1972 TV COMMERCIALS

[@robt5818]

People who weren't alive at this time just can't appreciate how great it was. Even kids growing up had freedom to bike and walk the neighborhood without helicopter parents hovering constantly!

[@robt5818]

@@elwinskittle166 Seffy, I understand. We just have to do the best with what we have to work with today.

[@anitakinnear6735]

You’re so right! It was so innocent and wonderful compared to now. People were so different. Now that our society and economy are based on consumerism instead of manufacturing, the measure of success for most is money, instead of character. I remember Made in America was top of the line; our cars, our steel, our appliances, all of it.

[@missxmarvel]

Dang that sounds great but I’m still happy I’m born much later, otherwise I’d be old like you.

[@tonyallen6510]

I'm 66 years old know what you mean 😊👍👍👍👍👍

[@robt5818]

@@tonyallen6510 Tony, I was able to walk to school without my parents constantly worried. Today, I see armored-car SUVs drop off the too-precious tykes, who will never gain independence.

[@eldorado1830]

Back then no internet, no cell phones...it was great.

[@harperstacey9604]

I sure miss the rotary phones. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@colleenmclarney9210]

back then there were cool people

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

Yeah, and we still got by fine. It's ironic that more technology is supposed to make life easier and instead we're more stressed out than ever before.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@anthonycrnkovich5241 Wait 'til AI decides not to unlock your home's doors. For your 'safety'.

[@Spaceopticsguy2010]

No cellphones, internet, home computers, cable TV was just getting started. 5 channels on TV, you listened to the radio for your music. Yet people were WAY happier.

[@miguelsuarez8010]

I used to avoid commercials and now I'm watching them...

[@RJS1974]

Omg. I remember when every kid wanted and got a tape recorder for Christmas. Simple fun times.

[@meengla]

The tape recorder which Father Karras used in 'The Exorcist' in 1973

[@ramvox]

L’eggs!!! My mom and sister would buy and give me the “egg” to play with.

[@HappyinHillsborough]

love the way the hostess fruit pies, twinkies and (soon to be called Ho-Ho's) were advertised as "fresh" and "freshness never tasted so good" - good thing there was no false advertising back then.

[@celestebenitez6688]

I always wanted to see what commercials looked like the year I was born. I finally got my wish. Now I can die happy. 🤗🤗🤗

[@amhaney1]

I miss commercials like this. Today's are all medical ads for prescription meds. No catchy jingles. And they repeat over and over the Glad oven cooking bags has Franklin Cover from The Jeffersons in it

[@deborahchesser7375]

You think you don’t remember these until about 2 seconds in, never thought I’d miss commercials. Thanks FP

[@dominic6283]

I was just born. probably in my crib listening to these commercials.

[@hithere2697]

same born 72 also

[@khkartc]

Lloyd Bridges, eight years before _Airplane._

[@dashriprock9014]

Sea Hunt, twenty-five years before Airplane.

[@JohnShinn6078]

"I picked a bad day to quit sniffin glue"

[@cobravids]

Im a product of the 70s. I had that GE tape recorder.

[@DaveRabbit-jr7ru]

OMG, the Contac commercial was such a flashback. I remember that so clearly.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

No lawyer ads and no big pharma ads back then

[@AlmaMelvin58459]

old times best times.

[@warrax111]

housewives all around what an age!

[@seanmurphy3753]

Hi

[@MrSloika]

The Cuckoo Appliance Co. spokes lady gives me a funny feeling down there.

[@MrLangDog]

🤣🤣

[@stoopidpursun8140]

Damn 50 years and some of these things are still around.

[@ccdjunk]

That was when advertisers had a literate audience. For years now the goal is to have a message that a person with an IQ of 50 can understand it.

[@tgwoolshire]

You must be really bored and have nothing to do I feel so sad for you

[@festeradams3972]

Trumpers fall into that category. Must have hit the mark with you...@@tgwoolshire

[@stevendonovan9762]

I'm 67 and haven't seen and heard that Tiparillo commercial since it was on tv. I remember everything about it especially it's great tune and a secure time in the home I grew up. Thank you for sharing.

