For God's sake I really miss this flavor of TV. It was weird. When I had 13 channels, I always found something to watch. And, now that I have 1000+ channels, can't find a damn thing.
+Charlotte Dashwood 13 channels, which included 3 major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) and a few "local" channels, I guess (I can't remember what the rest of the channels were), and for a given channel you had to move the TV antenna around and "hope" for good reception. The 13 channels were so-called "VHF" channels, and also there were (in theory) some "UHF" channels but I don't remember them having good reception (at least on our TV). I agree about modern TV--we have several hundred channels (or less, depending on how much you're willing to pay for cable) but it's almost all junk. There's also satellite TV (as opposed to cable), but I assume it's pretty much the same.
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 No Satalite TV is actually good. You have the Sony channel for your Hart to Hart and TJ Hooker and Forces TV runs the A Team and " V " . Theres also The Love Boat and Fr Dowling Mysteries. All that great 80s stuff. You should really consider getting a satellite installed but make sure you get someone to put it up who knows what they are doing.
Not-so-smart aleck Same here! Lol Except.. we barely had 5 or 6 channels. Guaranteed 3 local/national network channels, plus PBS and 1 or 2 channels on uhf.. if it was a clear day and the antenna was right in place. Lol. looking back now, those were the days... I enjoy watching these long blocks of commercials or having them in background while I’m cooking & cleaning...Brings back great memories. Notice now that we actually had awesome *jingles* back in the day; & funny how we know all of them and the lyrics. These days, there’s nothing to compare.
This takes me back to when I was a kid. My sister and I laying on the carpet in the living room watching T.V.! I would love to go back to those days! Times seemed so simpler back then!!
On Saturday nights in 1973, CBS had the greatest line-up in TV History: All in the Family, MASH, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, and The Carol Burnett Show.
The 1970s had some unique advertising . I remember the margarine commercials . Imperial ( crown pops on head after a taste ) Chiffon ( "Its not nice to fool mother nature") Parkay - the tub that says BUTTER when the lid was opened
Finally ran into a 70's commercial video that featured my hometown channels KRON, KTVU and KGO in San Francisco--brings back so many memories of my 70's childhood. I really miss those days.😢
A Great Time To Enjoy The Simple Things In Life! TV Was Free, People Were Laid Back And Happy And Prices Were Affordable! Now You Pay An Arm And A Leg To Watch TV, Everyone Is In A Rush And Prices Are Through The Roof! These Commercials Are A Prime Example Of A Unique Time In Our Lives! Thank You So Much!👌😀
I told my 13 year Daughter, I was going back to the 70s. She said, you can't, I wasn't born. I said, don't worry, I'm taking you with me. She said, can we stop at the 90s? I said sure but, we are not going to stay too long. Your Brother was born 1976 so, he's good.
Most dependable car we ever had was our 1971 Chevy Malibu, passed down from my grandma. That car lasted 15 years until 1986 when I reached high school. My grandma bailed us out after our 1974 Ford Maverick kept going kaput on us. We never ever bought a Ford again after that terrible experience.
unclebugspayton They did advertise cigarettes back then though..... heck as a kid I would run in to buy my mom’s cigarettes at the pharmacy. I have never smoked because I hated it that she smoked and figured I had enough second hand smoke to kill me lol But I agree during every show now it’s some kind of pill with horrible side effects that sound worse than what you are taking it for! I always joke about the medication for crohns and say yes cancer is so much better than some stomach aches and diarrhea lol I would love to relive the 1980’s it was truly magical as a teen. I actually went outside and played and lived to tell about it now and my mom didn’t sue anyone when I got hurt. I miss the old days and I am saying this at 48 years old and a mother to 6 and grandmother of 2.
@@Susiecat24 I have never smoked my mama told me Sherry don’t start it’s a bad habit she smoked for 31 years she quit in ‘88 I hope you will reply to this
One of the better mixes. Thanks for the Post. I love seeing the raw bumpers, filler/local ads, and the news bits as opposed to just the corporate commercials. Nice pic of the sign of the times. Well done and thanks again. Took me back,
Such a hoot, takes me back to being 12 again. Oh, and at 8:10 that's comedy genius Jonathan Winters with Mrs. Puff, Mary Jo Catlett. Thanks for these retro gems.
Not sure if you mean the one at 1:10 or the one at 51:40. The video screens in the background were framed to look like another (color) TV, but with comically-bad video graphics, at least in the 51:40 news clip--primitive images and gaudy colors (the tornado at 52:05, LOL). The news anchor's tie in the 1:10 news clip is so wide it looks like it covers his whole shirt, almost. Either way, LOL......
I had that Levitz bedroom set (except for the corner desk) from when I was 7 in 1970 until my parents split up and everyone moved out of our big house in 1990. (I was already living in Germany by then, but they'd kept my room for me for when I came back to visit.). If the set design in the commercial was already 8 years old at the time of this commercial, no wonder it was on sale! Still, mine was definitely built to last, so it was a good deal! 😊 I remember that when I first got it, I had to climb up the foot of the bed to get in! Thanks for the memories! 😊
Yeah, I learned that when I was doing research to establish the dates for the recordings. We moved away from the area before I was old enough to know anything about local news anchors but his career is pretty remarkable.
