1977 ads

[vintagehawaiitv]

That milk commercial ran nationwide. I think including tax, the most I've seen milk in Hawaii is closer to $9 and most of it now comes from California. Only in the last few years have several milk dairies closed in Hawaii.

[JohnQ1127]

This was actually taken from a Honolulu television station so that would explain the milk commercial. Milk is extremely expensive in Hawaii because about 80% of it comes from the mainland. I think milk costs about $7.00 dollars a gallon in 2011 so I would imagine people in Hawaii are always looking for ways to save money on milk.

[chalklounge]

1:25 is absolutely high as a kite.

[4RTVOZMI]

holy shit ! , lipton ?!

[floooky1]

"Milk bill." They make it sound like milk was still being delivered. No one in 1977 had a milk bill.

[sirbruce1970]

@floooky1 While it's true that few if any places still had door-to-door milk delivery in the late 70s thanks to advances in pasteurization technology, what you may not know is that many grocery stores only stocked canned and dry goods! Before the spread of supermarkets to rural areas, you often went to the *dairy* store for stuff like milk, eggs, and ice cream. So yes, you had a "milk bill" seperate from your grocery bil! One of my uncles ran a dairy store well into the 80s.

[thebleedingjeans]

@floooky1

I lived in Mobile, Alabama as a kid. We had a milk delivered then. But yeah, that's still funny (milk bill). lol

[mccarrpo]

Mama from Mama's Family would slap that bitch for using powdered milk.

[chalklounge]

Anybody else feeling sick after watching Vicki Lawrence mix powdered milk with actual milk to save .32 cents a month? Cheap skank.

[MikeStivic]

@chalklounge Yeah, those milk bills are really piling up at my house...gonna need a second mortgage just to pay them off....milk bill...LOL cant stop laughing over MILK BILL...was there a milk shortage back in the 70's? Did milk cost a lot back then?

[moxie96]

@chalklounge I remember this commercial and did not get why mix fake milk with real milk. My family was so severly poor we just had the powdered milk but dad never added enough mixture in the water (budget stretching cheap bastard when it comes to family but all the money on himself!) to make it be white enough so it was bluish and a tad lumpy...

[Replayability]

Carnation Instant Milk: For those times when you really, really, really need to vomit.

[floooky1]

Carnation instant milk is vile, even used in a recipe. The evil taste spawned in Hell comes through. That's why they make a point to tell you to chill it, like a foul medicine, to kill some of the flavor.

[nexusutube]

Fresh Milk is a loss leader for stores. That's why its always in the back. So using carnation would increase you overall costs for milk.

[underpathunderpath]

I dare you to swallow that shit without grimacing there, Vicki! That Carnation milk tasted like monkey sex!

[drtyfknmouth]

Put on your Sunday best, kids! We're going to Kramer's!

[AFeindishThingy]

I can't not comment about the "table cloth print shirt."

[kevico2]

Hey, I do that with my dry milk except it's cuz times are tough and I thought I'd "invented" that idea!! Who knew...?? Love the commercials, thank you for posting!

[xPlatinumGoldx]

clean, soft ... 'freckles'?? nope didnt see that one coming.

[onthesetflickr]

All that work to make a milk drink and you save probably a nickle.

[vintagehawaiitv]

Not VCR recordings, rather 3/4 inch tape.

[Femigaytheist]

Good quality recordings! You must have had an expensive VCR.  We didn't get a VCR until 1985, Even then they were like 150 bucks.

[hanbone76]

Vicki probably was saying this stuff taste awful.

[tacopenguins1]

i mean who doesnt wanna save on their milk budget? #LOL

[hankaaron1961]

I see Roy Yamguchi worked at Payless before opening his restaurants.

[vajabri]

Payless is now riteaid

[IwillKillYourCereal]

I don't trust the look of that pharmacist

[pink0amyleeann0pinky]

itnt payless a shoe store?

[dolphinbuc]

epic!

[AFeindishThingy]

on the milk one when she says Milk bill she sai it like "myilk"

[joni2691]

"Mix, chill & serve. You can make real savings on your milk bill!" Oh yeah!