[@EmmyPierz-ek7hi]

Remember… “ Cigars Cigarettes Tiparillos” ?? CB

[@feliciawilliams8587]

These commercials bring back so many good memories! Thanks for posting!

[@johnerwin9024]

Fun looking back 50 years at commercials, thanks

[@dianeblomgren4608]

I was born in 1957 which made the 70's a journey through my teen years! I remember everything on television and the advertising was actually enjoyable. The most you had to hear about perspiration was veiled through the "ring around the collar " jingle !! Whats better than Ann Blyth serving up a tray of Hostess pies and Twinkies to her two kids! Ha ha ( she was a Hollywood movie star in the 40's )

[@Maggie22002]

I was born in 63. I was a kid during the 70’s. Good times.❤

[@garygentzel7924]

‘58 here - I remember a lot of these the 70’s took me from 12 - 22

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

I had forgotten the game Dealer's Choice. But I sure had it and played it back in 1972.

[@tomservo56954]

The dealership used on the packaging was Allen Chevrolet in Dedham, MA...the site is now a Staples.

[@JerryFletch]

had it have it and still love it goes greate with the movie Used cars

[@tonystevenson26]

Slim Jims had the best slogan "slim jims. You either love em or you dont" genius ! Crazy 🤪

[@RobMacKendrick]

Ruth Buzzi was at the top of her career in this moment -- a popular cast member on Laugh In, one of the era's hottest prime time comedy shows.

[@sigurdjohnson6617]

I was in 6th grade in '72. Watched quite a bit it TV too!! I do remember some of these commercials. I love the drawing/cartoon styles from back then. Fun stuff!

[@stevendenton4965]

I was 11 years old. I remember a lot of these and they bring back memories. Just think. No moderate to severe type of commercials that dominate the airwaves today. God, I despise those ads!

[@Barber747]

I'm assuming you're referring to repetitive shit such as commercials for car insurance (ahem, *Geico*), smartphones and medication?

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I remember those days. I was 10 in 1972. My friends and I did a lot of crazy things and I wouldn't change anything from those days, except I wish I could have them back. Love from Marysville, California

[@LannieLord]

I'm about your age and from the East coast . WE were "The Brady Bunch Generation". We also had Kool Pops, Bonomo Turkish Taffy , Wacky Package stickers and do you remember when girls wore those fake apple core necklaces ? What was that all about ? Also CLICK CLAKS !!

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

@@LannieLord Oh, do I remember that. The 1970's was a great time to be a kid and an even better time to be a teen. Love from Marysville, California

[@juniorjames7076]

Did you see those GIANT Hostess fruitpies? I brought one a few years ago, they are now tinier than the palm of kids hand, and barely any fruit in them.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

And people were thinner. What happened?

[@tomservo56954]

That's not going to please Bobby Hill...

[@brunotrabik8030]

Nice display of classic 1972 tv commercials. Interesting to see a cigarette commercial in this collection since all cigarette commercials were banned starting January 2, 1971.

[@hargobindsingh2012]

I miss those times. Back then, I never imagined that the USA would be as bad as it is today.

[@jeffneptune2922]

America was even more divided in 1972 than it is today with just as many problems. If you were a kid then, your memory doesn't reflect how bad the times were. About the only difference is we have far better technology today.

[@elc1960]

That first guy in the Slim Jim ad is Dr. Beeper from "Caddyshack." And that's Jennifer Warren in the Tiparillo commercial. Betsy Palmer in the Lux commercial was later Jason Voorhees's mom in "Friday the 13th." Dena Dietrich (aka Chiffon Margarine's "Mother Nature") and Franklin Cover (Tom Willis on "The Jeffersons") in the Glad oven bags commercial.

[@luisreyes1963]

Dr. Beeper? Oh, you mean Dan Resin.

[@elc1960]

@@luisreyes1963 Yep!

[@Maggie22002]

Chuck McCann in the endust commercial. He also did Mel Brooks movie, “ Robin Hood, Men In Tights”. Before that, he did the “Far Out Space Nuts” , with Bob Denver.

