December 13, 1971 commercials

[@davidbaise5137]

Thanks for all these! The singing Foamy shave can is truly frightening.

[@saintmichael1779]

I still have some of the Goodyear and Firestone Christmas albums. I play them when I'm decorating the Christmas tree.

[@seaofmadness2622]

A sad holiday season for me and my family as my grandpa passed away a month before these commercials..i miss him and everytime i see 1971 commercials thats all i think of.. Thanks for sharing

[@sheriheffner2098]

Mine died too. November 18, 1971. That was a very traumatic year. Plus I had a bitch for a third grade teacher that year.

[@JimRockford853]

@@sheriheffner2098sorry for your loss but has your teacher died too?

[@maha77]

Who would have imagined 50 years later we'd be watching this and finding such comfort and nostalgia in them

[@dougpeters4293]

The commercials back in 1971 were more interesting and better than TV shows today!!

[@jeaniechowdhury6739]

Doug Peters yes!! They were good through the 80s then they changed in the 90s.

[@martinurquhart7933]

If you don't want to put up with annoying satellite TV, cut the cord and subscribe to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount Plus or any other commercial-free streaming service you want! These services also have a lot of critically acclaimed content you won't find anywhere on satellite TV and not even available on DVD and Blu ray. Btw, this is just my own opinion. I'm not being paid by anyone to write this, otherwise I would only mention one streaming service, not most of them

[@juanquintero5194]

Commercials were about cars, razors, beers and stereos. I love it.

[@JimJones-zc9mk]

Kids could play with chainsaws , LOL ! ! !

[@juanquintero5194]

Specially in Texas. LOL

[@technologyproductions-ye3px]

who doesn't?

[@themoviedealers]

Exactly, monday night football. During the daytime they would all be for detergent, shampoo, frozen vegetables and pantyhose.

[@unnamed715]

And they were straight forward and went right to the point. Nothing like the bullshit commercials we have now that'll show a guy mountain climbing, taking a sip of Gatorade then checking his Apple watch, only to find out the commercial was advertising a new car. What?!

[@firedrum8]

I wish i could go back to those days

[@mkl62]

Thanks for posting. On December 13, 1971, I went to school (4th grade) and was looking forward to Christmas break which would begin at noon that Friday. However, our principal kindly reminded us that vacation hadn't started yet and we knew then to be on our best behavior. Then after school, I went to my final Cub Scout (bear) meeting of the calendar year.

[@tls5870]

Excellent memory. I don't remember what I did on December 13th, 2016.

[@jamessancimino]

I remember those cars and many of those commercials!

[@joemartin1253]

Just some nice, simple and to the point television.

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

I was 14-15 years old in 1971. I don't remember a single one of these commercials! Guess I was running around with friends, no time to watch TV lol

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

You don't seem to see a lot of chainsaw ads on tv these days

[@70sleftover]

I watched that and thought (1) the lady isn't wearing ear protection, and (2) I want that toy version that cost only 4 bucks with a purchase of the real model. Brought me right back to my childhood, as these ad compilations will do.

[@robertkeefer7791]

I went out to buy a new Mercury Comet. They told me I was 46 years too late!

[@collinsje5]

Speaking of The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, you could seat them all in a '71 Marquis. That thing was HUGE.

[@michaelsharpe8246]

I was only five years old, I remember some of these 😊 Fran tarkenton ad for one and the car ads too.. brings back memories

[@tomhaupt3154]

Back when you could watch a TV ad without your eardrums split and 45 images slammed at you in 30 seconds

[@oliverv291]

Wow my thoughts exactly especially about having your eardrums exploded by the loud annoying dance music they have to play now for every commercial....no matter what they're trying to sell you it actually makes me not want to buy any of the products

[@tygersflowerz]

I was thinking the same thing. There was a calmer pace to the commercials.

[@Cowboy1959]

I lived in the Washington, D.C. area at that time. The December 13, 1971 MNF game was Washington Redskins at Los Angeles Rams. My bedtime was 9 PM in 1971, so I didn't see the game or these commercials, though I remember some of them, especially the Dave Pyles Pontiac commercial, which aired frequently for years. That's the late, great Edward Herrmann at 9:40, before he became a star. Great actor, taken from us too young. The Arrow Shirt commercial is pretty clever.

[@lonniecavenee6201]

Sign of the Cat! Rowwwrr! I remember those commercials. My aunt had a 70 Cougar XR7 with the 351C and it hauled ass.

