1950s-1970s Celebrity Commercials: PSA to Chevrolet

[SteveCarras]

Well, the Retarded ad is pro-PC in its intent, showing tolerance! Just that PC hadn't come along yet [though it HAD killed off some fun characters from the past, though the term PC itself proper hadn't been coined yet!].

[Genius7277]

@SteveCarras I had to put down "before PC" because some people seeing this PSA (particularily young people) might have never heard of the term "retarded" and would think that the PSA cruel, when in fact is the opposite. And PC has taken the fun out of almost everything. PC, to me, is socialistic.

[SteveCarras]

@Genius7277

Agreed on everything you said...of course Barbra Streisand, except for her comic turn in the Fockers, has NEVER been likable enough for PC to be sold to me, and that ain't no intended rhyme, see?

All this socialism..SO SMURFY.

[elc1960]

The only reason Barbra Streisand wasn't ranked among the hottest women on the planet back in the '60s was that schnoz. She would have been a "10" with a smaller nose. That Ford ad was too funny. Of course the engine is quiet - IT AIN'T ON!!! elfdog100 is right: that Chevy ad at the end has Andy Williams in it, not Perry Como.

[veritasvg]

...or what about the retarded guy in the Oval Office?

[billyboylb]

I love the Streisand commercial. You can't say "retarded" anymore. Poor Sarah Palin.

[mybeautyads]

Tsk tsk. What would Sarah Palin say??

[elfdog100]

The 5th one is actually Andy Williams.