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It’s SIXTIES Week here at the ‘Disco and I’ve got a double dose of late-60s commercials for you. From 1967, we have Maxwell House Coffee (with James Coco) and Post Honeycomb Cereal. From 1968, it’s Total Cereal, United Airlines (“Come Fly With Me!”), A1 Steak Sauce, and Glad Sandwich Bags (with Bob Hastings). And lastly, from 1969, we’ve got Libby’s (with Dave Madden) and Fab Detergent (with Charles Welch). Can you dig it?
MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE COMMERCIAL (JAMES COCO, 1967)
Instant Maxwell House Coffee commercial featuring actor James Coco and a ‘Treasure Island’ cash & trips contest. Spot aired in 1967.
POST HONEYCOMB CEREAL COMMERCIAL (1967)
Post Honeycomb Cereal commercial featuring a rodeo and a Western-style jingle. Spot aired circa 1967.
TOTAL CEREAL COMMERCIAL (1968)
General Mills Total Cereal commercial featuring a jaunty jingle. Spot aired August 1968.
UNITED AIRLINES ‘COME FLY WITH ME!’ COMMERCIAL (1968)
United Airlines commercial featuring a famous jingle and groovy flight attendants. Spot aired October 1968.
A1 STEAK SAUCE ‘BBQ’ COMMERCIAL (1968)
A1 Steak Sauce commercial with a BBQ sauce focus. Spot aired June 1968.
‘MAN FROM GLAD’ SANDWICH BAGS COMMERCIAL (1968)
Union Carbide Glad Sandwich Bags commercial featuring the Man From Glad mascot. Bob Hastings plays the construction worker. Spot aired August 1968.
LIBBY’S ‘BUCKO CONTEST’ COMMERCIAL (DAVE MADDEN, 1969)
Libby’s canned and frozen foods commercial featuring a ‘Bucko’ contest and actor Dave Madden (‘The Partridge Family’). Spot aired September 1969.
FAB DETERGENT JINGLE COMMERCIAL (1969)
Fab Detergent with Lemon Freshened Borax commercial featuring a groovy jingle and actor Charles C. Welch as an ice cream man. Spot aired in 1969.
Previously on SIXTIES Week: Pontiac Grand Prix, Alpo, Listerine, Amaze-A-Matics (1968-69)
More Maxwell House: 70s Spots: Maxwell House Coffee (Margaret Hamilton, 1976)
More Honeycomb: 70s Commercials: Honeycomb, Western Electric, Mr. Magnet Man, Colt 45 (1970)
More Total: 70s Spots: Total & Spoon Size Shredded Wheat Cereal (1974)
More United Airlines: 70s Spots: United Airlines ‘Hawaii’ (Brian Forster) & TWA 747s (Lou Jacobi, 1970)
More A1: 70s Commercials: Andy Griffith For A1, Max-Pax Coffee, Recipe Dog Food, Valvoline (1973)
More Glad: 70s Commercials: Glad Bags, Aquafilter, Subaru, Close-Up (1972-75)
More Libby’s: Sixties Week: Libby’s Sloppy Joes, Chevy, Pizza Spins, Raid Commercials (1966-69)
More Fab: 70s Commercials (Buried Treasures): Fab, Schlitz, Polaroid, United Airlines (1971-76)