KABC-7 KNXT-2 KNBC-4 1974 Commercials / Jack Benny's Near Death

KABC-7 KNXT-2 KNBC-4 1974 Tons of Commercials.
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[@longfade]

What a terrific set of ads. I particularly loved the 747 ad @27:10 with the Boston Pops Orchestra. And Sammy Davis, Jr. performing on the Tonight Show (37:44) is just mind-blowing. Wow.

[@dannystrat]

An absolute treat to hear Doc Severinsen's orchestra play on the Carson show! It's terrible we don't get to hear them in the reruns on Antenna TV.

[@ladyi7609]

Yeah, that was one of my absolute favorite parts of this whole recording. They sounded waaaaaaay cooler and more awesome than whatever Sammy Davis Jr. (I think?) was attempting to do. Doc Severinsen also had a key role in one of my absolute favorite musical moments on TV when he and his band helped They Might Be Giants perform "Birdhouse in Your Soul" on "The Tonight Show" back in 1989.

[@dannystrat]

@Bob Sebring I posted this comment 2 years ago when 70s Carson episodes weren't as easy to find.

[@ericdreizen1463]

One of the greatest big bands ever assembled. And Louie on all fours driving the band! "Flyin' Home!" Great chart! Teaching a hundred lessons in two-and-a-half minutes! Bummer at the end though, about losing Jack Benny. :(

[@TheBlueyedblond]

I was 10 in 1974. My mother was a big Jack Benny fan and when he passed away in December, I remember her crying. I didn't understand why she was upset over someone she had never met. Now I do.

[@jchow5966]

💟☮️ i was 10 that year & can remember my grandparents & parents being upset about Bennys! death and not understanding it too. Time has flown by and it is hard to believe that we are almost 60 years old. My parents weee were only in their 39s when these commercials were aired!!!~ 😊

[@RR-pf7dr]

1:07 had this NBC news promo stuck in my head for years. Just stumbled on it again.

[@richardbernardo3528]

This was a trippy experience for me - I'm not sure where that song had been hiding in my memory for the last 48 years but as soon as I heard it start I sang along with it perfectly - damn I'm old :)

[@ThamiumOne]

Pam Dawber in the Fotomat commercial - 35:41. She was mostly a model and commercial actress at this point, still 3 years away from “Mork & Mindy.

[@tyroned532]

i love watching these old commercials... they bring back such wonderful memories... it makes my childhood seem a little more peaceful thank you

[@jchow5966]

I feel the same way. It is amazing how many earm memories resurface!

[@pdxtal7468]

I really enjoy the NBC Nightly News w/ John Chancellor commercial. It's shown twice.

[@jamieschmidt939]

59:32 KNXT-2 News at 5pm Thurs 12/26/74 Jack Benny near death. He passed away later that evening.

[@kevinnelson66]

I was 8 years old when Mr. Benny passed away. He was a funny guy.

[@brentmann2988]

50:16 the great session singer Linda November for Stanley tools. 49:12 Len Gochman on the voice-over for Master Charge, one of the all-time best VO talents.

[@jchow5966]

Dammy Davis was amazing here. It was an amazing time for American entertainment!!!! Nothing fake here.

[@tomservo56954]

The first ad for Charlie...it took Bobby Short and Shelly Hack to make it iconic.

[@dwightpowell6673]

I remember that commercial for Charlie....real soulful

[@howardparks6478]

7:24 I think that's the legendary T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer used by Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers, Billy Preston, and Gil-Scott Heron on some of their recordings during the 70s. They synth was owned and operated by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Marguleff, the latter of which I am friends with on Facebook.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

Now I know why I didn’t watch daytime Tv when I was 14!!!

[@pdxtal7468]

Love the NBC Nightly News commercial.

[@fromthesidelines]

Produced by Bill Feigenbaum {Feigenbaum Productions}.

[@tkaye2]

@@fromthesidelinesBut who is the vocalist?

[@fromthesidelines]

I don't know yet, but she also sang on another NBC promo that fall {"The Nicest Faces This Fall Are On NBC"}.

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

The narrator of the Phantom TV Spot is Mr. American Graffiti himself, *THE WOLFMAN JACK!* 😃

[@maynardsmoreland]

I recall vividly watching the Tonight Show in the SF Bay Area, and NBC breaking in with news of Jack Benny's death.

[@jchow5966]

Thank you! Please post more if you have them.

[@lindaeasley5606]

Daytime soap operas proliferated tv networks back then .Now there's only about 4 or 5 left

[@roykassinger6903]

Next to game shows networks see soaps as the most disposable format.

[@elc1960]

What a difference a couple of years makes...now in 2023 there are only 3 soaps on broadcast TV: The Young & the Restless and The Bold & the Beautiful on CBS, and General Hospital on ABC, with Days of Our Lives airing only on the Peacock streaming channel.

