“Turn your face into a kisser!” In our vintage commercials today, we find a pre-Saturday Night Live Jane Curtin in a humorous spot for Gillette Foamy shave cream. After that, another Gillette spot featuring customer testimonials. Both commercials aired in … Continue reading
Category Archives: 70s TV
“The kind of beer you first loved.” Today, we’ve got a pair of nostalgic commercials for Piels Real Draft beer. What the heck is Peils? It’s a German beer originally out of Brooklyn, New York. The two spots below aired … Continue reading
“America’s favorite disposable lighter.” It’s July of 1975 today and we’ve got two memorable commercials on display. Firstly, one of a series of animated singing mascot commercials for the Cricket lighter. I’m about 95% certain the Cricket is voiced by … Continue reading
“We build every television as if we were going to use it ourselves.” Greetings, everyone! I was out-of-state with bad hotel wi-fi for a week and then came home with a nice cold – so updates have been light lately. … Continue reading
“It’s a miracle!” Today, we swing back to July of 1975 for two classic spots from Xerox. First up is one you’ll likely remember, featuring Bother Dominic who needs 500 sets of copies made in a hurry. After that, a … Continue reading
“The little car that does everything well.” Commercial time! Here’s two vintage Chevrolet commercials from November of 1970. First up, a spot from Chevy Vega’s debut year featuring a 4-car line-up. The young man in the yellow sweatshirt looks very … Continue reading