech back then

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

Don't forget the vibrating razor.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

The VW Thing was essentially an updated WWII German "Kubelwagen" or "Bucket Car". I actually saw one of these "Things" around 2015 at a car show.

[@robertwhite88]

the arrid dude is the Dave Chapelle reporter.

[@zaq55]

William Bogert @ 5:54

[@Perririri]

7:03 - Mannix's kitty