Original Commercials from the first Price is Right episode 09/04/1972

[Asylumescapee69]

Does anyone remember a commercial from back in the late 80's where someone said "diabeetus makes me short with my wife" or something to that effect... I was a young kid but I've remembered that phrase for many years, and then I heard Family Guy make a reference to it with Walter Brimley saying it... I know it was during day time television because I didn't have control of the tv and mom always watched TPIR... thanks.

[BowserKod]

They just don't make commercials like these anymore...

[meterman432110]

wow i just started school that year

[PBNYC1271]

He was the guy sitting on the couch with the radio?

[PBNYC1271]

The Munchos commercial....that guy looks familiar...wasnt he on Car 54?

[PBNYC1271]

Gosh.......what simpler times.

[papswolf]

All those junk food commercials and then very appropriately Pepto Bismol

[leandar]

How do you get these commercials?! There weren't any VCR's in 1982, were there?

[leandar]

1972, I meant. I'm not really that dense. I hope.

[thefirefighter2011]

don't they also have that other tv commercial for either v05 shampoo and conditioner or prell shampoo where a lovely blond haired woman wearing a lovely long sleeved red ribbed knitted turtleneck sweater was smiling happily enjoying the good day and then meeting her boyfriend for lunch or something like that from either NBC or CBS tv?

[thefirefighter2011]

great 1972 tv commercials and psa's of all sorts and from the new price is right too!

[thejumpsuitman]

Crap! Am I that old? I remember way more of these than I thought I would.

[StuntmanJackR]

I remember those PSA spots vividly now. I was little back then and they used to freak me out.

[sweetttina666]

Wow, this almost transports me back to 197222

[PTH4Fun]

Actually, That's Pepto Bismol.

[Simon5005]

I remember all those commercials, I was 17 at the time and watched a lot of TV. I especially remember the seat belt commercial; we thought it was funny at the time! But then again, lots of things were funny then that aren't any longer.

[Cakerolled]

You thought is was so funny because you were so high. Right?

[fromthesidelines]

Cadbury Adams makes it pretty difficult to find "Certs" on grocers and candy shelves these days, 'craftruth'....you're right!

[jackmarshak]

Jack Webb??

[BettinaBalser]

Yes, the voiceover was one by Jack Webb.

[johnymo96]

The old man in the spoon size shredded wheat commercial would be dead by now I'm sure

[dubs19842008]

95% of Today's TPIR Commercials are directed to the elderly audience.

[Metlhd313]

Wow, Poppin Fresh was around back in 1972!

[lno2k6]

I got Bob Barker's last episode w/original commercials. It broadcasted twice (a)at daytime and (b)at primetime before the Daytime Emmy Awards. I recorded on my VHS tape the (b) broadcast.

[fromthesidelines]

The Jack Webb "What's Your Excuse?" PSA was first seen in 1967 (this was an "updated" version, with the modern Ad Council logo at the end). Ann Blyth appeared in several 1972-'73 Hostess ads...on the West Coast feeds of this broadcast, the "Hellmann's" ad was replaced by one for "Best Foods" mayonnaise [the "Hellmann's" trademark isn't registered across the U.S.- "West Of the Rockies, Look For Best Foods Mayonnaise", read the label]. Certs breath mints aren't around these days...

[craftruth2009]

Wrong Certs mints are still manufactured they may not be distributed widely but they are still manufactured by Cadbury

[TIPTON340]

The audience history of the price is right went from housewives screaming over winning prizes, to men cheering over winning new cars, to college kids in the 90's.

[Grapes428]

You know something, I agree. And after the college kids of the 90's, there was the good looking flirty women who just want to get on stage and touch Bob or Drew.

[PeerlessPaavo]

Great fun to watch. Thanks for posting.

[erictor]

Think about what we were being asked to eat while we camped out on the sofa watching TV: Mayonnaise, Reese's Cups, Pop'n Fresh Dough, and Hostess Twinkies! Might as well drive without those bothersome safety belts - life expectancy wouldn't be too long anyway!

