Spooling the reels back to the top of the decade once again for a new batch of vintage spots. Let’s revel in the joys of Close-Up toothpaste, Ideal’s Mia & Kerry dolls (with Linda Blair), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in The … Continue reading
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Hurray! Friday has arrived. Let’s celebrate by jumping in the Way-Way-Back Machine and pulling out a quartet of commercials. Here’s a summer selection featuring the Nestea Plunge, AMC Pacer (with Ed McMahon), L’eggs pantyhose, and R-R-R-Raw Power from Ideal. NESTEA … Continue reading
We’ve reached 1979 and the end of the decade. Don’t worry, there’s many more seventies commercials to come, but they’ll be sprinkled out in a more random fashion for a while. This year-by-year thing takes five weeks every time I … Continue reading
“You can pretend to be a pro!” A pair of quality toy commercials incoming today. First, enjoy a spot for Schaper’s Super Jock Football, Baseball, and Basketball. After that, check out Ideal’s Total Control Racing sets. Both commercials aired in … Continue reading
“No slots. No lanes. And it doesn’t need batteries or electricity.” Here’s a cool spot from Ideal for the Class A: Racing model car system. You need to make a pit stop with this set and there’s no electricity involved. … Continue reading