“Works like a truck but rides like a car.” Alrighty, time to haul out our Daily 70s Spot. Here’s a Ford pickup truck commercial featuring an imitation John Wayne. The commercial co-stars Pat Morita of Happy Days and The Karate … Continue reading
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“Some people put their slacks through a lot of punishment.” Let’s slip on our Daily 70s Spot. Here’s a Haggar slacks commercial featuring “Forever Prest” trousers and a swingin’ dance at the discotheque. Spot aired in April of 1971. Narration … Continue reading
“To prove a point – I’m about to shave without using any water.” Time to lather up our Daily 70s Spot. Here we have an ancient Rise shaving cream commercial featuring Billy Cunningham of the Philadelphia 76ers. Spot aired in … Continue reading
“The tire that beat the Baja.” Time to run our Daily 70s Spot through the dirt. Here’s one for Sears steel-belted radial tires featuring the Baja 1000 race. You’ll find lots of cool 70s cars in this commercial which aired … Continue reading
Daniel Mann‘s Willard crawled into theaters in June of 1971. This creepy tale of the socially-awkward Willard and his band of trained killer rats ended up as the eleventh top-grossing film of the year. The story is based on Stephen … Continue reading
“We’re gonna turn it on. we’re gonna bring you the power!” The Electric Company originally ran on PBS from October, 1971 to April, 1977. 780 episodes of the children’s educational series were produced. If you grew up in the 1970s … Continue reading