It was also funded by the plastics industry who was taking heat for their materials polluting the environment. It was their response, to put it on the users.
And the Indians (as those who are call it) wondered if you're such an advocate, why not advocate for one of us play ourselves? These are the roots of how woke is out of control today, because common sense wasnt used as much as possible back then.
This compilation was made for people who remember the commercials because in many they just showed the recognizable bit that people would remember from those days. Sir. Several of them I could tell you didn't understand because they didn't have the context of the commercial. A lot of commercials were little stories and you had to see the entire commercial to understand it.
52 years old and remembered A LOT of these! I still catch myself doing lots of these jingles. *BTW, it takes 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop!*
I'm 62, and you had your three local VHF, but you also had your UHF Channel, and your PBS channels channel channels And you were having a good day, if you could get the channels of the nearest city to you Karma and you didn't mind the snow...Lol
Every single one of these I remember. It's amazing how many iconic ones there were. They were definitely about the jingle and making sure it stuck in your head. The LIFE cereal one with Mikey may have been the most iconic. Most of those commercials were from the 70s. (Mid to late). I know its hard to believe if you were not alive then, but life was indeed so much simple then. Technology is great most of the time, but a life before mobile phones, social media, netflix/hulu, and the internet was happier. You didn't know about any of that so you didn't miss it. Having one TV was not an issue, you would simply watch one of 3 stations with your family. Families would gather together and bond. Even when you were fighting with your sibling, you would somehow be civil when you were watching your favorite programs. If someone wanted to reach you they had to catch you by your landline when you were home, or if you were lucky you had answering machine. Now most kids spend hardly anytime outside, but back then, you couldn't wait to go play with your friends.
Thanks for the memories. As a child of the '60s and '70s, I was singing along with many of these commercials. (and although I'm glad they're not hyped anymore, I can probably rattle off at least a half a dozen cigarette jingles without a second thought.)
We had no choice but to watch these commercials. There were only three tv stations in the city. I grew up in rural Texas and we only had two Stations. One that was loved by everybody was the Life Cereal commercial… “some cereal. It’s supposed to be good for you. Did you try it? No! you try it. hey! Let’s get Mikey. Yeah! He won’t eat it. He hates everything… he likes it! Hey, Mikey!” Later on in the 80’s, it became a thing to see what Mikey grew up to look like. He was in People Magazine, everywhere you looked. And the little boy fishing was so cute singing about “My Bologna has a first name, it’s OSCAR… we all loved the “it’s not nice to fool…. Mother Nature! (Lightning strike.) Remember the “Butter/Parkay” commercial that you showed? When I worked at 7-11, I was in the cooler stocking the shelves and this drunk guy comes in and open the door that I’m behind. We had some on the shelf and I said, “butter”. He looked around, and went back to it and again I said “butter”. He jumped then lean his head in and said “butter?” I said “Parkay”! That man RAN out the store screaming. Now you can see how evil we were back then. That was considered to be a mean prank by my manager. If that’s the worst thing you could do back in the 70’s, I think we were ok. 🤣🤣🤣
That Alkaseltzer one where he said "I can't believe I ate the whole thing". I've been saying that for years and never remembered why, until now. Amazing what my preschool brain absorbed that my adult brain spits out without remembering the source.
Okay - so having been born in 1970, I knew most of these commercials. I was dying, singing along with them and wanting to tell you who each famous person was or what the cultural references were. Brought me right back to childhood.
The commercial jingles were incredibly catchy. And then, they made the School House Rock cartoons with catchy songs for Saturday mornings. All of those earworms dug in deep.
They need to bring back School House Rock. It was very educational. We could use. “I’m just a bill” since civics seem not to be taught any longer. “Conjunction Conjunction” lessons in grammar were brilliant.
I loved this video. My favorite was the Miller Lite commercial featuring Marvelous Marv Thornberry at the end leaning against the bar wondering why they wanted him in the commercial. You guys are too young to know him, but Marvelous Marv gained notoriety as the hapless 1st baseman of the 1962 NY Mets (the 62 Mets set s MLB modern day record for losses with a 40-120 record). In one game Marvelous Marv made 3 errors at 1st base. Casey Stengel yanked him and put in a replacement. The new guy quickly made an error prompting Marv to complain, "Hey, that guy's trying to steal my job." So many memories. Thanks, guys.
