I rode a Greyhound bus back in 1980.. I fell asleep leaning on the shoulder of a fairly large older black lady next to me.. I woke up and apologized and she said.."it's alright honey.. it's the most action I've seen in years".. had everyone around laughing their ass off :)
I remember footie pajamas and a sleeping bag and pillow in the back of the station wagon because when we went to the drive in, we rarely made it through the movie.
Great collection of commercials. Even though I was born in 1973, I really enjoy watching these commercials. I always believe that the 1970s and 1980s were the best era for commercials.
Thanks, Gary. I was set to reach it by September, but quite suddenly I went from an average of 50 new subs per day to minus 5. I don't know why. But now it seems to be back to normal.
1974 had to be one of the best years of the 70s. It was the dawn of Disco, DC Comics had 100 Page Super Spectaculars, there was some really outstanding pop & soul music, the Dallas Cowboys were contenders, Soul Train came on twice on Saturday were I lived, some really great TV shows & commercials, Saturday Morning Cartoons & I don't know what else. 1974 was a super cool year.
Ah......the days when a single adult's salary could support a whole household. Ummm....we didn't have cds in the 1970s. Nice Time-Life commerical anyway........
Checking out your channel before bed on a Saturday night has become a ritual for me. Whatever frustrations/boredom I had during the week take a back seat for a few minutes. They may be just commercials to some people, but the right one at the right time brings a smile to one’s face.
Thanks Fred for the wonderful memories of my 7th year in this life i remember quite a few of those commercials i don't like getting older but compared to today i thank god i grew up then thanks again Fred
1:00 Ahh, Judy, you timeless heartbreaker, with your innuendos, don't ever got any older than this commercial. "Jim" from The Magician series, plying those smooooth moves to the mandatory singing trio in every Burger King location back then. ( See kids what being born decades later caused you to miss out on) It's been said before, but it's pretty bad, when watching older commercials are better than the tripe being churned out ad nauseam. Wistful times and memories. Thank you, Fred, for bringing your brand of magic to us, in this less than stellar time. You do good, as always.
DAG! that TV Guide blip brought back a FLOOD of memories! Fred, this entire video was one big trip back in time for this 60 y.o. oldies lover - thanks for another fabulous time aboard the S. S. FREDFLIX TIMEMACHINE!
I bought a 74 Eldo...in 1980 ...for $500. A repo from a credit union. I don't know what it sold for new, but just think of the depreciation. In 6 years. It had a 500 ci motor and after some carb overhaul would lay front wheel rubber for a half a mile. The front hood was like 7ft. long. Mine was black on black. I called it "death on wheels".
Oh, stop fer krees sakes. Business is about selling things for the purpose of earning money. They use that money to pay a bunch of people to come to work. Those people get a paycheck and buy stuff like food and rent and cellphones and college tuition for their kids. There's nothing evil going on there. This video, OTOH, is about the funny stuff that we humans do. Grab a joke and have a laugh. Check your GE digital clock radio. It's funny time!
I’m a younger person who’s in the middle of reading the excellent “Reaganland,” a book about the politics of the 1970s - this channel sure is a great way to better visually understand what the 1970s were like.
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us, all we ask is Let Us, Serve It Your way... Of course I sang along!!! And "The Pepsi Generation" too!! CD's in 1974 - Sorry, 10 years too early!! A true masterpiece Fred!!! Love the jingles I can still sing along with, AND remember all the words!!!! Thanks for the Rememberies!!!!!!e
Thank you for the great video! I remember loving the chocolate Snack Pack puddings when I was a kid! I even insisted that we send some to my cousins (used to drive my mom nuts because I always wanted to send things) France so they could try it along with my recipe suggestions LOL! The suggestions were to eat them with custard or chopped bananas/pears or whip cream! And to spread it all over an almond cake! All my favourite options of course! On a more serious note, to see Christopher's Reeves as a young healthy gorgeous young man, and to know what happened to him is so heartbreaking. May he and his wife rest in peace❤
@@FredFlix Yes I agree he was a great inspiration to many people including to myself! At the time, I suffered from a major postpartum depression and out of the blue I saw an article of him and his wife, how she was so supportive and how he never gave up. I remember crying when reading the article and wondering how I could be as brave as he was.❤
Thank you for your channel, I enjoy it. Minor point: We did not have compact discs in 1974. We had 8 track tapes, cassette tapes an vinyl records. 1974 I carried a draft card and drank a lot of 3.2 beer at the drive ins. Again thanks for the flashbacks.
Burgess Meredith doing the voiceover for United, and the great Ken "Word Jazz" Nordine for Taster's Choice. That "Fly Judy" commercial, was there a product being promoted in there somewhere (besides her)?
