1972 - Prell Shampoo Commercial

[al3699]

'honey, you know how we're destitute but your hair looks like a million bucks?

well, i'm putting you on the game''

[nanlisa]

I used Prell Shampoo once, and I didn't like it. It's way too harsh on my hair. (By the way, I was only 15 in 1972; when the Watergate scandal broke and of course, Tricky Dick was President.

[MetuNtr]

Herbal Essences commercials have nothing on Prell. LOL

[visor109]

"Do you have to use so much water telling me about the shampoo that I probably use as well?'

[lexxypexxy]

This is hilarious. I'm sure for today's standards it seems cheesy.

[LeakFreak]

Prell is the only shampoo I use and I don't use conditioner. Every Time I go to get it cut, different stylists too, I always get raves on how healthy my hair is. And get told to, "never dye your hair, it's so healthy you don't want to ruin it". No tangles, I comb after my nightly shower and don't comb again. No spilt ends. Soft, bouncy and shiny. I don't know why people don't like it. I've used it most of my life and plan to until they stop making it.

Thanks for the video!, Ane

[teargarden]

Prell was the worse shampoo ever. One could use it to clean a garage floor.

[83joonior]

Damn, I wanted to see them make relations.

[KidCairbre]

The "lather-on-his-nose" bit was obviously not intended, judging by the reaction of both of them. Ordinarily that would be an out-take, but the producers of this spot wisely kept it in.

BTW, Ms. Parker was quite deft in pulling back the shower-curtain while remaining covered. Like she was expecting a TV audience in her bathroom.

[SpudMills]

@KidCairbre You've got to be joking.

[virnman]

"Honey, I just sold my kidney on the black market, but gee your hair is fantastic"

[LivingMindfully1975]

Worried about bills?......yet they keep standing their talking while the shower is on full force!

[dimpleza]

AHAHAHA!!!! Awesome!!!

[davidbschappert]

...and after I shampoo tha head of straw, I'm gonna shave your hairy pussy!!

[123kats]

Plerr

[gdwmontg10]

That looks like Laura Parker who played Angelique on Dark Shadows in the 60s.

[MegaMusic1964]

@gdwmontg10 You are right. It is Laura Parker.

[hassmann2000]

Oh wow honey, I have an erectile dysfunction, but your hair is fucking great isn't it!

[iscrca]

I remember using prell and there was another one I used in Jr. High that came in the shape of a lemon and the bottle was yellow like a lemon but I can't remember the name of it. If anyone can will you let me know, thanks.

[musicappreciate]

@iscrca You get the juice of one whole lemon in Lemon Up!

[jacquiagrant]

@iscrca It was called Lemon Up and you can buy it along with the conditioner at The Vermont Country Store. Enjoy!

[heynurao]

Haha, I remember from Seinfeld, Jerry goes, "I USE PRELL, THE HARD STUFF."

[cutieface2007]

that shampoo smell like pinesol eww

[LatherGirlBubbles]

as much as I love lather, I'm always wary about using something that lathers up like that. I don't want to overwash my hair.

[Jkapricorn]

that would totally dried out the hair of its natural oils..BS for beautiful hair

[CathyRas65]

I rememeberd my friend used this shampoo and it turned her hair green! Well she did have bleach blonde hair!

[6olddude2]

Wow. Just one year removed from acheiving fame on "Dark Shadows" as the wicked Angelique, the sublimely beautiful Lara Parker is doing shampoo commercials. Kinda makes me sad.

[scaramoochscaramooch]

my sister is a hairstylist and she said Prell is equivelant to dishwashing soap

[hawaiidream1]

What was the deal with creepy-sounding announcers in 70's commercials? Gives me the heebee-jeebies. LOL!!!

[snooky396]

Hilarious! Lol!

[getoutofmyway01]

that voice at the end.. sound like the CALVIN KLEIN JEANS GUY.. I was 6 years old but I swear I remember this ad!

[lindsey1558]

Baby, our house is on fire but your lipstick is *just* the right color! LOL

[Imnotyourmary]

"This much?"

That's a lot of shampoo, especially if it's concentrated. =/ you only need about a nickel sized amount.

[HGbunny]

I wish I could find the Prell commercial where I remember the jingle singing something about, "Squeeeeeeze, and go from flat to fluffy! Squeeeeeeeze, with Prell Concentrate. Squeeeeeeeeeeeze, and go from flat to fluffy, squeeeeeeeeeeze, and you're gonna look great!"

Grandma used that stuff for years. It was okay for her because like a lot of womn her age, she had short hair. If the perms and the once-a-week set didn't destroy it, nothing would!

