“Over 10,000 possible winning numbers!” It’s SIXTIES Week here at the ‘Disco and I’ve got a double dose of late-60s commercials for you. From 1967, we have Maxwell House Coffee (with James Coco) and Post Honeycomb Cereal. From 1968, it’s … Continue reading
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Today’s tenuous theme for our new batch of seventies commercials is “1973.” First up, it’s The Partridge Family with an ABC promo implying that Reuben Kincaid is a father figure. I never really looked at it that way before. After … Continue reading
“Try it in a cup. You’ll never give it up.” A pair of Carnation commercials from May of 1970 lined up today. First, we find Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched) backstage with her Coffee Mate. Second, good ol’ Dave Madden (The Partridge … Continue reading
I’m saddened to hear that today, in addition to losing Russell Johnson, the Professor on Gilligan’s Island, one of my favorite 70s TV personalities, Dave Madden has also died. Madden came to prominence in the 1960s on TV’s Camp Runamuck … Continue reading
In the early 70s TV’s sensational singing siblings, The Partridge Family starred in a few Kellog’s Rice Krispies commercials. The refrain was “Wakin’ up! Wakin’ up,” and in the first spot poor put-upon Reuben (Dave Madden) had to pour the … Continue reading