Funshine Friday: ‘Super Chicken’: ‘Merlin Brando’ cartoon (1970s reruns)

Happy Friday, good people of the ‘Disco. Last week we spent a few, animated minutes with Tom Slick – a hero of 1970s reruns. Here’s another Jay Ward-produced hero, Super Chicken. Originally shown as a segment during George of the … Continue reading

Daily 70s Spot: Kool-Aid ‘Pirates’ (1978)

“Hey, Kool-Aid!!” Time to pour a bucket of sugar into our Daily 70s Spot. Here we have a Kool-Aid soft drink mix commercial with everyone’s favorite scene-destroying mascot and a pirate ship theme. Spot aired in 1978. Daily 70s Spot … Continue reading

70s Moments: Roddy McDowall’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ home movies (1974)

And now we pause for this 70s Moment – Roddy McDowall presenting a brief, behind-the scenes look at his makeup process for Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The scene come to us courtesy of McDowall’s 1974 appearance on … Continue reading