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Born in the early 60s and i will never forget the smoking commercials on telly. (Get a smoke and be social). 😊👍

[@coolbreeze5561]

I'd rather fight than switch

[@zzzzxxxx341]

🤪😊😎😁

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I was born in '63 and can well remember cigarette commercials. Back then, there were no spots for prescription drugs.

[@fonziebulldog5786]

@@TheBrooklynbodine 👍

[@HenryODonovan]

@@TheBrooklynbodine I was born in 62, but don't remember the cIgarette ADS, except product placement on The Fintstones!

[@kingporter67]

Super 1972 TV commercials!!

[@millieatr]

I was 20 years old in 1972 ,,,,,,,sounds waaaaaaaay better than 72 lol

[@EmmyPierz-ek7hi]

I turned 16 on 12/04/71 Age 16 in 1972… the BEST year in my life! Drivers License, GR8 music, food, ETC!!! CB

[@ShamrockParticle]

Loved the Cuckoo stereo. 2:42 looks like I picked a good week to start watching television! ✈

[@YKXZWX]

Nothing better than the 70s American heydays

[@jameskash1306]

Less pressure noisy ass adds..seemed less negative than todays crappy tv..thank you for the reminder of a different time

[@tnate6004]

5:25 Loved seeing the Endust "bowling alley" ad again

[@walterchapman2094]

I was born in 1973 and dont remember any of it but i still find the period fascinating and nostalgic.

[@clarktrinst]

1:39 So that was the bar for healthy eating according to mothers back in 1972-the snack cakes had to be fresh.

[@serotoninsyndrome]

Hey, you didn't want your latch-key kids eating stale food as they raised themselves in front of the TV while you worked a double shift at the Waffle House...

[@kylewilson9189]

I like old stuff.

[@tonyallen6510]

Your not alone I'm 66 years old

[@kylewilson9189]

Things seemed so different.

[@kylewilson9189]

I just get a different feeling when I watch older TV series and commercials. I like to imagine what people did for fun back then.

[@rdred8693]

@@kylewilson9189 57 years old here. We ran around outside, read books, started aquariums, rode horses, just had fun

[@Emily-Whitfield]

I was 9 years old in 1972! Great time to be a kid❤❤❤❤❤

[@nancycampbell9554]

Love the fond memories I remember 90% of these and I was 4 years old in 1972 late 72 born oct 30th 1968

[@Bluelilly40]

I was born in June '68. Memories.....

[@BrianKliewer]

@Benedict Guillermo Nice copy-paste bot. That software is proven false and a means to hacking those who download it.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

@@Bluelilly40I was born in June of 68’ too. I remember a few of these.

[@robertbowden6732]

Thank you so much for making this 😊 I was only 9 but I remember always outside walking all over woodland park zoo .

[@MrRacket991]

Back in 1972 America was still on top of the world. You see it, feel it, in these ads.

[@Number6_]

Top of the world ma! Said jimmy Cagney. On top of the water tower. Before the fall.

[@DuncanFisher-s5s]

Well, not really. We had just lost Vietnam, and the Arab oil embargo was about to cripple us badly at home. We had an inflation rate so bad that Nixon had to intervene with price-fixing. Our airliners were being hijacked regularly and blown up. There were still race riots in our cities, and even one that year in the navy. The Soviets also terrified us into signing a nuclear arms reduction treaty. I remember the early seventies as a time of disarray at home and humiliation overseas. Yes, there was breezy bluster in these ads, but there's that in today's ads too. (Probably more sabre-rattling now, as a matter of fact). I remember it being really uncool for anyone to fly the flag in front of their house.

[@jupiter6647]

REALLY, what about Vietnam...

[@jupiter6647]

​@@robertsmith6188the television has ALWAYS been a deceiver to lull the stupid into a stupor, while the controllers raped, destroyed, and ransacked the innocent and nature for power and greed . It's Satan's world. For whoso love the world, the love of the father is not in him.

[@Number6_]

@@DuncanFisher-s5s so your reporting no change then. Except the flag flying like the facsist countries do!

[@PeterGonet]

I was born in 58' so I've seen the whole gamut of commercials. Yay!

[@rudraigh]

Born in '60. Yup, seen a lot of commercials over the years. It's amazing how so much can change but some things just stay the same.