18:23 Bonnie Herman, one of the all-time great jingle singers. She is best known for singing "And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there." 50:11 The legendary Paul Frees on the KTVU station ID. 41:09 This might be the voice of Linda Hunt. 41:39 Lester Rawlins on the voice-over for Wendy's.
The Safeway at 9:11 is still there. If you Google 850 La Playa St, San Francisco, you can see it still has the mansard roof but an updated facade. It is about a block from the beach. I was a teenager when these ads were on, I remember we were fascinated by the Nestea Iced Tea ad as it was apparently this really complicated pre CGI special effect composite (they weren’t really falling into the pool).
There was one that caught my eye for even being 40 years ago the one with the single father and son. Its title was learning how to survive single parenthood. Some people think that single parenthood started yesterday but it has been going on for awhile.
@Peter Piper, Toyota did not have any American assembly plants in 1978. They were all imported from Japan. It wasn't until later on into the 80s did Toyota build an assembly plant in the US.
I'm about the same age, but I've never heard the term "bumpers". From the vid title, I thought maybe they meant cool bumper stickers (seen on cars) or something.
KTVU back in the 70s was most excellent. At 1:04:55 you can hear that they were showcasing the "man with no name" westerns on three consecutive nights for the 8:00 movie. Good times. I know for a fact I caught "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" that week. :)
That "weekend photographer" in the Colony wine commercial at 33:26 is Spencer Milligan, Will & Holly's dad Rick Marshall from Land of the Lost. And Kim Basinger in the Body on Tap shampoo commercial (35:18), with Cheryl Tiegs in the Clairesse ad immediately afterward. At 39:43 you have Morgan Brittany in the One-a-Day ad. Ronnie Schell from Gomer Pyle is at 41:39 in the Wendy's ad.
The Apex of American Television ... by 1992 for the most part I Stopped Watching TV Programing . Might have watched 2000 hours since 92 . It has done my Mind a World of Good , Love seeing these older Commercials and Bumpers from a Time when TV was something :) QC
25:12 "Jim never vomits at home..." IIRC, they got the same actress for the role in Airplane. One more joke that will sail over the head of the younger generations.
Erin Gray from Buck Rogers appears as the brunette in the Woolite ad at 13:33. That Sylvania Superset ad (20;13) features Dan Resin, better known as Dr. Beeper from Caddyshack, as the talking head on the Sony TV (20:20). At 22:12, that's James Harder in the Bell Telephone "Be Choosey" spot. He's best remembered as Nabisco Fig Newtons' Big Fig.
I wish that I can find that late Campbell's Soup commercial about the kids performing a school play about farm animals. There was one little girl dressed up in a chicken suit who marched back and forth across the stage while the other kids sang "I'm a chicken noodle and the only chicken noodle, and the only chicken noodle better do!" Does anyone know how to find this commercial?
1:01:10 I looked straight on at the old C&H Sugar plant in Crockett coming back home across the Carquinez Bridge into Vallejo. So sad that factory no longer makes sugar anymore. 😢
I remember that Frigidaire commercial. They unfairly overloaded the Kenmore. That Whirlpool made Kenmore washer was a better washer than any Frigidaire.
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 He played "Santiago" in MIAMI VICE... and later played the part of Jaime Escalante in STAND AND DELIVER, as well as the part of Selena's father in SELENA.
This makes me think of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, the part when the intercom blares out the candy giveaway. "Attention awl shawppers! If you have a Sweet Tooth, we have a Special Treat fer You..."
To some extent, they've been replaced by products like Advil and Tylenol. Also note the ad at 36:18 (Dristan, Contac & of course Bayer aspirin). Not sure what you mean by "those containers".
15:00 Man, I forgot all about Underwood Deviled Ham, in those little metal cans--my mom used to buy those probably on a weekly basis, and at least once a week I'd make myself a deviled ham sandwich, with mustard. Not sure if my brother (or my father) liked it, but I sure did! (Wonder if it's still around--I don't remember seeing it in supermarkets in the last 35 years....)
I know this is a 3 year old post but I had to respond: Underwood Deviled Ham is still available and tastes the same as it did way back when. I still buy a can almost every single week. They still make the chicken spread too, by the way.
In 1978 I was 7yrs. old when you're that age if its not animated you're not interested. But judging by the current events life was pretty stressful for adults.😬
Now you know why we live to buy. We’ve been hammered with these ads from the day we were born. Not only TV adds but Billboards and Magazine adds. We know no other way but to consume, consume and consume more. This is the definition of Capitalism at its core. Ask yourself, “What do I want to buy next”. Buy, Buy, Buy, Buy, Buy. Maybe just maybe Capitalism isn’t the answer to peace and happiness. If you have a better idea, I would love to hear what it is.