[@Scout81]

I had a 71 Cougar XR7 back then with the 351 Cleveland motor. It was the same butterscotch color as the Mercury Marquis in the commercial. The car handled great and I dusted many a Chevy SS and big bad Mopars with that car!

[@dougpeters4293]

The Cougar was probably made out of solid steel too. Not plastic or aluminum like today!

[@sigma3636]

People in 1971: I wonder what the world will be like in 46 years. 2017: THE FLOOR IS LAVA!!

[@Lovejazz01]

ChurchofJovinWitnesses People in 2019: “ I wonder what the world was like in 1971?” - KZbin ...

[@101Volts]

"The Floor Is Lava" is not that new. It's referenced in the 2004 "Tony Hawk's Underground" Game, in the New Jersey Stage, by the Bratty Kid. It probably goes back a lot earlier.

[@ZnenTitan]

For a resident of old D.C. this brings back memories. (Thanks for posting this.)

[@vickiladu6755]

I was in high school and remember most of these commercials

[@lucky5853]

Wow! I was 20 yrs old back then, never even thought that I was going to get old, not much wisdom in me, young, romantic ,good looking, strong but certainly not too smart ,it was still a good ride, I'm still married to my highschool sweetheart and she's still beautiful ♡

[@AllenMarshClips]

I miss all those reassuring, manly announcer voices that sounded like they'd been smoking cigarettes since long before the invention of television.

[@brentmann2988]

5:13 that's the voice of Bob Landers, one of the all-time great commercial voice-over talents.

[@stormwatcher1299]

Thanks for posting. i love retro-mercials.

[@marksolarz3756]

At the sign of the Cat.................miss that!

[@element-mc5zp]

Someone please build a time machine I want out!!!!!!

[@ProfessorGamez]

Same here

[@71plymouth.]

Ivan Ezell Amen.

[@cakraft24]

stephen dwyer I've wrenchin' cars since '61 and in those days(around '71) EGR would be way down the list on things to check. Good try though.................

[@element-mc5zp]

stephen dwyer Ummm YES REALLY

[@71plymouth.]

stephen dwyer Wow! You're Very Lucky! Those are Still one of my Dream Cars... Hopefully i can get one too one day... Thumbs Up to You.

[@PigVirusNBC]

Remembering my childhood and NYC radio, particularly MusicRadio 77 WABC! Recognizing WABC's Dan Ingram voice overs, on the Dodge Aspen and Dodge Tradesman TV commercials!

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

The world was better when we had spinning gas station signs (13:14)

[@lindamerchant123]

And spinning KFC large bucket sign now it's been stiled

[@1964DB]

The Joy of Songs Christmas album sounds delightful. I remember listening to our Andy Williams album. It meant Christmas was coming.

[@adammwalch]

Loved this. Thank you for posting

[@luisreyes1963]

The good old days of when tire dealers sold Christmas albums.

[@argerinejordan4703]

Christmas in 1971! What a great year! I forgot about the lennon Sisters and Bobby Sherman.

[@CC2755]

The hot lather machine. The gift that no one ever used.

[@luisreyes1963]

Funny, my grandpa had one for Christmas of '71 & kept on using it until he passed away 20 years later.

[@steverz383]

I was 10 years old and my family had just moved to Kaneohe, Oahu in Hawaii in ''71. Wow!!..how "time" has flown by.

[@bobfitzpatrick8952]

Love it, absolutely love it. I was an 8 year old in Cincinnati when these were out. I definitely remember the "Wethead is Dead" commercials.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I was eight too.

[@70sleftover]

Boy did that kill the whole greasy look that dominated in the '50s and '60s. In the early '80s I walked into a supermarket where I was working and one of the checkers turns and announces "Hey, the wet head isn't dead." Hey, I had just taken a shower and my hair was still damp. But I knew the reference.

[@bigboxes]

My father used The Dry Look. Memory lane.

[@DonQwantsyou]

yeah and i remember the "wet head is dead" song

[@NUKE-W.E.F.]

Some great memories, thanks for sharing it.

[@Lovejazz01]

Love the Panasonic commercial , all that was high tech for the early 70’s ...

[@70sleftover]

But I think Panasonic was trying to push itself as worthy with this humorous Edward Herrmann take on a wealthy young Mr. Got-rocks, since back then Japanese electronics and other stuff was considered cheap - as in unreliable.

[@dalemulholland9114]

Nothing built today comes close to the Lincoln Continental..pure class...

