TV Dialing 1970s Commercials #1: Reflections of what we watched, what we bought and what we thought

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Todays kids have no idea how wonderful that time was. In so many ways 😂

[@starmnsixty1209]

You sure got that right.

[@gervais.d8399]

53 here You are correct. Great times

[@selene010]

Sadly all us young people know are being in our rectangular prisons (smartphones). Even jobs nowadays are from home on computers, human interaction is at a minimum. Everyone communicates via social media. Our world has never been so lonely!

[@bluetickfreddy101]

@@selene010 Thank for comment Just remember its all self imposed. You and you only is in charge of you. 😎

[@MUSTAFASABREE]

You know a decade is cool when you can watch almost 15 minutes of nothing but the commercials from that era and still be entertained; love and miss growing up in the 70s.

[@sirdarklust]

As a child of the 1970s, I remember so many of these. Thanks.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, sirdarklust.

[@dariowiter3078]

Me too! 😁

[@davidcaro8217]

Yeah funny how I used to hate when commercials interrupted my favorite TV shows like Gilligan's Island or The Munsters, but now I find myself enjoying them almost to the point of tears haha!

[@sirdarklust]

I@@davidcaro8217 'It's not really the ads themselves, but the memories of the times that they elicit.

[@Myyt6908]

I am so grateful that you take the time and put out these fabulous video's. It brings me back to when my life was a little easier and seemingly the world was a lot more innocent.

[@gregggoss2210]

@maribethp6908, totally agree. If Fred ever gets that time machine of his built, he's gonna have a line around the block, about a hundred times over, waiting for a trip back.

[@FredFlix]

I;m happy to do it, Maribeth.

[@continentalgin]

Another trip in the wayback machine! Thanks, Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, CG.

[@BeliaLastes]

I miss those days 😢 Thank you for the nostalgia Fredflix 😊❤

[@thrashpondopons8348]

Oh Man... Do I miss Radio Shack!

[@SQUATCHY614]

The CB’s were the smartphone of their day. Loved em. I’m 64 so these bring me back to a little more simple time.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

Saturday night fever wasa favorite! I think I danced to almost every song on the album either at school, dance class or the fair! Lovely memories! Thank u Fred!❤

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Chantelle.

[@Thomas-lg6jx]

In canada we had American & Canadian commercials.....latter in french & English separately.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

@@Thomas-lg6jx well sadley in America we had only American commercials even tho we are a melting pot.....in my youth I was very unaware how we came across to other nations. I envy how much of tax money from some countries goes to the people as in healthcare and necessities. So very sad here. Work to get heath coverage but if u are sick or hurt and can't work you lose it. Logic?

[@Thomas-lg6jx]

@@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy Crimminal...is what it is....but so is DEMONocracy. Better time will come.

[@ArmpitStudios]

The AMC dealer played Goober’s friend who pretended to be a big auto executive, but was really just a grease monkey at a Raleigh garage. It’s good to see he moved up in the world. Oh, Teri Garr! I love it when she finds a banana. She was so cute. Bahaha, a Skylab falling reference in the Playboy ad. There’s nothing like ads from the ‘70s.

[@20Avalanche06]

Wow, I remember a little radio jingle that said, "Everything is going up, but Skylab". In reference to inflation at the time AND Skylab coming down.

[@Daviticus042]

Also, Playboy had commercials on TV.

[@jehobden]

Great compilation, Fred! 0:28 - I wish planes still had that much space. I miss the 1970s treatment on flights, though I only flew once in the 70s. 0:58 - TV Guide issue from June 28, 1975; I still have a copy of it. 1:40 - Back when home computers used audio tapes for storage, pre-floppies. 3:07 - I guess cigars could still be advertised on tv, even if cigarette ads were banned starting in 1971. 4:32 - I guess this ad is from 1970. 9:00 - The ABC promo is for its programs of Sat., Feb 18, 1978. I got to see that LOVE BOAT rerun recently when I sailed thru Alaska on a Princess Cruise. The ship didn't have local programs on its tvs, but it did have lots of shows available to see, including dozens of LB episodes. 11:53 - I don't know who this man is/was, but John Moschitta took a lot of his fast-talking work away by the 1980s.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks for the great info as usual, Jon.

[@AlexSadof]

I remember those John Moschitta Micro Machines commercials like it was yesterday. People were amazed by him.