[moogyboy6]

Did you or someone tape this off the air in 1972, and what format is the original videotape? This was obviously before VHS and Betamax, so whatever it is it's way obsolete. That's really an amazing relic.

[Hondo20132]

This is all around the trading circuit.

I think this is the master copy, as I read in the trading sites.

In fact, a better copy was recently found.

[300palms]

I distinctly remember the ad for the Tupperware products. What a fantastic medley of terrific, classic commercials!

[xxxx7706]

My mom did Tupperware in the late 90s/2000s...and OMG I couldn't belive it...they are STILL in my phone book!

[samcorcione9111]

Especially funny is that is Anita Bryant doing the voice ober!!!!

[dubs19842008]

I saw a Recess Peanut Butter up Commercial similar to that. Two young guys, one of whom was Donny Most from "Happy Days," saw a lady and crashed into each other mixing their peanut butter and chocolate, then the same jingle played, with the lady showing them a Recess 2-pack.

[heine71]

Can you upload the TPIR commercials from the second, third, fourth, and fifth TPIR episodes from the first TPIR week in 1972?

[btn2271984]

I wish I could, but I don't have them. I don't know if anyone even has them.

[Hondo20132]

And you got this ep. from where?

The trading circuit, maybe? Because the entire premiere week is found there.

[tomservo56954]

@btn2271984 I have them, but I have to get a working VCR set up to tell you.

[mobilene]

Hey! That's Jack Webb doing the vo on that seat belt PSA!

[gsnman]

Gosh...I envy everyone that lived during 1972!

[HDMBS]

What's amazing about these commercials is that all of the products mentioned are still sold today in retail stores.

[btn2271984]

Very true, never realized that until you mentioned it. Speaking of which, I just ate Munchos on my lunch break at work.

[smittykins]

Certs gum must not have lasted very long--I don't remember it.

[travis7310]

I never even knew they had gum! Only mints, and i hardly see them anymore, either!

[tomservo56954]

@HDMBS Nabisco sold its cereal line to General Foods, which put them it its Post division. General Foods was acquired by Kraft, who interestingly purchased Nabisco from its previous owner, R.J. Reynolds. Certs at the time was part of the American Chicle Company, then owned by Warner-Lambert. In the 90's its was renamed the Adams Company, then became part of Pfizer when it took over Warner-Lambert. Pfizer in turn sold Adams to Cadbury, which as of last year became part of,,,Kraft. (see part 2)

[tomservo56954]

@HDMBS (part 2) Tupperware was part of Dart Industries, the company that owned the Rexall drug store chain (also the division that made many of the products the stores sold). After selling off Rexall in the '70's, Dart merged with...yes, Kraft. They later divorced, and Dart renamed itself Premark International. They subsequently spun off the brand as the independent entity Tupperware Brands, which is still is today. (see part 3)

[tomservo56954]

@HDMBS (part 3) Hostess' parent, Continental Baking, was part of the conglomerate's conglomerate , ITT....part of a portfolio that included telephone companies, the Hartford Insurance Company, and the Sheraton hotel chain. When ITT decided to jettison anything that wasn't a core strength, it sold Continental to Interstate Bakers.

(see part 4)

[tomservo56954]

@HDMBS (part 4) Hellmann's was a brand of Best Foods, Incorporated (and was/is sold as Best Foods brand in the western U.S.), now a part of Unilever, the British based parent company of Lever Brothers. Pillsbury was acquired by General Mills. Finally, Pepto-Bismol was a division of Norwich Pharmaceuticals, now part of Proctor & Gamble. Just wanted to show that while you can still buy the products, in many cases the sellers have changed...sometimes dramatically.

[matchgame79]

Great video! Thank God, not one of those commercials had that lady going in circles in that wheelchair or Wilford Brimley talking about "Diabeetus."