WAIT A SECOND!!! Was that...could that have been...the actress who portrayed "Mrs. Costanza" from Seinfeld in that Alka Seltzer Ad!!!! That VOICE! I think it's HER!!!!
I THOUGHT that was Eddie Barth.He passed away recently.Most would know him from SIMON AND SIMON,I guess.Baffled looking John Chancellor caught offguard is a damn good bonus
Eddie Barth is the announcer in the Alka-Seltzer ad; Dave Ketchum is "Fred". David Doyle (later of "CHARLIE'S ANGELS") is indeed the barbeque chef/host, while Herschel Bernardi is the announcer for WIsh-Bone.
-- The Alka-Seltzer ad creatives were often brilliant, but had little continuity here: "Fred" is dressed sorta Mexican, but did the Merengue, which hails from the Dom. Rep. And "enchiladas with chili sauce?" A bilingual redundancy!
-- "Look up, America/See what we've got/Let in the sunny side of living!" Coca-Cola tries to buck up a country amid the Nixon disgrace.
I think that's Larry Olivier, Dick Cavett's close personal friend, doing voice-over for Polaroid.
Boy, I haven't seen any of these commercials since they originally aired in 1974, when I was five that year( I turned 6 on December 30, 1974) =D
nuts4clara 1 month ago
We had a Polaroid SX70 camera....I still have photos taken with that camera. Sir Laurence Olivier was the voice.
MexiRican1964 2 months ago
Bosley liked Wishbone way before he met Jill, Sabrina and Kelly.
JP5466 5 months ago
Was John Chancellor's grim tone the result of rumors of President Nixon's resignation? What's the date of this newscast?
woehler00000 6 months ago
1:37 WTF ??
MrBeautifulba1 9 months ago
@MrBeautifulba1 Bosley's loaded.
musicom67 9 months ago
@musicom67 I hope to god the aliens don't ever see that footage.
MrBeautifulba1 9 months ago
The Johnson Wax paste looks yummy
NoIDidunt10 10 months ago
this was great.
luvs2cover 11 months ago
3:34 - I MISS BREAKFAST SQUARES!!!
theDML2112 1 year ago
WAIT A SECOND!!! Was that...could that have been...the actress who portrayed "Mrs. Costanza" from Seinfeld in that Alka Seltzer Ad!!!! That VOICE! I think it's HER!!!!
CoolWhiteChick 1 year ago
I THOUGHT that was Eddie Barth.He passed away recently.Most would know him from SIMON AND SIMON,I guess.Baffled looking John Chancellor caught offguard is a damn good bonus
novicethe 1 year ago
It's from August 8, 1974 isn't it?
Schnipp08 1 year ago
Eddie Barth is the announcer in the Alka-Seltzer ad; Dave Ketchum is "Fred". David Doyle (later of "CHARLIE'S ANGELS") is indeed the barbeque chef/host, while Herschel Bernardi is the announcer for WIsh-Bone.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
That does strike an awful resemblance to the logo and music signature of rival ABC News from 1978-2000
The word ---BC had a white color, and the word NEWS had a blue color.
The four-note music signature sounded the same as the ABC News signature we hear to this day
newscaster13 1 year ago
Yes sir... I completely recognized that similarity back when ABC introduced it...
musicom67 1 year ago
-- The Alka-Seltzer ad creatives were often brilliant, but had little continuity here: "Fred" is dressed sorta Mexican, but did the Merengue, which hails from the Dom. Rep. And "enchiladas with chili sauce?" A bilingual redundancy!
-- "Look up, America/See what we've got/Let in the sunny side of living!" Coca-Cola tries to buck up a country amid the Nixon disgrace.
I think that's Larry Olivier, Dick Cavett's close personal friend, doing voice-over for Polaroid.
Fantastic post. Thanks!
PeerlessPaavo 2 years ago