[lilabner987]

I picture in my mind that beautiful woman rinsing all that shampoo out of her hair, and all her hair falls out, and instead of her having that beautiful hair at the end of this commercial, she is bald headed.

[fromthesidelines]

The same copywriters who obviously wrote the same lines in virtually all of P&G's "Jif" Peanut Butter ads, 'phil' { "...aren't you choosy about your peanut butter?"/'What do you mean?"/"Smell yours.."/"Okay, so what?"/"Now, smell Jif..."/""Smells more like fresh peanuts.."/"Taste it..."/"TASTES more like fresh peanuts! Well, it's JIF for my family from now on.."/"What about Harold?"/"Aw, let him eat cake!" {both laugh}/ANNOUNCER: "Choosy Mothers Choose JIF"}.

[unconventionalmeans]

I remember Prell Shampoo back in the 1970's. It smelled like crap!

The Prell you see on the store shelf nowadays is a totally different formula. Gee, I wonder why?

[RoyKnable]

@unconventionalmeans

Oh, boy, did it smell bad. Easily the worst-smelling shampoo I ever had the misfortune to try.

[mainmedic]

@RoyKnable That's why they should've called it Smell instead of Prell

[A1l2l2e2n4]

@mainmedic

Wacky Packages probably did call it that.

[monkeyygrl22]

honey are bills are a mess but your hair looks amazing! lol =)

[ProudKansan08]

That lady in that commercial was Angelic from the 1960's Dark Shadows. I remember that commercial.

[Joannec95]

That is Lara Parker. She also appeared on SWAT with Farrah Fawcett.

[spy4863]

Hey honey, we live in a slum, we're starving, our savings are shot to hell, and the ozone layer is depleting, but your hair looks great!

[Ecossaise]

And quit spending so much on shampoo ! It probably cost about 50 cents a bottle back then - was that breaking the budget ?

[jockoman62]

Ugh!..such a cynic,you wet blanket-you!-lol

[truvelocity]

In 1972 we had a bad hit with inflation and waiting in lines for the gasoline scam, based on fabricated off shore oils spills. It was an absolute disaster, and President Nixon's budget cuts kicked out institutionalized people who needed 24/7 care out into the streets and that's why we see insane people as bums, today. HORRIBLE, JUST HORRIBLE.

[beaL03151995]

"Ow,geez my car can't start,but your hair looks Amazing"

[stillphil]

exactly...the car won't start we've got no health care but boy oh boy honey your lookin HOT ! "our budgets a disaster but your hair looks like a million bucks..."

DAMN! who said it was okay to write that copy !?

LOL The hairs outta style but sadly this MSG is timeless.

[Brinah]

lol

[areaman714]

at 0:04 . . . i was so anticipating a shower curtain malfunction . . .

[morvenK]

I like how the be-all and end-all of good shampoo is that it should make lots and lots of lather :P

[TL250Rider]

Laura Parker from Dark Shadows

[ejgnandt]

Lara Parker

[NolaChick82]

"Honey, we're going to be living in a cardboard box in about a month and eating macaroni and cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but your hair looks fan-tastic!"

[CherryLimeade88]

My mom told me about Prell shampoo being in a tube and I thought that was the weirdest shampoo.

[sweetlilchickie1985]

Hahahahaha... "we have no money...but as long as you have great hair, that's all that matters!"

[somersetdc]

Prell also had several commercials where they dropped a pearl into a bottle of Prell, and it very, very slowly fell. Thus demonstrating has thick and luxurius their shampoo was. The stuff was nasty strong--like laundry detergent. The old joke in the 70s was:

Q: "Why don't you ever see the pearl fall all the way down in the bottle of Prell."

A: "Oh, it dissolves long before it hits the bottom." LOL

[somersetdc]

Honey, our subrime home-loan is being reset by the bank to 14%...we're being foreclosed on. But gosh, you're hair is bitch'n hot!

[NatureGirl62]

This was back in the days when women had to do it all at home. Wash it, wait for it to dry (blow dryers didn't exist), curl it if you wish. Live with your own color (what a concept!). These days, so many are fake! I long for the old days!

[cynic2all]

Blow dryers didn't exist? They had one on a [i]Leave it to Beaver[/i] episode, 12-13 years before this commercial.

[NatureGirl62]

cynic2all: Well, we certainly didn't have one in my household! I guess it was just part of the cost-cutting concept. LOL. Truly, though - most ladies back then sat under those big helmet hairdryers at the salon. Ouch.

[ladylike1980]

cynic2all -

Are you sure? I am a big fan of Leave it the Beaver and I never saw June using a blow dryer. Was June in a beauty salon?

