70s Spots (Winter Holidays): Colt 45 With Redd Foxx & Billy Van (1976)

“A completely unique experience.” The winter holiday fun continues now with an awesome commercial rescued from obscurity by the ‘Disco. It’s Redd Foxx and Billy Van riding muscle cars and snow jumping for Colt 45. Oh, yes! The spot aired … Continue reading

70s Spots (Winter Holidays): Budweiser ‘Skiing’ (1974)

“Somebody still cares about quality.” All right now! Let’s begin rolling out the winter holiday-themed Seventies spots. We’ll keep it up for the next few weeks. Here’s a snow-covered skiing commercial for Budweiser. Narration by ol’ Ed McMahon. The spot … Continue reading

70s Spots: Nice’n Soft With Lil’ Softy (1979)

“It’s softy-er!” 70s mascot alert! Here’s the not-creepy-at-all Lil’ Softy doing her public exhibitionism thing for Nice’n Soft bathroom and facial tissues. The spot aired in November of 1979. The actors are Susan Tolsky and Ron Masak. Nice’n Soft Commercial, … Continue reading

70s Spots: Touché Electronic Game (Dick Van Dyke, 1978)

“The unique strategy game with a hidden force that changes every game.” Here’s a rather awesome spot starring everyone’s favorite, Dick Van Dyke. The sci fi-styled commercial is for Gabriel Toys’ electronic Touché game. I like how they refer to … Continue reading

70s Spots: ’73 Ford Pinto ‘Back To Basics’ (1972)

“When you get back to basics, you get back to Ford.” As I haven’t quite got a full month’s worth of winter holiday commercials ready to go, the next few will be “normal” spots. After that, it’ll be all-winter – … Continue reading