[@tonyhurd5697]

An Era in life everybody loved and misses ✌️N❤️2ALL

[@sunshinegirl1655]

If I could go back to any time in my past it would be the 70's. Even the commercials bring back good memories. Thank you for this video ❤

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, SunshineGirl.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

P.P.S. Double bonus points if you're old enough to know what Skylab was. Wow. I'm getting older by the second. Fred, you're the greatest.

[@FredFlix]

Aw, shucks, CA-M!

[@JJSeattle]

"OOOh! Ohhh! Ooh! Oooh!I know! I know! "

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

The 70s were awesome, weren't they??@@JJSeattle

[@JJSeattle]

@cainealexander-mccord2805 Yeah! And I still listen to Kiss, Judas Priest, KC and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees, etc. everyday. Woot woot! Rollercoaster!

[@thomasbrown3356]

Had us looking at the sky, anticipating getting hit in the head..

[@DP-hy4vh]

1:18 - TRS-80. We had those in our high school until the late 1980s. They were called Trash-80s when compared to the more advanced computers at that time; Apple Macintoshes and IBM PCs with Microsoft Windows.

[@GuitarAnthony]

Now coach on airplanes is designed for sardines.

[@sheg1969]

Starved sardines

[@robertromero8692]

Nothing is free. Coach was WAY more expensive back then.

[@scottmiller6495]

Last time I flew was 1976 on an Eastern Airlines L 10-11 it was like a flying hotel, people were dressed up, people smoked, Dinner was served, people were nice and the flight crew cared about your trip! What the hell happened!!!!!

[@robertromero8692]

@@scottmiller6495 "what the hell happened" was that government debased the value of the dollar. How much did you pay back then?

[@scottmiller6495]

@@robertromero8692 Plenty, youre absolutely right.

[@georgehenderson7783]

4:07 "The Big Wheel sound of power with speed enough to burn" Haha! My Schwinn Stingray with the banana seat ruled the streets in my neighborhood.

[@44excalibur]

OMG it feels like yesterday. I was in elementary school back in the 1970s.

[@patrickrancourt4782]

5 buck rebate !!!!! Watta deal of the day !!!!! Thanx to bring us the best momeries of ours live's !!!!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Patrick.

[@ricaug50]

Fred, long time viewer, first time commenter. I came of age during the 70's like many of your other subscribers. Love these old commercials. Truly along with the 60's, the golden age of advertising. Thanks so much!

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

My God.. the '70s came roaring back in a BIG way!! I remember every one of these!

[@davidberchtold3859]

OMG! The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaiian Punch, and Marx Big Wheel, along with Saturday Night Fever... The 70s were definitely THE BEST!

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

What a trip down memory lane! The tv shows and movie ads, the big wheel, the pacer🤣 it was an ugly car. i remember when my mom had one. This was a well put together set of ads from the 70s.💯

[@Lovejazz01]

My aunt still has her white Pacer in her garage, hasn’t been driven in 30 years …

[@Porsche996driver]

Big Wheel was awesome at the time. That cool dashboard worked on me. 😂 We would race down driveways and fight into the turn onto the sidewalk lol 💯

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

@@Porsche996driver I had a big wheel than they made one called the green machine. It was a green and black big wheel. i would ride round and round and round the neighborhood block on it. My sister had a blue and yellow one , but i can't find pics on it. It was also same design as the Green Machine

[@rreily7511]

​@@Porsche996driver Lol, I loved my big wheel until our neighbor got a green machine! The double stick steering was too cool

[@TheAccessoryGirl]

Thank you Fred for bringing back happy memories from simpler times!

[@tomy.1846]

I'd give almost anything to go back in time and enjoy a few Saturday's from the late 70s and early 80s! I had such fun. I was very fortunate, hope many others have similar, awesome memories! 😃😃😃😃😃

[@Lizzy720]

I love these old 70's ads. Nowadays it's all medication ads and car insurance ads. If I hear those jingles, I'm low-er-ing my A1Ceeeee or Liberty, Liberty, Liberteeeee one more time, I'm going to hurl!

[@starmnsixty1209]

Lots of company there , Lizzie.

[@KAT-dg6el]

Today Big pharm constant reminders of all the things that could go wrong with our bodies so we will take their drugs. Subliminal messages.

