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 cars, and Sanka Coffee. I’ll see you on Monday.
GE TOAST-R-OVEN COMMERCIAL (1974)
General Electric Toast-R-Oven commercial. Narration by Peter Thomas. Spot aired March 1974.
’75 CHEVY VEGA HATCHBACK COMMERCIAL (1974)
1975 model Chevrolet Vega Hatchback commercial featuring a man chatting with America. Spot aired November 1974.
BONNEVILLE BLASTERS TOY CARS COMMERCIAL (1973)
Hasbro Bonneville Salt Flats Blasters toy race cars commercial. Spot aired in 1973.
SANKA COFFEE ‘LESS BITTER’ COMMERCIAL (1973)
Freeze-Dried Sanka Coffee commercial featuring folks making faces. The teacher is actor Vernee Watson. Spot aired September 1973.
Previously on 70s Commercials: Prell (Erin Gray), Continental Airlines, Purina Cat Chow, Visine (1971-72)
More General Electric: 70s Spots: GE Clock Radio (Sammy Davis Jr.) & Ultra Ban 5000 (1974)
More Chevy: Daily 70s Spot #548, 549: Chevy Chevelle & Vega Wagon (1974)
More Toys: 70s Spots: Tonka Toys (1974)
More Sanka: Daily 70s Ad: Sanka Coffee ‘Boxer’ (1972)