Wonderful Commercial compilation Fred!!! They sure do take me back!!! I loved that Pepsi jingle! There are so many good ones!!! Thank you SO MUCH FRED!!! 🎄❄🎉☃️
I was born in 1979, so I just barely missed the 70s. One of these days, I’m hoping that one of the many commercial videos out there in RU-vid land will have a particular Cub Scouts commercial I’ve been struggling to find for years.
I remember that ad of Greyhound with Fred MacMurray, and most of the others. I was age 13 part of 1974, and in 7th grade. I watched alot of TV in evenings, during 1964 to 1979...shows were alot better then, as were the ads.
Thank you Fred I really enjoyed that and wish I had been notified! Again it is Chantelle with a new username! Hope you are well and having a good holiday! Appreciate you and love that you respond often!💋💟😘
I also did not get notified of your comment, Chantelle, and had to go through a different method to see it. Always appreciative of your comments and thanks again.
@@FredFlix I love commenting to you Fred as you actually respond! Lol! I have been with many RU-vidrs that responded and then quit after they grew a bit. I didn't leave them and still comment but I love that you respond often! Thank u as always!
I think the “fly me “ad campaign was the brain child of Dick Wolf. AAH The Red Barn. My mother used to take me there when I was a boy. Where I live, the “Barns” are still around, but they are Subway restaurants
That was definitely a fun set of commercials, Fred. I was just thinking about those canned snack packs recently. The plastic cup ones don't taste as good lol. And I found a few terribly beat up Schaeffer cans while cleaning up an old property a few months ago. Burger King....gloveless hands...nowadays not only do they need gloves but I think they throw the food together from 6 ft away - considering how sloppy the last one was that I ordered. (No comment on the cd's, I see you're getting plenty of em lol)
OK, The Time-Life "Solid Gold Soul" ad was not a time paradox, but an ad from the 80's for a collection of songs from 1974. And to think I was just 8 at the time. Thanks, FredFlix. 🙂
I was going to mention that. I think it was around '84 or '85. I was stationed at Ft. Hood at the time when one of the guys in my unit had bought his first CD player from the PX. K-Tel was the big one back then with albums, cassettes, and 8-Tracks. Still good though. Brought back a lot of memories.👍
Yep, It would've been K-tel on Vinyl, and all your Favorite Soul Sounds, or something like that. Like those "This is What Passes For Music" CD's today. "All your favorite earwigs in one place"😆
Guess I didn't watch that much t.v. in 1974 because I was pregnant 9 months of it and mostly slept . Funny, when some young people were talking recently they said "The 70s" like they thought we rode in covered wagons and washed clothes on a washboard at the creek.....
Nice video. I still remember a lot of those commercials. That Marilyn McCoo/Billy Davis Jr. song was released in 1976, so that commercial wasn't from 1974 though. Those cars sure look antiquated now, so unstylish and primitive by today's standards. And some of those airline commercials are pretty sexist nowadays. A time capsule to see old Hollywood stars in TV ads.
Some of these I can remember by the look and sound of them but wouldn't know what the heck they were about. I was only a little kid ya know.: Burger King 1:04 Bic 2:33 (I remember especially that last one in a movie theater) RC Cola 5:11 Metropolitan Life 8:09 Hot Wheels Thundershift 500 Set 9:39 (something I wanna have) Taster's Choice 11:03 Snack Pack 11:32 (Maybe I recall that commercial. One of my favorite snacks, of course.) Chuck Wagon 12:03 (with that dog chasing the chuck wagon)
2:50 Orson Bean on the voice-over for Bic. 3:02 the iconic voice of Peter Thomas for Ford and again at 11:42 for Snack Pack. 3:32 Taylor Grant voices the spot for TV Guide. 7:48 Burgess Meredith for United Airlines. 8:39 the unmistakable voice of Alexander Scourby for Chevy. 11:03 the super deep voice of Ken Nordine for Taster's Choice.
I was 14 in 1974, the gas crisis was in 1973 and this is when Japanese cars got a Huge boost, that changed everything, we never talked about gas milage till 1973, American cars were going down and it was the begining of the Japanese cars to slowly take over the industry.
Cleavon Little (or whoever the guy was in "Blazing Saddles" Lol), in the Burger King commercial, Awesome! Ummmm Fred, about the "Solid Gold!" music, the set was offered for 9.95 on Album, not paired with the usual "cassetts or 8-Track tapes', but "& CDs"? CDs or Compact Discs didn't begin to be used as a replacement for vinyl, until 9-10 yrs later, or from 1985 forward! Lol A simple mistake of including it, in this look back at 1974. 😮😂😝☺👍