They probably had commercial blow dryers in beauty salons, but they weren't in people homes until the 1970's, I believe.

[cynic2all]

Yes, it was in the early 3rd season episode, "Beaver Takes a Bath." Beaver leaves the bathtub water running and it finally starts to get through the kitchen ceiling, so Wally tries to hide the evidence by using a blowdryer on the wet spot in the ceiling plaster (it later falls down).

[TheBeatBongo]

Are you sure of this? I thought "Beaver Takes a Bath" was the bidet episode.

[somersetdc]

Too funny! LMAO :-D

[HamptonRoadsTVFan]

@cynic2all I think that might have been one of the first episodes where it looked like the writers were turning the Beaver into a complete imbecile (something which would get a LOT worse during the show's final two seasons).

[ladylike1980]

NatureGirl62 -

I do not see how a blow dryer could have been on a "Leave it to Beaver" episode. Until the 70's - no one had more than a "hood dryer" in their homes, as far as I know. Commerical blow dryers may have been in beauty salons - but no household I ever knew of had them until the 1970's. I can't imagine life without a blow dryer now! It's one of the greatest inventions ever!

[tpledger]

Wally used it to dry a large spot on the kitchen ceiling after the boys let the bathtub overflow upstairs...

[DONUTBUZZCUT]

I did some research and they did have blowdryers back in the 70's infact they had them back in the 1940's

[MadameLil]

Yeah, my grandma had one of those from about 1950 - it still worked in the '70s.

[penguinisnuts]

i love prell!

the only thing that works for my greasy hair.

stings like hell in your eyes though ^_^

it smells like old people perfume so i use hrbal essences over it. :D

[sre65ct]

I remember watching this as a kid. I thought he was rude to barge in on her like that. At the time I didn't notice was a dimwit she is.

[dinarama1980]

just stupid

[grumal12]

Our budget's a disaster,

but it's okay as long as you have fabulous hair.

[fredhetz]

Our philosophy in the '70s was that we could cope with anything as long as hair was bouncy and shiny.  This is why Marcia Brady was president back then.

[theShadowKnew]

Great Ad .. Great Lather

[Sensoriexpansion69]

gauranteed to make you go blind everytime. i came close when it got in my eyes in 1976. burned like hell.

[voiceofreason2008]

prell shampoo

guaranteed hair removal or your money back

just kidding

[WinnieThaPoo92]

LOL HAHA

[Mydogisfat123]

I just got back from buying some prell Shampoo! LOL

[tle021764]

Remember the Breck Girl?

[roskosudsly]

but honey you've never seen a million bucks, yes, I mean your hair looks like nothing I've seen before

[jennicase]

yeah the car is repoed but your hair smells and looks fantastic!

[Escomillo]

I remember this stuff as a kid. It was life using battery acid on your hair and smelled like something that would come out of New Jersey chemical plant. And one drop in your eye and you were like blinded for five minutes. I hope they don't still make this stuff.

[MelanieLouM]

They still make Prell, but not in a tube...at least I don't think they do. I know what you mean about getting it in your eyes...brings back too many bad childhood memories for me! ^_^

[froggyola]

so corny

[Laceykat66]

That was the gal who played "Angalice" on Dark Shadows.

[littlequeen64]

Sounds like my husband-what an a_ _ !!

[GingerGilligan]

Reminds me of my ex-boyfriend. Nice sideburns though.

[aramanth]

"Honey would you stop hogging all the shampoo! I am not made of money. Oh what is this, how many times have I asked you to not use so many staples! Money doesn't grow on trees! And stop using the full service gas station just because you think the gas station boys are nice!

Honey our budget is a disaster, but your hair is beautiful. You will be the most beautiful woman in the wellfare line!"

[MelanieLouM]

Yeah...like buying a tube of shampoo was going to bankrupt them! Ah the days before women were expected to work! ^_^

[melaniestevens]

I loved that tube. I wish they would bring it back

[send2meez]

this same guy in in a maxwell house commercial that featured Cora- Margret Hamilton- and he insults his wife in that too!!!

[chay1960]

Geesh he must be impotent (pre viagra) if he sees his beautiful naked wife in the shower and all he can think of are bills and the amount of shampoo she uses?

[slharris1984]

or gay...

[HGbunny]

This man REALLY panicked when a year later the shampoo companies would introduce three ugly little words..."Lather. Rinse. REPEAT."

[send2meez]

did you see where she let go of the shower curtain to point at her hair? Man, risque' for '72!

[sexymama1966]

u know she had on a bathing suit..lol

[send2meez]

and her hair looks like a million bucks!

