“Fly the friendly skies.” Today, we find a somewhat confuzzled “Irish” priest taking a trip on United Airlines. The spot aired in September of 1978. United Airlines Commercial, 1978 Previously on 70s Spots: Daily 70s Spot #431: GE Widescreen TV … Continue reading
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“You’ll want GE Performance TV.” Here’s a cool bit of Seventies future tech. A September 1978 commercial for the General Electric Widescreen 1000 TV set. Yep, it’s one o’ them giant TVs fer rich folk! GE Widescreen TV Commercial, 1978 … Continue reading
“Ace is the place with the helpful Hardware Man.” 1978 week continues now with a spot for Ace Hardware and their ever-helpful Hardware Man. Actually, there’s quite a lot of Hardware Men and Women wearing red Ace jackets in this … Continue reading
“Yeah, for my car – it’s STP.” A Monday underway means it’s time to select a new year for this week’s 70s commercials. Let’s follow 1977 and roll right into 1978. That makes sense. Here’s the great Johnny Cash in … Continue reading
“Time to head for the best-tasting beer you can find.” We cap-off 1977 Week with two spots from December ’77 for Miller High Life beer. First up, hard-working oil rig employees. After that, a trio of hard working ski slope … Continue reading
“We try harder, Avis. Avis, we don’t know another way.” Yesterday, we had O.J. running through an airport for Hertz. Today, we have Jeffrey Tambor and Avis with a parody commercial capitalizing on the former ad’s popularity. Following that, another … Continue reading