[@jeffreybaker100]

That Goodyear commercial with all that snow and the car interior full of snow! LOL! Roll up your windows! LOL!

[@pattibrooks1907]

Love commercials from every decade

[@luisreyes1963]

Not today's ads, I hope. 😥

[@pattibrooks1907]

@@luisreyes1963 No way not anymore

[@Lovejazz01]

So many commercials from the 80’s, 90’s and late 70’s, glad to see something from the early 70’s 👍🏾

[@dementedweasel1]

Man, those cars were beautiful back then. What ever happened to Hideaway headlights? And whatever happened to Bobby Sherman? Makes one yearn for an episode of Mannix.

[@trumpetman514]

Thank you for posting.

[@jchow5966]

Thank you for posting these!!!!!!!!

[@lowdown4651]

Dec 71 in Vietnam 18 years old sooo long ago , the world has changed , but the ads now days are not as good as in 71 .

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

The ads went from all-white to all minority and from mostly rural/suburban to urban-targeted in just 10 years or so.

[@marlonhouston6685]

Джейсон Хичкок Remember we were on the gold standard currency, now the petrodollar. Makes a helluva difference in currency.

[@label1877]

Products cost much less today while most services have exceeded the pace of inflation like car insurance.

[@SillyPuddy2012]

label1877 - Car insurance was/is highly variable, but what products are you referring to that supposedly cost less today?

[@label1877]

Most all products that were around in 1971 cost less today. Remember the CPI inflation index is $100 in 1971 is $600 today. My mother purchased a new Singer sewing machine for $149 in '71, today it's $499...that means the machine costs only 60% what it cost in '71. The chain saw that was $150 in '71 today $200. ..a 85% lower price. Other than food/drugs...all products cost less.

[@MrPaladin123]

late great Edward Herrmann at 9:39 selling panasonic....too cool!!!

[@someguy4911]

Wow, these aired a month after my birth. I love all the car commercials showcasing the various pimp mobiles.

[@250garbear]

I love how they felt the need to tell people the kids chainsaw has a "Non cutting bead chain".

[@70sleftover]

I was thinking "not everything has changed, has it." But usually in the comments under old TV clips like this there will be quite a few comments saying things were so much simpler/better/freer back then. In some ways yes, in other ways I'm glad we've advanced.

[@1533ramsay]

This is like watching ghosts from my childhood. I remember almost all of these.

[@proman1926]

Mark Hoffman I got in an argument with a younger punk. I told him Exxon used to Esso in the US until early 70s

[@70sleftover]

@@proman1926 Yeah, that was a shock - forgot how late the name ESSO was still used in the U.S. I remember all their gas stations switching to that mod new name "Exxon" but had forgotten it was after 1971.

[@stinald]

What a coincidence. I've got a pretty good memory and I don't remember ANY of these rejects. Where in the bum-fuck parts of Egypt did you have your bunny ears hooked up at?

[@Zoomer30]

I remember when hot lather machines were a thing (always saw them around Christmas)

[@dingecibbs]

That '71 Merc Marquis was a beauty, especially the front end.

[@label1877]

The '71 looks good but not as sexy as the 1968 Mercury Park Lane...Hawaii 5 o Steve McGarrett's car.

[@rms4455]

dingecibbs the Mercedes 600 looked better

[@MellowCorn-xs8bn]

thats a '72.

[@MellowCorn-xs8bn]

Ryan Shea Lies

[@paulmarrujo5551]

Now that's a car! Nowadays they all look alike, or most of em anyway.

[@tamumalone5456]

8 track that's way back😄

[@djdon60]

1971, when Tony Lo Bianco, just, was a guy, selling Arrow shirts(7:10) and(9.40), Edward Hermann starred, in Panasonic's television radio spot.

[@tommyjonq]

There was a time, children, when Jim Nabors was a big star.

[@ellisjohn5720]

Tommy Jonq yeah good ol Jimmy was batting for the other team 👅 👅 👅 👅 golly Sergeant Carter I never want to leave the Marine Corps

[@waterheaterservices]

Just would not want Gomer in the men's shower if you dropped the soap bar

[@xgtiguy]

Jim Rr gooolllllyyyy !!!

[@TheGlssr60]

I wonder if Gomer and Uncle Arthur, Mr. Brady and the second Darren Stevens ever had a circle jerk.

[@joeyjamison5772]

but there's never been a time when he hasn't been a kweer!

