The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, produced by Jack Daugherty, and made it to #1 in the US and Canada and #6 in the UK. Here’s the group performing on The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday, October 18, 1970.
CARPENTERS, ‘(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU’ (‘ED SULLIVAN SHOW,’ 1970)
Happy Friday, friends. Today, we’re cranking it back to 1977 and ’78 with commercials for Colgate toothpaste, Chrysler LeBaron, Coca-Cola, and Pepto-Bismol. Have a grand weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday.
COLGATE TOOTHPASTE JINGLE COMMERCIAL (1978)
Colgate toothpaste commercial featuring a sing-a-long jingle. Spot aired May 1978.
’79 CHRYSLER LEBARON ‘STYLE’ COMMERCIAL (1978)
1979 model Chrysler LeBaron commercial featuring a “Style” song, glider flying, and horse jumping. Spot aired November 1978.
‘COKE ADDS LIFE!’ COMMERCIAL (COCA-COLA, 1977)
Coca-Cola soft drink commercial featuring a group of wacky young folks. Spot aired in 1977 (best guess ’77, but it could go as far back as ’75).
PEPTO-BISMOL ‘VACATION’ COMMERCIAL (1977)
Pepto-Bismol commercial featuring motherly vacation advice. Spot aired August 1977.
**The following post originally appeared on Bionic Disco August 30, 2012.**
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home intro,1972
Hanna-Barbera’s Wait Till Your Father Gets Home made its debut on primetime TV in 1972 and ran until 1974. 48 episodes were produced. After The Flintstones and before The Simpsons came along, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was the only animated show on in the evening that lasted more than one season.
I was a big fan of this show and especially enjoyed Bosely’s interactions with his wacky, right-wing conspiracy theorist neighbor, Ralph (played by Jack Burns). “It’s the Russians, Harry. The Russians!”
‘Rich Kids’ ad via New York magazine August 13, 1979
1979 – the summer of New York rich kids. Coincidentally, I made my first visit to New York in the summer of ’79 as a fresh-from-California 12-year-old. I had a grand old time in the town where my father and grandmother were born.
I saw the film Rich Kids on cable TV, likely the pay channel known as ON TV, in 1980 or so and enjoyed it. I watched it again about 30 years later and still found it worthy. I suppose it now serves as a document of a certain time and place alive only in celluloid and memories, though many of the themes are evergreen.
All edible! All 1976! Enjoy this fine set of vintage seventies commercials featuring Kellogg’s Froot Loops (with 70s mascot Toucan Sam), Green Giant (with mascots Sprout & you-know-who), Lipton Cup-a-Soup, and Pillsbury Streusel Swirl cake.
FROOT LOOPS CEREAL ANIMATED COMMERCIAL (1976)
Animated Kellogg’s Froot Loops cereal commercial featuring a mole in the jungle. Toucan Sam voiced by Paul Frees. Mole voiced by Paul Winchell. Spot aired November 1976.
GREEN GIANT ‘TINY PEAS’ ANIMATED COMMERCIAL (1976)
Animated Green Giant Le Sueur Combinations frozen Tiny Peas commercial. Sprout voiced by Ike Eisenmann. Farmer VO by Paul Frees. Narration by John Erwin. Spot aired March 1976.
LIPTON CUP-A-SOUP COMMERCIAL (1976)
Lipton Cup-a-Soup commercial featuring Green Pea and Tomato varieties. The actor with the Green Pea soup is Maree Cheatham (‘Days of Our Lives’). Spot aired December 1976.
PILLSBURY STREUSEL SWIRL CAKE COMMERCIAL (1976)
Pillsbury Streusel Swirl Dessert Cake mix commercial featuring Fudge, Lemon, and Chocolate flavors. Spot aired March 1976.
Happy holiday Monday. To get you in the mood for relaxing and/or dancing, here’s The Hues Corporation with their 1974 smash “Rock The Boat.” I well remember this tune enlivening the radio airwaves when I was a smaller human being.
“Rock The Boat” appeared on the group’s 1973 debut album Freedom For The Stallion and again on 1974’s Rockin’ Soul LP. The song, written by Wally Holmes, grabbed the #1 spot on the US Hot 100 and #6 in the UK.
