In the new batch of seventies commercials you’ll find Christopher Knight of The Brady Bunch for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kevin Kline as Robin Hood for Schlitz Malt Liquor, an animated Kleenex Tissues spot, and the 1979 Dodge pickup. Roll ’em! … Continue reading
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I’ve got an eclectic assortment of seventies commercials for you today. We start with a 1973 spot for the ’74 Subaru and move on to Harley-Davidson, Liquid-Plumer with a Bionic Disco fave, Allan Melvin, and top it all off with … Continue reading
Tina Turner “Acid Queen” ad via Cash Box March 08, 1975 Tina Turner appeared as The Acid Queen in Ken Russell’s film version of Tommy, belting out the tune in question. A version of Turner singing the Pete Townsend-penned tune … Continue reading
In 1978 Mark Hamill went on a publicity trip to Japan to promote Star Wars. YouTuber “btm0815ma” has posted a 23-minute video of behind-the-scenes footage of the visit. The footage is unedited and only fanatics, like myself, will want to … Continue reading
The star of our block of seventies commercials today is Heinz Ketchup featuring Carly Simon’s “Anticipation.” I’m sure you remember this running series of spots featuring the tune. You’ll also find the Body Buddies, Jeanne and Bernie Ernst, syndicated TV … Continue reading
Mego 2-XL Robot commercial 1978 I’ve gathered up a few seventies-related stories from the past week for you to peruse. I hope you find them retro-actively enlightening. Is that a thing? LET’S TALK MEGO’S 2-XL TALKING ROBOT Boing Boing has … Continue reading