Better Living Through TV

I’m ripping more videotapes to digital, and came across this. A whole show dedicated to old @NickatNiteTV promos, as part of their 10th anniversary in 1995. Nick at Nite (and its descendant @tvland) were the first to really mine old TV shows, something that has now been taken up by @MeTV, @AntennaTV, and all the others.

With the COVID crisis still raging, and networks scrambling to come up with new programming, having a night of I Love Lucy or Get Smart suddenly doesn’t look too bad..

Hopefully burly guys from ViacomCBS won’t come bashing down my door when I post this.

Better Living Through TV

Classic Commercials - Samantha sells soap

Here's another 60's TV star selling on their program--in this case, it's Elizabeth Montgomery. Sam!! 

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials: Shamrock Shake

With St. Patrick's Day imminent, you only have a few days left to pick up this "delicacy".

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials: Cookie O'Puss

If you got WOR on your cable system in the 80's, you'll remember this one..."at your pawticipating Cawvel ice cream dealah".

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials: Merry Christmas Son, Here's an IOU

If you were a kid in 1977, this might put you in a cold sweat.

Star Wars was such an unexpected hit that Kenner (the toy company with the franchise) wasn't ready to ship them by that Christmas. The answer was a piece of cardboard under the tree.

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials - Ice-gard!

I got a big reaction from the last commercial entry (that is, someone commented on it), so here's another one we used to hear in Northern Ohio. Doesn't this just give you a chill?

Classic Commercials - Roll On, Big-O!

If you lived in Ohio in the 1970's, you'll recognize this commercial and the company involved--Lawsons.  While they disappeared in the US by the 1980's, you can still find them--in Japan! Their plant in Akron was a major school field trip location when I was a kid.

In Memoriam...

RIP Twinkie the Kid: 1930-2012

Hey kids! Eat enough of these, and you'll start hallucinating!

Enjoy!

I Love It When a Commercial Comes Together

Listen, fool! Get in your time machine and buy these A-Team action figures!

Enjoy!

Classic (Politically Incorrect) Commercials: Kids n' Guns

Here's Billy Mumy selling kids realistic-looking guns. Why doesn't he just wish bad guys into the cornfield?

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials - Sam and Darrin Sell Dog Food

If your 60's TV show had a cartoon-based opening, it was easy to swap out sponsors. In this case, Bewitched's Sam and Darrin sell Ken-L Ration.

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials - Robby vs. Whipple

I guess Robby the Robot had some lean times in the 80's. He was forced to fight Charmin spokesman Mr. Whipple--aka Dick Wilson, Hogan's Heroes semi-regular.

Enjoy!

Classic Commercials - Two Relics in One

I've decided to cover more classic commercials. This one includes two relics--Ed Sullivan (for those under 40--ask your grandparents) and Kodak film cameras (same advice).

I bought a low end version of one of those cameras at a garage sale as a kid--probably still have it somewhere around here. It was hard to find film for it 30 years ago. Now that Kodak is getting out of the film business (or the film business is going away), this technology will soon be as current as wax cylinders.

Enjoy!

Breakfast with the Munsters

When you think of breakfast cereals, you immediately think of the Munsters. Here, Herman has some problems around 1313 Mockingbird Lane. Enjoy!