[@ericasklar4584]

I was born in 1971 but I remember many of these adds. You have no idea how they make me feel to relive some of these. Thank u.

[@FredFlix]

My pleasure, Erica.

[@annabellefoxnesbitt9305]

These commercials remind me sitting at my grandma and grandpa’s house eating good dinners and finish the dessert like just listening to the commercials I can take my mind back to where I was I missed that was home TV was home back then now it’s crazy stuff

[@carolinebrown8965]

What a different world it was - so glad I got to experience it 😊

[@Zoomer30_]

Has one of those Big Wheels.

[@terawattyear]

Unfortunately, these days will never return. I remember them well and do so wish we could go back.

[@reichsfuhrer585]

Watching these, brought back memories that I had forgotten. I miss those days. 😔

[@JackF99]

"7 kinds of fruit in Hawaiian Punch". In reality it was only 3% juice.

[@NealSchultz]

Hah those seats on the airplane in coach are 40% bigger than today! I loved the world of the 70s so much more than today.

[@johnshields6852]

I was a teen in the 70's and kinda hated commercials, but it's cool to see them here 50 years later.

[@jerrysharpnack4010]

Love the bee gees one of the greatest groups of all time

[@LostinMIA]

I was 2-12 from the 1970 to 1980. Watching this triggers memories I never knew I had. Very strange but refreshing!

[@amywilkins543]

Luv and remember almost all of those ❤

[@sarahsilverlight2064]

Very cool compilation. Was feeling a bit sad and nostalgic, as this would have been my father's Bday, but seeing this made me feel better 😊 Thanks so much, Fred! P.S. After that Jaws ad, off to watch the movie on Tubi, now.. Thx again! 😽

[@DepDawg]

God bless you for honoring your father. May your memories of him give you comfort and strength🙏🏼

[@tomy.1846]

At the end, all we have are our memories. Cherish the good ones! 😀😇@@DepDawg

[@thomasbryant6512]

These bring back so many memories. The Pacer commercial reminded me of a RR crossing in my hometown that had a dedicated attendant until the early 1970s when the railroad finally installed a gate. The crossing was shared by a steel mill which had their own trains for moving product and the attendants were employees of the mill, not the railroad.

[@quad5186]

Railroad Crossing attendant- seriously- WOW ! Where was thhat ?

[@andyp7787]

Very entertaining. So glad people take the time to make these up. Brings back fond memories. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Andy.

[@rick3747]

Wow...I was 10 in 1976.

[@InFltSvc]

OMG! I want to go back and do it all over ...I am telling you the 70’s and 80’s were my decades and they were the best years of my life. Those decades were quite possibly the last best decades in America. One has to understand that America was absolutely a different place back then. It was still a treat back then to get 25 cents from mom and walk uptown to the gas station to get a Coca-Cola or Pepsi or to the ice cream shop and get a CMP ice cream. We truly did not lock our doors and stayed out till after dark with our bikes during the summer. On Halloween we all went trick-or-treating in the cold dark nights and it was great fun. In the summer we played outside all day until dark, The only way my mom got us home to eat was a big brass bell she had outside the sliding glass doors that she would ring to get our attention to come home for dinner. I remember wonderful 4th of July celebrations when mom took us to the ball park and we laid on blankets to watch the fireworks and went on many picnics to the state parks hanging out swimming all day. And of course, Christmas and even though it was tuff for my mom raising us she always made sure we had a great holiday . Even Easter was special in America back then... as we got older we started to go see the movies and we really did have the best movies. We had the best TV as well. Falcon Crest, Dallas, Knots Landing, Dynasty,The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, The Six Million dollar man, The Dukes of Harzard, BJ and the Bear, Air Wolf, Battle Star Galactica! Knight Rider and for the first time ever the motion pictures of, Star Wars, Star Trek, Superman, Spider Man, Close Encounters of the third kind, E.T., Poltergeist, Jaws, Friday the 13th, Aliens, (No not the ones being aloud to just walk into our country right now in 2023), Predator and many more… We also celebrated the bicentennial in the 70’s when the entire country celebrated it from Apr 1, 1975 - Jul 4, 1976. It was like the 4th of July every day. It was fantastic!.…it was such a better time to be alive in this county. We never had the problems that are here today. It was unheard of for kids being shot and men walking around dressed as women. It was the last of America and we were lucky to have experienced it. We had real holidays were we all got together and enjoyed each other’s company. We ate dinner every night together and talked not shouted at each other. We had great stores that are all but gone now in 2023 and great movie theaters and of course the MALLS! It was not the 80’s without a Mall. My very first few jobs were at the mall. First Macdonald’s and then The Gap!. Yes sir those days were GREAT! and we were very lucky to have lived them and we did it all without stupid social media, and computers in our pockets that has destroyed our society. Today I don’t even see kids outside and everyone is in fear for safety from crazy people.... I don’t recognize America now..God Bless us all ! (If you can even say that anymore).

