1966 TV Commercials From "Where The Action Is"

[6828Lu]

Wish I could still buy Jubilee! LOL

[johnnynuxxx]

I want that summer blonde!

[Tboneator64]

No doubt it's David Hartman, later known for "Lucas Tanner, M.D". and his long stint on "Good Morning, America." Boy, do I feel old!

[LastTree]

What's retsym?

[LastTree]

What's retsum?

[jeffblunte]

I liked the scientific proof that Clorets lets you drink onion juice whenever you want!

[41057al]

That almost looks like David Hartman

[martincq]

@41057al

It is David Hartman

[TheCatgirl6]

The Summer Blonde model closely resembles the young actress who was John Phillip Law's love interest in the Norman Jewison comedy "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming"--am I right or is she just a ringer?

[JohnnyGNV]

WHAT TOTALLY cool commercials - I was only 5 when these commercials hit

the air - but even then I didn't want bad breath and I knew my Dad used Ban. I didn't know what the heck Ban was but my dad used it. Great commercials......and great

memories.....life was so simple there....no cell phones, no computers, no fax machines, no high def tv, Lord how did we survive...yet somehow we did.

[DeeDonner]

Sprays kill the ozone layer...doesn't that sound funny?

[fromthesidelines]

Correct, 'elc'. Claude was also the "Ringmaster" of "MARX'S MAGIC MIDWAY" on NBC's 1962-'63 Saturday morning schedule, and continued to be the voice behind their commercials through the early '70s.

[elc1960]

At 2:19 - an ad for Clorets, the mints that made George ("The Animal") Steele's tongue green! Bic pens still work great today. Those Adams gum girls all sound like sour old Mr. Adams gave their asses a nice big pinch.

[Aquaria]

The summer blonde model looks like she had some meals, yet she's still beautiful and considered a role model. You don't see that anymore.

[LasVegasJim]

Thanks for posting this. I was in the US Army 1965-69 with two years in Europe and another year in Vietnam. I never saw the show or any of these commercials. It is good to know 50,000+ of us died for something meaningful while we were away. I wish that the “Summer Look” hot blonde was waiting when I got home! Thanks again.

[trmjr]

David Hartman in the very first ad...sounds like he did on Good Morning America.

[jln55]

That breath machine really convinced me! Clorets wins over Certs as it has Clorophyl AND Retsyn, whereas Certs only has Retsyn. Great memory flood. Thanks!

[moxie96]

That gum looks really good... So many sing along commercials. We hardly have those now. Or if we do it's an annoying song, not catchy

[olhipi68]

Do you have access to any other clips? Thye filmed at my high school also

[olhipi68]

do you have any acess to any clips. They filmed at my high school and have been trying to find those.

[ModGirl1967]

Wow, THANKS! :)

[fromthesidelines]

Any time, 'spike'....

[fromthesidelines]

My pleasure, 'spike'. And wasn't that David Hartman in the "Ban" ad? The General Mills "Country Corn Flakes"/"Cheerios" 'two-fer' spot at 8:14 was also seen [in reverse order] on a July 1966 "LOST IN SPACE" repeat {"All That Glitters"} that's been circulated among the collector's market...

[fromthesidelines]

"WHERE THE ACTION IS" aired weekdays at 4:30pm(et) from 1965 through '67, and often had about five or six different sponsors every day, aiming their products at teenagers and young housewives. Andrea Dromm is featured in the Clairol "Summer Blonde" ad [30 second version at 5:16]; Norman Rose is the announcer in the "Jubilee" ad; Stan Sawyer is the voice behind the "Certs" spot; Claude Kirchner (formerly the "Ringmaster" of "SUPER CIRCUS" in the '50s) is heard in the "Bic" ad.

[spikepriggen]

@fromthesidelines Wow- thanks for all the info.

[ModGirl1967]

@fromthesidelines I wanted to be the girl on the surfboard...even though I grew up in the country, many many miles from the ocean...

[elc1960]

@fromthesidelines Claude Kirchner was also the announcer on all those old ads for Marx toys. (e.g.: "The 'Sound O' Power' rifles . . . by Marx!")