Commercials are a really good way to get a feel for previous decades. They’re like little time capsules. Everyone saw them because it was harder to avoid them back then. No cable, no ad free Hulu or RU-vid. Just four or five channels and tons of ads. They were so iconic back then because we were all watching the same things for the most part.
Each commercial you played had a long run on TV and were most memorable. Of course there are more. When a TV show was on, the commercial breaks were very brief, usually about 60 seconds and 30 seconds, which meant if we had to go to the bathroom during a show, we would run to the bathroom to come back so we would not miss anything. We had no DVR''s or VCR's to control any breaks. A 30 minute sitcom would actually run about 25 or 26 minutes, not including commercials. Now sitcoms not including commercials are about 20 to 22 minutes. Thanks for showing those commercials. It's been so many years since I've seen them.
One-minute long commercials were somtimes aired, which allowed for true storytelling. Such as in this VW commerical. "The Funeral:" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_J7Duq0EfmY.html
Commercials back then were just as entertaining as the programs they sponsored. I enjoyed watching them. These days I mute the current ads that are aired.
I was a kid and teen in the 60's and 70's. I knew all of these. Especially the McDonalds one. Part of the promotion was that you got a free Big Mac if you could repeat it perfectly when you ordered at the counter. My local McDonalds finally limited me to 1 a month because I was getting a free Big Mac every time I went in. 😂
It was an amazingly effect bit of advertising because when the Big Mac came out there was nothing on the market like it. How to get people to order something they had never seen or heard of? The jingle did the trick.
The ready-made gravy (forget the name) the guy says in front of his wife, tastes like homemade, without the lumps. Instantly regrets it. That was so funny 😂
I always loved singing the Good and Plenty candy commercial. Choo choo Charlie was an engineer…… While singing the song you have the box of candy in your hand and shake so it sounds like a train.
So many of the jingles were VERY CATCHY back then, and were fun to sing. The McDonald's commercial was a "challenge" to repeat as fast as you can. It was fun to ask the girl at the counter at Burger King to sing the jingle - "Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce...." Commercial breaks were SO MUCH SHORTER back then, we actually complained you didn't have enough time to go to the bathroom because commercial breaks were short, and you didn't want to miss any of your show. Commercial breaks seem to go on forever now. Yes, many of the jingles back then were appreciated and we sang them for the enjoyment of how fun it was, or when it applied to what we were doing. A lot of the clips in that video were not the whole commercial and some important context was missing to be able to enjoy the commercial. Yes, the Frito Bandito was incredibly popular and adored.....but a while ago the character was deemed "racist" and was removed from all advertising. It's a shame. People appreciated the character.
My friends father was seated next to the "Native American" from the anti pollution commercial on a flight. He said they shared casual conversation for about 2 hrs and said he was a good guy.
Tang was invented to take on the Apollo Moon Landing Missions. That's why the cartoon in the commercial has 'Little Green Alien Space-Men" drinking Tang, and when they're out of it, they have to come to Earth to get some more.
Love this.. Tang was a drink they took to the moon with them so it became very popular back then.. I still like it. they used to take things in tubes lke peanut butter so on. Great job. This was a time of great commericlas that will always stay with us. Commercials today are horrible lol
Fun facts...the Indian on the trash commercial was not Indian, the girl in the one with Joe Nameth, was Farrah Faucet & the guy in the DrPepper commercial, was the actor from American Werewolf in London, & he lost his indorsement with DP because of the violence.
It’s wild seeing just slivers of commercials. One or two of them I failed to identify what was being sold. The old jingles worked so well, that years later you find yourself with the jingle stuck in your head for no apparent reason.
You just watched my childhood. Thanks for reacting. I forgot 95% of these commercials til now. But when I started seeing each, they each flooded into my mind in half a second.
Great reaction. I was just telling someone how today's commercials uses popular and some not so popular songs instead of the jingles we grew up with in the 70s. No originality. 2 commercials missing were the 'I am stuck on Band Aid' featuring a young John Travolta and the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup.
We had a car dealer in San Diego, back in the late 70's or early 80's named Cal Worthington. The main thing in the ad was "come on down and visit Cal Worthington and his dog Spot". The only thing was he had every kind of animal you could think of, in the ad. It was hysterical. The other ad that was too funny, was the "where's the beef" lady. I forget what the burger restaurant it was for, but it had me cracking up like crazy as a kid 😂
The one with "Mother Nature" was another margarine add (Fake VS natural) You really need to see the entirety of these commercials to get the full context. I remember every single one!
