1959 Commercials from the Fred Astaire Show -If you like our channel please SUBSCRIBE and if you like the video, please LIKE it! -Check out our Facebook page / vintageclassiccarsauto -Check out our Twitter page / col2vintage
Those huge cars! You could get a 59 Plymouth Savoy with a 132 horsepower flathead six that weighed 3450 lbs. Then load it down with an automatic transmission and you'd have a real grandma car or taxicab!
This commercial must have been colorized from the original black and white version. I recognize the pitch man as Art Gilmore. He appeared on a lot of episodes in the Dragnet television series.
You are correct. What you were watching was one of, if not the first, video taped prime time broadcast programs on American television. The original title was "An Evening with Fred Astair" and originally aired on ABC. The announcer for this show seen here was the great Art Gilmore who lived to the age of 98. He was one of the greatest voice talents to ever hit Hollywood. He wrote two books about working in the voice-over industry. The likes of Mr. Gilmore may never be seen again.
@@mikethespaz372 I was pretty amazed by his voiceover talent. I guess that's why. You just don't hear that anymore. Everybody sounds like they're 15 now. 😂 However, I think some of that has to do with people not smoking anymore. Which is good.
Definitely color videotape. I think from 1954 onwards, color was broadcast for several hours a week or TV "specials" that were live and perhaps preserved on kinescope in black and white. Videotape hit the broadcasters in 1957 with color tape shortly thereafter. It was not until 1966 that the three networks we full color during the primetime hours. Not many people had color receivers in 1959 as the sets were expensive, not terribly reliable, smallish screens and lack of content. Look at how long it took for HDTV to really take off. Got my first Sony HDTV in 1998 with little content and it was not until 2009 for the complete switchover and as you may know, were are in a transition from ATSC 1.0 that was adopted in 1996, to ATSC 3.0 that is starting to come online nationwide with the capability of 4K resolution when the broadcasters deem fit. There was no ATSC 2.0 standard.
You mean where everyone is on a cell phone looking at their face book page and the parents are wearing sandals and shorts and are covered with tattoos, And the kids all have metal hanging out of their noses and piercings everywhere?
4:15: By 1960 that kid would'nt be able to sit up in the back of the wagon like that. They really didn't have much floor to ceiling height. (By 1986 he'd be hauling his own kids around in a T115 minivan).
Did you know Peter Gunn drove only Chrysler-made vehicles? First, he drove a DeSoto for the first few episodes, then a Plymouth Fury for the rest of the series!
This would be the final year DeSoto had a fully comprehensive range. Much reduced the following year & disappearing the year after just two body styles were offered. Since Imperial & Plymouth are no more, Dodge continues to face an uncertain future & Chrysler is now owned by Fiat.
For years...a white & gold 1956 DeSoto Adventurer coupe lay rusting at a home on Nautilus Dr. In Rocky Point L.I.N.Y. Would look 4 it every time we drove past...then 1 day it was gone.... 2 the junkyard ? 2 the restoration shop ??? Who on God's green earth knows...
Well, thanks:interestingly, my Parent’s “1959:Dodge Coronet 9 PASS WAGON,V8(*?, oddly I was not interested in driving 1961-62, or working on it, as not Cool: esp Starting Dating)/Push Button/ Cream/ Beige two Tone….. Anyways, nice driver *& lots of Friends could load up..ps: of course Kids in rear- Face, seat got CO asphyxiation, dirt: the Mopars rusted out quick, not very good GAS MILEAGES ON leaded Gasolines……Great designs *& motors in some …