[scottbaino]

Man, that dude will be ticked OFF by the '80s when she starts spending on mousse, gel, curl enhancer, etc...

[send2meez]

Poor Susan...you married a whiny little prick...if that were me, I would have been in that shower in a shot, that tube of prell would have been empty next to us on the shower floor as we collapsed in a puddle of bubbles and giggles.

[wonderfulhuman161]

Cutting it a little close pal- worrying about how much shampoo your Missus is using. Maybe you should start eating hamburger helper, government cheese or even better ALPO. What a creepy bastard. I remember this from when I was a kid. Definite creep factor going on here.

[jlomax]

I agree...I remember this commercial too...he was so whiny and annoying! I was thinking that next he will be measuring how much toilet paper she uses! Run Susan...RUN! LOL!

[send2meez]

Our budget definitely is a disaster. What kind of a moron sees his beautiful wife LATHERING and bitches about her using too much shampoo?

[kathe58]

A few years ago, I read an interview with a famous and very expensive hairdresser. He suggested shampooing with Prell if the shade you colored your hair wound up being too dark.  He said that Prell would "fade anything". LOL!

[wauquelin]

Attack of the nagging husband.

[sp0ng]

Our budget is a disaster. LOL

[iloveoatmeal12345]

i use prell....

[pthalblu]

Is prell still around?

[victor8084]

You can buy prell at cvs.

[nismoblue]

They need to try one of those new water saving shower heads. Oh, it's 1972...

[pthalblu]

Susan!....Susan!...what?...You­r wasting too much water..its 2008......Stanley..get out..no "hoo hoo" for you tonight.

[fromthesidelines]

Procter & Gamble had been marketing Prell since 1947- today, it's made by another company, because P&G decided a few years ago they had one too many brands of shampoo on the market.....

[pthalblu]

I remember that shampoo. It had the effect of dish soap.  I love this post.

[GwEnIeHaN]

CONCENTRATE?! its probably just the pure chemical and i do remember that it burned my friggin scalp...

[smokes2468]

This is such a depressing commercial! Can I just say something what husband walks up to his wife and blames her for all his money troubles because she uses shampoo. I will never do that to my wife! Either he wants to get laid or not! Never get between a woman and her beauty products.

[lauder93]

I know!! there in a horrible financial situation and he goes and blames it on her by telling her shes using too much shampoo!! I would have just given him a big slap in the face

[shinybear]

We love you Lara Parker!!!!

[LittleLulu62]

That lady needs to get a job and leave her controling husband...if my fella interupted me in the shower, he'd better have sex on his mind! ;)

[buddyfan57]

lol i use prell now and my hair doesnt look as good as hers lol im jelous.... lol

[Vitamorm]

Prell was real harsh if I remember correctly

[harvsoul]

Isn't that Lara Parker from Dark Shadows!

[PeerlessPaavo]

I believe you're correct. Lara Parker has her own Web site and among the TV credits she lists is a Prell commercial.

[SockBoy65]

Yes, Lara Parker played Angelique the witch. :)

[rljames54]

I remember using this Shampoo,a little bit did give you lots of lather,it smelled good too.

[u2boyu2]

She should read Little Women,get inspired,shave her head, sell her hair,and wala,money problems solved!!

[moviexstarr]

i love her hair style at the end.

[navetsusa]

I met the Prell Girl in Mexico. Ed Reese, USN Retired

[SnugglySara]

Cool!

[darkebony]

If she took her ass to work and stop sitting under the dryer for an hour for those curls to dry they wouldnt have had money problems.She could have gotten a job at the corner drug store where they would have given her a discount on that prell.DUH!!!!

[rainydaywoman1957]

im with you, woman would rather have the husband work 2 jobs before they would budge off the guiding light couch and get a real world job. Things havent changed either except for the names of the soaps.

[CaptainSlothrop]

Susan looks like on of the Valley of the Dolls housewives in the last shot.

[sthair9]

I love those Prell commercials and used it on my girl friend's hair and my wifes hair after I was married. I absoulutly love the smell of Prell shampoo and loved washing my ladies hair with it and using the conditioner. Would love to see the Christie Brinkley Prell ads.

[archaist]

hahaha, awesome

[samoyed81966]

This Prell Concentrate commercial is really the best. I remember this commercial when I was a kid.

[admeister]

Her hair looks like a million bucks! Better sell it then, lol! Great ad.

[archaist]

our budget's a disaster!  but your hair looks like a million bucks

[PeerlessPaavo]

Apparently, Susan isn't one of those women's libbers, or she wouldn't allow her husband to interrupt her shower with a lecture.

Stanley's right though: Her hair does look like a million bucks.

Great stuff!