:D Back in the day you bought the type of television set you could afford (screen size, cabinet design, etc) and then you plugged it into an electrical socket in your home and watched t.v. shows to your hearts' content. Turn it on, turn it off - turn it up, turn it down, maybe attach an antenna for UHF stations. Simple. *No* other costs, no "apps", nobody trying to connect with you or tell you what to watch. No danger of being "hacked". All you had to do is pay your electric bill and you were all set. :) The first t.v. mom and dad bought in the 50's had an 8 inch diagonal black & white screen.
This was fun. I also didn’t realize some of these marketing campaigns went back as far as they did. I always remember the anti pollution ad. That played consistently into the 90s. I hope you do 80s and 90s ads too.
😂😅 I remember every one of these!😂 Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun! My bologna has a first name, it's O-s-c-a-r. My bologna has a second name, it's M-a-y-e-r. Oh I love to eat it everyday and if you ask me why, I'll saaay...'cause Oscar Mayer has a way with b-o-l-o-g-n-a! 🎶🎶I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony, I'd like to buy the world a coke and keep it company.🎶🎶 😂😂So many things you don't forget.❤ You should find the old Wendy's commercial, "Where's the beef"?😂😂😂
I'll always know how to spell Oscar Mayer thanks to 60s - 70s commercials. They did in Mean Joe Green's commercial though, it was one of the best ones ever. They cut it in half. The Native American commercial jump started the things like Earth Day and the EPA. There was a massive clean up in the early 70s. I remember walking beaches in Maryland cleaning stuff up for the first Earth Day.
Wow.. flash back to my childhood of the 60's and 70's. Thanks so much! Yes, the jingles are so memorable....I remembered all of them... and so many more. Glad to hear you liked the Frintos Bandito! I loved that as a kid.
don't know if the group noticed, but there was not one pharmaceutical commerical,or common over the counter medicines,or for ambulance chasing attorney's. . that's not only true for this vintage block of commericals,but with just about any of them,it was refreshing.
What a great observation, I didn’t even notice that! Part of what I hate about current day commercials (aside from lack of creativity) is the fact that most of them are for pharmaceuticals or junk businesses. Interesting to think about!
I hated that so many were just clips and quickly got cut off instead of showing the whole thing. You didn't even get to find out Mother Nature was mad at being fooled into thinking Chiffon margarine was her sweet, creamy butter, and the shot of hundreds of people singing about Coca-Cola as the camera pulls away from the mountain top is iconic, but you didn't even get to see that part. You didn't get to see the cereal Mikey likes is Life cereal. You also didn't recognize LOTS of celebrities. I heard someone say Joe Namath but not that he was with Farrah Fawcett.
That was fun! Back then we knew all the words to the jingles, and still do! I was singing along to half of these...Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us...Have it your way, have it your way! Everyone loved the little boy singing, "My bologna has a first name..."; and "Hey Mikey!" "He likes it!". They were similar to videos or memes going viral, now days!
These brought back so many memories. A couple of local commercials from the NY area in the 70s & 80s to check out are Crazy Eddie commercials & Carvel Cookie Puss (Beastie Boys song too) - classic city commercials.
I'm 64 and I remember everyone of these. My 4 favorite from 60's,70's and 80's are Santa sledding down the hill on an electric razor; McDonald's- quack, quack, wattle,wattle; coke cola's- I like to teach the world to sing, and pepsi's little boy and puppies. The Mean Joe Green coke and Iron Eyes Cody tearing were also two I liked.
So memorable that I sang every single one of these while watching. It's incredible how these things could get stuck in your head. Those Mad Men really knew what they were doing!
Here in Southern California, there used to be a car dealership owned by a man named Cal Worthington. His TV commercials always had the same corny jingle with him doing some kind of stunt (“Go see Cal, go see Cal!”). There are many of his ads here on RU-vid. Check them out! Unfortunately, Cal died in 2013. His sons took over the business. However, I read in the news several years ago that his sons decided to close the remaining car dealership businesses here in Southern California.
@@nowthatsjustducky That name Bob Dale sounds vaguely familiar to me for some reason. I moved out here to Southern California in 1991, so that might’ve been just a little bit before my time here.
Good to see you guys back. :) I had such a crush on the Dr. Pepper guy lol...... so many great memories here. My best friend and I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how many licks it took to get to the center of a lollipop, but we could never figure it out lol.... suggestion: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK!!! If you haven't already seen these, they are seriously must see tv.... you will LOVE them.