[floooky1]

My mother made Carnation powdered milk back then when she ran out. It is the most foul disgusting stuff ever. How did that stuff ever stay on the market?

OK I just Googled it out of curiosity. Some people actually like it. Clearly some people are bereft of taste buds. They must be the same people who buy "Harvest Burgers" and "Grape Nuts."

[DerKosmonaut1972]

Cup-a-Soup! Blast from the past! Excellent. The last time I saw Lipton's Cup-a-Soup was in 1984.

"Pay Less for prescriptions." I'm so nostaligic!

[level242]

Back in the 70's I used to hate when tv stations would remind us that we were watching "in wonderful color"We still had black and white tv as late as 1982 at my house.

[rommulexxie]

omg its momma!!

[theZombieBub]

0:56 They had a milk bill back then? lol

[sammyreed]

2:47 has a jingle from a Tanner "Sounds of Broadcasting" record!

[Chawman]

1:08 Oh my!

[MissLeigh78]

OMG, the freckle lady... she's an automaton.

[luckyvet]

Love it. Today women in commercials always have some sort of power trip attitude while some guy is @ the brunt end of a bad joke / put down.

[level242]

Good call lucky,Also while watching these ads I have noticed that women seem to ENJOY their husbands and children.You don't see that in comercials too much any more.

[K9FON]

@luckyvet thats because women today suck. No wonder there are so many single men out there.

[BlankParty]

@luckyvet Wow, good point! I was just think about that today. Men in today's commercials are made to be the dumb ones who don't know what's happening and need to be told by a woman. It's sad that it must appeal to people.

[luckyvet]

@BlankParty follow the money trail. 80% consumer purchases now made by women who now hold 65% of the wealth. Commercials, programming etc cater to women. Damage is done to self esteem of young boys for years now. Only 1/3 of collage applicants are young men for last few years now.

[7389]

@luckyvet You can thank the idiots that write the commercials for that. I feel that most of today's commercials are insulting to their audience's intelligence.

[paktype]

I can think of a couple of uses for Johnson's Baby Lotion that aren't mentioned in that ad.

[MelanieLouM]

Uh yeah...lets just say it helped me to lose my virginity with my High School boyfriend...^_^

[aaronpourazar]

what a black and white TV helped you loose your virginity or did liptons coup of soup???

[MelanieLouM]

No dumbass...Johnson's Baby Lotion...read before you post. ^_^

[guyzyinz]

Cable TV in Hawaii must be very expensive. Having to run that cable line all the way from California 'n nat...

[vintagehawaiitv]

Yes that is Vicki Lawrence.

[ilovebobgunton]

@vintagehawaiitv she was so funny as Mama Harper.

[xScoobyDoo82x]

IS that Vicki Lawrence in that Carnation Milk commercial?

[chadsummers01]

this is all too weird for me man....I feel like I'm 10 all over again.

[pekoe]

the world i so so diff now-- this seems prehistoric an simple

[vintagecbsfan]

Back in the middle of 1973 Channel 9 faded into the theme song around the middle so it would end at the end of the credits. None of my recordings have any logos except MTM's sometimes. I have a few funny errors on cassette tape. During the end of a Kojak the theme from Cannon (like the pilot open) played. Or a few seconds of a current theme played on Gunsmoke then switched to the 1966 theme and back.

[dnrhand]

RE: theme music-We had a collection of generic theme music on cartridges. Since the end of the CBS shows had out-dated voice-over promos, the audio man had to kill the videotape audio and roll the generic music audio cart. Then while the music is playing, he would roll a cut off another tape that has a current promotion and mix that in. That Hawaii 5-0 show was on a reel of 2"wide quad tape that weighed in at about 20 lbs.

[vintagecbsfan]

Thanks for posting. On the Colorful9 they replaced Ted Sax with George Kennedy. They did that before late in 1974 with lines like a 24 hour service of Heftel Broadcasting Honolulu, but went back to Ted Sax early in 1975. Also Channel 3 on Maui changed call letters. I was wondering if the theme music was replaced on the closing credits of the show. When I lived there often the station used the 1969 opening theme or the pilot theme to replace network voice overs- Guy