Comes in both, “Starsky” and “Hutch” varieties! (Command Dry & Natural, 1971)
“Dry & Natural. Never greasy. Never ‘perfumey.’ Never messy.”
Time to spray on our Daily 70s Spot. Here’s a stylish commercial for Command Dry & Natural Hair Control featuring hip & happening 70s folks running toward the camera. Spot aired in April of 1971.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Tuborg Gold Beer ‘Tennis Vikings’ (1978)
“Ooohhh…Black Diamond!!” (KISS on ‘ABC’s In Concert,’ 1974)
Happy Hairy Hesher day! We’ve got an extended Music for Monday on deck as the following mini-concert was too good to split apart.
Here’s KISS with their first national television appearance. The nascent band performed “Nothin’ to Lose,” “Firehouse” and “Black Diamond” on February 21, 1974 and the show was broadcast on ABC’s In Concert a few weeks later on March 29th. The tunes all appear on KISS’ debut, self-titled L.P. which had just dropped into record shops. Turn it up!
Previously on Music for Monday: George Harrison, ‘Crackerbox Palace’ (1979)
This guy is channeling how I feel deep inside (Tuborg Gold, 1978)
“Go for the Gold.”
All right, everyone. Time to drink up the Daily 70s Spot. Here we have another delicious Tuborg Gold beer commercial. This one compares and contrasts battling Vikings with modern day tennis players. Yes. Yes, it does. Spot aired in November of 1978. Skål!
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Volkswagen Dasher (1979)
Even the posh folks in Kentucky are looking for an economy car (Volkswagen, 1979)
“Volkswagen does it again.”
OK, let’s drive our Daily 70s Spot onto the lawn. Here’s a Volkswagen Dasher commercial filmed at a fancy horse ranch in “Lexington, Kentucky.” Spot aired in October of 1979.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: ‘Winterhawk’ Movie – TV Promo (1975)
Michael Dante is Blackfoot legend, ‘Winterhawk’ (MGM, 1975)
“One of the epic adventure films of all time.”
Let’s roll our Daily 70s Spot. Today we have a rare TV promo for the movie Winterhawk which starred Leif Erickson, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle and Dawn Wells. Spot aired in November of 1975.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Shell Super Regular Gasoline (1972)
‘Korg: 70,000 B.C.’ TV intro, 1974
Hanna-Barbera’s live-action series, Korg: 70,000 B.C. first aired Saturday mornings on ABC in September of 1974. A total of 16, 30-minute episodes were produced.
The adventure series follows a family of Ice Age neanderthals as they confront the unknown and struggle their way through a life of danger. Wild cave bears and suspicious tribes are just two of the worries the family encounters in their travails.
Bok in a somewhat relaxed mood (‘Korg: 70,000 B.C.’)
The Korg: 70,000 B.C. cast included; Jim Malinda (Korg), Bill Ewing (Bok), Naomi Pollack (Mara), Christopher Man (Tane), Charles Morteo (Tor) and Janelle Pransky (Ree). Burgess Meredith narrates the episodes. Take in Korg‘s intro below and have an agreeable Funshine Friday.
Previously on Funshine Friday: ‘A Doonesbury Special’ (1977)