I know there were MANY commercials to pick from back then. Too bad they left out the, "Fruit Of The Loom" guys, Nestle Quick bunny, The Keebler Elf, Mousetrap game, Gnip Gnop game, Chuck Wagon Dog Food with the pups chasing the horses and wagon. Ha! So many!
This made me laugh I'm 54, and remember them all. I had a big collection of K-Tel records, and almost all of the toys. I loved Oscar Mayer bologna. I'd fold them and bite smiley faces into them. Can't stand that stuff anymore. Thanks for the walk through my childhood.
I really enjoy watching. You guys make me feel like I'm relaxing with friends and DT has the greatest smile! I just noticed your Patreon so I'm signing up. I can easily recite the Big Mac jingle still. I have hundreds of old jingles in my brain -- it's scary. When the pollution Native American (Indian then) commercial aired, it was the height of the Keep America Beautiful campaign. It was common in those days for anyone to throw their fast food garbage out the window while driving, so the commercial is accurate. Keep it coming!
You know I'm happy to say that America is much more litter free than most countries and maybe a good bit traces back to those ads and that campaign. I know it may not seem that way but having traveled widely and watched a lot of foreign youtubers who react to visiting America it's really true. We pick up the trash and we don't tolerate people who litter.
I agree, and having lived through that campaign, it was intense. PSA's on TV, new trash cans everywhere with the national slogan "Keep America Beautiful" and the little man on them (those are still everywhere making it easy to throw trash way), roadside cleanups, and much more. People who littered were shamed into compliance and it all happened at the same time as the push to clean up our air and water ways, which was also enormously successful. The country was in a very sad environmental state when the 70s came around. Now mindless politicians want to dismantle these basic rules to let industry police themselves. We have been there before and it does not work.@@philipem1000
I'm 55 I remember these. Fun fact; the Native American on the pollution commercial, he's actually an Italian actor! It was such an iconic commercial back in the day.
Y'all just took me through my entire childhood. I was speaking most of the scripts from memory, and I sang along, knowing almost every word to every jingle just like it was yesterday. I can't believe I ate the who-o-o-o-le thing! 😂 Just thought I'd mention that the voice of the Frito Bandito was Mel Blanc, and the voice in one other commercial was Jim Bachus... Good chance none of you are familiar with either of them lol. 😀
I came across a cute dog food commercial from the 60s awhile back. It was in black and white and the announcer was speaking to the mother dog about feeding Friskies Puppy chow to her 2 puppies while the camera man zoomed in on her face. LOL. Too cute
I'm 62 and these commercials are STILL memorable -- I remember the words to all those jingles! Today's commercials are just so blah! Those commercials had style!
Local? Cal Worthington Dodge. From the southwest. "If you want to change your luck, if you want to save a buck, go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal." "And this ain't my dog spot". One jingle that has been stuck in me head was Prel shampoo. "Who put the ooooh on shampoo" Yup. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesemie seed bun. Hold the pickles hold the lettuce special orders won't upset us. All we ask is that you let us have it your way.
The "Mikey", Life Cereal commercial was played a million times, for many years. Some great one's that were missing are "Who wears Short shorts?, We wear shorts shorts", and "My Dog's better than your dog. My dogs better than yours. My Dog's better, because he gets Ken-L-Ration, my dogs better than yours."
Hi, 'dudes.' I remember seeing all these commercials but two maybe. Wish the video showed longer cuts of the commercials. I have a "Stay Alive" game in my basement right now. I wanted a "Rock'm Sock'm Robots" but never got one. I can guess how long I'd be interested in it--maybe a little longer than the commercial, ha. I had the "Deuces Wild" SSP (shown in the commercial). And my brother and I got a used SSP "Smash up Derby" set. Played with them quite a bit. I didn't mind the commercials back then, probably because they didn't run so many like these days. The shows were longer with maybe 2 or 3 commercials at the breaks. Now look at how many commercials there are for each hour show. Having fun checking out a lot of your reactions. Carry on!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It was wonderful growing up during this time. No internet, cell phones, or social media. My family had one , twenty inch, black and white television with a whopping five stations. What I wouldn’t give to go back . What I wouldn’t give…
I am 67, and I would like to share with you a seldom heard version of the Oscar Meyer Wiener song: "Oh, I'm glad I'm not an Oscar Meyer Wiener. That is what I never want to be. Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener, there would soon be nothing left of me."
