Telly Savalas on Coke

An awesome mid-1970s spot in which Telly Savalas pitches Coca Cola bottlers for sponsorship of television programs.

[@CC-cy5my]

Love this dude. Truly one of a kind. RIP Telly, we love you baby!!

[@badlieutenant322]

My man just shit talked them other so called detectives into submission. Telly Savalas is THE GOAT

[@mel140297]

Telly I miss ya baby !

[@ugartedino]

telly rules! Who loves ya baby?

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

One of Telly Savalas's TV first appearances came long before he was Kojak. In 1961, on "The Twilight Zone" ,Savalas (with hair!) starred in the episode, "Living Doll", about a girl's doll who is disliked her stepdad (Savalas) when it says, "I'm gonna kill you." The doll was admirably voiced by June Foray (A bit of trivia-while she was voicing Rockett J. Squirrel on "The Bullwinkle Show", June lent her golden voice to doll spots for Mattel, including Charming Chatty Cathy). RIP,June and Telly.

[@markdaniele4539]

Armory Brunot,Jr. Talking Tina was the dolls name.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

@@markdaniele4539 Thank you.

[@pelverud1]

Cheers Telly!

[@romanhrdlicka6223]

We miss you Telly!!!❤🙏

[@73reider]

Loved telly`s turn as Dr Svevo in the Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, And obviously Kojak is legendary....

[@ekop1778]

/MOVIE WAS A FLOP AND BUT KOJAK WAS BEST

[@SharpstowntheotherDanMal-ld3nc]

You Got that Right

[@michaelpowell8908]

Telly Savalas also endorsed Diet Coke, as well!!!

[@HardyGirl66]

LOLOL! He couldn't remember the names of the other CBS shows! That was great!

[@stevencooke6451]

Hawaii 700.

[@gargantuaism]

"Fatty Cannon!"

[@rondobson1828]

Fatty Cannon? LOL I'm sure William Conrad loved that

[@ALAKA777]

This dates to 1973.

[@lorenheard2561]

He's the only guy who could convince me to try coke!Ha,Ha!Really....

[@jackclient3135]

Toller Typ, schade das er nicht mehr da ist

[@johnjordan6032]

They never sponsored him and thus the phrase was coined… “No Coke! PEPSI!!”

[@andrewpheasey3477]

lmao when i clicked on this i literally thought it be telly savalas on the drug coke

[@SharpstowntheotherDanMal-ld3nc]

Amen

[@saadiakhan990]

Nice

[@CrimsonKnightDX]

50 years later it is now "Woke a Cola". :-D

[@miketype1each]

Joe Mannix was Armenian, and yes, Bill Conrad definitely needed that Lincoln of his.

[@jamespfitz]

And Kojak NEVER needed to walk, there was ALWAYS parking right where he wanted to go.

[@miketype1each]

@@jamespfitz It was the same with Major Anthony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie.

[@2011paramedic]

Bob Newhart, Cannon, Hawaii Five-0, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, etc!

[@TheSmartLawyer]

Wow, getting the most for 1970s advertising dollars, 6500 plus views

[@luciabitonte8276]

Ti prego ..nessuno mi ascolta o sa darmi una risposta .. io adoro Kojak...io adoro Telly Savalas in italiano perciò.Posso capire gli spot originali;anche se sono arrivati anche in Italia ma i film...i telefilm tradotti ,da guardare ed ascoltare in italiano vi prego.Grazie di cuore

[@crusty21]

Notice the Coke can had a tear off tab.....also tasted much better when it still had all that delicious cocaine.

[@jamespfitz]

Wow. You tasted Coke in the mid-ninteenth century? You're REALLY REALLY OLD!

[@SharpstowntheotherDanMal-ld3nc]

We need kojak in the fbi

[@watchtellyinuk]

Only product WORSE than this is Apple and it's useless computer and iPh0nes.

[@SharpstowntheotherDanMal-ld3nc]

Coke was Good before bill Cosby spiked it

[@skankashkenazi9329]

COKE DESTROYS THE WORLD WOULD HE BE DOING THIS IF HE CAME ACROSS THE TRUTH