[@ladyi7609]

I wasn't born until 1979 and my first vehicle was a 1988 Chevy Blazer, so I don't have any experience driving one of those large land boats from the '70s and before. I would love to have the opportunity to do so just for a day or week, just to see how it compares to driving a more contemporary, lighter vehicle. Pretty sure it can't turn on a dime like my Nissan can, but the handling on it would be a lot easier, I'd think.

[@ellemjay]

it's like driving a couch.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

They floated over bumps in the road. Super comfy. Cut traffic noise. Great a/c and stereo. Loads of room. Loved all those big cars.

[@WolfRanger2008]

PERFECT!!! I love looking at these old commercials.

[@sweedish9184]

Now all commercials are trying to get you to take a pill, its weird seeing something else advertised

[@existentiald562]

sweedish thats a damn fine point

[@MARY-px3vw]

and next a commercial for an attorney to sue the pill manufacturer. Explains the high cost of meds now.

[@joemartin1253]

Yeah poisonous pills I guess it's become legal to kill.

[@martinurquhart7933]

The only reason you keep seeing pill and attorney ads is because you're only choosing to watch daytime reruns of boomer nostalgia shows. All of the REAL, big budget commercials, which would technically be the modern equivalent of this video compilation, all air in primetime during new episodes of comedies, dramas, and thrillers. Etc. that are still ongoing on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and CW.

[@paulcheek5711]

so many big beautiful cars then

[@jwr7138]

The Doctor who gives the nurse a ride in the Sunoco ad is the guy who Billy Mumy turns into a jack-in-the-box on the Twilight Zone.

[@TerryWHayes-yb3cj]

Jim Romig The Actor's Name Was Don Keefer.

[@sheriheffner2098]

"You're a bad man! You're a very bad man" Anthony sent him to the cornfield.

[@Glenns_Concho_Ranch]

It took balls of steels to attempt to pull out on to the freeway knowing full well that your car might stumble and stall in front of a 40 ton 18 wheeler doing 75 mph. Kids today have no idea lmao.

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Glenn Davis At 34 years of age, I most certainly do. I had not one but TWO old carburetor cars in my life, one was an '85 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and the other was... wait for it... a 1966 Ford Galaxie 500. The Oldsmobile wasn't too bad... It would only stall on first takeoff after starting... Each and every time that I would start a trip. For the rest of the trip it would run fine. The Ford was a different story. That car had a mountain of issues, mostly related to just how bloody old it was and how much really needed to be done. I had to keep my foot on the gas at all times or it would die out... and, of course, EACH and EVERY TIME I started off, it would hesitate. Kinda fun but not always in a good way. After those two cars, I have certainly come to appreciate how much automotive technology has improved... Though I still am a bit hesitant to grab on to the latest technologies out there but that's a discussion for another time.

[@Glenns_Concho_Ranch]

You are well equipped to weather the impending collapse of civilization son. Welcome aboard.

[@01trsmar]

? Your car was obviously beat..We owned many new carburetor cars and never had an issue,even 160,000 miles on them.. I even have a few old cars today and never stumble or have problems.. Your carb was shot,and remember a 5 digit odometer back then,the 6th number if rquipt turned every 1/10th of a mile..and always was a different color than the 1st 5..After 99,999.9 it went to 00,000.0 or 99,999 then to 00,000..They never read over 99,999 miles !!! Thats why people think they were not good...As they had 320,000 miles on them.. My Dad owned new Chevrolet's,Mercury's.Ford's,Dodge's,Plymouth's all carburetor's and never did they stumble or stall !! I also owned and still own several cars with carbs...68 Charger RT never missed,never stalls.....Remember many new cars stall on the freeway today,research it !

[@christopheralthouse6378]

01trsmar Remember that I indeed did mention AND affirm that the 1966 Ford Galaxie was old and had a MOUNTAIN of issues... The fact that it was beat does not and did not escape me. As for newer cars stalling today... usually, unless it's a manual shift and you don't start off right, most of those stalls result from shoddy manufacturing and/or computer programming issues and indicate vehicles in need of recall. Carburetors could foul up from wear, that is typical and an expected result from age of the part. However, today's fuel-injected engines (again, with the exception of manual shifts which I just discussed) should never under any circumstances present those issues unless the vehicle itself is defective.

[@christopheralthouse6378]

Glenn Davis Lol thx! :D

[@rad2k7]

lol @ the White Owl commercial. Maybe the first time I ever saw someone smoke it with tobacco still in it!

