Rad Ads incoming! Let’s crack open another dusty old magazine from 40-years-back. This time around we peek into the September 1973 issue of Popular Science and pull out the choicest print ads for your consumption.
Eyeball these lookers and click upon them to enlarge. They won’t mind.
(Source: Google Books/Popular Science)
Previously on Rad Ads: New York Magazine (Aug. 1974)
Beautiful people like Arnold Palmer and his caddy. Pay no attention to the caddy’s arm inside Palmer’s brain. (Tab commercial, 1978)
“Tab. What a beautiful drink. Tab. For beautiful people.”
Morning. Care for a tall glass of diet soda with your breakfast? Today we have a bubbly commercial for One Calorie Tab cola featuring a cameo by golfer, Arnold Palmer. Spot aired in 1978.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Protein 29 Hair Groom (1972)
The boldest, most soulful sister (Tina Turner, 1970)
Got three minutes to spare for a tight & funky, soul-stirring musical workout from Ike & Tina Turner? Yes, I thought so.
Here’s the band performing “Bold Soul Sister” live on January 11, 1970. (Date according to the YouTube poster, princeboy 27). “Bold Soul Sister” first appeared on Ike & Tina Turner’s 1969 L.P., The Hunter. Welcome to the 1970s, mother truckers!
Previously on Mood Music: Stevie Wonder, ‘You Haven’t Done Nothin” (Live, 1975)
Lookin’ good, 70s guy! (Protein 29 commercial, 1972)
“It puts back the control shampooing takes out.”
Alrighty, time to spray on our Daily 70s Spot. Here we have a Protein 29 “hair groom” commercial. Spot aired on New Year’s Day, 1972.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer ‘Gay ’90s’ (1973)
‘Aware. Alert. Alive.’ (Safety Woman, 1978)
Hurray! It’s School Movies time! Quickly, everyone gather ’round and pay close attention. Today we present Safety: In Danger Out of Doors – the story of a mild-mannered school crossing guard, Karen Kingsley, who moonlights as the guardian of youth, “Safety Woman.”
Behind you! Behind youuuu! (‘Safety: In Danger Out Of Doors,’ 1978)
You won’t see a trippier, more thrilling or better-acted, 14 minutes of heroic crossing guard action this entire afternoon. Dig in!
Previously on School Movies: ‘The Crossroads Crash’ (1973)
‘First of the great Milwaukee Brewers.’ (Pabst Blue Ribbon commercial, 1973)
“Imagine for a moment that you’re in the ‘Gay ’90s’…”
Let’s crack open a cold Daily 70s Spot. Today we’ve got a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer commercial looking back to 1890. Spot aired in February of 1973.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: ‘The Mike Douglas Show,’ ‘Moscow’ Promo (1975)