[@felixmadison5736]

I was 23 years-old in 1972, and I remember seeing about four of these t.v. ads back in the day. 'Ring around the collar' stands out. BTW, look how big those Hostess cakes and pies were back then for about 25 cents, compared with today's.

[@sleepingwithcats5121]

Oh my goodness I was 10 in 1974. I wish we could go back to 1970.... This world is evil now

[@FranklyPeetoons]

It was evil then, too. You just didn't know! It's a win-win

[@FranklyPeetoons]

I am delighted these idly digitized/gathered commercials are pinging childhood memory cells of so many viewers. Some of these came from my own personally-recorded VHS garbage pile (grabbed with a Canopus ADVC-100 over Firewire, hooked up to mid-90s VCRs), and some came from online archives scattered all over the web. Ah lurvs this kind of she-it, myself. However, KZbin has repeatedly pulled the rug out from under me when this channel was ripe for monetization. Thus, uploads are more sparse these days. But it doesn't mean they've stopped. Keep watching this channel because who knows when new batches will be uploaded.

[@erichylland4809]

About 2:44 - "I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue" ;-)

[@monicdavis6150]

That stereo looks reeeal familiar! 😂❤️I should ask my mother if this, was the one we had.

[@Sparkina]

Remember when conditioner was called CRÈME RINSE?!? Very FANCY sounding

[@gailmiler2797]

I can remember my dad reacting to the "ring around the collar" commercials- What kind of a filthy slob is so dirty he turns his collars black!"

[@petermontoya1796]

IKR ?!?

[@andrewfischer8564]

i was 7 and some of these things are ingrained in my head. like the roto rooter comercial aqnd ong the wisk ring around the color comercial i still clean my shits like that

[@onetimer100]

I got to run out and get a Hostess cherry or apple pie asap! Used to get one everyday after school on the walk home.

[@clevelandcarlson5743]

I rode a bigwheel then a green machine then bikes! Jumping into the drainage ditch was a daily Activity. I lived in Memphis in a neighborhood w no sidewalks But it was not heavily traveled only folks that live there would go by. On Sunday after church I watched kung fu theater ate ice cream then explore the hood w my dog after that bike riding again! Good times it was the best

[@chadnixon4236]

Back when a 24 inch tv was considered a "big" screen....hell I had a tiny 12inch black and white in my bedroom and that was even a luxury in the day!

[@sheilasams9515]

I was 9 in 1972 & I remember all of these so weird to be watching them all over again it 57 LOL makes me realize I'M OLLLLD😂😂😂😁

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

You and I are the same age, and while I pride myself on having a good memory, I don't remember many of them. At 9:27, the "Ring Around the Collar" jingle jogged my memory after decades.

[@adammwalch]

Born in '63. Remember this era well, and wish it back in many ways. You're not old Sheila; you're experienced! :)

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@adammwalch I was born in '63 myself. Those were the days, if I may use a timeworn phrase.

[@alandewey6934]

these things happen

[@zzzzxxxx341]

24 at that time, nice to be young again.

[@toddricketts9498]

What a great variation, 9 years old when these came out

[@wonmoss0206]

I remember the Chlorox 2 commercial with some country bumpkins singing that song.

[@billplunske5573]

Can you imagine the Chung King or even that Endust commercial in 2021😬?

[@sydandtheecity]

I quite literally could NOT with either one of them

[@Foolishpleazure]

God that game "Dealers Choice" sounds like it would have been fun!!!!! wish I would have been old enough to play it but,I was just a baby,at best!!!!

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I was in my senior year of college in 1972 and had no time for TV, so I missed all of these commercials.

[@bruce2357]

That's okay as a 10 year old kid I watched them for you. You're welcome.

[@jimclayton6539]

Love watching these commercials

[@StevenC32]

I was 9 years old in 1972, I vaguely remember some of the things from that year.

[@autodidactic]

I was born then and was just curious, it's familiar and completely alien, lol

[@LindaOliver-e8q]

I remember the good old days of going to the gas station where the attendant pumped the gas for you and gave you a free gift. I used to get glasses and 2 pounds of sugar, AND S&H Green Stamps.