[@tls5870]

Where can I get some Shell lubricating discs for my train cars?

[@stakknation123]

Lol!

[@Zoomer30]

The most cliche Christmas gift of the ages: The hot lather machine.

[@fscap811]

I loved those Goodyear/Firestone Christmas albums that you could buy a different one every Christmas for $1.99, even less I think...those were the days...coming in from the cold and the house smelling of the dinner that my mom was cooking...I miss her and her cooking so much :(

[@collinsje5]

23 in 1971 - almost 70 now. Get off my lawn.

[@fscap811]

Jerald Collins...I was 20 in 1971, 68 now (2019). I'll help you chase them :)

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Lol you guys are great! I'm 56 and thought kids would respect me when I grew up just like I respected my elders. Boy am I ever disappointed.

[@MarcoORVISINI]

DO NOT HIDE BEHIND TE CURTAIN OF DRUGS...LOL

[@MasterShot-ke1mr]

in the year I was born I I was seven months old when this commercial group came out in December of 71. at 9:30 wow a 2 blade razor. now most of them have five blades gu 11 with backwards knees

[@426roads4]

$ 34,000 limousine ? that won't buy a Toyota Corolla today.

[@waterheaterservices]

Mercedes 600

[@steffenflindt8670]

Funny how they made sure not to really show it was a Benz lol

[@emmexfyv]

Actually that will buy two Corollas today.

[@01trsmar]

You forgot you made $1 per hour !! And 3 year maximum car loan term at 19% !! So,cars were not cheap !

[@joeyGalileoHotto]

$34,000 is more expensive than even the xse corolla. That'd be the cost for a new camry though.

[@dr.hookyeah2883]

With polyester, hair spray, and cigarettes/cigars, it’s a miracle more people didn’t set themselves on fire in the 1970s.

[@ndines6237]

I got my dad a schick hot lather machine for Christmas one year. It was all I could afford. I was 10.

[@sheriheffner2098]

My dad got one back then too. My mom bought it for him.from my sister and myself. He used it until it broke.

[@briannelson6830]

Well that was cool and all, but i must now go hide behind the CURTAIN OF DRUGS!!!

[@phuturephunk]

Out of nowhere, Fran Tarkenton!

[@luisreyes1963]

How about Darren McGavin for Carling Black Label beer? 🍺

[@jeaniechowdhury6739]

Please let me go back- I was seven years old but I’d love to go back as an adult.

[@rf396]

I would much rather watch the ADS from the 70's than any crap TV "show" that is on today.

[@MellowCorn-xs8bn]

1971 is the last year for tobacco ads in the USA.

[@EJANISON]

This is the exact day my younger brother was born.

[@tinamckenna7514]

I wonder whether your dad or your babysitter were watching any of these commercials in REAL TIME? 😉

[@thema1998]

Today is the *48* year anniversary of when these commercials aired on TV. 🤓 EDIT- 7:17 P.M.: *finishes compilation 20 minutes later* I was surprised by how few Christmas commercials there were. Nowadays, you'd see *a ton* of them!

[@dvferyance]

Esso stations are only in Canada.

[@70sleftover]

And the rest of the world, except for the U.S.

[@stvitalkid7981]

Some parts of the USA had Esso stations before Standard Oil of New Jersey brought all of its brands together under the Exxon name. Canada kept the Esso brand, however.

[@70sleftover]

@@stvitalkid7981 I actually remember the change to Exxon. Even as a little kid, I didn't like the modern name and logo at first. (That X-thing that seems so popular in corporate and other acronyms to this day.) But they kept the "Happy Motoring" motto over the garage doors.

[@chicknool1137]

love the smoke hanging of the dudes gip in the merc spot.

[@fludeball]

How did someone get 20 minutes of commercials from the same day?

[@jchow5966]

They spent mpre $$$ on commercials because they knew we would all be seeing them.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Oh the irony that an anti-drug commercial played right before a cigar commercial!

[@scottgeorge4760]

I was born in May of 1971 and enjoyed life in California latter to make Oregon my home 🌞

[@josephdellaselva484]

"Non-leaded Shell of the future"...............how true my friend, how true (December 13, 1971? I was 9 years old and in 4th grade :)

[@tomloft2000]

the 2 blade razor is now 5.

[@graymanmedia]

I just found out this was the infamous Andy Reid Game. Where a "13" year old Andrew Reid was throwing the football with a bunch of short kids his age.