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

Nice to see at 47:34 the Steelers / Bills score. Pittsburgh was on the cusp of quite a six year run.

[@fromthesidelines]

30:42- Virginia Christine as "Mrs. Olson".

[@oldiesgeek454]

I noticed the 1972 channel surfing video with Vin Scully on the thumbnail, has been removed. I just watched it a couple of days ago. Why was it removed?

[@fromthesidelines]

I'd say it was due to a "red flag" concerning copyrighted material of some kind.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

Sadly, Jack Benny passed away a day after Christmas, December 26, 1974.

[@tomservo56954]

The correct phrasing is "Jack Benny Near Death"

[@vividwatch47]

Wrong. It was the day after Christmas '74.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

@@vividwatch47 My bad, it was December 26, 1974, the day after Christmas. Thanks for the correction.

[@sesamemaniac855]

I wonder if that clip of him leaving the hospital is his final appearance on film. Or did he do the Dean Martin Roast for Lucy after

[@dwightpowell6673]

Jack Benny could've done more for Eddie Rochester Anderson.

[@mikejohnson515]

37:43 For you younger kids....THAT'S A CAT! THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

[@chrisutley2859]

44:00 - THE Rodney Allen Rippy and that jingle...and some little girl watching it!

[@micmac99]

49:50 "fine Corinthian leather" The car is largely forgotten but everyone knows that tagline.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Made famous on MST3K!

[@tomservo56954]

@@ChristopherSobieniak That tagline was spoofed long before MST3K came slong

[@vividwatch47]

Did you know that Ricardo Montaban's toupee was also made out of Corinthian leather?

[@rjpsuh06]

Cool to see Brent Musburger doing play by play for an NFL game on CBS, a rare find since it was before the NFL Today. I’ve only heard him do NFL games on ABC and the Raiders. Also, of course, college football on CBS and ABC/ESPN. 1974 NFC Divisional playoff between the Cardinals and the Vikings 22:07 and 25:54

[@bronxsportsfan]

There's also snippets of an NBC AFC Playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers starting at 48:40. A Super Bowl IX (9) promo (also for NBC) also appears briefly (at 49:42).

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Danny Dark is speaking for Novus Calculators.

[@moclips1]

This looks great. Thanks a bunch and keep it up!

[@jamieschmidt939]

37:43 The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (OAD: 12/6/73) NBC/KNBC-4 repeat from Sunday 12/22/74

[@sexymama1966]

Melissa Gilbert in the McDonald's Gift certificate commercial

[@steveprestegard5151]

The Odessa File is a great movie.

[@57buickcentury]

Irwin Allen's Winter Wonderland?? Enjoy the avalanche!

[@fromthesidelines]

....and the explosions that followed. ;)

[@fromthesidelines]

6:39- Dick Wesson, announcer.

[@joeypieper6384]

He was The Announcer for the Disney Anthology Series

[@fromthesidelines]

From the very beginning {"DISNEYLAND"}, and almost to his death in 1979.

[@AarHan3]

59:31 - The newsclip on Jack Benny dying.

[@57buickcentury]

At 30:40 that's Candy Clark (Debbie from American Graffiti) in the Folger's commercial - she must have filmed it before AG was released?

[@kevinnelson66]

American Graffiti was released in 1973.

[@57buickcentury]

@@kevinnelson66 So the commercial was probably shot in '72 and either sat on the shelf a while, or ran for a couple years.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

"A.M. America" was ABC'S first attempt at doing a morning infotainment show to compete with "Today" on NBC in 1975. Stephanie Edwards and Bill Beutel were the original hosts. It premiered in January and died that August, but it would be retooled under a more successful title, "Good Morning,America". Larry Keith advertises tires for Goodyear. Jack Clark speaks for the Federal Savings and Loan Association.

[@tomservo56954]

Beutel was a last minute choice...they had selected someone, but he unexpectedly died.

[@tomservo56954]

All things being equal...I'd rather get a trip to Busch Gardens from Merlin Olsen, than an FTD bouquet

[@nancyericson4263]

This video is worth it just to Sammy Davis Jr. and the Tonight Show Band. Awesome!

[@SamMan-by2jj]

43:59

[@elc1960]

11:36 - RIP Harry Belafonte. At 22:54 it's comic actor Oliver Clark as the plant spraying itself with the Rockwell sprayer. He was in a bunch of episodes of various '70s and '80s sitcoms, among them Barney Miller and The Bob Newhart Show. At 36:12, you have a Memorex ad, from back when Memorex actually made good recording tape! At 37:12, Jack Clark for the FSLIC. This was a few years after he did a commercial for Tide detergent where he offered to replace a housewife's Tide with two boxes of a cheaper brand; big surprise, she said no...a few years after this spot he became the announcer for the Chuck Woolery version of Wheel of Fortune, when it was on NBC's daytime schedule. 43:59 - Rodney Allen Rippy in the role that made him famous, as pitchman for Jack in the Box.

