We’re spooling the reels back to 1975 & 1976 today. Right ahead, you’ll find 30: second wonders for Presto Burger (with Marc McClure, Nora Denney, and Paul Barselou), Romper Room’s Hugabee’s dolls, La Choy Chinese vegetables, and Rain Barrel fabric … Continue reading
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Four vintage commercials on tap today ranging from 1975 to 1978. You’ll find 30 second wonders for Hasbro’s Smack It! game, Gaines-Burgers dog food, Revlon Flex Conditioner, and Nestlé Hot Cocoa (with Holland Taylor and a very young Peter Billingsley). … Continue reading
Hurray! Friday has arrived. Let’s celebrate by jumping in the Way-Way-Back Machine and pulling out a quartet of commercials. Here’s a summer selection featuring the Nestea Plunge, AMC Pacer (with Ed McMahon), L’eggs pantyhose, and R-R-R-Raw Power from Ideal. NESTEA … Continue reading
Happy Friday, Bionic Friends! You know the drill by now – here’s a fun batch of seventies commercials to bring back the warm fuzzies. Check out spots circa ’73 & ’74 for GE’s Toast-R-Oven, Chevy Vega, Hasbro’s Bonneville Blasters race … Continue reading
We’ve reached 1979 and the end of the decade. Don’t worry, there’s many more seventies commercials to come, but they’ll be sprinkled out in a more random fashion for a while. This year-by-year thing takes five weeks every time I … Continue reading
**A classic post from the Bionic Disco vault. The following originally appeared January 2, 2015** Tonka Dioramas. (‘Boy’s Life’ magazine, January, 1975) “Authenticated and approved by the Smithsonian Institution.” These are right up my authenticated alley scene. Daily 70s Ad … Continue reading