Jim Fixx in the Amex Ad! I was just mentioning him to my husband this morning...about how he dropped dead while running, after people thought he was so healthy...I compared my self to him...because I am right now laid up in the hospital with some kind of stroke or something after being so healthy and losing 120 pounds.
Also the ad for sports caster Catch Nover totally reminded me of something out of Anchor man.
@m3trooper I remember that show or rather the episodes of different strokes where the spin off was introduced. My mom said she used to watch it. I was born in 1978, so this show was on a little too soon for me to have a memory watching it. Most of the Differe'nt strokes I grew up watching were the reruns. I did watch the first run versions when they jumped the shark with Danny Cooksey.
Here's the ironic thing: In the American Express commercial, Jim Fixx was at one point considered to be the healthiest man in the world. In 1984, he died of a heart attack after his daily jog...true story!!
4:02 My company used to use tape drives just like those. We had dozens of them. I also used to use floppy discs the size of the one shown at 6:41; in an IBM 3800 printer.
@RichterEX2 Those early floppy disks WERE pretty prodigious. I've never actually seen one of those in person. The computers I grew up with used the 5¼-inchers.
Super Bowl XIII from Pittsburgh's NBC station! The remarkable '78 Steelers over the Cowboys!
Hello Colonel Blake! Too bad NBC was in the crapper in the 1978-1979 season.
Surfing, Karate, and Blackjack! SPORTS!!!!!
INKJETs in the late 70s?
DanZero77 1 month ago
Holy crap, pre-Kardashian Bruce Jenner! Who'd have thought back then he'd become the stepfather of a good-for-nothing attention whore?
holbrooke7 2 months ago
@holbrooke7 And he looks like a dude.
Blakkhawks 1 month ago
Damn people liked their beer in the 70's!
ilovebobgunton 3 months ago
I'd love to go back in time with my Ipod and MP3 player just to see their faces. "I've come for a visit from 33 years in the future..." LOL
ilovebobgunton 3 months ago
Jim Fixx in the Amex Ad! I was just mentioning him to my husband this morning...about how he dropped dead while running, after people thought he was so healthy...I compared my self to him...because I am right now laid up in the hospital with some kind of stroke or something after being so healthy and losing 120 pounds.
Also the ad for sports caster Catch Nover totally reminded me of something out of Anchor man.
pika23 5 months ago
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pika23 5 months ago
Is that Deidre Hall singing in the Sheraton Ad?
pika23 5 months ago
"In 1961, they introduced the male secretary! And today, we have female bosses and giant floppy disks. IBM! For People!"
RoxyAlexander 5 months ago in playlist More videos from 80sCommercialVault
I can vaguely remember HELLO LARRY! :-)
m3trooper 5 months ago
@m3trooper I remember that show or rather the episodes of different strokes where the spin off was introduced. My mom said she used to watch it. I was born in 1978, so this show was on a little too soon for me to have a memory watching it. Most of the Differe'nt strokes I grew up watching were the reruns. I did watch the first run versions when they jumped the shark with Danny Cooksey.
pika23 5 months ago
a pre-Kardashian Bruce Jenner. ahh, those were the days
this was the era of super short basketball shorts. I DON'T miss those days! lol
blugreen123 5 months ago
@blugreen123 he looks like that gay guy Monty on Say yes to the Dress Atlanta on TLC
pika23 5 months ago
I was about 1 and 1/2 years old when this aired, lawl.
raptonx 5 months ago
@raptonx I was -8 :P
Atom1cKitten 5 months ago
Budweiser stubby bottles. I do remember those.
MrMetuber1 5 months ago
I love watching these 70's uploads.
Itzpower 5 months ago
Wow 2 commercials with Apollo Astronauts Frank Borman and Neal Armstrong
fringbenefit 5 months ago
I'm a marathoner and even in 2011, people tell me I'm going to die of a heart attack...all because of Jim Fixx!
arclight2012 5 months ago
Here's the ironic thing: In the American Express commercial, Jim Fixx was at one point considered to be the healthiest man in the world. In 1984, he died of a heart attack after his daily jog...true story!!
mefault 5 months ago
A steel company..in the USA?
NAAAHHHHHH
LokianGOP 5 months ago
4:02 My company used to use tape drives just like those. We had dozens of them. I also used to use floppy discs the size of the one shown at 6:41; in an IBM 3800 printer.
Jeff98177 5 months ago
SUper Bowl XIII taped off WIIC, the Iron City ad proves that(now WPXI)
zachhoran 5 months ago
6:41 Dat Floppy Disc
RichterEX2 5 months ago
@RichterEX2 Those early floppy disks WERE pretty prodigious. I've never actually seen one of those in person. The computers I grew up with used the 5¼-inchers.
80sCommercialVault 5 months ago
Great to once again get to see some of the commercials from one of the all-time great Super Bowls.
HamptonRoadsTVFan 5 months ago