[@MikeChapmanGastoncounty]

I remember the good old days of going to a gas station where you could use dollar bills in a vending machine to buy gas. This innovation didn't last long...

[@timvandenbrink4461]

I was a kid in the 70’s. Our local, family owned gas station would hand out STP t shirts and stickers.

[@johnreep5798]

Ho Hos were my snack cake of choice in 1972. We had a field trip to the Hostess bakery one year, I still remember the smell.

[@crabstick250]

Omg Ann Blyth!!! Ruth Buzzi!!! Lloyd Bridges!

[@tomservo56954]

Betsy Palmer

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

Lol I was only born in '95 but I absolutely LOVE watching these old ads

[@Market-ro1gp]

I turned 32in 1995! Those were my partying days! Well, I'm all partied out at 59!😆

[@rdred8693]

@@Market-ro1gp ME TOO!

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I graduated high school in '95. 😊

[@francisclause4668]

RUTH BUZZI!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@graymanmedia]

My mom had that same exact Cuckoo Record Player in the dining room

[@vernacular1483]

Bet your mom had other stuff too

[@tomservo56954]

The woman in the L'eggs commercial with the white blouse is Donna McKechnie, who was the original Cassie in the musical A CHORUS LINE (for small screen folk, she was Sam Malone's ex-wife on CHEERS).

[@marcialivingston-nq8xk]

I LOVED chung king. OMG.

[@Jonathan-m9z9r]

OMG? (or did you mean MSG?) haha

[@marcialivingston-nq8xk]

Good one! 😄

[@thomastaylor6699]

I still remember my dad complaining about the price of gas being 45 cents a gallon back in 1970. We had a Pontiac station wagon with a 400 cubic inch engine with a little Rochester carburetor on it. At the time I was only 11.

[@jacksons1010]

Adjusted for inflation, 45¢/gal equates to $3.57/gal now. But people will _always_ complain that it’s too expensive now, and _always_ think it used to be much cheaper! 😂

[@elisa7joy9]

After watching this, I feel strongly about one thing. The only thing I missed out on from the 70s due to not having been alive, is the giant Hostess cakes!

[@maxwellspeedwell2585]

It was like yesterday. United didn’t even beat passengers back then. It was a different world. Can’t believe that was 52 years ago.

[@karimtabrizi376]

toys r us was a huge brand back in 70's and 80's now amazon took over

[@williamhoyle417]

Perfect year. Perfect Miami Dolphins too! 🐬 😊

[@beatleman69]

I think I'll call Coockoo appliance company and request my stereo and TV!! 😄

[@adammwalch]

Nostalgic, and oddly familiar. Thank you for posting

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I had just joined the Marine Corps in August 1972 and was getting ready to go to boot camp in December. My recruiter had already told me my chances of going to Viet Nam were pretty much guaranteed. That kind of stuff weighs heavily on the mind of an 18 year old.

[@EmmyPierz-ek7hi]

President Nixon Ended the draft June of 1972.CB

[@justdoingitjim7095]

@@EmmyPierz-ek7hi I literally said in my post that I joined. I didn't say I was drafted, yet here you are talking about it! So what's your point?

[@EmmyPierz-ek7hi]

@@justdoingitjim7095 I read your post AND I KNOW you joined. I stated the June 1972 , Nixon ended the draft. I being a 16 year old male at that time, was relieved. Signed up for my draft card in 1971, and in August 1971, the front page of newspaper stated MY BIRTH DATE was the #1 Army draft pick! If the war continued into 1974, upon graduating high school, my plans were to join the coast guard as a cook… Why are you SO touchy? You read into things that aren’t even there?? CB

[@allenmudman9755]

I would love to be able to buy a am/fm radio with tape deck over the phone.

[@tomsanders5584]

It's the modern way to shop!

[@hothmandon]

People used to dress up before getting on the plane back then.

[@MartyInLa]

Sad, I just went into my old Toys R Us for the first time in years. It was temporarily open as a Christmas Tree store.

[@willdrucker4291]

Hmmm…not sure if Mr. Hoss going to eat that Chop Suey dinner…sorry Hop Sing…😂😂

[@StratBurst92]

I graduated HS in 1972 and remember most of these.