[@MeadowFarmer]

This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for all the hard work. ♥

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, MeadowFarmer.

[@thewatcher5271]

Hey Ol' Fred, Thanks For The Memories!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Watcher.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

0:52 Longtime NFL commentator Don Criqui for TWA He appeared in commercials for the airline from 1978-84. 2:49 "The voice of ABC" Ernie Anderson on the program promos. 5:36 Casey Kasem NBC program promos 7:59 & 8:27 Teri Garr for Dole Bananas 8:10 Vic Tayback ( Alice) also in the Dole Banana ad. 8:59 More ABC Program promos w/ Ernie Anderson

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

12:58(Burger Chief) That's James Cromwell.

[@Daviticus042]

@@MrDirty-if7gc *Chef

[@Jason-cn5vo]

​@@Daviticus042same thing 😂

[@atant2]

The cigar and cigarette ads are fascinating. Thanks!

[@AKayfabe]

how wonderful. It’s fun to me that I hate commercials now when watching anything, but that i love to purposely watch commercials from the 1960s-1990s. I was an 80s child but remember a lot of these 70s ads actually

[@Name-ps9fx]

The commercials were a LOT better back then. Watching them wasn't cringe like today.

[@jchow5966]

Thank you!!! This is fantastic!!! ☮️💟

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, J Chow.

[@susanclark6987]

Thank you so much Fred! Wonderful!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Susan.

[@johnnash297]

Always wanted a Superblow

[@johnp139]

You obviously never had the right girlfriends.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Holy crap, is that Jamie Cromwell in that Burger Chef ad? Proof that even legends had to start somewhere. (I know, he was Stretch Cunningham by then, but it seems that he should have been beyond the making-lame-ads part of his career.) Legend.

[@jehobden]

I think I recognized him there too. I also think I recognized Hank Jones & Noam Pitlik at the end of the AMC Pacer ad.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Well spotted!@@jehobden

[@zaq55]

@@jehobden Noam @ 7:36

[@timbuk1126]

Didn't he also play Stretch Cunningham on All in the Family?

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

@@timbuk1126 Yes, I mentioned that. He's one of the greats!

[@timbrook7810]

Thanks Fred ... I needed that today!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Tim.

[@k.p.5736]

Oh the memories , :) love the video it’s appreciated for sure .

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, k.p.

[@onefatstratcat]

the good ole' 70's! What a decade!!

[@robertromero8692]

Teri Garr in the banana commercial. There's something about the ABC announcer's voice that grates on me. Strange to see Robert Blake in light of what he did later. Playboy near the peak of its prominence in popular culture. How times have changed.

[@richardsylvanus2717]

I thought that was her!

[@tomklock568]

Oh my...forgot about so many of these. Thanks again Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Tom.

[@HomesteadingWays]

I used to get so excited to check out all the upcoming TV shows when I read my grandma's TV guide! So much info. My mother refused to buy it saying there was a guide in the daily paper we could look at. The paper just said what time/channel the show was on with no descriptions! 😂

[@emilysantoyo918]

Love TV promos & ads from the 70s!

[@goodfox9250]

I liked my dad’s new GM Pacer. Nice on the inside. To bad the underside caught fire. Lol

[@johnwohara]

It was great to see the beautiful and always fun-loving Teri Garr.

[@Daviticus042]

2:49 "Wild & Wooly"...is that supposed to be a euphemism?😉 6:15 This campaign inspired an excellent article in MAD magazine.🙂 13:21 They had their own action figures! Awesome!😀 But seriously, this brought back a few memories. Thanks.

[@starmnsixty1209]

A good one, Fred. A world long gone, and it seems practically every week somebody else from then leaves us. Sigh.