[@warlaker]

A KFC combo for 99 cents?????

[@leftykoufax7084]

Amazing how a buck got you a full meal

[@jchow5966]

Yes!!!

[@kevinnelson66]

Mr. Benny was awesome.

[@dsriggs]

10:53 I know what that is Santa, you can't fool me!

[@dannystrat]

I would love to see the Elton John content!

[@obsoletevideo6048]

I posted the elton john special

[@2011paramedic]

NBC Nightly News With John Chancellor Weeknights!

[@lynnegreen2002]

Occasionally, I'll remember the phrase "the world's heart's beating like a big bass drum," but I didn't know what commercial it was from. Now I do!

[@Foxonian]

My aunt had an LTD Landau. Really fancy car for the time.

[@steveprestegard5151]

80? Jack Benny said he was 39.

[@OofusTwillip]

As he said on his last TV appearance (on "The Tonight Show"), he'd started claiming to be 39 because he didn't look his real age. Of course, eventually, he didn't look 39 either, so it was a great catchphrase.

[@jchow5966]

Lol.

[@w.a.powell8461]

Dear Sir or Madam: You and your video staff members were able to find the video that featured the classic 1970's TV commercial for BRUT™ Cologne with (the late former professional boxer) Muhammad Ali -- found at the "18:41" slot. If you get a chance, you and your staff should do an official video with that commercial by itself. But the first step is for you and your staff to get permission from the advertising agencies responsible for the commercial before you can plan the video. Please talk this over, and try to come up with an agreement on the issue. If you have any questions, feel free to send them to me. I thank you in advance and hope to receive your reply. Best regards, W. A. P.

[@ThamiumOne]

There’s only one person who refurbishes and restores these old tapes, and he appears in several videos on this channel explaining the process - there isn’t any staff. As far as isolating the Brut spot, it’s something that’s relatively simple - just copying that portion from this video and creating a separate one. You probably could do it yourself.

[@jamieschmidt939]

7:04 ABC Wide World Special Elton John Goodbye Norma Jean (and other things) repeat airing from Fri 12/13/74 on ABC/KABC-7

[@fromthesidelines]

4:32- In addiion to theatrical films, Don Weis had directed many TV episodes (including several of Jack Benny's) since the mid-1950's; he also directed the 1959 "HEAD OF THE FAMILY" pilot featuring Carl Reiner that became the basis for "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW".

[@gsnfan]

1974/75

[@steveprestegard5151]

"Cordoba ... the new small Chrysler," with "fine Corinthian leather." "Small" being very relative.

[@tomservo56954]

Smaller than the rest of the line...and remember, in the 60's Chrysler advertised that it had "no junior editions to compromise your investment"--referring to the smaller models offered by competitors in its price class.

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

33:33 😍😍😍

[@FlavioGirl]

denise alexander and aunt charlene before gh :)

[@jamieschmidt939]

47:35 NBC/KNBC-4 Sun 12/22/74 promos and commercials from AFC Divisional Playoff Bills @ Steelers

[@roykassinger6903]

8:26 Didi Conn in the Luckys commercial?

[@jamieschmidt939]

9:07 Connie Stevens commercial for ACE Hardware Stores

[@fromthesidelines]

7:29- Of course, it was a horror story! Paul Williams was in it! 😉

[@tomservo56954]

Aren't you a naughty boy...

[@ericdreizen1463]

Featured Louie Bellson! Rogers drums & a Pearl snare drum! Must've been Ed's. Bittersweet during a report on JB's death.

[@bronxsportsfan]

As a public service, the KNXT (now KCBS-TV) news report ends this KZbin video, starting at 59:33.

[@jonprude2557]

That deal on the Gremlin sounds fair... oops, it's 2023.

[@dwightpowell6673]

I don't think there were any Warehouse Record Stores in NY?

[@zaq55]

24:31 - Slugworth!

[@jamieschmidt939]

21:00 CBS/KNXT-2 Sat 12/21/74 promos/commercials from NFL Divisional Playoff Cardinals @ Vikings

[@billbolton6772]

Amazing to look back on life some 45 years ago. 2 generations from now they’ll be wondering how we survived as AI and new technology has taken over. It’s all relative .

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

No I think those times will be remembered it was classic era birth of television and radio and such big stars like jack benny, bob hope

[@dwightpowell6673]

Arthur Hill attempted suicide.

[@tomservo56954]

When?

[@MOLLYMCGEEMEMES]

1:07

[@Zoomer30_]

Chief? McCloud!

[@jamieschmidt939]

54:55 Mannix #8.12 "A Choice of Victims" Sun 12/22/74 CBS/KNXT-2

[@SamMan-by2jj]

44:19

[@SamMan-by2jj]

44:18