Daily 70s Spot: Tupperware Commercial (1972)

“Lock in freshness.” Here’s your Daily 70s Spot, freshness fans. A Tupperware commercial encouraging you to hold a sales party in your home. In them days – that was how you purchased your Tupperware products. Spot aired in August of … Continue reading

Mood Music: Paul McCartney & Wings, ‘Mull of Kintyre’

Paul McCartney & Wings (or technically, just ‘Wings’) released “Mull of Kintyre” in November of 1977, where it went to #1 in the UK – becoming the first single there to sell over two million copies. Here in the US, … Continue reading

Daily 70s Spot: Wish-Bone Italian Dressing (1978)

“America’s favorite Italian salad dressing.” Time to pour out our Daily 70s Spot. Today we have a Wish-Bone Italian salad dressing commercial. The ad features an all-American, country fair ’cause, you know, that’s what we think of when it comes … Continue reading

Funshine Friday: Harry Nilsson’s ‘The Point!’ (animated version, 1971)

Happy Funshine Friday, my friends. Here’s a long-lost treat to get your weekend started; the original 1971 version of Harry Nilsson’s The Point! with narration by Dustin Hoffman. The Point! is Nilsson’s fable about little Oblio, the only boy with … Continue reading

Daily 70s Spot: Publishers Clearing House ‘125k winners’ (1977)

“I never knew there was this much money in the whole world.” Daily 70s Spot time. Here’s a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes commercial featuring an elderly couple winning $125k. This one is kind of heartwarming. And no, I’m not being … Continue reading

Show Toppers: Barbi Benton in ‘Sugar Time!’ (1977)

Sugar Time! first ran Saturday evenings on ABC in August and September of 1977. It returned for another brief run, Monday evenings, from April to May, 1978. Only 13 episodes were produced in total. The situation comedy, created by James … Continue reading