Today, we’re focused on the last year of the seventies – 1979. Our quartet of spots features Bell System Telephone, the new Ford Mustangs, a childhood favorite film of mine, Time After Time, and presumably delicious Idaho Potatoes. Dig in.

BELL TELEPHONE ‘REACH OUT!’ JINGLE COMMERCIAL (1979)

_{Bell System telephone commercial featuring a famous jingle aired December 1979.}

FORD MUSTANG ‘NEW BREED’ COMMERCIAL (1979)

_{Ford Mustang commercial featuring the 1979 line-up; 2-Door, 3-Door, and Ghia. Spot aired January 1979.}

‘TIME AFTER TIME’ TV TRAILER (1979)

_{Television trailer for the motion picture ‘Time After Time’ starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, and David Warner. Spot aired September 1979.}

IDAHO POTATOES COMMERCIAL (HEMINGWAY, 1979)

_{Idaho Potato Commission commercial featuring writer-conservationist Jack Hemingway (son of Ernest). Spot aired February 1979.}

Previously on 70s Commercials: Hunt’s Manwich, Tang, ‘Courtship Of Eddie’s Father’ (1970)

More Bell Telephone: Daily 70s Ad: Bell System Telephone ‘Choosey Beginners’ (1978)

More Ford Mustang: Daily 70s Spot #540, 541: Ford Mustang II Cobra & Maverick (1976)

More Malcolm McDowell: Trailer Tuesday: ‘A Clockwork Orange’