[@svrandall]

This was on my 3rd birthday!!!

[@mideleon]

$150 for a Homelite chainsaw seems pretty expensive for 1971. You can get a decent chainsaw in 2017 for under $200

[@OGUncleP]

The only difference is the $150 Homelite is probably still running 45 years later and the $200 2017 will be lucky to make it through summer...lol

[@71plymouth.]

OGUncleP Hahaha, Exactly Right.

[@waterheaterservices]

Yes, that would be around $700 in todays money, but back then we used keep tools for decades.

[@MauofMiami]

michael del remember the $200.00 one you can buy in home depot are made in china junk, that one on the commercial is made in usa and comparable to a $700.00 of today.

[@SirScavenger]

My father bought a little Homelite chainsaw for $99 in the late 1970s, it still works in 2018.

[@speeta]

7:11 and 15:57 Tony LoBianco, rising movie star. The French Connection had just come out that fall.

[@Dkenady353]

I thought he looked familiar

[@larryshaver3568]

I remember WMAL-7 when I lived in Maryland in 1975

[@donniedepler-stedman4951]

The day I was born!

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Why am I watching this? I don't even know what half of these are!

[@RIXRADvidz]

in the early 1970's they actually thought that we were headed to a New Ice Age, here in the 2000's we've had milder and milder winters since 2006, my pond would freeze 3 inche deep, now it barely frosts over. 10JAN21

[@karldonutz7770]

I am in Canada, freezing cold like every winter.

[@squirehaggard4749]

Imagine that- ads that simply (but creatively) tell you what the product is, what features and advantages it offers, unlike ads today that try to bludgeon you into buying.

[@juanquintero5194]

at 9:40 , PANASONIC commercial is awesome. Only a collector may have this equipment nowadays.

[@johnbonardi9819]

If something still works, why not use it?

[@ellisjohn5720]

Juan Quintero today's the 22nd of June 2017. yesterday in Goodwill I found a recordable eight-track tape. I'm going back and getting that baby when it stops raining here in Tennessee. Synchronicity Sting and the Police 👅

[@dondesnoo1771]

Ellis John tape condition of oldtapes gummy & brittle better to use vhs hi fi for audio recording .

[@ElCid48]

Forget about the stereos. I'd like a chick in EVERY room.

[@70sleftover]

I'd say Mr. Fancypants (a.k.a. young Edward Herrmann) got ripped off on that very short lived fad of a quadraphonic system! The concept of a channel for each instrument did sound enticing, but it never took off.

[@dannydaw59]

$150 for a chainsaw is on the high side even for 2017.

[@MrKennny732]

dannydaw59 China makes today's chainsaws

[@70sleftover]

@@MrKennny732 I was thinking that was why that saw sounded expensive for '71.

[@rareform6747]

Put a Tiger in your tank .

[@mrbmoney2396]

I tried but it wouldn't fit, plus it bit the crap out of me

[@Kleavers]

Gosh, back then you didn't have to turn off the audio. Nowadays ads are just a shitton of noise. That's why I stopped watching tv 5 years ago.

[@ellemjay]

They seem almost silent compared to the ads today.

[@thema1998]

@@ellemjay The loudness has clearly increased since then.

[@michelanonyme300]

« I stopped watching tv 5 years ago»; My self I stopped watching tv 50 years ago !

[@martinurquhart7933]

if you are fed up with tv commercials, just subscribe to Netflix, Disney Plus, Paramount Plus, Prime Video, Peacock, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, etc. None of these services have any ads and there's both old stuff and new stuff on all of them, plus a lot of exclusive movies and series that you won't find on DVD, Blu-ray or Satellite. That's what my family did and we couldn't be happier!

[@Kleavers]

@@martinurquhart7933 I am aware of streaming services ;)

[@paxwallacejazz]

I was 11 . My god I can't stop watching This is kinda scary

[@mikehartsook5281]

Paxwallacejazz • DON'T FEEL BAD I WAS BORN IN 1961 AND HAD TURNED 10 YEARS OLD IN SEPTEMBER OF 1971, I REMEMBER A LOT OF THESE COMMERCIALS, ESPECIALLY THE MERRILL LYNCH I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND LIVE IN THOSE DAYS FOREVER THE CARS WERE BETTER BUILT A LOT BETTER THAN ALL THE JUNK THEY BUILT THESE DAYS AND CALL THEM CARS