Eighties Week: Pizza Magic, Wheat Thins, Windex, ‘People’ Magazine Commercials (1980-81)

“Spread on any bread – makes pizza fast.” Here’s wishing you all a very Happy New Year! We’ll cap off 2023 with our first ever Eighties Week. Presenting four commercials from early in the decade. From 1980, it’s People magazine’s … Continue reading

70s Spots: Shirley Jones & Shaun Cassidy (1978), ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Toys (1977)

Here’s a fun pairing; mother and son commercials from the same month in 1978. It’s Shirley Jones for Sunbeam’s Coney Island Steamer and Shaun Cassidy as People magazine’s cover star. Following that, you’ll find 1977 spots for the Charlie’s Angels … Continue reading

70s Spots: ‘People’ Magazine (Robert Blake, 1977)

“Take a look at the people – in ‘People’ this week.” Here’s a good spot for People magazine that really brings you back to a specific time in the fall of 1977. Robert Blake is the featured cover story (with … Continue reading

70s Moments: Paul Lynde, ‘Hating Hollywood’ (1976)

“Hollywood Squares’ Paul Lynde Feels Like a Round Peg in TV’s Square Hole” Cranking back the dial to September, 1976, we find this People magazine cover story on Paul Lynde. Mr. Lynde, famed actor and comedian, does not like the … Continue reading

People Feb 06, 1978: Bee Gees ‘Stayin’ Alive’

Let’s dip back into another time capsule issue of People Magazine. This time we’ll crack open a copy from February 06, 1978 with the Bee Gees featured on the cover. The headline reads: “Saturday Night Fever’s Bee Gees, Stayin’ Alive?, … Continue reading