70's Alpha Bits Cereal Commercial

Here's a 70's commercial for Alpha Bits Cereal!

Little Golden Book: 1-2-3 Juggle With Me

A Little Golden Book memory...

1-2-3 Juggle With Me (1972)

70's Wildfire Prevention PSA

Here is a 70's PSA for Wildfire Prevention.

Only you can prevent wildfires.

1982 McDonald's Commercial

Here's a 1982 McDonald's commercial called "Ronald McDonald in Back in Time."

1984 ABC "We're With You" Promo

Here's a 1984 ABC "We're With You" Promo featuring great shows like Good Morning America, Family Feud, Benson, Dynasty, Love Boat and Monday Night Football.

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch was a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on NBC from 1974 to 1975.

The series focused on Wheelie, a red Volkswagen Beetle, and his girlfriend Rota Ree. Wheelie made his living as a professional- and quite successful- racing and stunt car. Wheelie didn't talk but emoted by honking and displaying symbols across his windshield showing his inner thoughts such as a heart for love or a lightbulb for an idea. Wheelie could also produce any form of prop needed from his trunk through the use of special mechanized hands. Wheelie's regular nemeses were a 4-member motorcycle gang called the Chopper Bunch which included the leader Chopper, Revs, Hi-Riser, and Scrambles.

1979 JELL-O Commercial

Here's a 1979 commercial for JELL-O...

Make JELL-O Gelatin and make some fun!

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing was written by Judy Blume in 1972.

It is the first of the "Fudge books," followed by Superfudge and Fudge-A-Mania. All of the Fudge books follow Peter Hatcher, his little brother Fudgie, baby sister Tootsie, their neighbor Sheila Tubman, various pets, and minor characters through New York City and on treks to suburbs and camps.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is the first of these entertaining yarns. Peter, because he's the oldest, must deal with Fudgie's disgusting cuteness, his constant meddling with Peter's stuff, and other grave offenses.

Schoolhouse Rock! Three Ring Government

Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on ABC. Topics covered include grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. The best of the series aired between 1972 and 1986.

Here is Three Ring Government from 1979!

1986 Downy Fabric Softener Commercial

Here's a 1986 commercial for Downy Fabric Softener.

Best Downy Yet!

Trivial Pursuit

Trivial Pursuit's popularity peaked in 1984, a year in which over 20 million games were sold. The rights to the game were licensed to Parker Brothers (now part of Hasbro) in 1988.

The object of the game is to move around the board by correctly answering trivia questions. Questions are split into six categories, with each one having its own color to identify it; in the classic version of Trivial Pursuit, the Genus edition (pictured above), these are Geography (blue), Entertainment (pink), History (yellow), Arts & Literature (brown), Science & Nature (green), and Sports & Leisure (orange). The game includes a board, playing pieces, question cards and a box and small plastic wedges to fit into the playing pieces.

Playing pieces used in Trivial Pursuit are round and divided into six sections. A small, plastic wedge can be placed into each of these sections to signify when a question from a certain category has been correctly answered.

Bewitched

Bewitched was a television sitcom which aired on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife.

A young-looking witch named Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) meets and marries a mortal named Darrin Stephens (originally Dick York, later Dick Sargent). While Samantha pledges to forsake her powers and become a typical suburban housewife, her magical family disapproves of the mixed marriage and frequently interferes in the couple's lives. Episodes often begin with Darrin becoming the victim of a spell, the effects of which wreak havoc with mortals such as his boss, clients, parents, and neighbors. By the epilogue, however, Darrin and Samantha most often embrace and confound the devious elements that failed to separate them.

Bewitched Intro with Dick York


Bewitched Intro with Dick Sargent

1979 Tender Vittles Cat Food Commercial

Here's a 1979 commercials for Tender Vittles Cat Food.

Fresh!

Little Golden Book: The Three Bears

A Little Golden Book memory...

The Three Bears (1979)

80's Drug-Free America PSA

Here's a well-known 80's PSA from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

Parents who use drugs have children who use drugs.

1981 Tootsie Candies Commercial

Here's a 1981 commercial for Tootsie Candies!

Give your tootsie a Tootsie!

Hee Haw: The Gossip Girls

Hee Haw was an television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS from 1969–1992.

"The Gossip Girls" Musical pieces featuring various female members of the cast surrounding a washtub and clothes wringer singing:

"Now, we're not ones to go 'round spreadin' rumors,

Why, really we're just not the gossipy kind,

No, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip,

So you'd better be sure and listen close the first time!"

The song featured a new verse every episode.

1981 CBS "Reach for the Stars" Promo

Here is a 1981 CBS Promo "Reach for the Stars". I miss so many of these shows -- Alice, MASH, Dallas, Lou Grant, WKRP in Cincinnati, and many more!

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is an animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired from 1972 to 1974.

It features Harry Boyle, a long-suffering suburban dad and restaurant equipment dealer. Other Boyle family members consist of Irma, Harry's wife; overweight and teen-age women's libber daughter Alice; lazy and perpetually unemployed long-haired young adult son Chet; and precocious, if rather mercenary, younger son Jamie. Harry often bickers with the more liberal Alice and Chet over various social issues of the day, with Irma endeavoring to remain neutral while Jamie is more sympathetic to his father's beliefs.

60's Charmin Commercial

Here's a notable 1960's Charmin Bathroom Tissue commercial with Mr. Whipple.

Please don't squeeze the Charmin!

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

Beezus and Ramona was written by Beverly Cleary in 1955. It is the first of Beverly Cleary's books that focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice (Beezus).

Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people have little sisters that bother them sometimes, but is there anyone in the world like Ramona? Whether she's taking one bite out of every apple in a box or secretly inviting 15 other 4-year-olds to the house for a party, Ramona is always making trouble--and getting all the attention. Every big sister can relate to the trials and tribulations Beezus must endure. Old enough to be expected to take responsibility for her little sister, yet young enough to be mortified by every embarrassing plight the precocious preschooler gets them into, Beezus is constantly struggling with her mixed-up feelings about the exasperating Ramona.

Schoolhouse Rock! The Energy Blues

Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on ABC. Topics covered include grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. The best of the series aired between 1972 and 1986.

Here is The Energy Blues from 1978!

1983 Capri Sun Fruit Drink Commercial

Here's a 1983 commercial for Capri Sun Fruit Drink.

There's only one... Capri Sun!

Jenga

Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill created by Leslie Scott in the mid 1980's, and currently marketed by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro. In Jenga, players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses.

The word jenga is the imperative form of kujenga, the Swahili verb "to build".

A Different World

A Different World was a television sitcom which aired on NBC from 1987 to 1993. It originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in the state of Virginia. Later seasons of the show focused on other characters, including mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert.

Other memorable characters included Maggie Lauten, Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor, Ron Johnson, Jr., Walter Oakes, and Kimberly Reese.

70's Nutter Butter Cookies Commercial

Here's a 70's commercial for Nutter Butter Cookies.

Little Golden Book: The Rescuers

A Little Golden Book memory...

The Rescuers (1977)

70's American Heart Association PSA

Here's a 70's PSA from the American Heart Association featuring the Tin Man.

1984 Diet Coke Commercial

Here's a great 1984 commercial for Diet Coke!

Just for the taste of it... Diet Coke!

Tupperware Popsicle Molds

These 1970's popsicle molds, made by Tupperware, were used weekly in our home when I was a kid. Just fill the cups with any flavored kool-aid or juice, put the lids on, and freeze them. Once their frozen, pop the lid off to free your popsicle and enjoy! Brings back great memories from my childhood!