[@FredFlix]

You hang in there, Starman.

[@DominiMex777]

To anyone here born before 1960, please correct me if I am wrong: That's a TV Guide from 1976, commemorating the Bicentennial of 🇺🇸 at 0:57-0:58.

[@SMac-bq8sk]

According to another commenter who claims to still have a copy, it's from the week of June 28th 1975.

[@nickhill8612]

Love it and I definitely liked and subscribed. Thank you.

[@vgrandy95]

WOW that was a WONDERFUL blast from the past. THANK YOU❤

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, vgrandy.

[@jancramp8252]

The best days growing up. I loved my big wheel. When they had real commercials.

[@dougbrowne9890]

Oh how I miss those days. Thanks Fred!

[@patrickrancourt4782]

All car's waiting to train's pass was so top class And Alco's locomotive too by the way lol

[@Laceykat66]

As always thank you for this look at our heritage (and what we have lost). The only problem is I want to WTCVH some of these shows and TV movies now. 😁😁😁😁

[@JoseVasquez-sp6kc]

Quite a treat. Thank you . Subbed.

[@FredFlix]

Welcome aboard, Jose!

[@AlexSadof]

Oh man, I remember Annette hawking Skippy. Those commercials were everywhere.

[@jacklowe3429]

$599 was big money then. I wouldn't have dared asked my parents for a TRS-80. Hell, $49.95 was a lot of money then.

[@marions.120]

Seats in jets are not made extra wide nowadays, people’s butts seem to be made extra wide?✌️🤣👍

[@lauralong6695]

great stuff thanks so much

[@Johncourt409]

Wow, this brought back so many memories of when I was a kid in the 70s. I loved my Big Wheel so much there were holes in the tires. It was a great time to be a kid.

[@HardRockMiner]

I'm still waiting for 1 of those acid flashbacks, but some of these commercials are a close 2nd place. Thanks for posting this!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, HRM.

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

So cool Fred thank you so much

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, friend Brenda.

[@laurabeane8862]

"Only"$599 for the Radio Shack Computer 😂

[@WeFindSimpleSolutions]

So cool. I was born in 1975 but they were still playing a lot of these ads in the late 70s and early 80s.

[@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living]

Wow, this brings back memories as a little kid. My brother had a Big Wheel, and I had the Charlie’s Angels dolls.

[@cwilson6990]

Love all of them & gosh Radio Shack , got my 1st Turntable Equalizer there & how I miss Burger Chef 😊

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A very nice one again loved it.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Rolf.

[@TinkerBTea]

Like being back there with big boxed tvs and no pause through these tv ads like today.

[@FawleyJude]

I didn't know they had home computers as early as the '70s. That Radio Shack unit would have cost something over $3000 in today's dollars. Not too much "to expand your child's world"?.

[@will_the_don]

That commercial was definitely from the early 80s

[@ReverendBrown.]

Thongs change scent from one end to the other. Knowledge is power. God bless

[@fredcloud9668]

Bravo, Fred !

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

Anyone remember the show Room 222, we'd watch that as a family I can remember, fun times.

[@kryptoekid]

The heck with the pacer, I’ll take the cars following it.

[@Fatboypool]

Oh that’s was great! I remember 75% of those ads, I was born in 66. In the 80’s I didn’t watch much TV, but these 70’s ads I remember well. Thx❤

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Eric.

[@tommyhunter1817]

I loved those Hawaiian Punch commercials when I was a kid. Loved the punch too.

[@LuckyBastardProd]

I was in love with Susan Anton when I was 9😍

[@realSamAndrew]

5:39, Kim Richards, many children's movies in the 70s, RHOBH, and Paris Hilton's aunt.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Such Splendid Memories Indeed...

[@gregmiller9710]

..what great memories!

[@johnnychipello919]

thanks for this

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome.

[@tonystevenson26]

A dance routine for a cigar ! Hells yeah !!!

[@dakine808shooter]

Cool....I feel old now 😆

[@eringo-bragh4243]

TRS-80! I remember them installing one at my school but all the students had to share.

[@just.me777]

I used to own a 2005 Crown Vic and it was awesome. I used to call it my 4 door Mustang. I often wish I still had it. I used to average 17 miles per gallon in the city and 20 on the highway.