“The tire that beat the Baja.” Time to run our Daily 70s Spot through the dirt. Here’s one for Sears steel-belted radial tires featuring the Baja 1000 race. You’ll find lots of cool 70s cars in this commercial which aired … Continue reading
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Daniel Mann‘s Willard crawled into theaters in June of 1971. This creepy tale of the socially-awkward Willard and his band of trained killer rats ended up as the eleventh top-grossing film of the year. The story is based on Stephen … Continue reading
“We’re gonna turn it on. we’re gonna bring you the power!” The Electric Company originally ran on PBS from October, 1971 to April, 1977. 780 episodes of the children’s educational series were produced. If you grew up in the 1970s … Continue reading
“Esso is doing more.” OK, time to “fill ‘er up” with our Daily 70s Spot. Here we have an Esso Gasoline commercial touting the horrors of vehicle “hesitation.” Spot aired in October of 1971. Not long after, I believe just … Continue reading
“Roi-Tan Falcon…if you could only cook.” Let’s light up our Daily 70s Spot. Here’s an anachronistic Roi-Tan Falcon Cigars commercial featuring a man making verbal love to a cigar. Is this one sexy, sexist or just plain silly? You make … Continue reading
Don Siegel‘s Dirty Harry shot into theaters in December of 1971. The film stars Clint Eastwood as San Francisco Police Department Inspector Harry Callahan. Callahan, a cop who plays by his own rules, is on the trail of the psychotic … Continue reading