[@jimc4839]

A stereo console delivered for ine week with no obligation to buy? Im calling.

[@GS-zc4sk]

That's why they call it cuckoo appliance

[@nmarbletoe8210]

I also sometimes say "no" to snack cake! 1:47 It's like these commercials know me.

[@Road_Rash]

I still have one of those stereos...

[@donlarocque5157]

I worked at a TV repair shop in 1980. We had to go pick those 300 lb. monsters up and repair,then take em back.

[@Road_Rash]

@@donlarocque5157 TV repairman? I bet you've got like, this ultimate set of tools...Lol! I haven't had this thing plugged in, in years... I don't even know if it still works...but soon as I get my new shed built, and get my house rearranged, I'm gonna move it back to the living room and test it out... I only have one or two 8 tracks left & I'd be afraid the tape is so old it would immediately be ruined if I tried to play them... but I got around 200 albums, so I got plenty to play on it still...if it works...Lol!

[@donlarocque5157]

@@Road_Rash It'd be neat to replace the whole inner with modern tech. It looks like it's ancient but it blows the window out.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

Remember that commercial about the pro water skier who had the Timex watch strapped to his ankle? My friend was chosen for it out of the nearly 500 people trying out for that commercial. He drove the boat.

[@jeffneptune2922]

Thank you. Fantastic collection of commercials from circa 1972. I get a kick out of all the comments about how simple and great America was in 1972. Actually, the country was even more divided than today. Of course, Vietnam had a lot to do with it but the country was sharply divided by many of the same "culture war" issues we have today. Inflation was so bad in 1971 , Nixon ordered a "wage price freeze" . A year later in 1973, an OPEC oil embargo triggered the first so called "energy crisis" . Also, the county had just as many social and environmental problems then as now . The main difference is we have much better technology today but everything else really hasn't changed much in 50 years😕

[@marksink1652]

OPEC, the first energy crisis... long lines at the gas station.... During 73/74 Nixon administration actually set standard Time back another hour. At school day's end I'd do weight lifting. It would be Twilight when dad came to the school to pick me up.

[@StatisticsJason]

I was a kid and life seemed like some type of utopia.

[@jimdake6632]

And 1972 was when we LAST put men on the moon! And watched it on a tube-based color console TV!

[@rudraigh]

Lucky you. I watched every moon landing in B&W.

[@maxwellspeedwell2585]

In 1972 one of the most popular shows on TV was the Selective Service Lottery. It was the one lottery you DIDN’T want to win. The next day the talk of the school was your number. Some guys didn’t talk because their number was high, some did talk because their number was high. Me? Only lottery ticket that was a winner.

[@scootypooper]

#51

[@ericmalone3213]

The Slim Jim commercial is especially interesting. If you eat more than two of those within ten minutes, your flatulence will glow in the dark, a bilious yellow-green cloud that eventually dominates the room. Obviously, Slim Jims were trial balloons as an instrument for use in combat, before the military industrial complex settled on infra-red heat imaging technology.

[@whatsreal7506]

A great time to be a kid the 70s and 60s

[@xaviercast970]

1972, It was the best! I was 7 years old riding my bike on the sidewalks when it was safe to go out back then.

[@lollaughs09]

i’m sorry but i don’t wanna live during a time before DNA…it was NOT safer back then for kids

[@xaviercast970]

@@lollaughs09 Really? Drive bys did not exist in my neighborhood with 30% black families. At 7 years old I walked in many garages where men were working on projects for their homes without a worry about anything. They were polite and neighborly and registered sex offenders was unheard of. Yeah so from life experience...you are wrong!

[@lollaughs09]

@@xaviercast970 ok glad you lived in a safe sheltered neighborhood 👍🏻 but statistically crime has gone down by 20% in the last 40 years. just because you felt safe at home does not mean the rest of the united states was some utopia

[@lollaughs09]

@@xaviercast970 also why are you bringing up drive bys in black neighborhoods? don’t be weird

[@n.b.p.davenport7066]

I remember I was a little kid and my dad bought the first one of the first color TVs built and I believe it was a Motorola😮 back then it was amazing😢 antenna on the roof

[@litebkt]

I remember some of these.