Quaker Oat’s King Vitaman breakfast cereal first hit the market in 1970 and featured excellent animated commercials created by Jay Ward Productions. You’ll know Jay Ward from their brilliant work on shows such as Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right and … Continue reading
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Sid and Marty Krofft’s Dr. Shrinker encompassed 16, 15-minute episodes as part of the Krofft Supershow on ABC. The show originally ran from September, 1976 to September, 1977. Jay Robinson played the “mad scientist” Dr. Shrinker, and Billy Barty appeared … Continue reading
Time for a commercial. Here’s a fun one from 1977 or thereabouts; Arm & Hammer Baking Soda’s animated plea to change the poor old box in your fridge more often. “What took you so long?” (Thanks YouTube poster Genius7277 and … Continue reading
Filmation’s Fabulous Funnies originally ran for a single season from September to December, 1978. A total of 13 episodes were produced and featured newspaper comic strip stars such as Alley Oop, Broom Hilda, Nancy and Tumbleweeds. The fantastic June Foray … Continue reading
Here’s singer Jack Jones (crooner of The Love Boat theme) for the 1977 Chrysler New Yorker. The New Yorker was produced from 1946 to 1996. In the 70s, during oil embargoes and tough economic times, Chrysler suffered trying to sell … Continue reading
Time for a Sunday commercial break and “You are about to see something incredible!” Tyco’s Nite-Glow Double Loop Racing set from 1977. Look at those blurry slot cars go! Truth is, although these race cars sets always seemed so cool … Continue reading